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Winifred Hills (nee Fahey)

CREATED WEDNESDAY 6 SEPTEMBER 2023 LAST MODIFIED WEDNESDAY 6 SEPTEMBER 2023
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BORN: 21 March 1818 at Tynagh, IRELAND
FATHER: Timothy FAHEY
​MOTHER: Mary Ann WHELAN
MARRIED: [Joseph HILLS] on 24 January 1843 at Hamilton, Tasmania
DIED: 19 January 1902 at Hamilton, Tasmania (Aged 83)



Winifred was tried at Kilkenny, Ireland on 15 July 1840, charged with larceny. Sentenced to transportation for seven years, Winifred travelled on the convict ship Mary Ann which arrived at Hobart Town on 30 March 1841

Transported on the ship "Mary Ann" the following summary from the ship's surgeon outlines the voyage:​
"SURGEON’S JOURNAL OF HER MAJESTY’S FEMALE CONVICT SHIP MARY ANNE III 1841 JAMES BARR M.D. SURGEON & SUPERINTENDENT 125 female convicts, 19 emigrants and 39 children departed Dublin on 27 November 1840 on a voyage to Van Diemen's Land, via the Cape of Good Hope for fresh provisions and arrived in Hobart Town on 19 March 1841 (1 woman and 1 infant died, 2 born at sea) "                                                                                                                                             

In Winifred's convict record there was some issues: 
On 21 October 1841 Winifred was found to have been out after hours and punished with one month at the wash tub.
On 30 August 1842 she was found to be in general neglect of her duties and idleness, and given four days and four nights of solitary confinement.

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While still convicts, Joseph and Winifred made an application to get married on 12 October 1842. This was not approved due to the consequences of the female's conduct.
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Joseph and Winifred again made an application to get married on 21 December 1842. This time the application was approved. Could it have been because Winifred was already carrying Joseph's first child?
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Joseph and Winifred married on 24 January 1843 at Hamilton, Tasmania.
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CHILDREN
William George HILLS b. 31 Mary 1843 at Hamilton, Tasmania
Anna Maria (Alice?) HILLS b. 17 February 1845 at Hamilton, Tasmania
Ellen HILLS b. 12 February 1847 at Hamilton, Tasmania
Winifred Jane HILLS b. 23 December 1848 at Hamilton, Tasmania
John Joseph HILLS b. 24 January 1851 at Hamilton, Tasmania
Joseph HILLS b. 31 August 1852 at Hamilton, Tasmania
James HILLS b. 12 August 1854 at Hamilton, Tasmania
Maria Emily HILLS b. 28 July 1856 at Hamilton, Tasmania
Eden Thomas HILLS b. 4 August 1858 at Hamilton, Tasmania
Robert William HILLS b. 26 April 1860 at Hamilton, Tasmania


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