Anne Hurley, or Hurly, was born about 1813.
Anne Hurley was convicted in Cork, Ireland, in 1837 for stealing money and sentenced to transportation for 7 years. Anne departed Cork on 29 Nov 1837 on the ship Diamond, arriving in Sydney on 28 Mar 1838. There were 162 female convicts embarked, one of whom did not last the 114-day voyage.[1]
She married fellow convict, Robert Potter, in 1843 in All Saints Church of England, Sutton Forest, New South Wales.[2] They had five children, one of whom died in infancy.
Anne passed away in 1862 in Berrima, New South Wales.[3]
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Categories: Convicts After the Third Fleet | Convicts from Ireland to Australia | Diamond, Arrived 28 Mar 1838
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