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167316
Surname: Byrne (alias Gibbon)
First Name: Thomas
Ship: Regalia 1826
Date: 8 August 1826
Place: Sydney
Source: Convict Indents. State Archives NSW; Series: NRS 12188; Item: [4/4011]; Microfiche: 660
Details: Errand boy age 20. Tried in Dublin 27 May 1825 and sentencedto 7 years transportation for stealing a cloak. Assigned to Patrick Boylan at Wilberforce on arrival


131744
Surname: Byrne (alias Gibbons)
First Name: Thomas
Ship: Regalia 1826
Date: 1828 5 May
Place: -
Source: SG
Details: Labourer age 21 from Dublin, 5ft 4 1/2in, hazel eyes, brown hair, ruddy complexion. Absconded from the Mineral Surveyor's Department


129894
Surname: Byrne (alias Lynch)
First Name: John (alias James)
Ship: Waterloo 1831
Date: -
Place: -
Source: AO NSW Principal Superintendent of convicts. Indents. Fiche No. 696 pp 1 - 52
Details: Labourer age 20 from London. Tried in Dublin 3 July 1830. Sentenced to Transportation for Life for house robbery. Assigned to John Burke at South Creek on arrival


93997
Surname: Byrne (Birons)
First Name: Edward
Ship: Morley 1828
Date: 1831 20 April
Place: -
Source: NGE
Details: Labourer from Dublin. Sentenced to 7 days solitary confinement for disobedience by Thalaba Bench. Returned to private service 27 April


106492
Surname: Byrne (Brain)
First Name: Maria
Ship: Isabella 1840
Date: 1843 August
Place: Newcastle
Source: Register Book of Christ Church Cathedral, Newcastle. Marriages p19
Details: Marriage of William Brain aged 26 and Maria Byrne aged 20. Witnesses William Major and Amelia Steel


31654
Surname: Byrne (Bryan)
First Name: John
Ship: Mangles 1828
Date: 1828
Place: Swan Reach
Source: 1828 Census
Details: Labourer assigned to John Eales


31709
Surname: Byrne (Burn)
First Name: Darby
Ship: Ann and Amelia 1825
Date: 1828
Place: Hunter River
Source: 1828 Census
Details: Ploughman. Assigned to Richard Siddons


112917
Surname: Byrne (Burn)
First Name: Darby
Ship: Ann and Amelia 1825
Date: 1824
Place: Tried in Limerick
Source: -
Details: Sentenced to transportation for Life


194893
Surname: Byrne (Burn)
First Name: Darby
Ship: Ann and Amelia 1825
Date: 3 January 1825
Place: Sydney cove
Source: Convict Indents. State Archives NSW; Series: NRS 12188; Item: [4/4009A]; Microfiche: 654
Details: Darby Burne age 28. Ploughman from Limerick. Tried at Limerick 17 March 1824. Sentenced to transportation for life. Assigned to Mr. Browne on arrival


178119
Surname: Byrne (Burn)
First Name: Lawrence
Ship: Sophia 1829
Date: 1829
Place: -
Source: Convict Indents. State Archives NSW; Series: NRS 12188; Item: [4/4014]; Microfiche: 671
Details: Age 29. Farm labourer, native place Wicklow. Tried in Kildare 27 August 1827 and sentenced to 7 years transportation for stealing. Assigned to George Harper at Stone Quarry on arrival


178120
Surname: Byrne (Burn)
First Name: Lawrence
Ship: Sophia 1829
Date: 25 October 1839
Place: Newcastle gaol
Source: Newcastle Gaol Entrance Book. State Archives NSW. Roll 136
Details: Bernard Malone and Lawrence Burn admitted to Newcastle gaol from Maitland on a charge of assault and felony. Sentenced to 15 years transportation and forwarded to Sydney gaol on 23 December 1839


142787
Surname: Byrne (Burn)
First Name: William
Ship: Captain Cook 1836
Date: 1837
Place: Hunter River
Source: GRC
Details: Age 17. Tried in Dublin. Assigned to Alexander Livingstone


31700
Surname: Byrne (Burn) (Burns)
First Name: James
Ship: Borodino 1828
Date: 1828
Place: Brisbane Grove, Paterson Plains
Source: 1828 Census
Details: Labourer assigned to George Williams


111432
Surname: Byrne (Burnes)
First Name: Thomas
Ship: Hadlow 1820
Date: 1835 20 February
Place: Newcastle gaol
Source: NGE
Details: Labourer from Queens co., Committed for trial at Supreme Court. Sent to Sydney gaol 25 February


182836
Surname: Byrne (Burnett)
First Name: Richard
Ship: Captain Cook 1832
Date: 27 March 1833
Place: Invermein
Source: Invermein Court of Petty Sessions. Deposition Books 1833 -1834 (Ancestry)
Details: Richard Burnett per ship Captain Cook, assigned to Hamilton C. Sempill, charged with neglect of duty and disobedience of orders. Jeremiah Horrigan states - I am sheep overseer on the Segenhoe Estate; the prisoner is employed as a shepherd; last Wednesday I found the prisoner in company with another shepherd; and on Friday last I found him in his hut when he should have been out with his flock; it was raining; I ordered him to take his flock away but he took no notice of me and I was obliged to take them out to feed myself and count them over to the watchman at night. The prisoner stood at the hut door while the watchman counted them into the yard - during this time I went and asked the prisoner to come out and attend to his duties but he refused...The prisoner denies having been in company with another shepherd but admits the second part of the charge. The Bench find the prisoner guilty and sentence him to receive fifty lashes


182963
Surname: Byrne (Burnett)
First Name: Richard
Ship: Captain Cook 1832
Date: 15 May 1833
Place: Invermein
Source: Invermein Court of Petty Sessions. Deposition Books 1833 -1834 (Ancestry)
Details: Richard Burnett per ship Captain Cook, assigned to Hamilton C. Sempill, charged with neglect of duty and disobedience. Jeremiah Horrigan states - I am sheep overseer at Segenhoe; the prisoner is employed as a shepherd; last Sunday week he came to me in the evening and told me that he had lost his sheep whilst cutting some blady grass to fill his bed. I went and found 100 of them and next morning I found the remainder; and on Friday last I saw him with two dogs and directed him send one of them back upon which he threw stones at my dog and told me I must not follow him into the bush again. The prisoner admits the fact of losing his sheep and states in his defence that the dog was running after his sheep when he threw stones at it to drive it away. The Bench find the prisoner guilty and sentence him to receive fifty lashes


195796
Surname: Byrne (Burnett)
First Name: Richard
Ship: Captain Cook 1832
Date: 6 April 1832
Place: Sydney
Source: Convict Indents. State Archives NSW; Series: NRS 12188; Item: [4/4017]; Microfiche: 682
Details: Richard Byrne alias Burnett age 17. Cabinet maker s apprentice 2 years. Tried at Dublin 29 September 1831. Sentenced to 7 years transportation for picking pockets


31719
Surname: Byrne (Burns)
First Name: Edward
Ship: Morley 1828
Date: 1828
Place: Blackford, Patrick Plains
Source: 1828 Census
Details: Labourer assigned to Crawford Logan Brown


16051
Surname: Byrne (Burns)
First Name: J
Ship: Bencoolen 1819
Date: 1823 2 January
Place: Newcastle
Source: SG
Details: Aged 21 from Dublin. Absconded from service


62551
Surname: Byrne (Burns)
First Name: J
Ship: Bencoolen 1819
Date: 1823 25 September
Place: Newcastle
Source: SG
Details: Aged 21. Native of Dublin; dark eyes; dark sandy hair, fair pale complexion. Absconded from Newcastle