Name: | William Burgess |
Aliases: | none |
Gender: | m |
Date of Birth: | - |
Occupation: | - |
Date of Death: | 1847 |
Age: | - |
Life Span
Male median life span was 57 years*
* Median life span based on contributions
Sentence Severity
Sentenced to Life
Crime: | Uttering forged notes |
Convicted at: | Central Criminal Court |
Sentence term: | Life |
Ship: | David Malcolm |
Departure date: | 13th May, 1845 |
Arrival date: | 25th August, 1845 |
Place of arrival | Van Diemen's Land and Norfolk Island |
Passenger manifest | Travelled with 220 other convicts |
Primary source: | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 91, Class and Piece Number HO11/14, Page Number 280 |
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. |
Leonie Dolley on 12th April, 2013 wrote:
William was transported for uttering a false transfer of stock. It says in the archives supposed to have drowned at Norfolk Island 15\3\1847.
Leonie Dolley on 12th April, 2013 made the following changes:
date of death 1847, gender, crime
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