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Voyage
Transportation
Margaret Kelly was transported on the Grenada, departing 25th Sep 1824 and arriving 23rd Jan 1825 with 82 passengers.
Grenada (generic)References
| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 88, Class and Piece Number HO11/5, Page Number 183 (93) |
| 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
Old Bailey Proceedings Online (www.oldbaileyonline.org, version 8.0, 29 December 2021), January 1824, trial of MARGARET KELLY MARGARET BRYAN (t18240114-177). MARGARET KELLY, MARGARET BRYAN, Theft > grand larceny, 14th January 1824. 384. MARGARET KELLY and MARGARET BRYAN were indicted for stealing, on the 19th of July , two caps, value 1 s.; a bonnet, value 3 s.; and a pair of shoes, value 2 s., the goods of Ann Willocks ; a pair of shoes, value 18 d.; five caps, value 18 d.; two handkerchiefs, value 1 s.; two pairs of stockings, value 2 s.; three shawls, value 5 s.; a shift, value 1 s.; three gowns, value 10 s.; two petticoats, value 2 s.; and two bonnets, value 5 s., the goods of Robert Blacklaw ; a shift, value 1 s.; and a pair of shoes, value 1 s. , the goods of the Directors of the Guardians of the Poor of St. Mary-le-bone . MR. ADOLPHUS conducted the prosecution. SARAH WOOD . Last summer, I was a pauper in St. Mary-le-bone Workhouse; the prisoners were also paupers there; we all three ran away. Bryan came and asked me to run away; I said I did not know where to go to; she then went to Kelly, who agreed to go, and I said I would go with them. We all went to bed at eight o'clock at night, and at twelve we all got up; we went across the yard, and got in at the little wash-house window into the laundry; Kelly set me to watch while they dressed themselves. We took nothing except what we dressed in, which was three gowns, three pairs of shoes, three shawls, a silk handkerchief, two flannel petticoats, two shifts, five caps, and two bonnets; they put a cap or two into their bosoms, and got out of window again, went to the gate, and found a ladder; got over the gate, dropped down the wall, and went into George-street, St. Giles's. Kelly took us there. She took out a purse of money, and said, there was eight or nine shillings; she afterwards felt for it, and said she had lost it. We staid two nights at Mrs. Pierce's, in George-street - it is a house of ill fame. They sent me to pawn a gown in Tottenham-court-road; I gave Kelly the ticket. We then went and lived at Allen's, in George-street, and slept there every night, all three together, for four months. Q. How did you get your living - A. Kelly and Bryan went on the streets, and I was their servant for four months. I was then starving, and went back to the workhouse, and told the gentlemen the truth. Kelly paid Pierce for the lodging with a silk shawl and handkerchief. The things stolen all belonged to the paupers, except a shift and a pair of shoes. JANE BLACKLAW . I am laundress at Mary-le-bone work-house; the paupers' clothes are in my care. The prisoners and Thorp went away in the night, about the middle of the summer; they had left the laundry between seven and eight o'clock at night. I locked the door and left all safe, and in the morning found the wash-house window broken open, and the door burst open, to get to the laundry. I missed the articles stated in the indictment; five caps and two handkerchiefs belonged to me. My husband's name is Robert. I have since seen a gown, a cap, and petticoat. HENRY STOWELL . I am an officer. I apprehended Kelly in Church-lane, St. Giles's, and Bryan in Bainbridge-street. I had met Martin with a gown, took it from her, and went back to Kelly; she said the gown was her's, that she took it out of the workhouse when she ran away. I found a cap on her head, and the duplicates of two petticoats on her. JANE MARTIN . Kelly gave me the gown to pawn, and the officer met me with it. I had been put out by the parish, and left my place - I fell into company with them. (Property produced and sworn to.) WILLIAM HENRY RAINER . I have a flannel petticoat, which was pawned with me - I do not know who by. A duplicate found on the prisoner Kelly is what I gave the person. KELLY - GUILTY . Aged 23. BRYAN - GUILTY . Aged 16. Transported for Seven Years . -------------------------------------------------- Margaret Bryan was transported on the same ship.
Convict Index. Margaret Kelly, per Grenada 1825, Certificate of Freedom, 7 Feb 1831, 31/0076. Wife of Francis Allman, fbs (as stated on her CF.)
Margaret Kelly was about 23 or 24 years old when convicted of stealing clothes and money from other inmates of the workhouse, where she also resided. Margaret was 4'10" tall, and illiterate. 7/2/1831: COF 5/3/1827: Married Francis Allman (Canada 1819) 6 children. 9/6/1845: Married George Twigg, no children. Can't find a death date for Margaret, it is said she remarried after George died but can't find any records of it.