Margaret Watson

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Summary

Born
Unknown
Conviction
Larceny from a person (including picking pockets)
Departure
May 1830
Arrival
Sep 1830
Death
Unknown
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Personal Information

Name: Margaret Watson
Gender: Female
Born: Unknown
Death: Unknown
Age at death: Unknown
Occupation: Unknown
Aliases: Woodley

Crime

Convicted at: Middlesex Gaol Delivery
Sentence term: 99 years

Voyage

Departed: 27th May 1830
Ship: Mellish
Arrival: 22nd Sep 1830
Place of Arrival: Van Diemen's Land

Transportation

Margaret Watson was transported on the Mellish, departing 27th May 1830 and arriving 22nd Sep 1830 with 118 passengers.

1830 - From the Surgeons Notes. General Remarks of the Medical Journal. Number of Women and Children on Board. Total Women including Free women; 132 with a total of 61 Children

MellishMellish (generic)

References

Primary SourceAustralian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 89, Class and Piece Number HO11/7, Page Number 367 (186) Old Bailey online https://www.oldbaileyonline.org/record/t18300415-224 Digital panopticon https://www.digitalpanopticon.org/life?id=obpt18300415-224-defend1966
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

Penny-Lyn Beale avatar
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on 29th December 2024

1835 - Australia Convict Musters, Tasmania. No; 154. Assigned to her husband

Barbara Lister avatar
53
on 3rd September 2024

Case evidence was that both Margaret Watson and the person whose watch was taken had got very, very drunk in more than one public house. When a window got broken Margaret Watson gave the man's watch to the landlady.

Barbara Lister avatar
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on 3rd September 2024

Many records linked on Digital panopticon include permission to marry Daniel Woodley in 1839 and assignment to her husband.