The life of Margaret Burke / Margaret Collard

By annabanana
  • Year of Birth

    Year of Birth

    Born in County Galway, Ireland

  • Convicted at Galway, Ireland with Mother; Bridget Burke

    They stole clothes, gowns and shoes.
  • Date of Departure on the "Australasia"

    Date of Departure on the "Australasia"

    She left Dublin, Ireland was sent to Van Diemen's Land, Australia
  • Date of Arrival in Van Diemen's Land

    Date of Arrival in Van Diemen's Land

    Age 11.
    Assignments in Hobart, Green Ponds, Pontville, Hamilton & New Norfolk.
  • Permission to Marry John Moore

    Permission to Marry John Moore

  • Ticket of Leave Granted

    Ticket of Leave Granted

    A ticket of leave was a document of release offered to convicts who had shown they could now be trusted with some freedoms. Ticket-of-leave meant that men were permitted to marry, or to bring their families from Britain to Australia and to buy property / land, but they were not permitted to carry firearms or board a ship. They were often required to repay the cost of their passage to the colony.
  • Application to marry Benjamin Collard

    Application to marry Benjamin Collard

  • Married Benjamin Collard - Second Husband

    Benjamin was a servant.
    They got married at St Mary the Virgin CE Church, Macquarie Plains.
    The witnesses were: Charles Maddox, John William Hollies & Jane Hollies.

  • First Child - William Benjamin Collard

    Born in Hamilton, Tasmania.

  • Second Child - Mary Ann Collard

    Born in Hamilton, Tasmania.

  • Third Child - John James Collard

    Born in Hamilton, Tasmania
  • Certified Free

    Certified Free

    Margaret was no longer a nurse maid / servant and had regained her freedom.