Date of Conviction: 27/08/1817

Age at Conviction: 34

Crime Convicted of: Uttering & Possession of Forged Notes

Court Convicted at: Lancaster Assizes (held at Lancaster Castle)

Sentence Length: 14 Years

Ship Transported on: Maria

Where Arrived: Port Jackson, New South Wales

Departure Date: 15/05/1818

Arrival Date: 17/09/1818

Biography: Catherine had uttered a forged note to Jane Lloyd at Manchester having others in her possession. She left Lancaster along with a child on the 17th March. Before she was put on board ship on the 20th March, Catherine was part of a group of Lancaster women, convicted of bank crimes that wrote to the Bank of England, petitioning for an allowance. “Honoured Sir, I hope you Will Excuse the Liberty We unfortunate Wemen take in addressing you Relating to a little Subsistory Money We understand the Governers of the Bank alows to us unfortunate Wemen Which if you will have the goodness to Intercede with the Governers of the Bank of England We unfortunate Wemen Will for Ever be Bound to Pray for you by so Doing the undersighned Will for Ever Pray for you Alice Willcock, Betty Healey, Catherine Hardacre, Elizabeth Stott”.

Catherine’s time in Australia was short lived- she entered the female factory upon arrival and was there in 1820. She died in 1821, aged 39 and was buried within St Philip’s parish.