Margaret Taylor

Margaret Taylor, one of 113 convicts transported on the Platina, 22 April 1837

Name, Aliases & Gender

Name:	Margaret Taylor
Aliases:	Dunn
Gender:	f

Birth, Occupation & Death

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

Conviction & Transportation

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

References

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.

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Community Contributions

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.)

Convict Changes History

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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