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Elizabeth Sheridan was transported on the Elizabeth, departing 27th Aug 1827 and arriving 12th Jan 1828 with 195 passengers.
1828 - Elizabeth arrived from Ireland with Female Irish Convicts. Total No Embarked; 194. Drowned on voyage; 1 Died on Board; 1. Total mustered 192 on arrival at Sydney Cove 12 January 1828. 16 Children on Board Walter Cock - Commander Joseph H Hughes - Surgeon Superintendent.
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Convict Notes
In November 1828 Joseph Hearne applied for permission to marry Elizabeth Sherridan per “Elizabeth II”. His application stated, he was aged 33 years, able to support a wife and was of good character. On the 12th November 1828 Joseph was baptised into Catholic Church at Liverpool. Entry on baptism certificate reads --- Rec'd into church Joseph Hearne without Cerem. - Bap't L’pool. Joseph probably became a catholic in order to marry Elizabeth. They were married 12th November by Rev D. Powerand at St Mary’s RC Chapel Sydney and settled in the Prospect Area on the outskirts of Sydney. Joseph died 25th November 1861. Buried at the Pastoral Cemetery, Prospect NSW. Pleurisy was the verdict of a Coroner’s inquest held 26th November 1861 in the district of Parramatta. The informant on the death certificate was G I Smith - Householder of Prospect. The name or Joseph’s wife given by G Smith was Brown, Christian name unknown.
Correction. She married Joseph HEARNE. (Marriage Reg)
Convict Application to Marry. Joseph Hearne, per Baring 1, age 33, 7 years, Free; and Elizabeth Sheridan, per Elizabeth 4, age 22, 7 years, Bond. Date of permission, 1 Dec 1828, Sydney, requested by Rev D. Power R.C.C. NSW Marriage Reg. Joseph Hearns and Elizabeth Sheridan, 1828, Ref. 250/1828.
ADM 101/24/31827-1828 Medical and surgical journal of the Elizabeth convict Ship, for 6 July 1827 to 26 January 1828 by Joseph H Hughes, Surgeon, during which time the said Elizabeth was employed in transporting female convicts from Ireland to Sydney, New South Wales. Folio 20: Eliza Sheridan, Convict; sick or hurt, Dislocatia pollicis; put on sick list, 20 January 1828; discharged 24 January 1828. (dislocated finger)
Irish Convict Database by Peter Mayberry. Elizabeth Sheridan, alias Sherridan, age on arrival, 21, per Elizabeth II, 1828, tried 1827 at Dublin, 7 years for Shoplifting. 2 former convictions. DOB 1807, native place, Dublin, single, sister to Reed the blacksmith’s wife in Pitt St. Catholic, House maid.