Norah Hayes

Norah Hayes, one of 99 convicts transported on the Mermaid, 15 February 1828

Name, Aliases & Gender

Name:	Norah Hayes
Aliases:	none
Gender:	f

Birth, Occupation & Death

Date of Birth:	1802
Occupation:	Servant of all work
Date of Death:	15th June, 1858
Age:	56 years

Life Span

Female median life span was 59 years*

* Median life span based on contributions

Conviction & Transportation

Sentence Severity

Sentenced to 7 years

Crime:	Larceny
Convicted at:	Middlesex Gaol Delivery
Sentence term:	7 years
Ship:	Mermaid
Departure date:	15th February, 1828
Arrival date:	27th June, 1828
Place of arrival	New South Wales
Passenger manifest	Travelled with 99 other convicts

References

Primary source:	Tasmainian Archives Conduct Record (CON40-1-5, Image 62)& Description List (CON19-1-13, Image 465) Family Swarch database; https:/linctas.ent.sirsidynix.net.au/client/en_AU/all/search/results?qu=George&qu=Steel#
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 Project.

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Community Contributions

Dorothy on 26th March, 2019 wrote:

Married John Steel, Hobart, Tasmania 13/07/1829 (Convict transported to Tasmania, on Dromedary, 11/09/1819, and granted Ticket of Leave

Son, Charles Steel, born 02/10/1831, died 1909
Son, George Steel, born 09/03/1834; baptised 13/11/1834; died 11/06/1872

Iris Dunne on 29th March, 2019 wrote:

Conduct Record: Tried 6 December 1827, Transported for Larceny, Gaol Report Not known here, Single Woman, Stated this Offence Stealing a Ring, 2 pair of Old Silk Stockings, from my Mistress, I was last living at Mrs Faceys Park Lane - had a Milk Walk & 19 Cows of her own, Roman Catholic
https://stors.tas.gov.au/CON40-1-5$init=CON40-1-5p62

Description List: Trade: Servant of all works, aged 26
https://stors.tas.gov.au/CON19-1-13$init=CON19-1-13p462

Convict Changes History

Dorothy on 26th March, 2019 made the following changes:

source: Family Swarch database; https:/linctas.ent.sirsidynix.net.au/client/en_AU/all/search/results?qu=George&qu=Steel# (prev. Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 89, Class and Piece Number HO11/6, Page Number 314), date of death: 15th June,

Iris Dunne on 29th March, 2019 made the following changes:

source: Tasmainian Archives Conduct Record (CON40-1-5, Image 62)& Description List (CON19-1-13, Image 465) Family Swarch database; https:/linctas.ent.sirsidynix.net.au/client/en_AU/all/search/results?qu=George&qu=Steel# (prev. Family Swarch database; http