Margaret Sullivan

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Name, Aliases & Gender

Name:	Margaret Sullivan
Aliases:	none
Gender:	f

Birth, Occupation & Death

Date of Birth:	1815
Occupation:	Housemaid
Date of Death:	-
Age:	-

Life Span

Female median life span was 53 years*

* Median life span based on contributions

Conviction & Transportation

Sentence Severity

Sentenced to 7 years

Crime:	Sheep-stealing
Convicted at:	Waterford Ireland
Sentence term:	7 years
Ship:	Isabella
Departure date:	8th March, 1840
Arrival date:	24th July, 1840
Place of arrival	New South Wales
Passenger manifest	Travelled with 118 other convicts

References

Primary source:	New South Wales, Australia, Convict Indents, 1788-1842 Non-Annotated Printed Indentures 1840-1842
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Community Contributions

Tony Beale on 12th January, 2021 wrote:

From Co Waterford Ireland Single catholic who could not read or write Has 1 male child. 5’ 3 1/2” fair ruddy and freckled complexion. light brown hair and bluish eyes. C47/273

Tony Beale on 12th January, 2021 wrote:

New South Wales, Australia, Registers of Convicts’ Applications to Marry, 1826-1851
Granted 5/5/1842 Margaret Sullivan 27 Bond (7yrs) per ship Isabella to marry Thomas Baker 32 ToL (14yrs) per ship Asia (9) Rev H G Stiles (?) Richmond

New South Wales, Australia, Certificates of Freedom, 16/3/1847 C47/273. At Windsor

According to Ron Baker on 19th April, 2013 wrote:

Convict who arrived in Australia in February 1832 on Asia 9 and was consigned to James Kelly Wire drawer. Married 1842 to Margaret Sullivan, an Irish convict who arrived on the Isabella 2. Had 2 children - son- John,Daughter- Margaret. Margaret(Wife)died September 1849 aged 31. Thomas remarried.

Convict Changes History

Tony Beale on 12th January, 2021 made the following changes:

convicted at, term: 7 years, voyage, source: New South Wales, Australia, Convict Indents, 1788-1842 Non-Annotated Printed Indentures 1840-1842 (prev. ), firstname: Margaret, surname: Sullivan, alias1: , alias2: , alias3: , alias4: , date of birth: 1815, d