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Libraries Tasmania web site listing convicts. | Australia | VIEW SOURCE |
Margaret's mother was also named Margaret Casey and in 1847 she had sisters Mary Casey and Ellen Casey and a brother John Casey. Margaret, a Roman Catholic, was recorded as aged 27 at the time of her trial in Kanturk, County Cork on 21 June 1847. She was tried for stealing a firkin of butter (she was a dairy maid) and sentenced to seven years transportation to Van Diemens Land (now Tasmania, Australia). There's more to tell about her life in Australia, but first we'd like to find out which parish she was born in.
Is anyone living descended from John Casey, Mary Casey or Ellen Casey? Which were the likely dairying districts around Kanturk where home might have been for the family?
Any information welcome at douglas.booth@alumni.unimelb.edu.au or doug.booth7@bigpond.com
Profile updated: 6 Aug 2018
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| Date of Birth | 1st Jan 1820 (circa) | |
| Date of Death | 12th Dec 1880 | |
| Names of Siblings | Margaret | |
| Names of Siblings | John, Ellen and Mary Casey | |
| Number of Children | Believed to be five: 1 Thomas Casey, later Thomas John Wilkins 2 [likely] male child, born Evandale c.1853/54 TBC 3 Sarah Wilkins, b. 28 Jan 1855, Evandale 4 Mary Ann Wilkins, b. 21 Feb 1857 Circular Head 5 John Wilkins [jnr], b. 2 Mar 1859 | |
| Spouse (First Name/s and Maiden/Surname) | John Wilkins (born c.1820 Bristol, England (TBC) | |
| Names of Children | Thomas Casey, aka Thomas John Wilkins, b. 4 Dec 1850 Launceston, m. 15 Dec 1873, d. 19 Sep 1944 Stanley, Tasmania Sarah Wilkins, b. 28 Jan 1855 Evandale, Tas, m. 7 Apr 1884 Mary Ann Wilkins, b. 21 Feb 1857 Circular Head, Tas, m. 6 Apr 1891 John | |
| Place of Death | Stanley, Tasmania, Australia bd. Stanley Cemetery, RC Section | |
