Catherine was born in Castlebar in 1832 along with her brother Michael born 1831, she was sentenced to 7 years prison for stealing 3 sheep.
Michael died in( Richmond) Bridewell prison before he could be transported.
Catherine was transported to Tasmania in 1849, on the ship Australasia. She married a John Smith also a convict from Lavenham England.
They had 9 children and lived in Longford Tasmania .
Catherine died in 1925 in Longford at age 93, she is buried at St. Augustine's Roman Catholic Graveyard.
I have had no luck finding info about her life before she commited her crime with her brother.
She is written about in A book "A Drift of Derwent Ducks" by Trudy Cowley
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| Date of Birth | 1st Apr 1832 | |
| Date of Death | 2nd Apr 1925 | |
What an interesting story, and how fortunate you are to have found those details about Catherine and her brother! My great-grandmother, Anna Forde, was born in Castlebar just two weeks before your Catherine, in 1832......I wonder if they knew each other? Thank you for sharing this!
Amy Patterson O'Keefe
My third great grandmother on my mother's side!
Hello Chris,
l would love to know how and who.
Do you know anything about her life in Castlebar?.
I am from her first born son Henry's line and am in close contact with a girl who is from her daughter Alice.
Would love to here from you
Kaye
I have a 3x great grandmother Anne Keane b. 1781 who married a Michael Timlin. I don't know where she was born but she died in 1865 in Castleconnor, Sligo. Possibly a relation?
