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
1806
Somerset Assizes
Burglary (house breaking)
16/10/1826 - 23/2/1827
Van Diemen's Land
1791 - 1834
Hensey (Alias)
Dumfries Court of Justiciary
Assault
16/10/1826 - 23/2/1827
Van Diemen's Land
1855
Rogers (Alias), Robertson [Alias]
Derby Assizes
Burglary (house breaking)
16/10/1826 - 23/2/1827
Van Diemen's Land
1791
Warwick Assizes
Theft - larceny
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
Hertford Assizes
Not Recorded
16/10/1826 - 23/2/1827
Van Diemen's Land
1802 - 1845
Glamorgan Great Session
Burglary (house breaking)
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
Gloucester Assizes
Not Recorded
16/10/1826 - 23/2/1827
Van Diemen's Land
1805
Lancaster Quarter Sessions
Larceny from a person (including picking pockets)
16/10/1826 - 23/2/1827
Van Diemen's Land
1805
Lancaster Quarter Sessions
Larceny from a person (including picking pockets)
16/10/1826 - 23/2/1827
Van Diemen's Land
1809
Gloucester Assizes
Burglary (house breaking)
16/10/1826 - 23/2/1827
Van Diemen's Land
1797
Waldrum (Alias)
Chester Quarter Sessions
Stealing Food
16/10/1826 - 23/2/1827
Van Diemen's Land
1801
Leicester (Borough) Quarter Sessions
Larceny from a person (including picking pockets)
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
1798
Gloucester Assizes
Horse theft
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
Warwick Quarter Sessions
Not Recorded
16/10/1826 - 23/2/1827
Van Diemen's Land
1806
Middlesex Gaol Delivery
Burglary (house breaking)
16/10/1826 - 23/2/1827
Van Diemen's Land
1807
Gloucester Assizes
Burglary (house breaking)
16/10/1826 - 23/2/1827
Van Diemen's Land
Hereford Assizes
Horse theft
16/10/1826 - 23/2/1827
Van Diemen's Land
1803 - 1855
Copley (Alias)
Derby Assizes
Burglary (house breaking)
16/10/1826 - 23/2/1827
Van Diemen's Land
1811 - 1834
Thomas Lewis
Leicester (Borough) Quarter Sessions
Stealing lead
16/10/1826 - 23/2/1827
Van Diemen's Land
1854
Derby Assizes
Not Recorded
16/10/1826 - 23/2/1827
Van Diemen's Land
1829
Glamorgan Great Session
Not Recorded
16/10/1826 - 23/2/1827
Van Diemen's Land
1793
Stirling Court of Justiciary
Cutting and wounding
16/10/1826 - 23/2/1827
Van Diemen's Land
1805 - 1871
Surrey Assizes
Theft - larceny
16/10/1826 - 23/2/1827
Van Diemen's Land
1792
Lancaster Assizes
Uttering/passing forged notes
16/10/1826 - 23/2/1827
Van Diemen's Land
1809 - 1879
Ayr Court of Justiciary
Theft - larceny
16/10/1826 - 23/2/1827
Van Diemen's Land
1796 - 1834
Mackie (Alias)
Stirling Court of Justiciary
Not Recorded
16/10/1826 - 23/2/1827
Van Diemen's Land

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