Andromeda Voyage 16th Oct 1826 - 23rd Feb 1827

Andromeda
  • Set sail

  • In transit

    130 days
  • Van Diemen's Land

Andromeda

Also, same day, from Cork, whence she sailed May 25th, the ship Andromeda, 401 tons, Benjamin Gales master, with 173 female prisoners; Henry Kelsawl, Esq., Surgeon-superintendant. Passengers — Fourteen free females, viz. Mary Manning, Martha Morron, Margaret Mahon, Margaret Sheedy, Mary Ann Nixon alias Welsh, Catherine Kiernan, Mary Cassock, Catherine Stanton, Johanna Neville, Mary Lyons alias Hynes, Maria Moran, Catherine O'Donnel, Margaret Kennedy, and Mary Sullivan, and twenty-six children; also twenty-three children belonging to the prisoners. Sydney Monitor, 20 Sept 1834.

147 Convicts Onboard

ConvictConvictionTransportation
1807
Gloucester Assizes
Burglary (house breaking)
16/10/1826 - 23/2/1827
Van Diemen's Land
Lancaster (Liverpool Borough) Quarter Sessions
Not Recorded
16/10/1826 - 23/2/1827
Van Diemen's Land
Surrey Quarter Sessions
Not Recorded
16/10/1826 - 23/2/1827
Van Diemen's Land
1809 - 1832
Bristol (City) Sessions of Peace Oyer and Terminer Gaol Delivery
Burglary (house breaking)
16/10/1826 - 23/2/1827
Van Diemen's Land
Perth Court of Justiciary
Burglary (house breaking)
16/10/1826 - 23/2/1827
Van Diemen's Land
1804
Somerset Assizes
Burglary (house breaking)
16/10/1826 - 23/2/1827
Van Diemen's Land
1796
Glamorgan Great Session
Horse theft
16/10/1826 - 23/2/1827
Van Diemen's Land
1805 - 1834
Gloucester Assizes
Burglary (house breaking)
16/10/1826 - 23/2/1827
Van Diemen's Land
1810 - 1830
Fagan, Fagin
Lancaster (Liverpool Borough) Quarter Sessions
Theft - larceny
16/10/1826 - 23/2/1827
Van Diemen's Land
1774
Surrey Assizes
Sheep-stealing
16/10/1826 - 23/2/1827
Van Diemen's Land
Hertford Assizes
Not Recorded
16/10/1826 - 23/2/1827
Van Diemen's Land
1805
Stirling Court of Justiciary
Forgery
16/10/1826 - 23/2/1827
Van Diemen's Land
1803
Surrey Assizes
Counterfeiting coins or notes
16/10/1826 - 23/2/1827
Van Diemen's Land
1788 - 1875
Thomas (Alias)
York (Kingston Upon Hull) Assizes
Possessing a forged note
16/10/1826 - 23/2/1827
Van Diemen's Land
1838
Leicester Assizes
Not Recorded
16/10/1826 - 23/2/1827
Van Diemen's Land
Hertford Assizes
Not Recorded
16/10/1826 - 23/2/1827
Van Diemen's Land
1808
Lancaster Quarter Sessions
Larceny from a person (including picking pockets)
16/10/1826 - 23/2/1827
Van Diemen's Land
1806
Berks Assizes
Burglary (house breaking)
16/10/1826 - 23/2/1827
Van Diemen's Land
1772 - 1826
Warwick Assizes
Cow stealing
16/10/1826 - 23/2/1827
Van Diemen's Land
1801
Chester Session of Pleas
Murder
16/10/1826 - 23/2/1827
Van Diemen's Land
1809
Bristol (City) Quarter Sessions
Stealing clothes
16/10/1826 - 23/2/1827
Van Diemen's Land
Gloucester Assizes
Not Recorded
16/10/1826 - 23/2/1827
Van Diemen's Land
1804
Gloucester Assizes
Burglary (house breaking)
16/10/1826 - 23/2/1827
Van Diemen's Land
1804 - 1864
Mathison, George (Alias)
Aberdeen Court of Justiciary
Fraud
16/10/1826 - 23/2/1827
Van Diemen's Land
Lancaster Quarter Sessions
Not Recorded
16/10/1826 - 23/2/1827
Van Diemen's Land
Derby Assizes
Not Recorded
16/10/1826 - 23/2/1827
Van Diemen's Land
Sadberge Durham Assizes and Gaol Delivery
Not Recorded
16/10/1826 - 23/2/1827
Van Diemen's Land
Glamorgan Great Session
Not Recorded
16/10/1826 - 23/2/1827
Van Diemen's Land
Gloucester Assizes
Not Recorded
16/10/1826 - 23/2/1827
Van Diemen's Land
Gloucester Assizes
Not Recorded
16/10/1826 - 23/2/1827
Van Diemen's Land

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