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Personal Information
Voyage
Transportation
Dennis Shea was transported on the Blenheim, departing 27th Jul 1834 and arriving 14th Nov 1834 with 203 passengers.
Built 1845 at Shields. Wood ship of 808 Tons. Register lists of persons transported on the various sailing is still a work in progress, not all are yet listed.
Blenheim (generic)References
| Primary Source | family records. NSW Convict Index. Kerry Evening Post, 30 April 1834. Irish Convict Database, by Peter Mayberry. |
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Convict Notes
The following convicts will be transmitted from our Jail to the hulk at the Cove Cork, for transportation the morning of Monday next, and will be escorted by a detachment of the regiment; John Connor, horse stealing; Richard Hassett, larceny; John Oliver, larceny; Timothy Clifford, larceny ; Cornelius Lyne, cow stealing; John Scanlan. larceny; Daniel Dwyre, sheep stealing; Edmond Galliher. larceny;Â Denis Shea, sheep stealing: Darby Mulvahil, manslaughter; Darnel Collins, horse-Stealing; John Guiheen, maliciously killing sheep and George Keys, larceny. Kerry Evening Post, 30 April 1834.
NSW BMD Death Reg. Dennis Shea, Ref 2596/1858. Father’s given name Daniel, Mother’s given name, Honora. District Bathurst.
The following may be the report of his death. On Monday last an inquest was held at Bathurst on the body of an old man named Denis Shea, who had resided at the Lime Kilns, on the Turon Road. It appeared, from the evidence of the old man's son, that the deceased had left home on Tuesday of the last week with a horse and dray, and that, though he was expected home on that night, or the day following, no alarm was felt until Saturday, when the son was informed that his father had been seen returning home on Thursday. Witness then proceeded in search of him, and, melancholy to relate, found him with the cart upturned, and he underneath, dead. His death appeared to have been instantaneous. The horse was also killed ; the marks on the ground indicated that the animal had struggled hard. The jury returned a verdict accordingly. Freeman’s Journal, 10 Apr 1858.
Irish Convict Database, by Peter Mayberry. Denis Shea, age on arrival, 37, tried 1834, at Kerry Co, Life, for Stealing sheep. DOB 1797, native place, Kerry Co. Married, 1 male, 4 female children Trade, Labourer farm.
NSW Convict Index. Denis Shea, per Blenheim, 1834, Ticket of Leave, No 42/2991. District, Bathurst; Tried Kerry. Denis Shea, per Blenheim, 1834, Conditional Pardon, 31 Dec 1847. No 48/472. Index to Colonial Secretary Letters Received. Dennis Shea, per Blenheim, 1847. Letter No 47/7270.
Date of death from NSW BDM 2596/1858, date of birth from age of 72 years at death.
brought wife and family to australia when pardoned. Died in horse and cart accident when probably inebriated. Successful settlement that continues to this day.