Mary Mason - Metcalfe, Convict “Lord Auckland” 1848

BIRTH & BAPTISM 1828 in Waterford based on her spoken dialect/accent (see below, Mary spoke only Irish in a Waterford dialect), but no record.

HOWEVER, her records show her as born Dun Laoghaire (Kings Town, co Dublin) so I think that must stand despite the record which said she spoke only Waterford Irish. Perhaps her parents were from Waterford and moved to Dublin.

First name(s) M Ann Father's first name(s) William Last name Moran Father's last name Moran Birth year - Mother's first name(s) Margret Baptism year 1828 Mother's last name Moran Baptism date 05 Oct 1828 Repository National Library of Ireland Residence Glenagary Parish Kingstown Register Baptism Alternative parish names Dun Laoghaire, St. Michael's, Kingstown Diocese Dublin County Dublin Country Ireland [This is the best match for the available evidence]

Possibly? 1829 Kingstown, Co Dublin [The person who suggests this also suggests her parents were William Benjamin Jones & Mary Jones so I don't have a lot of confidence in the attribution]

Mary Moran of 7 Little Baron Strand Waterford was a tin-plate worker. (a relative?) Mary Moran 64yrs was buried at Lismore, Dungarvan parish, co Waterford Dec 2 1845. (possibly her mother?)

1842: Mary Moran, 15yrs, factory girl, admitted to the workhouse in North Dublin. She was clean and healthy. Could this be young Mary after leaving Waterford?

CRIMINAL CONVICTION Dublin Evening Packet 8 August 1848 COUNTY CALENDER (of trials) .....Mary Moran, 20, burglary ......... [other papers say simply that she was charged with a felony]

Mary was a 20 yr old house maid in 1848. She was tried in Dublin County Court August 8th, for burglary and sentenced to 5 yrs transportation. Her native language was Irish, the Waterford dialect of Munster. Still speaks Gaelic at a high level. She arrived in "Lord Aukland". Prison register reports she had frequently been charged before, sentenced to 7 yrs transportation, single, Roman Catholic, no occupation or trade, transported 5 Oct 1848 in "Lord Aukland". At Grangegorman womens prison, Co Dublin. She was 5'2", grey eyes, brown hair, fair skin, single, illiterate, no trade, often previously convicted, 'disposed of' 5th Oct 1848 to "Lord Aukland".

There were several Mary Morans in Dublin gaols in 1848- and there is more than one gaol. This one is easily confused with our Mary because so many of her details are similar, however, a lass born Dublin would have spoken English, not Irish in a Waterford dialect. She was transported at about the same time, and had several priors. All her prison records show her as born Dublin county. Mary Moran, 20yrs, sentenced to 7 yrs. transportation for Burglary & Robbery 1st Aug 1848, single, illiterate, 5'2", grey eyes, black hair, fresh complexion, no trade, born Stradbroke, co Dublin. Mary Moran b.co Galway, 23yrs, country servant, was transported the same year.

TRANNSPORTATION First name(s) Mary Residence Hobart Last name Moran State New South Wales Birth year - Arrival year 1849 Record set New South Wales And Tasmania: Settlers And Convicts 1787-1859 Ship name Lord Auckland Where convicted Dublin When convicted 1848 Sentence 7 years

First name(s) Mary Ship name Lord Auckland (3) (voyage 3 by Lord Aukland) Last name Moran Ship number 3 Supplied full name Moran, Mary Document ref Conduct Record CON41/1/20; Description List CON19/1/7; Indent CON15/1/5; Other Records MM Page 711 Sex Female State Tasmania Year 1848-49 Country Australia Departure date 11 Oct 1848 Departure port Dublin Arrival date 20 Jan 1849 Voyage number 306 [This doc describes her as able to read & write, Roman Catholic, charged with stealing clothes and 9 times for being disorderly, native place Kings Town (Dun Laoghraire)]

House Maid, 5' without shoes, 20yrs, fresh complexion, head round, dark brown hair, high forehead, brown eyebrows, grey eyes, oval face, small nose, wide mouth, round chin, native place Kings Town (Dun Laoghaire), Ireland. Conduct very good. given to absconding from her assigned place. [doesn't jibe with report she spoke Waterford Irish]

MARRIAGE Mary was still a convict so needed permission to marry. Name: Mary Moran Spouse Name: John Mason Marriage Date: 28 Oct 1850 Marriage Place: Tasmania Registration Place: Hamilton, Tasmania Registration Year: 1850 Registration Number: 125

First name(s) Mary State Tasmania Last name Moran Country Australia Birth year 1828 Groom's age 31 Residence Tasmania, Australia Groom's birth date 1819 Marriage year 1850 Bride's age 22 Marriage date 28 Oct 1850 Bride's birth date 1828 Spouse's first name(s) John Spouse's last name Mason Marriage place River Ouse Tasmania, Australia

First name(s) Mary Spouse's first name(s) John Last name Moran Spouse's last name Mason Sex Female Spouse's sex Male Age 22 Spouse's age 31 Birth year 1828 Spouse's birth year 1819 Marriage year 1850 Registration number 125 Marriage date 28 Oct 1850 Registration year 1850 District Hamilton Subcategory Civil Marriage & Divorce State Tasmania Country Australia