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Transportation
Margaret Barclay was transported on the Louisa, departing 21st Aug 1827 and arriving 3rd Dec 1827 with 90 passengers.
Ship News- Arrivals. Monday, the ship Louisa, Captain Smith, from London 24th August, with 90 female prisoners, and 21 children. Surgeon Superintendent, James Cook, Esquire, R.N. The Australian, 5 Dec 1827.
Louisa (generic)References
| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 89, Class and Piece Number HO11/6, Page Number 280 |
| Source Description | This record is one of the entries in the British convict transportation registers 1787-1867 database compiled by State Library of Queensland from British Home Office (HO) records which are available on microfilm as part of the Australian Joint Copying Pro |
| Original Source | Great Britain. Home Office |
| Compiled By | State Library of Queensland |
| Database Source | British convict transportation registers 1787-1867 database |
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"My 3rd Great Grandmother"
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Convict Notes
Louisa, Surgeon’s Journal. ADM 101/45/6/11827 Folio 27: Margaret Barclay, aged 17, convict; sick or hurt, scrophula; put on sick list 24 September 1827, put off sick list 4 October 1827 cured. Folio 28: Margaret Barclay, aged 17, convict; sick or hurt, pleuritis; put on sick list 15 November 1827, put off sick list 25 November 1827 cured.
National Records of Scotland Title Precognition against Margaret Barclay for the crime of theft Dates 1827 Accused Margaret Barclay, Age: 16, Address: Thread Street, Paisley, Renfrewshire. National Records of Scotland Title Trial papers of Margaret Barclay, late prisoner in the tolbooth of Paisley, for the crime of theft. Dates 4 May 1827 Pled guilty. Found guilty in terms of confession. Sentenced to transportation beyond the seas for 14 years. High Court of Justiciary. Western Circuit, Spring: Glasgow. Ancestry Convict Indents: Margaret Barclay was listed as 18 years old on arrival (listed as 16 at her trial). Native Place: Paisley. Occupation: Muslin sewer/house servant/all works. Margaret was single, 5'2Âľ" tall, ruddy freckled complexion, brown hair, hazel eyes, MB:CT on right arm by her own statement. Assigned to Gilbert McLeod, Sydney. Dec.1831: Permission to marry John McDonald (Minerva 1824) - John was 27 and had a TOL - Margaret was 22 and on Bond. 1832: Married at Scots Church, Sydney. May have had 7 children, cannot pick them out on the NSW BDM. 1832: TOL Liverpool - Trade: Milliner. 17/6/1843: COF.
hight 5'2 and three quarters single was born in Paisley protestant reads