Margaret Roach

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Summary

Born
Jan 1793
Conviction
Shop lifting
Departure
Apr 1829
Arrival
Aug 1829
Death
Unknown
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Personal Information

Name: Margaret Roach
Gender: Female
Born: 1st Jan 1793
Death: Unknown
Age at death: Unknown
Occupation: Unknown

Crime

Crime: Shop lifting
Convicted at: Middlesex Gaol Delivery
Sentence term: 7 years

Voyage

Departed: 15th Apr 1829
Ship: Sovereign
Arrival: 3rd Aug 1829
Place of Arrival: New South Wales

Transportation

Margaret Roach was transported on the Sovereign, departing 15th Apr 1829 and arriving 3rd Aug 1829 with 121 passengers.

SovereignSovereign (generic)

References

Primary SourceAustralian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 89, Class and Piece Number HO11/7, Page Number 45 (25)
Source DescriptionThis 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 SourceGreat Britain. Home Office
Compiled ByState Library of Queensland
Database SourceBritish convict transportation registers 1787-1867 database

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Convict Notes

Maureen Withey avatar
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on 3rd January 2026

Tried at the Old Bailey, 19 feb 1829. 604. MARGARET ROACH was indicted for stealing, on the 10th of February , 11 handkerchiefs, value 11s. , the goods of Joseph Sander . LEWIS GODFREY ROHSS . I am shopman to Mr. Joseph Sander , of Little Pulteney-street . About half-past seven o'clock in the evening of the 10th of February, a female ran into the shop, and said something about some handkerchiefs - I ran out, and took the prisoner with these handkerchiefs, which she was throwing away; she was just by one of our doors as I went out at the other; I had seen them safe in the morning. JAMES COX . I am an officer, and took the prisoner.(Property produced and sworn to.) Prisoner's Defence. I was very much intoxicated, and knew no more what happened than a child unborn. GUILTY . Aged 37. Transported for Seven Years. ------------------------------------------------------------------- Her son, John Brown, alias Martin Roach, was transported on the Lord Lyndoch in 1833, aged 14. He was convicted at the Old Bailey 17 May 1832 for pick pocketing.

Penny-Lyn Beale avatar
338
on 30th December 2021

New South Wales, Australia, Convict Indents. Indent No; 58 Name; Margaret Roach Age; 36 years, Reads, Catholic. Married - 1 Child Native Place; Meath Co. Trade or calling; Needlewoman and all work Offence; Shop Lifting Trial; London - 19 Feb 1829 - 7 years Height; 4 ft 11 in Eyes - Grey. Hair - Dark Brown to Grey. Complexion; Ruddy 1832 - Ticket of Leave. 32/1056 1836 - Certificate of Freedom. C36/820.