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 1780-1868 Ireland-Australia Transportation Database

 

The BLOCK references are from the National Archives of Ireland.

 

The italic references are from New South Wales - Colonial Secretary's Papers

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Index to Registers of Assisted British Immigrants 1839-1871

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SURNAME: COSTILLAN                          

OTHER NAMES: TRACEY

PLACE OF TRIAL: Co. Waterford              

TRIAL DATE: 08/01/1849

CRIME DESCRIPTION: Receiving stolen goods

SENTENCE: Transportation 7 yrs

DOCUMENT REFERENCES:  TR 8, P 264

 

TREACY. Lieutenant, Royal Navy

1803 Apr 7, Appointed to sit on Criminal Court (Reel 6037; SZ991 p.4)

 

Surname

First Name

Reb

Ship

Tried

Trial Place

Term

DOB

Native Place

DOD

Death Place

Remarks

Tracy

Andrew

 

Prince Regent II (1) [1821]

1820

Tipperary

7

1796

Clonoulty Clare Co

 

 

Cooper

TRACEY, Andrew. Per "Prince Regent", 1821

1821 Sep 8, Street Gang. On list of all persons victualled from H.M. Magazines (Reel 6016; 4/5781 p.111)

1822 Jun 8, Aug 3, Attached to Rose's Gang. On returns of proceedings of the Bench of Magistrates, Parramatta (Fiche 3297; X643 pp.15, 22)

 

OTHER NAMES: BRIDGET

SURNAME: TRACY                             

AGE:  57              

PLACE OF TRIAL: Queens County (Laois) 

TRIAL DATE: 05/03/1851

CRIME DESCRIPTION: Larceny

SENTENCE: Transportation 10 yrs

DOCUMENT REFERENCES:  TR 11, p 59

COMMENTS: Convict may have been convicted with Mary Smith

 

Charles Tracey - NSW

Alias:           Irish Rebel: WB        Religion: Catholic
Marital status: Married 2 children
Calling/trade: Farmers man
Born: 1804      Westmeath
Tried: 1827      Mullingar Westmeath Co         Sentence: Life    Former convictions:
Ship: Cambridge (1827)
Crime: House burning
Description:
Remarks:  

 

OTHER NAMES: DAVID

SURNAME: TRACEY

PLACE OF TRIAL: Dublin                             

TRIAL DATE: 12/02/1848

DOCUMENT DATE: 17/03/1848

CRIME DESCRIPTION: Desertion

SENTENCE: Transportation for 7 years

DOCUMENT REFERENCES:  CRF 1848 T 5

COMMENTS: Prisoner was a private in the 74th Foot Regiment.

 

Surname

First Name

Reb

Ship

Tried

Trial Place

Term

DOB

Native Place

DOD

Death Place

Remarks

Tracey

Daniel

 

Canada (3) [1815]

1814

Dublin City

7

1794

Dublin City

 

 

Chicken Butcher

 

TRACEY, Daniel

1821 Sep 8, On list of all persons victualled from H.M. Magazines (Reel 6016; 4/5781 p.72)

 

OTHER NAMES: DENIS

SURNAME: TRACY                             

AGE:  19              

PLACE OF TRIAL: Kings Co  (Offaly)

TRIAL DATE: 28/02/1848

CRIME DESCRIPTION: Robbery with violence

SENTENCE: Transportation 7 yrs

DOCUMENT REFERENCES:  TR 7, p 93

 

OTHER NAMES: DENIS

SURNAME: TRASSY

PLACE OF TRIAL: Co Galway         

DOCUMENT DATE: 07/07/1847

CRIME DESCRIPTION: Sheep stealing

SENTENCE: Transportation 7

PETITIONER: Sibina Tressy             

RELATIONSHIP: Mother

DOCUMENT REFERENCES: CRF 1847 T 8

COMMENTS: Petitioners residence given as Woodford, Near Loughrea, Co Galway.

 

1829 July 10th Limerick Evening Post and Clare Sentinal

Death On 16th last September at Botany bay, Doctor TRAECY, formerly of York street Dublin. He was transported for stealing from a shop.

 

OTHER NAMES: EDWARD

SURNAME: TRACEY                            

AGE:  32              

PLACE OF TRIAL: Queens County (Laois)

TRIAL DATE: 05/03/1846

CRIME DESCRIPTION: Burglary

SENTENCE: Transportation for 15 years

PETITIONER: Philip Ryan                            

DOCUMENT REFERENCES:  TR 6, P 164         CRF 1846 T 3

 

OTHER NAMES: EDWARD

SURNAME: TRACY                             

AGE:  40              

PLACE OF TRIAL: Queens County (Laois)

TRIAL DATE: 15/03/1837

CRIME DESCRIPTION: Burglary and Robbery

SENTENCE: Transportation Life

SHIP: CALCUTTA 18/04/1837

DOCUMENT REFERENCES:  TR 2, p 135

COMMENTS: Convict detained at Kilmainham Gaol, Co. Dublin, 23/03/1837

 

OTHER NAMES: EDWARD

SURNAME: TRACY                             

PLACE OF TRIAL: Co Fermanagh                

PLACE OF IMPRISONMENT: Irvine Prison            

DOCUMENT DATE: 01/05/1799

PETITIONER: Self                             

DOCUMENT REFERENCES:  SPP 856

 

Surname

First Name

Reb

Ship

Tried

Trial Place

Term

DOB

Native Place

DOD

Death Place

Remarks

Tracy

Edward

 

Recovery (2) [1823]

 

Antrim Co

7

1805

Armagh Co

 

 

Reaper

TRACEY, Edward (Per "Recovery", 1823) see TEACY, Edward

TEACY, Edward. Per "Recovery", 1823

1823 Aug 4, On list of convicts landed from the "Recovery" & forwarded to Minto for distribution (Reel 6011; 4/3509 p.5)

1824 Jul 26, Nov 1, Servant of B De Arrieta; on 26 Jul sentenced to six months in the Gaol Gang at Sydney & on 1 Nov to three years at Port Macquarie. On return of punishments ordered & inflicted at Campbelltown Court; listed as Tacy (Reel 6023; 4/6671 pp.27, 28)

1824 Nov 26, On list of convicts transported to Port Macquarie per "Sally" (Reel 6019; 4/3864 pp.496-7)

 

OTHER NAMES: HUGH

SURNAME: TRACY                            

PLACE OF TRIAL: Westmeath                      

DOCUMENT REFERENCES:  CRF 1836 Misc94

 

Surname

First Name

Reb

Ship

Tried

Trial Place

Term

DOB

Native Place

DOD

Death Place

Remarks

Tracey

James

 

Anne I (1801)

1800

Wexford

7

 

 

 

 

1811 Muster

TRACEY, James. Per "Anne", 1801,

1810 Jun 9, Granted certificate of freedom (Reel 6038; SZ758 p.51)

 

Surname

First Name

Reb

Ship

Tried

Trial Place

Term

DOB

Native Place

DOD

Death Place

Remarks

Tracey

James

 

Hercules I (1802)

1801

Westmeath

7

 

 

 

 

 

James ‘Key of the works’ Tracy of Westmeath was the leader of the mutiny on the ‘Hercules’ in 1801. There was also a mutiny on the ‘Anne’.

 

Surname

First Name

Reb

Ship

Tried

Trial Place

Term

DOB

Native Place

DOD

Death Place

Remarks

Tracey

James

 

Isabella I (1) [1818]

1817

Gilbraltar Court Martial

14

1790

Athlone Co Roscommon or Westmeath

 

 

Labourer

TRACEY, James. Per "Isabella", 1818

1822 Feb 6, On list of prisoners transported to Newcastle per "Elizabeth Henrietta" (Reel 6008; 4/3504A p.403)

 

TRACEY, James

1821 Sep 8

Stonemason. On list of all persons victualled from H.M. Magazines (Reel 6016; 4/5781 p.102)

 

 

TRACEY, James. Per "Larkins", 1817

1823 Jan 20, Servant of John Palmer of Parramatta; testimony as to his character for a ticket of leave (Reel 6026; 4/1715 pp.405-6)

1823 Feb 25, To take charge of the grazing run of Robert Campbell and the Palmers near Lake Bathurst (Reel 6010; 4/3507 p.366)

1823 c.Jul, On list of convicts employed by John Palmer; in 1817-23 (Reel 6056; 4/1765 p.182)

1824 granted Certificate of Freedom

 

TRACEY, James

1825 Apr 22, Town Constable at Newcastle. On return of persons on Police Establishment for the Counties of Northumberland and Durham who are entitled to salaries (Reel 6068; 4/1812 p.51)

1825 May 18, Town constable at Newcastle. On return of constables for the counties of Northumberland and Durham (Fiche 3302; 4/7419.1 p.16)

 

James Traiy - NSW

In Ireland

Alias: Tracey Tracy Bourke Burke          Irish Rebel:          Religion: Catholic
Marital status: Married
Calling/trade: Farmers labourer
Born: 1791      Mayo Co
Tried: 1826      Queens Co         Sentence: 7    Former convictions: None
Ship: Boyne (1826)
Crime: Stealing pig
Description:
Remarks:  

 

RETURN OF ALL MALE CONVICTS ASSIGNED AND TRANSFERRED BETWEEN THE 1st and 31st DAYS OF OCTOBER ,1832,INCLUSIVELY. ".

 

Tracey James Eliza 6

 

 

OTHER NAMES: JAMES

SURNAME: TRACEY                             

AGE:  22                    

PLACE OF TRIAL: Dublin City                         

TRIAL DATE: 20/06/1840

CRIME DESCRIPTION: Malicious assault of Susan Lloyd. Intent to disable, felonously wounding

SENTENCE: Transportation life

DOCUMENT REFERENCES:  TR 3, p 64

DOCUMENT REFERENCES:  CRF 1840 T 13

COMMENTS: Convict resides in Dublin City with his widowed mother.

 

OTHER NAMES: JAMES

SURNAME: TRACY                             

AGE:  23                    

PLACE OF TRIAL: Queens County (Laois)

TRIAL DATE: 27/06/1842

CRIME DESCRIPTION: Stealing a cow

SENTENCE: Transportation 10 yrs

DOCUMENT REFERENCES:  TR 4, p 148

 

OTHER NAMES: JAMES

SURNAME: TRACY

AGE: 31                 

SEX: M

PLACE OF TRIAL: Co. Wexford        

TRIAL DATE: 18/04/1850

CRIME DESCRIPTION: Robbery

SENTENCE: Transportation 7 yrs

SHIP: PHEOBE DUNBAR 00/06/1853

DOCUMENT REFERENCES: TR 10, p 273

 

 

OTHER NAMES: JERMIAH

SURNAME: TRACEY                            

AGE:  22                    

PLACE OF TRIAL: Co. Tipperary                     

TRIAL DATE: 09/03/1853

CRIME DESCRIPTION: Manslaughter

SENTENCE: Transportation 7 yrs

DOCUMENT REFERENCES:  TR 13, p 117

COMMENTS: Convict ordered to be discharged, 11/02/1857

 

OTHER NAMES: JOHN

SURNAME: TRACEY                            

PLACE OF TRIAL: Co. Limerick                        

TRIAL DATE: 29/03/1852

CRIME DESCRIPTION: Arson

SENTENCE: Transportation 10 yrs

DOCUMENT REFERENCES:  TR 12, p 91

COMMENTS: Convict died at Spike Island Gaol Co. Cork, 10/11/1853

 

OTHER NAMES: JOHN TRACEY

SURNAME: BURKE                             

AGE:  55                    

PLACE OF IMPRISONMENT: Maryborough, Queen's Co. (Laois)

CRIME DESCRIPTION: Stealing a pig

SENTENCE: Transportation 7 years

PETITIONER: Convict                        

DOCUMENT REFERENCES:  PPC 2736

COMMENTS: Convict served almost 11 years in the army. States he has a wife and a large family, no details given. Petition received in 1826.

 

OTHER NAMES: JOHN

SURNAME: TRACY                             

AGE:  21                    

PLACE OF TRIAL: Queens County  (Laois)                     

TRIAL DATE: 05/03/1851

CRIME DESCRIPTION: Burglary

SENTENCE: Transportation 10 yrs

DOCUMENT REFERENCES:  TR 11, p 132

 

OTHER NAMES: John

SURNAME: Treacy                         

AGE:  15

OTHER NAMES: Michael

SURNAME: Treacy                             

AGE:  23                    

TRIAL DATE: 12/07/1844

PLACE OF TRIAL: Co. Kilkenny                       

PLACE OF IMPRISONMENT: Kilkenny

CRIME DESCRIPTION: Sheep stealing

SENTENCE: Transportation 10 yrs

SHIP: RATCLIFFE

DOCUMENT REFERENCES:  Tr 5, p 96

DOCUMENT REFERENCES:  CRF 1845 misc2

DOCUMENT REFERENCES:  CRF 1845 misc16

PLACE OF IMPRISONMENT: Smithfield               

DOCUMENT DATE: 27/01/1845

DOCUMENT REFERENCES:  CRF 1845 misc4

 

OTHER NAMES: JOHN

SURNAME: TREACY                            

AGE:  19                    

PLACE OF TRIAL: Kings County (Offaly)

TRIAL DATE: 07/03/1839

CRIME DESCRIPTION: Malicious Assault

SENTENCE: Transportation 7 yrs

DOCUMENT REFERENCES:  Tr 3, p 100

 

OTHER NAMES: Judith

SURNAME: Tracey or Treacy                           

AGE:  21                    

PLACE OF TRIAL: Kilkenny City                     

TRIAL DATE: 08/10/1838

CRIME DESCRIPTION: Larceny of 1s 4d

SENTENCE: Transportation 7 yrs

DOCUMENT REFERENCES:  Tr 2, p 65

COMMENTS: Convict detained at Grangeforman Gaol, 10/01/1839

DOCUMENT REFERENCES:  CRF 1838 T 38

COMMENTS: Convicts widowed mother and family are dependant on her support.

 

TREACY, Judith. Per "Mary Anne"

1819 Feb 1,2, Re permission to marry at Parramatta (Reel 6006; 4/3499 p.302)

 

Convict

Arr.

Ship

Place Trial & Year

Sent.

Age

Tracy, Mary

1809

Experiment II?

Dublin City 1807

7

-

 

TRACEY, Mary or SULLIVAN. Came free per "Elizabeth"; wife of William Tracey, per "Eliza", 1820

1822, Petition for son, John Sullivan, per "Countess of Harcourt", 1822, to be assigned to parents (Fiche 3228; 4/1868 p.24)

 

Surname

First Name

Reb

Ship

Tried

Trial Place

Term

DOB

Native Place

DOD

Death Place

Remarks

Tracy

Michael

 

Boyd (1809)

1808

Sligo

7

 

 

 

 

 

TRACEY, Michael. Per "Boyd" 1809; escaped per "Marian" 1810

1811 Apr 27, To G Dowdeswell, Bengal, re Tracy (Reel 6002; 4/3490D pp.171-3)

 

 

Surname

First Name

Reb

Ship

Tried

Trial Place

Term

DOB

Native Place

DOD

Death Place

Remarks

Tracy

Michael

 

Providence I (1811)

1806

Carlow Co

Life

1783

 

 

 

 

 

 

Surname

First Name

Reb

Ship

Tried

Trial Place

Term

DOB

Native Place

DOD

Death Place

Remarks

Tracy

Michael

 

Martha (1818)

1817

Sligo

7

1778

Co Sligo

 

 

Labourer

 

 

TRACEY, Michael. Per "Martha", 1818

1819 Jan 4, On list of convicts disembarked from the "Martha" and forwarded to Bringelly for distribution (Reel 6006; 4/3499 p.246)

1820 Aug 14, On list of prisoners transported to Newcastle per "Elizabeth Henrietta" (Reel 6007; 4/3502 p.198)

1820 Aug 16, Government man to William Walsh sentenced to be sent to Newcastle; to be brought back in connection with robbery at house of John White (Reel 6050; 4/1747 pp.127-30)

1820 Aug 21, Re request by W Howe to send to Molles Main (Reel 6007; 4/3502 p.205)

1820 Sep 18, Now at Newcastle, should be sent back to Sydney in connection with robberies at Minto and Cabramatta (Reel 6050; 4/1747 pp.156-7)

1820 Oct 6, Re transfer from Newcastle for trial (Reel 6007; 4/3502 p.316)

1820 Oct 11, Prisoner at Newcastle. Sent to Sydney under guard to be lodged in Sydney Gaol (Reel 6067; 4/1807 p.127)

1820 Oct 23, Re awaiting trial in Sydney (Reel 6007; 4/3502 p.380)

1820 Nov 22-Dec 14, Sentenced to death. In reports of prisoners tried at Court of Criminal Jurisdiction (Reel 6023; X820 p.29)

 

Michael Treacy - NSW

Alias: Tracey 

Religion: Catholic
Marital status: Single
Calling/trade: Ploughman & reaper
Born: 1806 Tipperary
Tried: 1828 Tipperary        

Sentence: Life   

Ship: Governor Ready (2) [1829]
Crime: Conspiracy or murder
Remarks: Cripple

HOLY CROSS MURDERS 1826-7

On Sat. 30 June 1826, Richard Chadwick, eldest son of Rd. Chadwick of Perryville, nephew of Mr. Wm. Sadlier Wells [now Kingswell] Tipperary was shot dead on the road-way between the village of Bohernacrusha & Rathcannon, parish of Holycross, at a point where the bridge crossing the railway was later erected.  Involved in the conspircy were - Edmond Ryan of Ballymoreen, John Walsh, Tom Keogh & his sons, Patrick & John, Micheal Treacy, Watt Grace, John Daniel, Micheal Luby, Thomas & Darby Bryan.  They hid in the grove & joined there by Watt Grace & Jack Walsh & Ml. Treacy brought powder.  Thomas Keogh and Michael Treacy altered their former pleas of not guilty to guilty.  In the cases of William Grace, Thomas Keogh, Michael Treacy, Thomas Maher, Ml. Luby and James Daniel who had changed to a plea of guilty - the sentence of death was passed on them as a matter of course.  Six transported for life:- Wm. Grace, Thos. Keogh, Daniel and Thomas Maher, Ml. Luby, and Ml. Treacy.

Tipperary Convicts transported 1829

Tom Maher; James Daniel; Tom Keogh; Michael Looby; William Grace and Michael Tracy all from the general area of Cashel Co. Tipperary transported in 1829 following the Spring Assizes in Clonmel. Maher settled around the Illawara area; Keogh around Maitland; Looby at Ryansvale, Springfield; Grace drowned in 1833; Tracy at Port Maquarie and Daniel was in Parramatta area in 1837 but it's not known if he stayed there. All transported on the 'Governor Ready' in 1829. Grateful for any information on these men, their families etc.

Joan Keogh 10 Mar 2006

Thomas MAHER sentenced to life aged 26 conditional pardon
Thomas Keoghe sentenced to life aged 32 conditional pardon
James Daniel sentenced to life aged 22 tried Tipperary 1829
Michael Loobey tried tiperary sentenced to life aged 28
condition pardon
William Grace D (died?) sent. Tipperary sentenced to life aged 17
Michael Treacy sentenced to life aged 23
The above spellings are sometimes different to what you had but were as they were spelled on this index. Is there any info on them on the Colonial Secretarys index?
LIZ elizabeth liddicoat 10 Mar 2006

I know all the lads were sentenced to life - the murder is still remembered fairly vividly in Tipperary so the background information is fine; it's what happened them when they got to Australia is what I'm trying to ascertain. Tom Maher did well - got a cp in 1831 for shooting a bushranger; William Grace drowned in the 'Gundaroo' river (I assume that's the Yass river) and the others I'm not sure of as such. I'm carrying out this research from Tipperary so don't have access to the resources available in Australia as freely as I'd like; and ironically the little bits I discover about the lives of the men in Australia is informing about their previous lives in Tipperary. There is no mention of any of the men in the early part of the Colonial Secretarys index; much of importance happened in the later years - James Daniel petitioned the Governor in 1839 regarding his cancelled ticket of leave - I have yet to ascertain the circumstances in which he forefeited his TL - he received a CP in 1847. I cannot ascertain if Treacy ever got a CP or indeed what may have happened him. It appears that he was sent to Port Maquarie because he had one leg much shorter than the other and therefore had a pronounced limp. I am writing an article for a local historical journal and would be grateful for any information at all on these men.

Joan Keogh 10 Mar 2006

 

OTHER NAMES: MICHAEL

SURNAME: TRACY                             

AGE:  38

PLACE OF TRIAL: Co. Kildare                          

TRIAL DATE: 09/04/1850

CRIME DESCRIPTION: Cattle Stealing

SENTENCE: Transportation 10 yrs

DOCUMENT REFERENCES:  TR 10, p 120

COMMENTS: Convict died at Spike Island Gaol Co. Cork, 26/09/1852

 

OTHER NAMES: PAT

SURNAME: Tracey or Treacy                            

AGE:  21                    

SURNAME: DUNN                              

OTHER NAMES: THOMAS

AGE:  24                    

PLACE OF TRIAL: Co. Tipperary                     

TRIAL DATE: 16/07/1842

TRIAL DATE: 28/07/1842

CRIME DESCRIPTION: Abduction

SENTENCE: Death commuted to 3 weeks imprisonment

DOCUMENT REFERENCES:  CRF 1842 T 24

DOCUMENT REFERENCES:  TR 4, p 158

COMMENTS: Convict's name struck through

 

OTHER NAMES: PATRICK

SURNAME: TRACY

AGE: 40                 

PLACE OF TRIAL: Co. Galway         

TRIAL DATE: 28/03/1848

CRIME DESCRIPTION: Sheep Stealing

SENTENCE: Transportation 7 yrs

DOCUMENT REFERENCES: TR 8, p 72

 

OTHER NAMES: PATRICK

SURNAME: TRACY                             

AGE:  17

PLACE OF TRIAL: Co. Westmeath                    

TRIAL DATE: 13/04/1847

CRIME DESCRIPTION: Horse Stealing

SENTENCE: Transportation 14 yrs

DOCUMENT REFERENCES:  TR 6, p 215

 

Peter Tracey - NSW

Alias:           Irish Rebel:          Religion: Catholic
Marital status: Single
Calling/trade: Soldier ploughman & reaper
Born: 1779      Kings Co
Tried: 1829      Queens Co         Sentence: 7    Former convictions: 2
Ship: Larkins (2) [1829]
Crime: Stealing clothes
Description:
Remarks: