Lynch, Margaret (fl. 1867–1868)

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Lynch, Margaret (fl. 1867–1868)

New Zealand domestic servant. Fl. between 1867 and 1868.

Probably sent to New Zealand as part of government scheme to address domestic servant shortage (1860s); employed by Catherine Hale, who dismissed Lynch and falsely charged her with larceny after she demanded unpaid wages; sentenced to 1 month's hard labor until public petition demanded her release, and Hale was charged with assault and ordered to apologize; was issued full pardon (1868).

See also Dictionary of New Zealand Biography (Vol. 1).

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