Mary Ann Pearson was 20 when she arrived in Australia in 1830. She came on the ship the Roslin Castle. Her description in the assignment book for the ship is as follows:

AGE 20 EDUCATION Read and Write REL R.C. MARRIED OR SINGLE single NATIVE PLACE Manchester TRADE OR CALLING tape weaver and housemaid OFFENCE stealing money WHERE Manchester WHEN 4 May 1829 SENTENCE 14 years FORMER CONVICTIONS 2 previous HEIGHT 5'4" COMPLEXION Ruddy COLOUR OF HAIR EYES brown brown REMARKS no marks HOW DISPOSED Robert Holmes, Sydney

It is unclear exactly how many children Mary Ann had, possibly 7. It is unclear when she died.