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Personal Information
Crime
Voyage
Transportation
William Bransby was transported on the Ramillies, departing 25th Apr 1854 and arriving 7th Aug 1854 with 280 passengers.
757 ton barque ship Ramillies was built at Sunderland in 1845. There only appears to be one voyage to Australia with convict passengers. She carried the thirteenth of 37 shipments of male convicts for Western Australia. The 1854 voyage took 79 days and the Ramillies arrived in Fremantle on August 7, with 94 passengers and 277 convicts (1 death recorded on voyage). (The passengers comprised 30 Pensioner Guards and their families.)
Ramillies (generic)References
| Primary Source | Yorkshire Gazette March 10 1849 p.8 |
| 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
William BRANSBY and Mary Anne ATKINS had 13 children, not 5, as follows:- Anna Maria SQUIRE Born 10/03/1860 (York) Joseph Born 27/08/1861 (Perth) Died 14/04/1862 George Born 16/04/1862 Died 16/04/1862 William Henry Born 04/05/1863 Died 15/10/1953 Henry Born 01/07/1865 Eliza BARRY Born 13/03/1866 Died 00/09/1952 (Perth) Benjamin John Born 24/08/1869 Died 03/03/1946 Jane ROWE Born 14/07/1871 Died 10/10/1964 (Perth) Charlotte "Lottie" HALL Born 00/00/1873 Died 00/00/1961 (Perth) Robert George Born 00/00/1875 Edward Born 00/00/1876 Died 23/03/1960 (Perth) Richard John Born 17/01/1880 (Perth) Died 20/05/1904 (Perth) Rebecca ROWE Born 03/07/1881 (Perth) Died 00/04/1968 (Perth)
William Bransby along with William Campbell and William Beaver pleaded guilty to robbery of a dwelling house at Easingwold, North Yorkshire. They were sentenced to be 'severely transported for ten years'.
William Barnsby was the son of Benjamin, 5’6 ½” tall, single, brown hair, blue eyes, long face, sallow complexion, slight build, part of a cross on left arm and 5 dots on left hand. 29/8/1854: TOL 26/4/1856: CP 31/10/1861: married Mary Ann ATKINS, b1840 (England), who arrived per "Emma Eugenia" 25/8/1858. 5 children, Anna Maria born 1860, George, Joseph born 1861 and died 1862, William born 1863 and Benjamin born 1869. YORK 1859 Census: was a labourer. PERTH Brickmaker 1860's. C1869: A sawyer at Picton. Wife a Dressmaker. 25/3/1919: William died at the Perth Hospital.
Electoral Role Information. The butcher was William Bransby's son.