The Mermaid

Notes:
The Mermaid was a 473 Tonne Barque, built in Culcutta, India in 1817.



{Mermaid - arrived in WA in 1851

This 473 ton barque was built in Calcutta in 1817. It was employed as a convict transport and left Portsmouth, England on January 9, 1851 bound for the Swan River Colony. She carried the third of 37 shipments of male convicts destined for Western Australia. The voyage took 123 days and the Mermaid arrived in Fremantle on May 13, 1851 with 91 passengers and 208 convicts [Erickson]. J.P. Anderson and Alex Kilroy were the captain and surgeon respectively.



There were no deaths recorded on the convict shipping and description lists and 208 convict numbers were assigned for the voyage ranging from (176 to 383).



Of the 91 passengers mentioned above, all 91 were pensioner guards and their families, the number being made up of 29 pensioner guards, 23 wives, 20 sons and 19 daughters.



Alex Kilroy's surgeon's journal for the voyage is preserved in the Public Record Office (PRO) in London. Researchers can view a copy on the Australian Joint Copying Project (AJCP) microfilm reel M711 which is held in most major libraries and archives offices throughout Australia.}

Birth

Matches 1 to 2 of 2

	Last Name, Given Name(s)	Birth		Person ID
1	GRIFFIN	Between 9 Jan 1851 and 13 May 1851	The Mermaid	I1109
2	MCCORMICK, Mary	Between 9 Jan 1851 and 13 May 1851	The Mermaid	I1136

Death

Matches 1 to 1 of 1

	Last Name, Given Name(s)	Death		Person ID
1	MCCORMICK, John	Between 9 Jan 1851 and 13 May 1851	The Mermaid	I1135

Occupation

Matches 1 to 30 of 30

	Last Name, Given Name(s)	Occupation		Person ID
1	AUSTIN, James	From 9 Jan 1851 to 13 May 1851	The Mermaid	I1075
2	BURKE, Patrick	From 9 Jan 1851 to 13 May 1851	The Mermaid	I1079
3	BURNS, Andrew	From 9 Jan 1851 to 13 May 1851	The Mermaid	I1085
4	BURTONSHAW, John	From 9 Jan 1851 to 13 May 1851	The Mermaid	I1088
5	CONNORS, Owen	From 9 Jan 1851 to 13 May 1851	The Mermaid	I1090
6	DEADMAN, William	From 9 Jan 1851 to 13 May 1851	The Mermaid	I1098
7	EGGAR, Arthur	From 9 Jan 1851 to 13 May 1851	The Mermaid	I1100
8	GAFFNEY, George	From 9 Jan 1851 to 13 May 1851	The Mermaid	I1101
9	GILMORE, William	From 9 Jan 1851 to 13 May 1851	The Mermaid	I1103
10	GRAHAM, Edward	From 9 Jan 1851 to 13 May 1851	The Mermaid	I1105
11	GRIFFIN, Patrick	From 9 Jan 1851 to 13 May 1851	The Mermaid	I1106
12	HARRIS, John	From 9 Jan 1851 to 13 May 1851	The Mermaid	I1110
13	HART, Patrick	From 9 Jan 1851 to 13 May 1851	The Mermaid	I1112
14	HATFIELD, George	From 9 Jan 1851 to 13 May 1851	The Mermaid	I1114
15	HULME, Robert	From 9 Jan 1851 to 13 May 1851	The Mermaid	I1121
16	KEAUGHRAN, Edward	From 9 Jan 1851 to 13 May 1851	The Mermaid	I1122
17	KILROY, Alex	From 9 Jan 1851 to 13 May 1851	The Mermaid	I1173
18	KIRK, Francis	From 9 Jan 1851 to 13 May 1851	The Mermaid	I1128
19	MCCANN, Garrett	From 9 Jan 1851 to 13 May 1851	The Mermaid	I1131
20	MCCORMICK, Martin	From 9 Jan 1851 to 13 May 1851	The Mermaid	I1133
21	MCGALL, John	From 9 Jan 1851 to 13 May 1851	The Mermaid	I1137
22	MCINTOSH, William	From 9 Jan 1851 to 13 May 1851	The Mermaid	I1141
23	MCINTYRE, Daniel	From 9 Jan 1851 to 13 May 1851	The Mermaid	I1146
24	MILLER, Samuel	From 9 Jan 1851 to 13 May 1851	The Mermaid	I1151
25	MORAN, Michael	From 9 Jan 1851 to 13 May 1851	The Mermaid	I1153
26	NICHOLSON, William	From 9 Jan 851 to 13 May 1851	The Mermaid	I1159
27	STANDFORD, James	From 9 Jan 1851 to 13 May 1851	The Mermaid	I1163
28	STONE, Frederick	From 9 Jan 1851 to 13 May 1851	The Mermaid	I1164
29	TANSEY, Patrick	From 9 Jan 1851 to 13 May 1851	The Mermaid	I1167
30	TUITE, Richard	From 9 Jan 1851 to 13 May 1851	The Mermaid	I1172

Prison

Matches 1 to 1 of 1

	Last Name, Given Name(s)	Prison		Person ID
1	BULLOUGH, Bullough	28 Dec 1850	The Mermaid	I878