Catherine Clarke

Date of Conviction: 09/05/1810

Age at Conviction: 16

Crime Convicted of: Theft

Court Convicted at: Lancaster Quarter Sessions (held at the New Bailey, Salford)

Sentence Length: 7 Years

Ship Transported onMinstrel

Where Arrived: Port Jackson, New South Wales

Departure Date: 04/06/1812

Arrival Date: 25/10/1812

Biography: Catherine, a single woman, stole a gold watch along with Elizabeth Withington/Witherington at Manchester who she was also transported on the Minstrel with. Catherine died less than two years after arrival in May 1814 and was buried at the Old Sydney Burial Ground.