NSW: Margaret BOYD

[BAC3]

Hello,

At the start of 1870 several newspapers, including the Sydney Empire, carried the following:

                £100 REWARD:   The Government, under the usual conditions, offer £100
                reward for the discovery of the perpetrator or perpetrators of the murder
                of Margaret Boyd.

I have not been able to find any further information, neither relating to the crime nor the lady,
but wonder, against all probabilities, if she may have been the wife of Clement Abraham Wilson BOYD. 
He married a Margaret SHEPHERD in Parramatta in November 1853, of whom sadly I have no details,
and in 1870 he remarried.

It is I agree very much a long shot!!!!

Thank you,

BAC3

[judb]

Dydd gwyl dewi hapus to you on this, the first of March

No help in sorting out your problem but I see Clement and Margaret acquitted, at Parramatta Quarter Sessions, Feb 1854, of stealing.
https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/60149756 of stealing

Further mentions for Clement;
Convicted: stealing a bag of sugar, May 1854 - he and Margaret had been tried for this earlier but apparently acquitted.  Interesting to see that he is labeled as an 'exile'.
https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/12961848
Acquitted of stealing furniture, May 1859
https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/28627961

And another snippet - probably no help
NSW BMD shows 3 births with father Clement BOYD, one for an Elizabeth BOYD 1855,with mother Margaret
BOYD ELIZABETH 922/1855 V1855922 72 CLEMENT MARGARET District LH

 BOYD ELIZABETH 2045/1855 V18552045 145 CLEMENT MARGARET District LH

Judith

[giblet]

Following on from the birth that Judith posted for Elizabeth, the below could be worth checking out.
IF its the right child the record may have more information on her parents??

Child Care and Protection index 1817-1942
Number INX-74-4391
BOYD Elizabeth
Name Elizabeth
Surname BOYD
Age 4 yrs
Institution Randwick Asylum for Destitute Children
Record Type Register of Inmates
Date of Discharge 26/10/1860
Citation NRS 13362 [1]; Reel 1865, Page 134, Number 398
ECommerce
Category B
Index Number 74

[Dundee]

Other articles name her as Margaret BOYCE.

Debra 

[wivenhoe]

Ancestry Police Gazette NSW     https://www.ancestry.com.au/search/collections/1942/

23 Feb 1870
At an adjourned inquest held on the 16th........Margaret BOYCE found drowned in Darling Harbour on 20th ult.......wilful murder .........last seen in  company with.......

2 Mar 1870
...free pardon to any accomplice not being the person who actually committed the murder.....


https://www.ancestry.com.au/search/collections/1785/

Inquest was held over several days.  Margaret BOYCE  about 21 years.

See  20 Feb 1870      28 Feb 1870

No details to see here about cause of death or injuries.

[giblet]

Inquest was held over several days.  Margaret BOYCE  about 21 years.

See  20 Feb 1870      28 Feb 1870

This Margaret would have been to young, the Margaret in post #1 married 1853. This one who drowned would have been born around 1849 give or take.

[giblet]

Maybe the one wivenhoe posted could be the correct one, no one seems to know her correct age so she may have been older again.

BOYCE MARGARET
219/1870
AGE 27 YEARS
DIED DARLING HARBOUR  SYDNEY

[judb]

If Margaret Shepherd married Clement BOYD in 1853, and produced a child in 1855 then Margaret BOYCE is almost certainly the wrong person.  In 1853 Margaret Shepherd must have been at the very least 12 years old but unlikely to have been less than 15 or 16 so her DoB should be no later than 1841, and likely to be 1838 or earlier.  However, as already stated, the information re the drowned Margaret is sketchy.

It would seem more likely to me that this may be the death of Margaret BOYD nee Shepherd

From NSW BMD
1859 #4454 Registered Parramatta
Margaret BOYD, died Parramatta
father John

(This drills down to 17 or 18 July, 1859)

oops - amended, sorry wrong 2nd marriage date for Clement. This fits with Clement's remarriage in 1860 and the fact that many mentions of the couple are in Parramatta

Judith

[giblet]

This fits with Clement's remarriage in 1860 and the fact that many mentions of the couple are in Parramatta

Remarriage was 1870.

Im wondering if the 1870 marriage cert would have any information that could be useful. Maybe even if it's noted widower might help confirm the Margaret who died maybe was his wife??
OR the 1870 death cert. for Margaret if filled out correctly should have husbands name etc on it.