Born: Ireland 1813.
1832 Trial at Dublin - for Highway robbery - 17 January 1832, Dublin Evening Packet and Correspondent Dublin. THE COMMISSION. The following are the county convictions at the late Commission - John Murphy, Alfred Shaw, Patrick Fitzgerald, John Dixon, John Carroll, Owen Morgan, George Stokes, Patrick Harding, Edward Abbey, James Farrell - sentence of death recorded...
Name: Owen Morgan; Born: 1813; Occupation: Bricklayer; Crime: Highway robbery; Convicted at: Dublin City; Sentence term: 7; Ship: Dunvegan Castle 2; Voyage: 1st July 1832; Arrival: 16th October 1832; Place of Arrival: New South Wales; Convict Notes - Scar on left cheek; Primary Source; Contributed by: Michelle Dwyer on 17/06/2021; Michelle Dwyer 27th March, 2023, source: Certificate of freedom 39/2479 (prev.), firstname: Owen, surname: Morgan, date of birth: 1813, date of death: 1862.[1]
15 Dec 1834 - Runaway - New South Wales Government Gazette (Sydney, NSW : 1832 - 1900) Wed 31 Dec 1834; Morgan, Owen, Dunvegan Castle (2) 32-2478, 21, Dublin, bricklayers boy, 5 feet 5 inches, sallow and freckled comp. dark, brown hair, grey eyes, from Thomas Pye, Bathurst, since 15th December. Second time of absconding. [2]
1839 - Certificate of freedom 39/2479: NSW State Archives; [3]
1845 NSW marriage reg. 3928/1845 V18453928 162B; MORGAN, OWEN and FITZPATRICK, MARY; dist. LG.[4] LG = Roman Catholic; Bathurst; Kelso; St Michael's, Co. Bathurst.[5]
Owen and Mary had the following children in NSW:
Death 1862 - MORGAN, OWEN; AGE 40 YEARS; DIED BURRANGONG, reg. YOUNG.[6]
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