Name: | Margaret Taylor |
Aliases: | Dunn |
Gender: | f |
Date of Birth: | 1794 |
Occupation: | Country servant |
Date of Death: | - |
Age: | - |
Life Span
Female median life span was 59 years*
* Median life span based on contributions
Sentence Severity
Sentenced to 14 years
Crime: | Uttering forged notes |
Convicted at: | Central Criminal Court |
Sentence term: | 14 years |
Ship: | Platina |
Departure date: | 22nd April, 1837 |
Arrival date: | 22nd October, 1837 |
Place of arrival | Van Diemen's Land |
Passenger manifest | Travelled with 112 other convicts |
Primary source: | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 90, Class and Piece Number HO11/11, Page Number 35 (19). Tasmanian Archives - convicts http://search.archives.tas.gov.au/ImageViewer/image_viewer.htm?CON40-1-10,257,109,S,80. http://www.orphanschool.org.au/ |
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 Project. |
Carol Axton-Thompson on 26th December, 2013 wrote:
Margaret Taylor was convicted at CCC, London on 30/01/1837 for uttering counterfeit coins. Previous offence. 14 yr sentence. Transported to Van Diemen’s Land (Tasmania) on the ‘Platina’, arriving 22/10/1837.
Margaret was married to James Dunn who had been transported to NSW on the ‘Mangles’ 1837.
5 children. (Records found at the Queens Orphan School for Catherine, John & Michael Dunn.)
Aged 43 yrs; country servant; 5’1”.
Assignments in Colony. Some notes of misconduct. Time spent at Cascades Female Factory, Hobart.
Ticket of Leave: 03/05/1844
Free Certificate 17/02/1851
Carol Axton-Thompson on 26th December, 2013 wrote:
CHILDREN:
John DUNN admitted to Queens Orphan School, New Town, Tasmania on 09/01/1843 aged 7yrs.
Mother: Margaret Dunn per ‘Platina’.
Discharged to mother 02/12/1850.
Catherine DUNN admitted to Queens Orphan School, New Town, Tasmania on 16/02/1838 aged 8yrs.
Mother: Margaret Taylor per ‘Platina’.
Discharged 06/05/1845 to Mr. Gazard. (Most likely as a servant.)
Michael DUNN admitted to Queens Orphan School, New Town, Tasmania on 15/02/1838 aged 8yrs.
Mother: Margaret Taylor per ‘Platina’.
Discharged 11/11/1846 to Mr. Hugh Cassidy, Richmond. (Most likely into his service/employment.)
Carol Axton-Thompson on 26th December, 2013 made the following changes:
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Carol Axton-Thompson on 26th December, 2013 made the following changes:
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