Researchers who have claimed this convict
There is currently one researcher who has claimed Grace Keenan
- Researcher (Warren Loxley)
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Biographies
1821 - She was sentenced to 7 years transportation in the 1821 County Cavan Summer Assizes for house robbery. She was 23 at the time.
1823, 25 January - She finally sailed from Cork, Ireland, aboard the ship "Woodman".
1823, 25 June - She arrived on the ship "Woodman", aged 25.
1823, 27 June - The manifest said she was taken ill at Sydney Cove.
1823, 28 June - She was sent to Sydney Hospital because she was in no fit state to go to Parramatta with the other women.
1825 - In this Muster she was listed as in the employ of G.S.M. Sturgeon, Bathurst.
1828, 19 February - David Thompson applied for permission to marry Grace. They were both in the employ of Charles Close Esq., of Wallis Plains (now Maitland).
1828, 24 March - She lived at Wallis Plains when she was wed to David Thompson by banns with the consent of the Governor. They were married in the Church of England by Chaplain F. Wilkinson, Parish of Christ Church, County of Northumberland, we believe in the Newcastle area. He was 35 at the time and Grace was 30. He signed the marriage certificate by his mark. Ab Philip, victualler of Newcastle, and Milbah Harrix were the witnesses. Grace was 7 months pregnant at the time.
It is likely that David and Grace travelled from Wallis Plains to their wedding in Newcastle by river on the “Perseverance” which left Wallis Plains each Friday. The river was almost the only access between the two places until the cart track opened which was being built in 1827.
1828, November - In this Census she was listed as being 30 years old with her and her husband, David, in the employ of Mary Hunt of Wallis Plains. She was listed as a Catholic. She was on Government stores.
1828, 5 December - She was granted her Certificate of Freedom at age 30.
1850, 10 April - Four years after her husband, David, died she married Timothy Steeples at the Church of All Saints, Parish of Bathurst, NSW when she was 52. He was aged 42 having been born in 1804 at Derbyshire, England. They both lived at Bartletts at the time. They were married after banns with the consent of friends by Chaplain Thomas Sharpe. Timothy signed by his mark. The witnesses were John Brien of Bathurst and Jane Brien of Bathurst (who signed by her mark).
1872, 22 February - Grace died at Hobbys Yard, Carcoar, NSW at age 74. The cause of death was infirmity. Her doctor was Dr. Machattie who had last seen her 6 years prior. Her death certificate lists her as Grace Staples. The informant was her husband, Timothy Steeples.
1872, 23 February - She was buried at Hobbys Yard, NSW by George Bird, undertaker. The witnesses were Thomas Chesher and James Melville. She had been in the colony 53 years. According to the Cowra Family History Group who got their information from Blayney Court House, Grace is buried in an unmarked grave at the St Peters Presbyterian Church in Hobbys Yards. The death certificate indicates she had 3 male children living at the time so it is probable that she had a son to Timothy Steeples.
Submitted by Researcher (Warren Loxley) on 1 February 2015
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- State Records NSW (SRNSW) : NRS 1156, [X41], 1823, Woodman, p.1
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