| Name: | Margaret Scanlon |
| Aliases: | Sarah Lillis |
| Gender: | f |
| Date of Birth: | 1823 |
| Occupation: | Servant of all work |
| Date of Death: | 6th May, 1892 |
| Age: | 69 years |
Life Span
Female median life span was 53 years*
* Median life span based on contributions
Sentence Severity
Sentenced to 7 years
| Crime: | Pig stealing |
| Convicted at: | Ireland, Limerick |
| 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 |
| Primary source: | http://www.linc.tas.gov.au/ |
| Source description: |
D Wong on 7th September, 2013 wrote:
Sarah Lillis was tried under the name of Margaret Scanlon (her mother’s maiden name) and after her marriage she went back to using Sarah Lillis.
Sarah was 18 years old, 5’4” tall, fair complexion, brown hair, hazel eyes, mole on the right side of her right breast.
She was assigned to H J Coulter, Schoolmaster and Catechist at Point Puer, Port Arthur.
2/8/1842: AWOL from her master Mr Richardson and sent to the Cascades Factory. There until 17/2/1843.
7/1/1844: Married Frederick Wilson (Moffatt 1834) and they had 3 children.
In 1849 they moved to Victoria where they had 9 more children.
They lived in Garvoc, Victoria and after Frederick died Sarah went to live with her daughter, Rosanna at North Hamilton where she died from TB aged 68. She is buried at the Hamilton Cemetery.
D Wong on 7th September, 2013 made the following changes:
convicted at, term 7 years, voyage, source, firstname, surname, alias1, alias2, alias3, alias4, date of birth 1823, date of death 6th May, 1892, gender, occupation, crime
This record was discovered and printed on ConvictRecords.com.au
