Margaret Clark, "Marquis of Cornwallis", in Tasmania 1832

[TasTyger]

I'm trying to trace a Margaret Clark who appears in a New Norfolk police register (volume held in Mitchell Library) on the 4 Jan 1833 being charged 5/- for being drunk. She is Free by Servitude, and arrived on the 'Marquis of Cornwallis'. She is the wife of Chas. Clark, New Norfolk.

From Peter Mayberry's 'Irish Convicts to NSW's' -  http://members.pcug.org.au/~ppmay/cgi-bin/irish/irish.cgi it appears there were 6 Margaret's on the "Marquis of Cornwallis" in 1796 -

Margaret Quinn
Margaret McMahon
Margaret McCarty
Margaret/Mary Masterson
Margaret Hayes
Margaret Byne

I haven't been able to locate a marriage for any of these women to a Charles Clark in either early VDL or NSW's records? if it was a legal marriage that is? The majority of the above women seemed to have lived with or married in NSW's.Given that the ladies were from Ireland too I suspect the majority may have all been Catholic?

There were a couple of Charles Clark's in VDL early on and centred around New Norfolk district. Charles Clark per 'Calcutta' who married Catherine Earle/y in Hobart in 1812. Charles Clark who married Mary Lemanon (?) and a Charles Clark who married a Frances Clark in New Norfolk in 1830's. (May have been a remarriage?).

The only female convict I've been able to trace off the Marquis of Cornwallis to VDL is Ann Burn/e who came down in 1803, married and then died in 1824.

Can anyone suggest whee I might go in lines of enquiry regarding Margaret Clark??

Cheers,

Peter

[giblet]

Hi Peter,

Do you have any kids names and baptism dates for this couple?

[TasTyger]

Hi giblet,

I have absolutely no more information than what's in my 1st post. I've tried the Tas. Pioneers Index, Ancestry, FamilySearch, Trove for a clue to this couple in any way shape or form and nothing. We just have this one stray piece of information from 1832.

May be another one of those early VDL unsolvable mysteries??

Cheers,

Peter   

[carol-f]

hi, There is an index of convicts permission to marry, could be worth a look. Just a thought have you checked to convict records?

carol-f

[TasTyger]

Hi Carol,

The Permissions to Marry indexes only start in 1829 and I haven't found any couples with the names I've indicated as seeking to marry between 1829 and 1833. I've also gone through the NSW Colonial Secretary's index and the CSO3 (VDL) index which starts in 1825 with no result.

Given that the 'Marquis of Cornwallis' arrived in 1796, the female convicts would have probably been in their 20's on arrival so if a marriage took place anywhere in the colony it would have been in the late 1700's to 1810 perhaps, or an older couple marrying the second or even third time later in the piece...

Cheers,

Peter

[carol-f]

The other place that may be able to help is the "Cascade female factory" in Hobart.  I know they have done alot of research on female convicts from very early in Tasmania not just Hobart.
carol