James Keating

  Noted events in his life were:

• Convict: arrived on the "Captain Cook", 12 Mar 1836. ⁶ 46yo. Convicted of stealing sheep (to feed his wife, 2 boys & 3 girls). Farm servant, could read & write. Roman Catholic. 5'6.5", ruddy complexion. Brown hair, brown eyes. No prior convictions. Sent out on 'Captain Cook 3'. Master: George William Brown arrived 13 Nov 1836

James married Johanna Dwyer, daughter of James Dwyer and Mary Hickey, in County Cork, Ireland UK.⁶ (Johanna Dwyer was born on 5 Apr 1805 in Ireland UK and died before 1849 in probably Ireland UK ⁶.)