Summary
Personal Information
Voyage
Transportation
Catherine Seagar was transported on the New Grove, departing 30th Oct 1834 and arriving 27th Mar 1835 with 165 passengers.
385 - 490 ton vessel. The 1834 voyage to Van Diemen's Land (Tasmania), Australia had 165 female transport women, 5 free women and 28 children. Five births during the voyage, 2 babes being stillborn. No deaths of adults. Ship Surgeon, Dr. George Rowe was replaced at Scilly, due to ill health, by David Thomson. Arrived VDL 27 March 1835.
New Grove (generic)References
| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 90, Class and Piece Number HO11/9, Page Number 456. A Calendar of all the crown prisoners in HM Gaol in the Castle of Lancaster 1834. |
| Source Description | This record is one of the entries in the British convict transportation registers 1787-1867 database compiled by State Library of Queensland from British Home Office (HO) records which are available on microfilm as part of the Australian Joint Copying Pro |
| Original Source | Great Britain. Home Office |
| Compiled By | State Library of Queensland |
| Database Source | British convict transportation registers 1787-1867 database |
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Convict Notes
Lancaster Assizes. Catherine Segar, 45, for uttering base coin at Salford. ... Preston Chronicle, 9 Aug 1834.
Tasmanian Records Conduct Record: https://stors.tas.gov.au/CON40-1-9$init=CON40-1-9P135 No 270. Catherine Seagar. Tried 9 Aug 1834, 7 years, Transported for uttering counterfeit coin. Convicted before of a like offence. Married, 1 child. Married, 2 children, Husband John a linen draper, Manchester. Free Pardon, no 510, 10 Jan 1840. Description Record. https://stors.tas.gov.au/CON19-1-14$init=CON19-1-14P74 Catherine Seagar, Laundress, Plain cook & housemaid. 5ft 2 ½. Age 46. Native place, Boroughbridge, Yorks. See record for further details.
From Salford. Convicted of putting out a base sixpence having before been convicted of the same. Upon arrival, Catherine was assigned as laundry/house maid or cook to Henry Nicholls/Nikolls at Flinder's Island. A jail for First Nations people, it was in effect, a concentration camp. Records of Catherine are sparse though there is a good possibility she returned to England again. In 1840, a month after gaining her freedom, a Catherine 'Segan', servant to William Pritchard Weston (who founded the Anti Transportation League), sailed with the family back to London, arriving in June 1840.