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Transportation
Honora Sullivan was transported on the Lady Rowena, departing 19th Jan 1826 and arriving 17th May 1826 with 103 passengers.
Lady Rowena (generic)References
| Primary Source | Mayberry, Peter; Irish Convicts to NSW 1788-1849. NSW Department of Justice: Registry of Births Deaths and Marriages. Sainty & Johnson; 1828 Census of New South Wales. Museums of History, NSW: State Archives Collection: Gaol Admission Registers |
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Convict Notes
THE undermentioned persons have obtained Certificates of Freedom during the last week, viz. :- Lady Rowena, Honora Keefe, Catherine Nowlan, Honora Sullivan, Mary Ann Macguire, Judith Kelly, Eliza Ledwick ; Sydney Herald, 24 Dec 1832.
City Convictions. The following is a list of the persons tried and convicted at the last City Assizes, and the sentences pronounced upon them: Francis Murphy, Daniel Sullivan, James Fitzgerald, Margaret Shea, Elizabeth Coghlan, Honora Sullivan, Mary Murphy, Mary Carroll, John Regan, Elizabeth Field, Mary Mahony, Ann Curtin, Geo. Gough, Margaret Murphy. John Brian, and Thomas Harding—felony, to be transported for 7 years. ... Southern Reporter, 25 Aug 1825.
24/11/1826: Convicted at Sydney Criminal Court as Norah Sullivan per "Lady Rowena" 1826 of "repeated drunkness" and sentenced to "3rd class in the Factory [Parramatta] for one month". Sent to the Parramatta Female Factory from Sydney Gaol 6 December 1826.
1826 - New South Wales, Australia, Convict Indents. Lady Rowena - 1826 Name; Honora Sullivan Indent No; 22 Age; 35 years, Catholic, Single Native Place; Cork Trade or calling; Country Servant Trial where & Date; Cork City - 17 Aug 1825 Offence; Stolen Goods in Possession Sentence; 7 years Height; 4 ft. 6 in [4 ft 10 1/4 in on Bound Indentures] Assigned; D Kelly, Sydney 1832 - 24 Nov. Certificate of Freedom. No; 32/1046. Age; 41 [1791]
Honora then married the widower, John Godard (Convict, Marquis of Wellington, 1815) in very late December 1828. He had a young family of 7. St James Church V1828761 12/1828 Gothard John and Sullivan Honora. John Gothard, 47, Marquis Wellington, life, ticket of leave, Revd. R. Hill, Sydney Honora Sullivan, 37, Lady Rowena, 7 years, bond
Sainty & Johnson; 1828 Census of New South Wales [Ref S2876 ] Sullivan, Norah, 30, Lady Rowena, 7 years Servant to John Tovey Simons, Market Street Sydney.