James Byrne & Sarah Franklin

shamrock bwwaratah  IRELAND ; LIVERPOOL & APPIN, NEW SOUTH WALES, AUSTRALIA

James BYRNE

b. 1 Sep 1769 Annamoe, Co. Wicklow, Ireland ; birth registered at Enniscorthy, Wicklow ; parents John BYRNE & Nancy BYRNE
d. 1 Aug 1849 Long Corner, Kennys Point, Lake George, NSW ; buried St Michael’s, Ryansvale, NSW
Death notice

Arrived in Sydney, NSW as a convict aged 32 aboard the Anne.

m. 28 Dec 1812 Liverpool, NSW

Sarah FRANKLIN

b. 17 Apr 1787 Co. Clare, Ireland ; parents George FRANKLIN & ?
d. 1852 Lake George, NSW ; buried St Michael’s, Ryansvale, NSW

Arrived in Sydney, NSW as a convict aged 25 aboard the Minstrel. She was convicted at Lancaster Assize on 10 September 1810 for stealing a cow and sentenced to 7 years transportation. Sarah was convicted and transported under the name ‘Franklington’.

Children

1. Ann BYRNE b. 21 Sep 1813 Liverpool, NSW ; d. 30 Jul 1889 ‘Culpra’, Euston, NSW ; death registered Wentworth, NSW ; buried Gol Gol, NSW ; m. 21 May 1829 St Mary’s (RC), Sydney, NSW – Thomas SHAUGHNESSY (or 0’Shaughnessy) (b. 1799, Co. Limerick, Ire.) – 7 children

2. Thomas BYRNE b. 20 Dec 1814 Liverpool, NSW ; d. 16 Jul 1894 Appin NSW ;
m1. c1837 Appin, NSW – Margaret DWYER- 7 children ;
m2. 22 Apr 1858 Campbelltown, NSW – Mary Agnes STANTON – 7 children

3. John BYRNE b. 20 Jun 1817 Appin, NSW ; d. 9 Jul 1890 Goulburn, NSW ;
m. 1846 Kangarooby near Cowra, NSW ; marriage registered St Michael’s (RC), Kelso, Bathurst, NSW ;- Mary DOWD- 11children

4. Mary Teresa BYRNE b. 19 Feb 1818 Appin, NSW ; d. 11 Dec 1896 110 Bullanaming Street, Darlington, Sydney, NSW ; death registered Redfern, NSW ; buried Rookwood Cemetery, NSW ;
m. 27 Nov 1833 St. Mary’s (RC), Sydney, NSW – James WORTHINGTON (b. c1808 Windsor, NSW ; parents John WORTHINGTON & Catherine MALONE(Y) ; d. 9 Sep 1889 ‘Yeo Yeo’ near Stockinbingal, NSW ;buried Cootamundra, NSW) – 13 children

5. Frances Matilda BYRNE b. 19 Feb 1821 Appin, NSW ; d. 15 Aug 1901 ‘Widgiewa’, Urana, NSW ; buried North Gundagai, NSW ; m. 4 Feb 1833 St Mary’s (RC), Sydney, NSW – John J QUILTER- 9 children

6. Susannah BYRNE b. 12 Feb 1823 Appin, NSW ; d. 7 Dec 1913 Gobarralong, NSW ;death registered Gundagai, NSW ; m. Sep 1841 Narellan, NSW marriage registered at Camden, NSW – James CROWE- 15 children

7. Catherine BYRNE b. 20 Jul 1824 NSW ; d. 30 Apr 1893 Petersham, NSW ; buried Rookwood, NSW ; m. 10 Jan 1852 St Peter & Pauls (RC), Goulburn, NSW – John Francis KENNY- 9 children

8. Patrick BYRNE b. 16 Mar 1826 Appin, NSW ; d. 13 Jul 1899 Collector, NSW ; death registered Goulburn, NSW ; buried Collector, NSW ; m. 1851 Goulburn, NSW – Mary CAREY- 6 children

9. James William BYRNE b. 29 Feb 1828 Appin, NSW ; d. 28 Aug 1852 Lake George, NSW

bwship Ship : Anne (aka Luz St Anna) (1801)

Departed: 26 Jun 1800 – Cork, Ireland
Arrived: 21 Feb 1801 – Sydney, NSW
Master: Captain James Stewart

Particulars: Convict ship ; 384t and 12 guns; possibly built in France or Spain ; originally named Luz St Anne or Luz St Anna ; 42 crew plus prisoner guards ; travelled via Rio and the Cape of Good Hope ; total voyage took 240 days (presumably poor weather hampered the ship’s progress in the final leg of the journey, because passage to Rio had been very swift.

Notes: Carried 24 female and 127 male convicts (one of whom was James Byrne). On 29 July, three weeks sailing from Rio, a short-lived mutiny took place which resulted in three wounded prisoners, the execution by firing squad of a ring-leader (the only prisoner to have been executed in this manner aboard a convict ship) and the flogging of another.

References:
Bateson, Charles. The Convict Ships: 1781-1868. Glasgow: Brown, Son & Ferguson, 1959.

bwship Ship : Minstrel (1812)

Departed: 4 Jun 1812 – London, England
Arrived: 25 Oct 1812 – Sydney, NSW
Master: John Reid

Particulars: Convict vessel ; 251t ; built 1810 Hull ; A square-sterned flush deck vessel with an extreme length of 104.5ft, a breath of 28.9ft and a height between decks of 6.9ft. A three-master of one and a half decks, the Minstrel had a quarter gallery and a man’s figure as a figurehead. The journey to Port Jackson took 143 days, taking 54 or 55 days from England to Rio and making a direct passage from Rio Port Jackson in 75 days.

Notes: Carried 126 female convicts, one of whom was Sarah Franklin. One convict died during the voyage and the remaining 125 disembarked in Sydney.

bwheadstone Death Notice – James Byrne

(Goulburn Herald and County of Argyle Advertiser 4 Aug 1849 p.5)

bwheadstone Inscriptions at St Michael’s Ryansvale Cemetery

(Australian Cemeteries Index)

St Michael’s Ryansvale Cemetery sits on private land at the back of a property called Springfield near Goulburn. It is unfenced and reportedly overgrown and in disrepair from cattle grazing damage.