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Voyage
Transportation
Margaret Daly was transported on the Palambam, departing 23rd Mar 1831 and arriving 31st Jul 1831 with 122 passengers.
394 tons. 1831 voyage from Cork, Ireland to New South Wales, Australia. Capt. Willis. 114 female prisoners. Also 50 girls from the Foundling Hospital, Cork with 2 Matrons and their husbands and children. Also 4 female wives of convicts already in Australia and their children. Register of passengers currently being updated and not yet complete.
Palambam (generic)References
| Primary Source | NSW Convict Indents, 1788-1842, Annotated Printed Indentures 1831 |
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Convict Notes




Possible Children? Surname of father varies in spelling) NSW BMD Births. Ref; 91/1832. Catherine Keefe, Parents Philip and Margaret LD district. (Roman Catholic, Sydney St Mary’s) Ref 762/1834 Francis Keeffe, Parents Philip and Margaret LD district. (Roman Catholic, Sydney St Mary’s) Ref 2300/1836. Francis Keeffe, Parents Philip and Margaret LD district. (Roman Catholic, Sydney St Mary’s) Ref 2368/1838. John Keeffe, Parents Phillip and Margaret LD district. (Roman Catholic, Sydney St Mary’s) Ref 1883/1842 Cornelius Keeffe, Parents Philip and Margaret LD district. (Roman Catholic, Campbelltown St John’s)




Her husband, Philip Keefe : Tasmanian Indent- John Barry Ship, 1821. https://stors.tas.gov.au/CON16-1-5$init=CON16-1-5P38 and https://stors.tas.gov.au/CON16-1-5$init=CON16-1-5P39 Police No. 1062, Phillip Keefe, age 48, Labourer, 5ft 5 ¼, sentence, 15 years; Native place, Kerry, Relationships: Wife Margaret at Bathurst with my children. Married, 9 children, catholic, can read & write. Ship character: & Louisa 1 March 1844. Went to Sydney per John Barry in 1820, for 7 years for sheep stealing, now transported for Cattle stealing tried with Fr. Keefe, a convict on board, his cousin. ------------------------------------------------------- Her husband, Philp Keefe, and his cousin were both transported for cattle stealing: Assize Intelligence. Berima Circuit. Thursday. Phillip Keith and Francis Keith, of Stonequarry, were charged with killing an ox, the property of one Joseph Story, with intent to steal the carcase. The evidence in this case was conclusive against the prisoners, and they were found guilty, and sentenced to be transported for fifteen years. Sydney Morning Herald, 20 Sep 1842.




Margaret Daly had a number of partners, Benjamin Johnson, Thomas Kilroy and Thomas Clarke. She had a daughter Ellen Kilroy on 05/04/1839 at Rollands Plains. She married Thomas Clarke in 1842 . Margaret died 17/06/1881 in the Macleay River District of NSW




Convict Applications to Marry. Phillip Keefe, per John Barry, age 32, 7 year sentence, Free; and Margaret Daly, per Palambam, age 25, sentence, 7 years, Bond. Date of permission, 22 Dec 1831, Sydney, Revd. C. V. Dowling. ------------------------------------------------- NSW Convict Index. Margaret Daly, per Palambam, 1831, Certificate of Freedom, 16 June 1838, No 38/0510. Wife of Phillip Keefe, per John Barry, 1821, (as stated on her CF)


Occupation: Dairy maid, all work (see NSW Convict Indents, 1788-1842, Annotated Printed Indentures 1831).