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Life Summary

Name Rachael McLoughlin
Alternative Names
  • Rachael Loughlin
  • Rachael McLaughlin
  • Rachel Laughlin
  • Rachael McLoclan
Born

c. 1818
Dumfries, Dumfriesshire, Scotland

Died

9 September, 1853 (aged ~ 35)
Launceston, Tasmania, Australia

Cause of Death

edema

Cultural Heritage

Includes subject's nationality; their parents' nationality; the countries in which they spent a significant part of their childhood, and their self-identity.

Passenger Ship *
Occupation or Descriptor *
  • convict (1841-1851) Tasmania, Australia
Social Issues *
Convict Record
Crime Sentence Commuted To Court Trial Date
theft 10 years - Lancashire 18 May 1840 (1840)
Pre-transportation
Occupation domestic servant

* Dates are approximate