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Mary Taffe 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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| Primary Source | Irish Convict Database by Peter Mayberry. |
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Convict Notes
NSW Convict Index. Mary Taafe, per Elizabeth 1828, Certificate of Freedom, 3 June 1834, No 34/0726.
COLONIAL SECRETARY’S OFFICE, SYDNEY, 11th FEBRUARY, 1833. THE undermentioned Female Prisoners of the Crown have obtained Tickets of Leave, in compliance with the Regulations of 17th March, 1829, for good conduct in the situations respectively stated, viz.— County of Cumberland. SYDNEY. Taafe Mary, Elizabeth (4), in married state. NSW Govt Gazette, 13 Feb 1833.
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 2: Mary Taaffe, aged 40, Convict; disease or hurt, several herpetic eruptions on her left mamma and scapula. Put on sick list, 10 September 1827. Discharged, 10 September 1827. The is some question about Mary's age. the surgeon records her age as 40, The Peter Mayberry Irish Convict Database, as 29. Other records may give a better indication.
Irish Convict Database by Peter Mayberry. Mary Taffe, age on arrival, 29, per Elizabeth II, 1828, tried 1827 at Louth, 7 years for robbery house, 4 former convictions. DOB 1799, native place, Louth, single, Catholic, Servant farm.