Name: | William Durrant |
Aliases: | none |
Gender: | m |
Date of Birth: | 1812 |
Occupation: | Ploughman |
Date of Death: | 20th October, 1894 |
Age: | 82 years |
Life Span
Male median life span was 51 years*
* Median life span based on contributions
Sentence Severity
Sentenced to 7 years
Crime: | Stealing clothes |
Convicted at: | Bucks. Quarter Sessions |
Sentence term: | 7 years |
Ship: | Katherine Stewart Forbes |
Departure date: | 21st February, 1832 |
Arrival date: | 16th July, 1832 |
Place of arrival | Van Diemen's Land |
Passenger manifest | Travelled with 221 other convicts |
Primary source: | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 89, Class and Piece Number HO11/8, Page Number 267 (134) |
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. |
Dianne Jones on 10th March, 2021 wrote:
OCCUPATION: Ploughman and farm labourer (see https://librariestas.ent.sirsidynix.net.au/).
Dianne Jones on 9th April, 2021 wrote:
1831, 18 October: Convicted for stealing wearing apparel. He had a previous conviction for a similar offence. He was single (see https://stors.tas.gov.au/CON31-1-10$init=CON31-1-10p89).
Dianne Jones on 9th April, 2021 wrote:
1838, 2 August: His sentence was extended by 12 months for absconding.
1841, 29 July: Granted a Ticket of Leave.
1844: Free by servitude.
1867, 18 September: William Durrant was convicted in the Hobart Supreme Court for embezzlement and sentenced to three years’ jail (see https://stors.tas.gov.au/CON37-1-10$init=CON37-1-10p413).
Dianne Jones on 9th April, 2021 wrote:
1894, 24 October: A William Durrant, 77, born in England and a labourer, died at the Convict Depot at Launceston from senility (see https://stors.tas.gov.au/RGD35-1-63p28j2k).
Dianne Jones on 10th March, 2021 made the following changes:
gender: m, occupation
Dianne Jones on 9th April, 2021 made the following changes:
date of birth: 1812 (prev. 0000), crime
Dianne Jones on 9th April, 2021 made the following changes:
date of death: 20th October, 1894 (prev. 0000)
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