| Name: | Mary Gough |
| Aliases: | Mary Goff |
| Gender: | f |
| Date of Birth: | 1782 |
| Occupation: | Servant |
| Date of Death: | 17th June, 1842 |
| Age: | 60 years |
Life Span
Female median life span was 53 years*
* Median life span based on contributions
Sentence Severity
Sentenced to 7 years
| Crime: | Stealing |
| Convicted at: | Ireland, Dublin City |
| Sentence term: | 7 years |
| Ship: | Tellicherry |
| Departure date: | 31st August, 1805 |
| Arrival date: | 15th February, 1806 |
| Place of arrival | New South Wales |
| Passenger manifest | Travelled with 156 other convicts |
| Primary source: | Mayberry, Peter; Comp, Irish Convicts to NSW 1788-1849. (online database) Baxter, Carol; Various General Musters of New South Wales. Sainty, Malcolm and Johnson, Keith; 1828 Census of New South Wales. |
| Source description: |
Denis Pember on 16th February, 2016 wrote:
Mary Gough was aged 24 on arrival in the colony, records show she was a servant, born 1782. She had been tried in 1804, Dublin City, Ireland and Transported on the Tellicherry in 1806.
One reason for the sentence was the number of prior convictions for petty theft.
Denis Pember on 16th February, 2016 wrote:
Mary had a child, named Thomas Skidmore (or Smidmore). No details on father. Thomas probably was born on “Tellicherry” or very soon after arrival in the colony.
In the 1806 Muster….
[Ref A1772] Mary Gough, Tellicherry, P TL, Self Employed.
[Ref C0482] Mary Gough, Tellicherry, 1 natural male child. (this would be Thomas).
Denis Pember on 16th February, 2016 wrote:
In 1808, Mary had another child, father unknown again. The child was named Robert Gough. Mary Gough lived with a number of male partners including Robert Murray (possibly the father of son Robert) and the 1811 and 1814 musters show Mary living with a man called Williams.
1814 Muster…
[Ref 6768] Goff, Mary, Tellicherry, Off stores, 2 children, lives with H Williams.
In 1827 she married Thomas Cooper (Convict, Anne 2, 1810), a 60 year old ex-convict blacksmith who operated a farrier’s business in George Street.
I can locate no further children of Mary.
Denis Pember on 16th February, 2016 wrote:
Sainty & Johnson; 1828 Census of New South Wales:
Page 102…
[Ref C2362] Cooper Thomas, 61, absolute pardon, Ann, 1810, life, Protestant, blacksmith and farrier, George Street Sydney.
[Ref C2363] Cooper, Mary, 40, free by servitude, Tellicherry, 1806, 7 years, Protestant.
Maureen Withey on 29th June, 2019 wrote:
Mary Gough received a duplicate Certificate in 1823, as reported in the Sydney Gazette, 18 Sept 1823.
Denis Pember on 16th February, 2016 made the following changes:
convicted at, term: 7 years, voyage, source: Mayberry, Peter; Comp, Irish Convicts to NSW 1788-1849. (online database) Baxter, Carol; Various General Musters of New South Wales. Sainty, Malcolm and Johnson, Keith; 1828 Census of New South Wales. (prev. ),
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