Timothy Kidney

Summary

Born
Jan 1823
Conviction
Stealing lead
Departure
Sep 1842
Arrival
Jan 1843
Death
Jul 1881
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Personal Information

Name: Timothy Kidney
Gender: Male
Born: 1st Jan 1823
Death: 31st Jul 1881
Age at death: 58
Occupation: Labourer - general

Crime

Convicted at: Ireland, Cork
Sentence term: 7 years

Voyage

Departed: 22nd Sep 1842
Ship: Navarino
Arrival: 10th Jan 1843
Place of Arrival: Van Diemen's Land

Transportation

Timothy Kidney was transported on the Navarino, departing 22nd Sep 1842 and arriving 10th Jan 1843 with 181 passengers.

Built 1808. 493 tons. Several voyages to Australia with convict transportees. Registers of persons currently being updated - not complete as yet. 1840-1841. Departed Dublin 5th.Sept 1842. Arrived Hobart appx 10th Jan 1843. Sailed with 260 convicts including between 40-50 women,girls & children loaded at Kingstown Harbor. Capt A Warning.

NavarinoNavarino (generic)

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Convict Notes

Maureen Withey avatar
Level 347
on 28th June 2025

Recorders Court- Friday. Timothy Kidney, John Stafford and Francis Powell, were indicted for stealing half a hundred of lead, the property of Mr. James O'Hea  on the 5th of August. Guilty. Kidney was sentenced to 7 years transportation, and the others to 6 months each imprisonment, with a whipping. Cork Examiner, 15 Aug 1842.

D Wong avatar
Level 221
on 2nd July 2017

Timothy Kidney was 20 years old on arrival, his native place was County Cork - he was transported for 'Stealing 1 cwt of lead'. Prior Convictions: for iron 1 mth; 3 mths for clothes; for brushes acquitted. Timothy was 5'4 1/4" tall, sallow complexion, brown hair, light hazel eyes, 2 moles inside left arm, hands freckled, illiterate, single, Mother: Mary at native place. 5/11/1850: Free Certificate. 26/6/1851: Tried at Oatlands for stealing wearing apparel, the property of Edward Swarbeck Hall - to be imprisoned in HM Gaol at Oatlands for 3 weeks. 31/7/1881: Timothy Kidney died of 'Brain Disease', aged 58, at the Hospital for the Insane, Cascades, and was buried at the Cornelian Bay Cemetery, Paupers section.