Margaret Voyage 5th Feb 1843 - 19th Jul 1843

Margaret
  • Set sail

  • In transit

    164 days
  • Van Diemen's Land

Built 1829 at Chepstow. 365 tons. Female prisoners were transported to New South Wales on the 'Margaret' in 1837, 1839 and 1840. The 'Margaret' was the last convict ship to transport female prisoners to New South Wales. Another voyage to Van Diemen's Land in 1843. The 1840 sailing also carried 17 free female passengers and one male. The registers of persons is not yet complete on this web site, so please note this if researching. (A work in progress.)

158 Convicts Onboard

ConvictConvictionTransportation
1807
Central Criminal Court
Theft - larceny
5/2/1843 - 19/7/1843
Van Diemen's Land
1796 - 1843
Jean Agnew, Jean Weir
Scotland, Glasgow Court of Justiciary
Theft - larceny
5/2/1843 - 19/7/1843
Van Diemen's Land
1822 - 1869
Betsy Douglas
Warwickshire, Birmingham Borough Quarter Sessions
Burglary (house breaking)
5/2/1843 - 19/7/1843
Van Diemen's Land
Cumberland,. Cockermouth Quarter Sessions
Not Recorded
5/2/1843 - 19/7/1843
Van Diemen's Land
Scotland, Edinburgh Court of Justiciary
Not Recorded
5/2/1843 - 19/7/1843
Van Diemen's Land
1816 - 1852
Johnson, Bushell
Central Criminal Court
Theft - larceny
5/2/1843 - 19/7/1843
Van Diemen's Land
Yorkshire, Sheffield Quarter Sessions
Not Recorded
5/2/1843 - 19/7/1843
Van Diemen's Land
1806 - 1867
Dunn
Central Criminal Court
Embezzlement
5/2/1843 - 19/7/1843
Van Diemen's Land
Lancaster, Liverpool Borough Quarter Sessions
Not Recorded
5/2/1843 - 19/7/1843
Van Diemen's Land
Central Criminal Court
Not Recorded
5/2/1843 - 19/7/1843
Van Diemen's Land
1820
Chester, Nether Knutsford Quarter Sessions
Theft - larceny
5/2/1843 - 19/7/1843
Van Diemen's Land
Central Criminal Court
Not Recorded
5/2/1843 - 19/7/1843
Van Diemen's Land
1808
Worcester City Quarter Sessions
Theft - larceny
5/2/1843 - 19/7/1843
Van Diemen's Land
1819 - 1885
Mary Ann Baldry, Mary Ann Hanson
Scotland, Perth Court of Justiciary
Not Recorded
5/2/1843 - 19/7/1843
Van Diemen's Land
1818
Central Criminal Court
Theft - simple larceny
5/2/1843 - 19/7/1843
Van Diemen's Land
Scotland, Edinburgh Court of Justiciary
Not Recorded
5/2/1843 - 19/7/1843
Van Diemen's Land
1825 - 1843
Central Criminal Court
Larceny from a person (including picking pockets)
5/2/1843 - 19/7/1843
Van Diemen's Land
1823
Clark, Mary Ann Bailey [Married], Ambrose
Yorkshire, Leeds Borough Quarter Sessions
Stealing boots/shoes
5/2/1843 - 19/7/1843
Van Diemen's Land
Nottingham Quarter Sessions
Not Recorded
5/2/1843 - 19/7/1843
Van Diemen's Land
Scotland, Edinburgh Court of Justiciary
Not Recorded
5/2/1843 - 19/7/1843
Van Diemen's Land
Lancaster, Liverpool Borough Quarter Sessions
Not Recorded
5/2/1843 - 19/7/1843
Van Diemen's Land
1827 - 1858
Lancaster, Preston Quarter Sessions
Petty larceny
5/2/1843 - 19/7/1843
Van Diemen's Land
Cairns (Alias)
Scotland, Edinburgh Court of Justiciary
Not Recorded
5/2/1843 - 19/7/1843
Van Diemen's Land
1816 - 1863
Janet Bruce
Scotland, Aberdeen Court of Justiciary
Theft - larceny
5/2/1843 - 19/7/1843
Van Diemen's Land
Scotland, Glasgow Court of Justiciary
Not Recorded
5/2/1843 - 19/7/1843
Van Diemen's Land
Scotland, Edinburgh Court of Justiciary
Not Recorded
5/2/1843 - 19/7/1843
Van Diemen's Land
1814
Liverpool Assizes
Handling/receiving stolen goods
5/2/1843 - 19/7/1843
Van Diemen's Land
Warwickshire, Birmingham Borough Quarter Sessions
Not Recorded
5/2/1843 - 19/7/1843
Van Diemen's Land
1824
Warwickshire, Birmingham Borough Quarter Sessions
Theft - larceny
5/2/1843 - 19/7/1843
Van Diemen's Land
Cornwall, Saltash Borough Quarter Sessions
Not Recorded
5/2/1843 - 19/7/1843
Van Diemen's Land

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