Summary
Personal Information
Voyage
Transportation
Mark Waite was transported on the Lady Kennaway, departing 27th Oct 1834 and arriving 13th Feb 1835 with 307 passengers.
The 'Lady Kennaway' was built in Calcutta in 1817. A large ship of 584 tons. Transported convicted prisoners to Van Diemen's Land (Tasmania) in 1834, via Cork, Ireland. Other voyages, to New South Wales, in 1836 and Van Diemen's Land in 1851. Image acknowledgement to Grosvenor Prints. Painted by J.W. Huggins.
Lady KennawayReferences
| Primary Source | http://members.pcug.org.au/~ppmay/cgi-bin/irish/irish.cgi |
Claims
No one has claimed Mark Waite yet.
Photos
No photos have been added for Mark Waite.
Convict Notes
1835, 4 March: While the Lady Kennaway sailed to VDL, a group of military convicts on board was sent on to NSW. A total of 32 military convicts’ names appear on Peter Mayberry’s site “Irish convicts to NSW” as having been landed in NSW from Cork via Hobart Town in 1835, arriving on 4 March (see Sydney General Trade List, Sat 7 Mar 1835, p3). All bar three had been court martialled in Ireland, for offences ranging from mutiny to desertion, to stabbing a soldier and larceny from government stores. The others were tried in Corfu and Hobart (see http://members.pcug.org.au/~ppmay/cgi-bin/irish/irish.cgi?requestType=Search&ship=Lady+Kennaway+(1)+[1835]).
OCCUPATION: Soldier tailor; he was court martialled at Dublin Barracks (see http://members.pcug.org.au/~ppmay/cgi-bin/irish/irish.cgi)
NATIVE PLACE: Winthorpe (see https://stors.tas.gov.au/CON18-1-10$init=CON18-1-10p143).