Mary Fennelly (c.1825-1907), a house servant, was found guilty on 21 October 1839 at Liverpool Quarter Sessions, Lancashire, of stealing money from her master. She had no prior convictions and was sentenced to ten years transportation. She arrived at Hobart, Van Diemen's Land (Tasmania), aboard the Gilbert Henderson in April 1840. She was described as being 15 years old, 5 feet 1 inch (155 cms) tall, with red hair and light hazel eyes.
Convict Conduct Record
Fennelly had a son, James Robert Farrar on 3 December 1844 with James Farrar, a carpenter. She was granted permission (as Mary Finlay) to marry Farrar (as James Ferrier) on 17 February 1845. There is no record of a marriage certificate. On 5 January 1846 she was granted permission to marry Roger Parkinson. There is no record of a marriage certificate. As Mary Ann Farrar she married Jesse Fairchild, a widower, on 21 July 1849 at St James' Church, Melbourne.
Mary Fairchild died on 6 April 1907 at the Esplanade Hotel, St Kilda.
'Fairchild, Mary (c. 1825–1907)', People Australia, National Centre of Biography, Australian National University, https://peopleaustralia.anu.edu.au/biography/fairchild-mary-31726/text39177, accessed 14 November 2024.
6 April,
1907
(aged ~ 82)
St Kilda, Melbourne,
Victoria,
Australia
Includes subject's nationality; their parents' nationality; the countries in which they spent a significant part of their childhood, and their self-identity.
Crime: theft (house)
Sentence: 10 years
Court: Lancashire
Trial Date: 21 October 1839
(1839)
Occupation: domestic servant
Children: Yes (1)