Margaret Halfpenny

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Name, Aliases & Gender

Name:	Margaret Halfpenny
Aliases:	none
Gender:	f

Birth, Occupation & Death

Date of Birth:	1806
Occupation:	All country work
Date of Death:	-
Age:	-

Life Span

Female median life span was 58 years*

* Median life span based on contributions

Conviction & Transportation

Sentence Severity

Sentenced to 7 years

Crime:	Shop lifting
Convicted at:	Ireland, Tipperary
Sentence term:	7 years
Ship:	Palambam
Departure date:	23rd March, 1831
Arrival date:	31st July, 1831
Place of arrival	New South Wales
Passenger manifest	Travelled with 119 other convicts

References

Primary source:	NSW Convict Indents, 1788-1842, Annotated Printed Indentures 1831
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Community Contributions

Dianne Jones on 22nd June, 2020 wrote:

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

Penny-Lyn Beale on 25th November, 2020 wrote:

New South Wales, Australia, Convict Indents, 1788-1842.

Name; Margaret Halfpenny
Ship; Palambam - 1831
Indent No; 321 - 31. 117
Age; 25 Est birth Year; 1806
Unable to Read & Write;
Single;
Religion; Rom. Cath.
Native Place; Limerick
Calling; All work
Offence; Shop Lifting
Date of Trial: Tipperary, 18 Jul 1829
Sentence; 7 years
Height; 4 ft. 10 1/4 in
Complexion; Ruddy, freckled
Hair; Brown
Eyes; Brown

Family in the Colony; BROTHER; John Halfpenny, 5 years ago
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Convict Changes History

Dianne Jones on 22nd June, 2020 made the following changes:

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