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Crime
Transportation
William Bird was transported on the Minerva, departing 8th Jul 1824 and arriving 19th Nov 1824 with 172 passengers.
The Minerva was built at Lancaster, England in 1804. 4 voyages bringing convict transportees to Australia.
Minerva (generic)References
| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 88, Class and Piece Number HO11/5, Page Number 177 (90) |
| 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 Pro |
| Original Source | Great Britain. Home Office |
| Compiled By | State Library of Queensland |
| Database Source | British convict transportation registers 1787-1867 database |
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Convict Notes
Born 1807, 1812 - On his application to marry his age was given as 36 in 1848. Aris's Birmingham Gazette Warwickshire, England 12 Apr 1824: William Bird, for breaking-into the dwelling-house of William Edwards, of Birmingham, and stealing thereout one pair of boots, value 1/. and other goods. 1/2/1826 Sydney Gazette: William Bird, prisoner of the crown, for scaling the barrack wall, 25 lashes. 24/4/1826: Tried at Sydney General Sessions for House Robbery - 3 years. 18/5/1829: Returned to Sydney. William Bird listed as 19 years old on arrival at Moreton Bay - 5'2¾" tall, sallow complexion, dark hair and eyes. Occupation: Bellows maker. 1841: Port Macquarie - Application to Marry Jane Anderson alias Manning, 32 (Fanny 1833) - Refused - Anderson stated on arrival to be married and that her husband may be coming to join her. 1848: NSW BDM - Married Jane Henderson at St Andrew's, Sydney.
The Police. April 24th. William Bird, James Doyle, George Smith, Patrick Welsh, John Todd, John Carey, Thomas James, William Bryan, Thomas Katon, and Walter Levey, prisoners of the crown, who had been all apprehended on the morning of the 22d, at a place called the Paper Mill, about three miles and a half from Sydney, and who made violent and desperate resistance to the constables sent to secure them, were all brought forward this day. A considerable number of articles of cotton prints and some slop clothing were found in their possession when apprehended, and from the deposition of Mr. Wm. Smith, a dealer in York-street, it appeared that his house was broken open on the night of the 18th instant, and property and goods to an extensive amount burglariously removed therefrom. A blue coat, one cotton shirt, two pieces of waistcoating, sixteen pieces of cotton print, and four yards of blue cloth being produced, Mr. Smith positively deposed to the same being his property, and to have been stolen from his shop the night it was robbed. The property thus identified having been found in the prisoners' possession, the weight of evidence was so conclusive against them, that the Bench sentenced them as follow ; viz. Bird, Doyle, Smith, Welsh, Todd, Carey, Bryan, and Caton, to be removed to such penal settlement, as His Excellency may direct, each for the term of three years ; James to have his original term of transportation extended for three years from the period of its expiration : Levey to be worked in irons for three months. Sydney Gazette, 26 Apr 1826. ---------------------------------------------------- William, along with the others, was sent to Moreton Bay penal settlement. He arrived at Moreton Bay 4th November 1826. Moreton Bay Convict Register. William Bird, Minerva, Tried at Warwick, 27 Mar 1824, Life, Bellows maker. Colonial conviction: General Sessions, Sydney, 24 Apr 1826, House robbery. 3 years. Returned to Sydney, 18 May 1829. Description: William Bird, age 19, native of Warwick, 5ft 2 ¾ in, sallow comp, dark hair, grey eyes.