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Margaret Bence

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Summary

Born
Jan 1830
Conviction
Theft of hankerchief
Departure
Oct 1851
Arrival
Jan 1852
Death
Oct 1904
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Personal Information

Name: Margaret Bence
Gender: Female
Born: 1st Jan 1830
Death: 16th Oct 1904
Age at death: 74
Occupation: Nursery maid
Aliases: Margaret Anne Bence

Crime

Crime: Theft of hankerchief
Convicted at: Southampton. Southampton Boro. Quarter Sessions
Sentence term: 7 years

Voyage

Departed: 4th Oct 1851
Ship: Anna Maria
Arrival: 26th Jan 1852
Place of Arrival: Van Diemen's Land

Transportation

Margaret Bence was transported on the Anna Maria, departing 4th Oct 1851 and arriving 26th Jan 1852 with 200 passengers.

Built 1836 in Calcutta. Wood barque of 421 Tons. Master Edward Smith. Sailed from England 1848 with 190 men from Pentonville prison under the care of surgeon Dr Robert Stevenson, . Twenty seven prisoners deemed to fall into "second class" were disembarked in Hobart and granted tickets of leave on landing and the remainder were disembarked at Geelong with conditional pardons. Sailed from Woolwich on 6 October 1851 under surgeon W. McCrae with 196 female convicts, landing on 26 January 1852.

Anna MariaAnna Maria (generic)

References

Primary SourceAustralian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 92, Class and Piece Number HO11/17, Page Number 240
Source DescriptionThis 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 SourceGreat Britain. Home Office
Compiled ByState Library of Queensland
Database SourceBritish convict transportation registers 1787-1867 database

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Convict Notes

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on 2nd January 2016

Margaret Bence was 22 years old on arrival in VDL and was transported for ‘stealing a silk pocket handkerchief’. She had had previous convictions. Margaret was 4’10 ¾” tall, pale complexion, brown hair, hazel eyes, could read and write. 22/1/1856: TOL 8/7/1856: TOL revoked for absconding. 12/12/1856: Married William Lockwood (Waterloo 1834) he had been previously married to Lucy Mason and had 2 children. Had 6 children with Margaret, John 1857, Margaret Maria 1862, Frederick 1868, Edward 1871, Charles 1874, Mary Jane 1875. 16/10/1904: Margaret died at her son’s residence, New Town road, Hobart. William died 25/7/1876.

State Library of Queensland on 24th August 2011

Died in Hobart, Tasmania, Australia