Margaret O'Donnell (Wexford - transported to Tasmania)
Kia ora from NZ
I am looking for information on my 3x-great-grandmother, Margaret O'Donnell. She was supposedly born c1825 in Wexford, but in later court cases in Australia, claimed she was born in the US. However, it was from Wexford that she was transported to Tasmania in 1852 for arson. (The judge, obviously a patient and compassionate man, stated that he wished it was still a capital offence as too many people were committing the same crime so they could leave the country.)
In Tasmania, she continued to be in and out of the courts (usually for alcohol-related offences) but she also found time to marry David Ringrose in 1858. She eventually died in NSW in 1894, being buried in a pauper's grave.
It may be a long shot, but any help much appreciated.
Robbie
