William Alexander

William Alexander, one of 289 convicts transported on the Thomas Arbuthnot, 06 January 1847

Name, Aliases & Gender

Name:	William Alexander
Aliases:	none
Gender:	m

Birth, Occupation & Death

Date of Birth:	1824
Occupation:	Carpenter
Date of Death:	-
Age:	-

Life Span

Male median life span was 51 years*

* Median life span based on contributions

Conviction & Transportation

Sentence Severity

Sentenced to 7 years

Crime:	Theft
Convicted at:	Central Criminal Court
Sentence term:	7 years
Ship:	Thomas Arbuthnot
Departure date:	6th January, 1847
Arrival date:	4th May, 1847
Place of arrival	Van Diemen's Land [convicts disembarked at Port Phillip, not Van Diemen's Land]
Passenger manifest	Travelled with 289 other convicts

References

Primary source:	Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 92, Class and Piece Number HO11/15, Page Number 142
Source description:	This record is one of the entries in the British convict transportation registers 1787-1867 database compiled by State Library of Queensland from British Home Office (HO) records which are available on microfilm as part of the Australian Joint Copying Project.

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Community Contributions

Jillian Brewer on 20th October, 2021 wrote:

Son of Richard Alexander, carpenter, Covent Garden.

Indicted for stealing 2 hats, value 14s.; 2 umbrellas, 5s.; and 1 pair of gloves, 1s.; the goods of Thomas Spencer; and that he had been before convicted of felony.
THOMAS HANSLOW (police-constable F 10.) I produce a certificate of the prisoner’s former conviction, which I got from Mr. Clark’s office—(read—Convicted the 8th of May, 1843, and confined six months)—he is the person—he has been in custody four times since that.

Source: Old Bailey Online.

Convict Changes History

Jillian Brewer on 20th October, 2021 made the following changes:

date of birth: 1824 (prev. 0000), gender: m, occupation, crime