Hi Christine, From: Broxam, Graeme, Shipping Arrivals and Departures Tasmania 1843-1850, Volume 3, Roebuck 1998, ISBN 0 9586561 3 4, p289. MONA Arrived Launceston 17/18 May 1846, Barque 189 ton, Master Sayers (Agent J. Raven), departed Cape of Good Hope 25 March, wine, &c., 4 passengers, 4 Military Convicts. regards, Meryl Yost, Launceston, Tasmania ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Administrator: AUS-Tasmania mailing list http://www.rootsweb.com/~austashs/home/maillist.htm E-mail: [email protected] AUS-Tasmania Genealogy pages http://www.rootsweb.com/~austashs/ ----- Original Message ----- From: "christine watson" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, September 01, 2002 8:34 PM Subject: [TAS-CONVICTS] Roll Call : McCANN Mark > Roll Call > McCANN Mark > born approx 1818/1820 Ireland > native place Delamere (can't locate this place) County Antrim > (can't find a birth ) > Roman Catholic Farm Laborer > Tried Fort Beaufort, Cape of Good Hope 26Jan1846 7years > Transported for insubordination & offering violence to Supt Dunbar 7th Dragoons > (after periods in prison & 150 lashes) > Arrived Tas 18May1846 on the ship Mona (can't find info on ship or voyage) > His wife Sarah aged 40 (can't find birth or marriage) & daughter Mary aged > 10 (can't find birth) residing in Louth Lincolnshire England came out to be > with him. > A Mark McCann died Launceston aged 40 26Nov 1858 (think this is him). > 1863 Sarah remarried one George BRACKENBURY - transported for 14 years via > ship Mangles 1835 > Daughter Mary Ann married William Ridgers 1856 Bothwell. This union > produced 14 children. > > Regards > Christine Watson, Chiltern, Victoria