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Transportation
Catherine Tipping was transported on the John Calvin, departing 24th Jan 1848 and arriving 18th May 1848 with 92 passengers.
Built 1839 at Greenock, Scotland. Wood barque of 510 Tons. The 1848 voyage with Irish female convicts. The John Calvin, with 171 female convicts, arrived yesterday. She left London on the 26th December, and went to Kingston, when she took on board her prisoners, and left on the 24th January. There have been four deaths on board and three births, one infant still born. She did not touch any where and spoke no vessels for this place. Hobart Town Advertiser, 19 May 1848.
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Convict Notes
Place of origin: Belfast, Antrim Status; Widow one child Aged; 30 years old Husband Edward died in East Indies Feb 1843. Offence; Stealing a bible. TriaL; 23 June 1847 1847 - Ireland, Prison Registers, Name Cathe Tipping Admission Age 29 Admission Date 19 Nov 1847 Admission Place Belfast, Dublin, Ireland Charge; STEALING A BIBLE Jail; GRANGEGORMAN FEMALE PRISON Identification Number 981 1850 - Absent. Sentenced to 2 months hard Labour. Applied; 1 Nov 1850 1851 - Marriage Permissions - 30 Jan 1851 & 18 Feb 1851 Catherine Tipping. Ship/free: John Calvin Thomas Britt. Ship/free: Pestongee Bomangee 1851 - Marriages - 10 Mar 1851. St Joseph Church, Launceston Catherine Tipping aged 27 years old Thomas Brett aged 30 years old, Ticket of Leave, Labourer