Margaret Kelly

community contributed record

Name, Aliases & Gender

Name:	Margaret Kelly
Aliases:	none
Gender:	f

Birth, Occupation & Death

Date of Birth:	1813
Occupation:	-
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:	Stealing a gown etc.
Convicted at:	Ireland, Dublin
Sentence term:	7 years
Ship:	Mexborough
Departure date:	12th August, 1841
Arrival date:	26th December, 1841
Place of arrival	Van Diemen's Land
Passenger manifest	Travelled with 119 other convicts

References

Primary source:	Van Diemen’s Land Return of Male and Female Convicts shewing their distribution throughout the Colony on the 31 st December 1841 (AJCP, HO 10/51)
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Community Contributions

Keith South on 11th January, 2015 wrote:

Convicted 5/3/1841.

Diana O'Rourke on 31st March, 2018 wrote:

Arrived with her cousin, Alicia Kelly, on the Mexborough on 26.12.1841 and was sent to Launceston Female Factory, She was a firebrand and spent much of her time under punishment. She married Henry Gardiner of Westbury when she was
44. They had one child, William, who died soon after birth in January 1858.

Convict Changes History

Keith South on 11th January, 2015 made the following changes:

convicted at, term: years, voyage, source: Van Diemen’s Land Return of Male and Female Convicts shewing their distribution throughout the Colony on the 31 st December 1841 (AJCP, HO 10/51) (prev. ), firstname: Margaret, surname: Kelly, alias1: , alias2:

Keith South on 11th January, 2015 made the following changes:

convicted at

Diana O'Rourke on 31st March, 2018 made the following changes:

term: 7 years, date of birth: 1813 (prev. 0000), crime