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These Are My Convicts Records.

These were passed onto me by fellow researchers. As far as I know no descendants have been able to trace roots of these people prior to their transportation. Samuel Baker's surname changed somewhere between his trial records and his convict records. There was also a suggestion that he was a gypsy due to his listed previous occupations, but this has never been verified. As for Mary Ann Brennan and Patrick Garland it seems that because of a fire way back when, which destroyed the building where all the records are kept, it is practically impossible to trace any one in Ireland from that time period. So, unless there are some descendants out there who were lucky enough to have had the family history passed down through the generations we will get no further.




Mary Ann Brennan

Mary Anne Brennan was tried in the City of Dublin on September 18th.1813. Her crime at this time is unknown, but it is believed she burned down a building. She was sentenced to transportation for 7 years. Mary left Falmouth on 8th. December 1813 on the "Catherine" which was a ship for female convicts, and arrived in Sydney on the 3rd May 1814. She was subsequently sent to Van Dieman's Land, and arrived at Port Dalrymple on the 5th November 1814 on the "Kangaroo". The "Catherine" was dubbed "The Catherine Colleen's" as she carried only 97 Irish convict women, arriving Port Jackson (Sydney) on the 3rd May 1814. Sixty of her passengers were sent to Van Diemen�s Land, forty for Hobart, twenty for Launceston. The Hobart party arrived on the 15th of September 1814, the Northern party arrived on the 5th November 1814. (ref *1. "Notorious Strumpets and Dangerous Girls- Convict Women in Van Dieman's Land") from Tasmanian Archives. (ref.*2. Convicts and Exiles transported from Ireland 1791-1820 by James H. Donohoe 1990.) Darebin Library, Preston Branch. "Just goin' down under for a bit ta sparkle up the banner."

Catherine arrived: 4 May 1814 rated: ship tonnage: 325 built at: New Bedford in 1811 C: 1 D; 2 master: Wm. Simmonds surgeon: Palmer sailed: 8 Dec. 1813 from Falmouth days: 147 embarked: 98 females deaths: 1 female landed Sydney: 97 females

SURNAME: GARLAND OTHER NAMES: PAT AGE: 0 SEX: M ALIAS: PLACE OF TRIAL: Co. Monaghan TRIAL DATE: 09/03/1849 PLACE OF IMPRISONMENT: DOCUMENT DATE: CRIME DESCRIPTION: Highway robbery SENTENCE: Transportation 7 yrs SHIP: LONDON

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