| Name: | William Blake |
| Aliases: | none |
| Gender: | m |
| Date of Birth: | 11th December, 1813 |
| Occupation: | Farm labourer |
| Date of Death: | 12th April, 1894 |
| Age: | 80 years |
Life Span
Male median life span was 57 years*
* Median life span based on contributions
Sentence Severity
Sentenced to 15 years
| Crime: | Firing a haystack |
| Convicted at: | Sussex, Lewes Assizes |
| Sentence term: | 15 years |
| Ship: | Nile |
| Departure date: | 18th September, 1857 |
| Arrival date: | 1st January, 1858 |
| Place of arrival | Western Australia |
| Passenger manifest | Travelled with 269 other convicts |
| Primary source: | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 93, Class and Piece Number HO11/18, Page Number 246 |
| 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. |
Nancy Farley on 5th December, 2012 made the following changes:
date of birth 11th December, 1813, date of death 12th April, 1894, gender, occupation, crime
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