Summary
Personal Information
Voyage
Transportation
John Sheehan was transported on the Ann And Amelia, departing 8th Sep 1824 and arriving 2nd Jan 1825 with 202 passengers.
The Ann and Amelia was built in India in 1806 553 Tons and owned by J. Somes.
Ann And Amelia (generic)References
| Primary Source | Irish Convict Database by Peter Mayberry. |
Claims
"John Sheehan is my Great Great Grandfather"


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Convict Notes




After marring Ann they went South beyond Government boundaries and raised a large family in the Yass, Tumut, Jugiong area




Irish Convict Database by Peter Mayberry. John Sheehan, alias Sheedy, Sheehy, Sheahan, Sheen, age on arrival, 26, per Ann and Amelia 1825, Tried Limerick, 1824, Life, DOB 1799 , native of Cork Co. Butter maker Ploughman. --------------------------------------------------- Marriage Permissions. John Sheehan, per Ann & Amelia, Age 35, Life, T. of L. and Ann Toomey, per Andromeda, age 20, 7 years, Bond. Date of permission, 7 Oct 1835, Sydney, Rev. J. McEncroe. -------------------------------------------------- Convict Index 1791-1873. John Sheehan, per Ann and Amelia, 1825, Ticket of Leave, District, Goulburn; Tried, Limerick. Entry No: 33/732. John Sheehan, per Ann and Amelia, 1825, Conditional Pardon, 12 Nov 1839. ---------------------------------------------------- LIMERICK ASSIZES.— March 20 IMPORTANT TRIAL-ATTACK ON GLANASHEEN. At ten o’clock this day, the Sergeant entered the County Court, when the following prisoners were put to the bar: William Thornhill, Patrick Brien, Michael Cochlan, Patrick Hennessy, Edmond Walsh, Richard Ryan. John M’Auliffe, David Leary, John Sheehan, Terence Sweeny, Michael Donovan and Bartholomew Russel, all of whom had been previously arraigned for the well known outrage at Glanasheen, were this morning brought up this morning brought up for trial; but as they refused to join in their challenges, the two last only were given in charge Westmeath Journal. 1 Apr 1824. Michael Donovan and Bartholomew Russell, for attacking and demolishing the Barracks Glanasheen, will be hanged on Saturday next. Their associates crime, ten in number, have saved their lives by pleading guilty to the same charge. Saunders’s News-Letter. 23 April 1824.