Margaret Young

Margaret Young, one of 89 convicts transported on the Earl of Liverpool, December 1830

Name, Aliases & Gender

Name:	Margaret Young
Aliases:	none
Gender:	-

Birth, Occupation & Death

Date of Birth:	1811
Occupation:	-
Date of Death:	28th September, 1896
Age:	85 years

Life Span

Median life span was 61 years*

* Median life span based on contributions

Conviction & Transportation

Sentence Severity

Sentenced to 7 years

Crime:	Stealing clothes
Convicted at:	Aberdeen Court of Justiciary
Sentence term:	7 years
Ship:	Earl of Liverpool
Departure date:	December, 1830
Arrival date:	5th April, 1831
Place of arrival	New South Wales
Passenger manifest	Travelled with 112 other convicts

References

Primary source:	Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 89, Class and Piece Number HO11/7, Page Number 536
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

Pamela McRae on 19th January, 2015 wrote:

Married to William Moore, sentenced to 7 years for stealing clothes off line in Aberdeen.. She was sentenced to transportation for 7 years, and arrived in Sydney on 5 April 1831 aboard the ship Earl of Liverpool, she was assigned to John Single of Penrith.

Convict Changes History

Pamela McRae on 19th January, 2015 made the following changes:

date of birth: 1811 (prev. 0000), date of death: 28th September, 1896 (prev. 0000), crime