Margaret Godfrey

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Name, Aliases & Gender

Name:	Margaret Godfrey
Aliases:	Margaret Hayes
Gender:	f

Birth, Occupation & Death

Date of Birth:	1801
Occupation:	Farm servant
Date of Death:	-
Age:	-

Life Span

Female median life span was 59 years*

* Median life span based on contributions

Conviction & Transportation

Sentence Severity

Sentenced to 7 years

Crime:	Stealing fowls
Convicted at:	Ireland. Limerick
Sentence term:	7 years
Ship:	Elizabeth
Departure date:	27th August, 1827
Arrival date:	12th January, 1828
Place of arrival	New South Wales
Passenger manifest	Travelled with 41 other convicts

References

Primary source:	Irish Convict Database by Peter Mayberry.
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Community Contributions

Maureen Withey on 6th April, 2020 wrote:

Irish Convict Database by Peter Mayberry.
Margaret Godfrey, alias Hayes, age 27, per Elizabeth II 1828, Tried at Limerick, 1826, crime, Stealing geese. Sentence 7 years, Native of Limerick, trade – Servant farm, Protestant, Married 1 child. Husband Thomas Hayes per Eliza. DOB 1801. Spouse: m. Ireland Thomas Hayes.

Maureen Withey on 6th April, 2020 wrote:

CERTIFICATES OF FREEDOM.
THE undermentioned persons have obtained Certificates of Freedom since last publication :—
Elizabeth 4, Margaret Godfrey.
Sydney Herald, 16 June 1834.

Convict Changes History

Maureen Withey on 6th April, 2020 made the following changes:

convicted at, term: 7 years, voyage, source: Irish Convict Database by Peter Mayberry. (prev. ), firstname: Margaret, surname: Godfrey, alias1: Margaret Hayes, alias2: , alias3: , alias4: , date of birth: 1801, date of death: 0000, gender: f, occupation,