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Personal Information
Voyage
Transportation
Mary Whiteside was transported on the Palambam, departing 23rd Mar 1831 and arriving 31st Jul 1831 with 122 passengers.
394 tons. 1831 voyage from Cork, Ireland to New South Wales, Australia. Capt. Willis. 114 female prisoners. Also 50 girls from the Foundling Hospital, Cork with 2 Matrons and their husbands and children. Also 4 female wives of convicts already in Australia and their children. Register of passengers currently being updated and not yet complete.
Palambam (generic)References
| Primary Source | Copy of hand written certificate. Belfast News-Letter, 26 March 1830. |
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Convict Notes
Convict Permission to Marry. David Williams, Came free; and Mary Whiteside, per Palambam, age 32, 7 years, Bond. Date of Permission, 26 Oct 1832, Sydney. NSW Convict Index. Mary Whiteside, per Palambam, 1831, Certificate of Freedom, 29 Apr 1837, No 37/0374. Wife of David Williams, came free (as stated in her CF)
County of Antrim Assizes. ... Mary Whiteside for stealing piece of calico, the property, of A. H. Thornton at Belfast, on 8th January. last. Thornton was sitting in the parlour on 8th January, when the prisoner came into the shop and took a parcel of goods off this... witness followed her outside the door, and got the goods on her. Guilty,-- Belfast News-Letter, 26 March 1830.
Marriage certificate 268
Protestant from Galway charged with shoplifting, Sentenced at Garrickfergus Antrim Ireland. 7 years sentence standing no 213-31. Indent No. 6 31 March 1830. Height 5ft. 3in. Ruddy/fair complexion, light brown hair, hazel - grey eyes. House maid, Dairy maid Sailed from Cork aboard Palambam 23 March 1831. Arrived Sydney 31 July 1831. Bound to H Pawley Sydney. Certificate of Freedom 29 April 1837 Married David Williams 13 October 1832 in Sydney. Her marriage record indicates that she was a widow. Whiteside is not likely to be her maiden name. Born ca. 1799. Descendants of Mary Ann Whiteside David Williams to Mary Whiteside Mary Williams 1832 Robert Fitzgerald to Mary Williams Robert Fitzgerald 1860 Robert Fitzgerald to Janet Boyle Robert Fitzgerald 1889 Robert Fitzgerald to Dorothy Howling Irene Fitzgerald 1916 George Coles to Irene Fitzgerald Ralph Coles 1949 Ralph Coles with Franziska Burkart
Occupation: Housemaid, dairymaid