Name: | William Downes |
Aliases: | none |
Gender: | m |
Date of Birth: | 1790 |
Occupation: | Labourer |
Date of Death: | - |
Age: | - |
Life Span
Male median life span was 51 years*
* Median life span based on contributions
Sentence Severity
Sentenced to 14 years
Crime: | Possessing a forged note |
Convicted at: | London Gaol Delivery |
Sentence term: | 14 years |
Ship: | Morley |
Departure date: | July, 1818 |
Arrival date: | 7th November, 1818 |
Place of arrival | New South Wales |
Passenger manifest | Travelled with 165 other convicts |
Primary source: | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 88, Class and Piece Number HO11/3, Page Number 62 |
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. |
Penny-Lyn Beale on 4th October, 2020 wrote:
WIFE; Clarissa Ward Downes. arrived per ship “Lord Wellington” - 1820
Penny-Lyn Beale on 4th October, 2020 wrote:
1824 - On list of prisoners lately received at Bathurst. Page: 109
1825 - List of constables entitled to Rations
1825 - 26 May. Ticket of Leave; 265/1739.
Year of birth; 1790
Trial; London G.D. 1 April 1818
Native Place; Kent.
Calling; Labourer
Height; 5 ft. 10 inches
Complexion; Sallow
Hair; Dark Brown
Eyes; Hazel
Penny-Lyn Beale on 4th October, 2020 wrote:
1828 - Census.
No; 42. William Downs. Age; 35. F.S. Morley. 1818. 14 years. Protestant. Constable
No; 43. Clarissa Ward Downs. Age; 28. G. S. Wellington, 1819. 14 years. Protestant.
Penny-Lyn Beale on 4th October, 2020 wrote:
578. SUSAN WILSON , JAMES BUTLER , RICHARD RATFORD , GEORGE DOWNES , MARY SHAW , WILLIAM DOWNES , JOSEPH TOWNSEND , THOMAS SMITH , JOHN THOMPSON , and JOHN ROGERS were severally and separately indicted for feloniously having forged bank notes in their possession, they well-knowing them to be forged .
To which indictments they severally pleaded GUILTY .
Transported for Fourteen Years .
Penny-Lyn Beale on 4th October, 2020 made the following changes:
gender: m
Penny-Lyn Beale on 4th October, 2020 made the following changes:
date of birth: 1790 (prev. 0000), occupation
Penny-Lyn Beale on 4th October, 2020 made the following changes:
crime
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