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Voyage
Transportation
William Crookshanks was transported on the Marquis Of Hastings, departing 19th Aug 1825 and arriving 3rd Jan 1826 with 154 passengers.
Marquis Of Hastings (generic)References
| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 88, Class and Piece Number HO11/5, Page Number 302 |
| 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
Correction to my previous note about his marriage: the marriage was in Sydney on 3 September 1836. They had applied on 27 June 1836 for permission to marry.
William Crookshanks was born about 1807 at Birmingham, Warwickshire, England. He was convicted on 28 February 1825 at the Southampton Assizes, Winchester, Hampshire, England, and sentenced to 14 years transportation. He was sent to the York hulk at Portsmouth, on 2 May 1825, age recorded as 18, crime recorded as "Robbery". He was transported on the Marquess of Hastings which left England on 19 August 1825 and arrived at Sydney, New South Wales on 3 January 1826. He was described as aged 18 years, 5ft 8in in height, with fair complexion, blue eyes, brown hair, with a scar on the left cheek bone, born at Birmingham, and had been employed as a Clerk. He was sent to Wellington Valley for distribution. He was listed at Wellington Valley in the 1828 census. He received a Ticket of Leave on 29 November 1834 for the district of Port Stephens, New South Wales, Australia. On 27 June 1836 William Crookshanks married Zophiel Bloomfield. Their marriage was recorded in the register of St Andrew's Scots Presbyterian Church, Sydney, New South Wales. As William Crookshanks was a convict, they had to get permission to marry. His wife, Zophiel Bloomfield, had arrived in Sydney with her parents and siblings on 17 December 1833 on the Layton as unassisted migrants. William is not listed in the 1837 General Return of Convicts. It is not known what happened to William Crookshanks. His widow was known as Zophielle Cruickshank when she died in 1892 at Paddington, New South Wales.