Catherine Steel

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Tony Beale on 9th October 2021

Old Bailey Online 1802. CATHERINE STEEL and JOHANNA BROWN was indicted for stealing, on the 8th of August , 1 reticule, value 1s.; 1 scent-bottle, value 6d.; 1 thimble, value 6d.; 1 handkerchief, value 1s.; 1 sovereign, and 10 shillings, the property of Wright Welby , from the person of Jane his wife . JANE WELBY . I am the wife of Wright Welby. On the 8th of August, I lost a reticule, containing a sovereign, a half-sovereign, 10s. in silver, a smelling bottle, a silver thimble a card case, a handkerchief, and a French shilling; I had missed my way, and came down Phoenix-street, which comes into George-street, at the top of Holborn - I met the two prisoners and another girl - they each asked me for a penny a piece; I then asked them the way to Tottenham-court-road, and one of them said"Go and show the lady the way Bet" - Brown went to shew me the way; I said "Never mind, I can find the way," but she came up close to me, and snatched my reticule, and said "That is the way," and ran off - Steel was close to me at the time, and when I called Stop thief! she struck me; I fell against the wall, and she fell down. WILLIAM DRAKE . I am a shoemaker. I saw the prosecutrix about eight o'clock, in George-street, St. Giles' - she and Brown passed by my door, and when they had gone past four or five yards - Brown stepped up to her, and snatched her reticnle from her left arm, and an umbrella from her right - the prosecutirx cried Stop thief! and Steel struck her on the back: I moved from my own door, and asked the prosecutrix if she were frightened; I did not see the property after that, nor see the prisoners taken. MORRIS NICHOLSON . I took Steel into custody the next day - I told her it was for stealing a reticule the evening before; she said it was Brown, and she got blamed for it; as we were going along, she said if I would go into a house she would tell me where it was planted, and she begged to have half a pint of beer - I said she might have the beer, but she did not tell me where it was. STEEL'S Defence. As for Brown, I know nothing of her - I was in liquor, and what I said to the constable I know not. BROWN'S Defence. As for Steel, I know nothing of her nor the prosecutrix. STEEL - GUILTY . Aged 19. BROWN - GUILTY . Aged 17. Transported for Fourteen Years .

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Tony Beale on 9th October 2021

Catherine Steel in the New South Wales, Australia, Convict Applications for the Publication of Banns, 1828-1830, 1838-1839 Name: Catherine Steel Gender: Female Birth Year: abt 1803 Age: 26 Arrival year: 1829 Arriving Vessel: John Barry Spouse Name: Peter Riglin The Younger Spouse Gender: Male Spouse Birth Year: 1793 Spouse Age: 36 Spouse Arrival Year: 1819 Spouse Vessel: Princess Royal 2 Marriage Year: Abt 1829 Application Date: 31 Dec 1829 Application Place: Narellan, New South Wales, Australia Peter: a wheelwright in the Cowpastures area Catherine: Assigned to Thomas Cherry Narellan NSW BDMs Marriages 4781/1830 V18304781 3B REIGLIN PETER STEE LCATHARINE CR(Narellan, Cobbity) Deaths RIGLIN PETER 600/1833 V1833600 17 AGE 46 New South Wales, Australia, Registers of Convicts' Applications to Marry, 1826-1851 Granted 23/5/1834 Catherine Steel 31 Bond (14yrs) per ship Princess Royal to marry John Dorman 37 ToL (life) per ship Southworth dep 1821 Rev Thomas Hassall Narellan

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Malcolm Mcdonald on 12th August 2012

Married John Dorman in Church of England, Cobbity NSW in 1834 - died near Goulburn NSW in 1862. One daughter Margaret