Tag Archives: Transportation

Sarah Marshall 200: a floating brothel

Posted on August 1, 2018 by

Sarah Marshall – a prostitute? On board the convict ship Friendship II Continue reading →

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Sarah Marshall 200: convict ship Friendship II

Posted on January 25, 2018 by

200 years ago Sarah Marshall arrived in New South Wales on the convict transport ship Friendship II. What happened? Continue reading →

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John Simpson 200: convict ship Ocean II

Posted on January 16, 2018 by

200th anniversary of convict John Simpson arriving in NWS from the Ocean II on 16 January 1818 Continue reading →

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Findmypast freebies this weekend

Posted on March 4, 2015 by

Good news from Findmypast UK and Findmypast Ireland for this weekend, 6-9 March. Not only is FMP Ireland free on Saturday and Sunday, but there’s a UK records bonanza lasting from Friday to Monday. Their press release says: … between … Continue reading →

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Australia Day Challenge 2014: C’mon Aussie

Posted on January 26, 2014 by

I do love the genealogy online community. People help one another, collaborate, chat and set up memes and challenges. Here’s the latest geneachallenge  – it’s for Australia Day, from that bonza blogger Pauleen Cass of Family history across the seas. … Continue reading →

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The thief up the chimney: Old Bailey Online 10th anniversary post

Posted on April 14, 2013 by

This is a tale of larceny and pubs – and a certain amount of naivety. The combination was disastrous for James Thomas Richards, a 20-year-old Thames waterman, and lucky for me, since he’s my great-great grandfather and met my 2x … Continue reading →

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The Factory above the Gaol – women convicts in 1818

Posted on March 31, 2012 by

When my great-great-great grandmother Sarah Marshall stumbled off the convict transport Friendship on January 14, 1818, she emerged from a traumatic journey of confinement and scurvy which became notorious for ‘indecent and licentious intercourse’ to find herself in an alien … Continue reading →

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Was Sarah murdered? Is she a famous ghost?

Posted on October 14, 2011 by

For a change from thinking about Nicholas, I typed Sarah Marshall into Google. She’s my g-g-g grandmother, a convict who arrived in New South Wales on the Friendship in 1818. She married* John Simpson (Ocean II, arr 1818) and later … Continue reading →

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On board the convict ship (for Australian National Family History Week)

Posted on August 7, 2011 by

It’s National Family History Week in Australia (until August 10). So I’m going to leave the Irish history theme for now and pick up some of Nicholas Delaney’s story in New South Wales. Starting with his arrival. Human cargo On … Continue reading →

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