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Voyage
Transportation
Margaret Halfpenny was transported on the Palambam, departing 23rd Mar 1831 and arriving 31st Jul 1831 with 122 passengers.
394 tons. 1831 voyage from Cork, Ireland to New South Wales, Australia. Capt. Willis. 114 female prisoners. Also 50 girls from the Foundling Hospital, Cork with 2 Matrons and their husbands and children. Also 4 female wives of convicts already in Australia and their children. Register of passengers currently being updated and not yet complete.
Palambam (generic)References
| Primary Source | NSW Convict Indents, 1788-1842, Annotated Printed Indentures 1831 |
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Convict Notes
A woman named Margaret Halfpenny was convicted at the Clonmel Sessions on Saturday, of stealing a piece of canvas, value 1£. 5s. and sentenced to seven years transportation. Cork Constitution, 30 July 1829.
Margaret Thomas on 28th March 2016 wrote: Charles Fleming was my 2nd G Grandfather. He married a Margaret Halfpenny aka Halpin on 27/09/1832. Margaret was born in Limerick, Ireland in 1806. She was convicted on 18/06/1829 at Clonmel for Shoplifting & sentenced to 7 years. Transported on the Palambam that arrived in 1831. Charles & Margaret had 8 children, one of whom, William John Fleming was my great grandfather.
Margaret Halfpenny, per Palambam, 1831, Certificate of Freedom, 18 July 1836. No 36/0614. Wife of Charles Flemming (as stated on her CF) NSW BMD Marriage Reg: 664/1832 Charles Fleming and Margaret Halpin, LD district. (Roman Catholic, Sydney, St Mary’s.) Charles arrived as a convict per Prince Regent, in 1820.
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 ------------------
Occupation: All work (see NSW Convict Indents, 1788-1842, Annotated Printed Indentures 1831).