QUINN Matthew

Name	Matthew QUINN
Country Of Origin	Ireland
Born	1821
Died	1889
Birth/Baptism	Born 1821, Dublin, Ireland
Parents	John and Fanny Quinn (formerly Shepherd)
Apprenticeship	unknown
Skills	Watch Cleaner, Jeweller
Work Locations	Sorell
Street Address
Marriage/Spouse	16 February 1852, St George’s Church, Sorell, to Frances Kidner (d. 2 August 1878).
Trial	15 March 1845, Mayo County, Ireland
Sentence	Seven years transportation for stealing eleven watches from Michael Clark, a hawker at Mayo.
Arrival	30 August 1845 on the convict ship, Ratcliffe
Police Number	16263
Convict Assignment
Ticket of Leave	31 July 1849, revoked in October 1850 (absent from muster), reissued 12 November 1850.
Conditional Pardon	10 February 1852
Other	Twelve months probation: Port Esperance May 1852: Certificate of Freedom. Settled in the Sorell district. April 1874: Matthew’s tender to repair the Presbyterian Church at Sorell was accepted. Other occupations recorded: carpenter, builder
Death	22 June 1889, General Hospital, Hobart Cause of death: Hepatic disease
References
TAHO: CON31/1/69, CON52/1/3, RGD37/1/11 no1125 Marriage 1852, RGD35/1/12 no616 Death 1889. Web: Ancestry: Ireland, Catholic Parish Baptism Register 1821; Founders & Survivors convict database. Cornwall Chronicle 4 August 1849, 14 February 1852, 1 May 1852, 18 April 1874, 7 August 1878, 24 June 1889.