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Personal Information
Voyage
Transportation
Margaret Garriock was transported on the Westmoreland, departing 9th Aug 1836 and arriving 3rd Dec 1836 with 186 passengers.
The Westmoreland was a 405-ton sailing ship built in 1832 at Lynn, Norfolk, England. Four (4) sailings listed for her to transport convicts (and some free settlers and soldiers) to Australia - New South Wales and Van Diemen's Land (Tasmania). (Voyage in 1838 from Ireland to NSW is currently being compiled, incomplete list of persons to date.)
Westmoreland (generic)References
| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 90, Class and Piece Number HO11/10, Page Number 358 |
| 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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Convict Notes
Margaret Garriock was born in Lerwick, Shetland, Scotland in 1809. She married a Laurence Robertson and had been convicted several times of theft before finally being convicted of theft in 1835 and sentenced to transportation to Australia. Margaret arrived in Tasmania aboard the Westmoreland on the 3rd December 1836 with 184 other female convicts. Her convict indent indicates that she was not always a model citizen in Tasmania and she was reprimanded and imprisoned numerous times throughout her sentence. One time for "Being Pregnant" though no record exists of the birth/death of a child to Margaret at this time. Another conviction to which she was sentenced to 2 months hard labour in the Female House of Corrections (Cascades Female Factory) was for "misconduct in bringing a letter out of the Female House of Correction." Margaret left Tasmania in 1844 after being granted her Free Certificate (in 1843) on board the 'Sapphire' bound for Sydney with former convict Thomas Daniels (per Blenheim). She died in Queanbeyan on November 25, 1857. Margaret and Thomas had two daughters - Margaret (1847 - 1858) and Elizabeth (1850 - 1935) who married Thomas Griffiths. Thomas Daniel passed away at Hoskintown, New South Wales in 1885 aged 81 years.