Rose FINLAY was born c1806 West Indies

• 1837 - age 31 born in West Indies
• Rose McCART and Mary McCART were siblings who were transported on "Sir Charles Forbes", both were married with children. There is currently no evidence that proves that they had a maiden name of FINLAY.

Rose married Owen McCOURT in 1827 and they had 2 sons

Rose as Rose McCART was convicted of stealing a basket on 26 October 1836 at Monaghan, Ireland and was sentenced to transportation. She arrived in Sydney Cove on "Sir Charles Forbes" in January 1837 . Her sister Mary was also onboard

It is unknown when Rose died, she disappears from records after 1844

NOTE: she is NOT the Rose COURT who died 1899 in Waterloo, with parents James and Sarah A - this is Rose Alice Bennett - Court

PARENTAGE AND SIBLINGS

Different researchers have differing information on Mary's origins. See https://www.geni.com/discussions/283057?msg=173765

Suggested Parents - Set 1

• Father - James Finlay
• Mother - Elizabeth? Finlay

Suggested Parents - Set 2

• Father - James FINLAY
• Mother - Judy

Suggested SIBLINGS

• Michael Finlay, Convict "Surry" 1816
• Robert Finlay, Convict "Guildford" 1827

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LINKS

• https://convictrecords.com.au/convicts/mccart/rose/154400
• https://eoe.convictwomenspress.com.au/index.php/biographical-dictio...

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A "Rose McCart", convicted in Monaghan on 26 Oct 1836, arrived in Australia on 4 Aug 1837. She said she was age 25, but she may have been older.

Rose Finlay married in 1827 in County Monaghan to Owen McCourt. The couple apparently had two sons. Owen McCourt eventually left Monaghan to seek work in Lancashire. There, in 1833, he married, probably illegally, and started a large family.

Rose likely stopped receiving money from Owen sometime after Owen's first born son entered the world in 1835. Left on her own to support herself, she wound up committing petty theft and being convicted for it and sent to New South Wales, like her two brothers.

From this reference:

In 1837 two sisters were transported to New South Wales on board the Sir Charles Forbes, departing Dublin in August and arriving in Sydney the following January. Rose McCart was 31 years old and said she was born in the West Indies. Her younger sister, Mary McCart, age 30, said she was born in Fermanagh, Ireland. Rose had brown hair, grey eyes and her complexion was ’Brown, freckled, and a little pockpitted’. Mary had brown hair and blue eyes, her complexion was ‘Dark pale’, she had lost three teeth and had a ‘thick’ nose. If the convict indents are correct and Rose was born in the West Indies in about 1806 and Mary was born in Ireland in about 1807, then presumably their mother must have travelled from the West Indies to Ireland during 1806 or 1807.

The sisters were both Protestant married women with children; Rose had two sons, Mary had one son. They were convicted of petty theft offences at Monaghan, in the county next to Fermanagh where Mary was born. Mary, convicted of pickpocketing, was sentenced to transportation on 6 April 1836 and Rose, who stole a basket, was sentenced on 26 October 1836.

Two points: First, by Irish naming, Mary would have been the older of the two. Second, it's not clear whether Sarah Ann McLain ever went to the West Indies, or whether that was a confabulation. But it could be checked out.