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Personal Information
Voyage
Transportation
Margaret Cunningham was transported on the Duke Of Cornwall, departing 8th Jul 1850 and arriving 27th Oct 1850 with 199 passengers.
Duke Of Cornwall (generic)References
| Primary Source | National Archives ireland; https://www.nationalarchives.ie/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/Ireland-Australia-transportation_DB.pdf Record ID: NAME_INDEXES:1473125 Resource: SWD26/1/2 Image 3 (2 pages) Record ID:NAME_INDEXES:1245417. Resource: CON52/1/6 RGD37/12 : 1853/774 |
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Convict Notes
An inquest was held at Launceston, on the 22nd instant, upon the body of Margaret Butler, per Amelia Thompson, aged 67 years, who was undergoing a sentence of 3 months imprisonment. Verdict--Natural causes. Tasmania Police Gazette, 28th July 1871, p122.
Place of origin: Cavan Trial; 16 October 1849. No; 1097. Aged; 30 years old. Status; Single Sisters; Jane Cunningham aged 18 years old & Mary Cunningham aged 35 years old. Both on board 1851 - Birth of son. James Cunningham. 19 Nov 1851 Registered: Hobart 1853 - Marriage Permissions to James Butler. Free. 1859 - 19 January 1859. Queen's Orphan School Application for admission made by Father Woods Child; James Cunningham [Illegitimate] Aged; 6 years old Baptised at the Brickfields by Rev'd Livermore FATHER: Mother states she could not possibly tell ..... so she named the child after herself. MOTHER; Margaret Cunningham UX Butler Remarks; The mother of the child has not regular employment but occasionally cuts wood and sell it.
Surname: CUNNINGHAM; First name: MARGARET; Sex: F; Age: 35; Place of trial: County Cavan; Date of trial: 16/10/1849; Description of crime: Larceny; Sentence: Transportation 7 yrs; Name of ship: Duke of Cornwall; Record reference code: TR 9, P 8(F) Margaret Cunningham and her three sisters Mary, Jane and Catherine were convicted of stealing 4 fowls from Reverend William Bell. Bridget Rock was an associate also convicted. She had one previous conviction. She is listed at Grangegorman prison Ireland in 1849. She arrived in VDL on the vessel Duke of Cornwall with her sister Mary and Jane Cunningham. . Margaret is recorded as a convict at the Cascades female factory in Hobart Tasmania, and at Brickfields convict hiring depot in Tasmania with her sister Mary. She married James Butler in 1853. She is presumed to have died in Australia but death record not located yet. .