Name: Margaret Dawson (Married name Margaret Balmain)
1770-1816
Hometown: Liverpool, England
Reason for coming to Australia: For feloniously stealing goods to the value of £12 4s 1d, which were clothing, jewellery, and money.
Family background (parents, previous marriages, etc.):
-Married to William Balmain
-Her first child, a daughter, was born in May 1794
- Margaret bore two more children, a girl and a boy
- She had four children, but the older daughter died.
Fun Fact: She became a Founding Mother.
1770-1816
Hometown: Liverpool, England
Reason for coming to Australia: For feloniously stealing goods to the value of £12 4s 1d, which were clothing, jewellery, and money.
Family background (parents, previous marriages, etc.):
-Married to William Balmain
-Her first child, a daughter, was born in May 1794
- Margaret bore two more children, a girl and a boy
- She had four children, but the older daughter died.
Fun Fact: She became a Founding Mother.