Margaret Eagan

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Summary

Born
Jan 1824
Conviction
Stealing clothes
Departure
Sep 1844
Arrival
Jan 1845
Death
Unknown
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Personal Information

Name: Margaret Eagan
Gender: Female
Born: 1st Jan 1824
Death: Unknown
Age at death: Unknown
Occupation: Housemaid
Aliases: Margaret Hickey [Married]

Crime

Convicted at: Ireland, Cork
Sentence term: 7 years

Voyage

Departed: 25th Sep 1844
Ship: Phoebe
Arrival: 2nd Jan 1845
Place of Arrival: Van Diemen's Land

Transportation

Margaret Eagan was transported on the Phoebe, departing 25th Sep 1844 and arriving 2nd Jan 1845 with 129 passengers.

Built 1842 at Sunderland. Wood barque of 578 Tons

PhoebePhoebe (generic)

References

Primary SourceTasmanian Conduct Record: https://stors.tas.gov.au/CON41-1-5$init=CON41-1-5p31

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Convict Notes

C H avatar
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on 19th June 2025

Name: Eagan, Margaret Record Type: Convicts Employer: Dudfield, James: 1850 Departure date: 25 Sep 1844 Departure port: Dublin Ship: Phoebe Place of origin: Cork Origin location: Latitude and Longitude Voyage number: 246 Index number: 20955 Record ID: NAME_INDEXES:1389571 https://libraries.tas.gov.au/Record/NamesIndex/1389571

Maureen Withey avatar
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on 13th January 2020

Tasmanian Conduct Record: https://stors.tas.gov.au/CON41-1-5$init=CON41-1-5p31 137. Margaret Eagan. Tried at Cork 4 July 1844, 7 years. Transported for stealing clothing. Gaol report- often convicted before. Good. Single, Stated this offence- stealing a cloak, before, a sheet, ( 9 months)- for assault 3 months, again for same, 3 months. Single. 2 years on the town. Roman catholic. Trade- house maid, age 20, native of Cork. A number of offences: absent without leave, misconduct, use of obscene language, drunk, being a common prostitute, etc. Ticket of Leave: 8/1/1850 Colonial Times, Hobart, 22 Sept 1848. CONVICT DEPARTMENT. Comptroller-General's Office, Sept. 18, 1848. In accordance with the Act of Council 6th Victoria, No. 18, I hereby give notice, for the first time, that His Excellency the Lieutenant-Governor has been pleased to approve of the solemnization of Matrimony between the under-mentioned parties :— John Hickey, T.L., Maitland, residing at Carrick, and Margaret Egan, Phoebe, in private service, residing at Longford.