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Convict Names

From the Records

If you were on board one of the Convict Ships bringing female prisoners from England to Australia in the 18th and 19th centuries some of your companions were probably named Mary, Mary Ann, Maria, Elizabeth, Hannah, Jane, Margaret, Anne, Charlotte, Martha or Sarah; or perhaps a little less likely Lucy, Frances, Sally, Emma, Alice, Phoebe, Grace, Louisa, Rebecca or Lydia.

On the Convict Ships from Ireland predominate first names included Patrick, Bryan, Daniel, Michael, Owen, Terence, Denis, Timothy, Francis or perhaps Lawrence, Richard or Martin. The female Irish convicts were often named Bridget, Margaret, Mary, Anne, Catherine, Rose, Ellen, Eleanor, Johanna and Eliza.


Some names from convict records that appear less frequently are listed below: