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Personal Information
Voyage
Transportation
Sarah Hasler was transported on the Nile, Canada And Minorca, departing 31st May 1801 and arriving 14th Dec 1801 with 305 passengers.
Nile, Canada And Minorca (generic)References
| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 87, Class and Piece Number HO11/1, Page Number 290 |
| 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
Sarah was recorded with the surname "Hasler" in English records, but she was known as "Sarah Hesley" after her transportation to New South Wales. The Ipswich Journal reported on 4 January 1800: "Yesterday Sarah Hasler, servant maid to Mr. James Thomas Collis, carpenter, of this town, was committed by J. Judd, Esq. charged on oath, on suspicion of having stolen, by means of a false key, eight guineas in money, from out of a wardrobe, in his dwelling-house." She was tried on 5 March 1800 at the Essex Assizes held at Chelmsford, and was sentenced to Death, commuted to Transportation for seven years. She was transported on the "Nile" which arrived at Sydney, New South Wales on 14 December 1801. The convict indent for this ship recorded her name as Sarah Hasler, aged 20 years. In the colony, Sarah was recorded in the 1806 muster as "Sarah Hesley", convict '‘Nile’', living with William Goff/Gough (free by servitude Friendship 1800) who was a tanner. She is described as "Concubine” in Marsden's 1806 female muster with one ‘natural’ female child, (probably Mary Gough who was later listed in a passenger list in 1809). Her husband was operating a successful tanning business at No. 8 Pitt's Row, Sydney. By October 1806 he had sold the tanning business, but they were still there selling goods from that address. Pitts Row is now known as Pitt Street. On 1 October 1809 her husband William Gough placed a notice in the Sydney Gazette that he was returning to Ireland on the "Mary Ann" with his housekeeper Sarah Hesley, and his servant John Doyle. A list of passengers published in the "Sydney Gazette" who had obtained the Governor's permission to leave on "Mary Ann" also included Mary Gough who is presumed to be their daughter. The Irish priest Father Dixon was also in the list. A surviving letter of 1817 by Michael Hayes shows that William was living in Wexford, apparently with Sarah and their daughter Mary: "Mr. Goff informed me in the last letter I had the pleasure of receiving from him that his woman and child resided in Wexford". A death record for William Goff/Gough or for Sarah has not been found.