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Looking for any information on Catherine Keane born 19 April 1832, Castlebar, Mayoand her brother Michael 1831.
Convicted together at Mayo on 3 January 1849, for stealing 3 sheep, both sentenced to 7 years in Tasmania.
Michael died in Richmond (Bridewell) prison,Dublin aged 18 years.
Catherine lived in Longford, Tasmania and died aged 93 in 1925, possibly the last convict woman to die there.
She married John Smith and had 9 children.
Her life in Ireland is a mystery,one theory is that she was from a travellor/gypsy family, as she had very long black hair ,wore large hoop earings,and was partial to smoking a clay pipe.
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https://registers.nli.ie/parishes/1039 doesn't cover dates you need
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Thankyou, not sure where to look next, any clues?
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Thankyou, not sure where to look next, any clues?
http://www.ballyd.com/history/irishconvicts.htm
The document reference in each entry below is the National Archives of Ireland reference to the original document in the archives. The microfilm reference number refers to the set of microfilms presented to Australia in 1988.
Not sure what they would contain
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http://www.nationalarchives.ie/topics/transportation/search01.html
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Would they have been in Castlebar jail before being sent elsewhere?
Their crime may have been mentioned in a newspaper.
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Would they have been in Castlebar jail before being sent elsewhere?
Their crime may have been mentioned in a newspaper.
Try surname variation Cain, if you do manage to find newspaper archive.
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Looking for any information on Catherine Keane born 19 April 1832, Castlebar, Mayo
Catherine lived in Longford, Tasmania and died aged 93 in 1925, possibly the last convict woman to die there.
She married John Smith and had 9 children.
No details on her Marriage?
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From her Convict records ...... Catherine was tried Co.Mayo 3 January 1849, the prosecutor was Mr Kate.
She was tried and convicted with her brother Michael and has no previous convictions.
Station of Gang....Anson. SHe sailed to Tasmania on board AUSTRALASIA
Her trade is ,housemaid, she is Roman Catholic.
She was received at Grangegorman Depot, Dublin 24 May 1849 at 10.30.
She was 16 and single.
That is all the information we have about her in Ireland
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http://www.irishgenealogynews.com/2012/06/more-irish-petty-sessions-court-records.html
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Further to my post of January 20, 2018, 11:21:07 PM
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In conjunction with the Australian government, a database was compiled of transportation records for individuals sent to Australia in the late 18th and early 19th century. Drawn from various sources, the database is the most comprehensive record of those tried and transported from Ireland. You can search the database for free on the National Archives website. The database should indicate the date and place of the trial, brief details of the crime and a reference to the source material.
It is worth reading the accompanying guide to the source material, as there may be additional files in the National Archives of Ireland that will contain more details about your ancestor, such as the Convict Reference File (CRF).
Convict Reference Files can contain a police report on the crime, letters from family members pleading for clemency or requesting to be sent out with the convict.
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Microfilms containing full copies of the the above records are available in the Reading Room and the index and microfilms are also available in libraries in Australia.
If the search of the microfilms has been successful, there may be enough information to pursue the search in other National Archives’ sources such as the Chief Secretary’s Office Registered Papers and Outrage Reports or in newspapers held in the National Library of Ireland.
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Last name: KEANE
First name: CATHERINE
Full name: CATHERINE KEANE
Sex: F
Trial place: Co. Mayo
Trial date: 03/01/1849
Crime desc: Sheep stealing
Sentence: Transportation 7 yrs
Document ref1: TR 8, p 246
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Last name: KEANE
First name: MICK
Full name: MICK KEANE
Sex: M
Trial place: Co. Mayo
Trial date: 03/01/1849
Crime desc: Sheep stealing
Sentence: Transportation 7 yrs
Document ref1: TR 8, p 120
Comment1: Convict died in Richmond Gaol, Co. Dublin, 00/08/1850. Name struck from
Register