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Personal Information
Crime
Transportation
Margaret Oldham was transported on the Morley, departing 17th May 1820 and arriving 30th Sep 1820 with 124 passengers.
The "Morley" was built on the Thames, England in 1811. Convicts were transported to New South Wales on the Morley in 1817, 1818, 1820, 1828 and 1829 and to Van Diemen's Land in 1820 and 1823. 1829 Voyage. 200 Male English Convicts. Commander; Harrison. Richard Lewis; Surgeon Superintendent arrived 2 Dec 1829. All convicts survived the voyage.
Morley (generic)References
| Primary Source | England & Wales, Criminal Registers, 1791-1892- Lancashire- 1820 |
| 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
Last week, the following female convicts, under sentence of transportation, were removed from Lancaster Castle, and put on board the ship Morley. lying at Woolwich, bound to New Holland, viz.. Mary Ann Ashton, Mary Ann Smith. Margaret Wood, alias Furnival, Mary Taylor, Catherine Maginnis, Mary Tomlinson, Margaret Oldham, Sarah Downes, Elizabeth Evans, Elizabeth Duncan, Margaret Rogers, and Mary Jones. Lancaster Gazette, 6 May 1820.
Margaret was a single woman who had stolen a watch belonging to a John Bridge along with a William Harrison and Thomas Peeler at Manchester. She was convicted of larceny at the Lancaster Quarter Sessions held at Salford, Manchester in Jan 1820. She left Lancaster Castle along with eleven other convict women at the end of April 1820 and arrived on board ship on the 28th that month. Ship surgeon Thomas Reid described the Lancaster women as displaying 'riotous conduct and mischievous behaviour'. On arrival in New South Wales, Margaret was sent to Parramatta and ended up in the female factory though in 1822 is working for a Mr Badgeny. In 1824 she was assigned to an Eliza Kirkwood(?). Margaret received her certificate of freedom in February 1827. In this description Margaret is described as a cotton spinner, age 32, native of Manchester. 4ft 11, fair to ruddy complexion and slight pock pitted, brown hair and hazel eyes and she had a scar above her eyebrow and another on the bridge of her nose. In February 1828 Margaret (recorded as Holdham or Holding) married William Sa(u)nders, a horse groom, (ship- Mary) at St James' Sydney.
OLDHAM, Margaret. Per "Morley", 1820 1820 Sep 22 - On list of convicts disembarked from the "Morley" and forwarded to Parramatta for distribution (Reel 6007; 4/3502 p.274) 1824 Nov 11 - On list of prisoners assigned (Fiche 3291; 4/4570D p.94)