William Folder

William Folder, one of 168 convicts transported on the Mary, 15 December 1829

Name, Aliases & Gender

Name:	William Folder
Aliases:	none
Gender:	m

Birth, Occupation & Death

Date of Birth:	17th September, 1812
Occupation:	Seaman
Date of Death:	3rd March, 1853
Age:	40 years

Life Span

Male median life span was 51 years*

* Median life span based on contributions

Conviction & Transportation

Sentence Severity

Sentenced to 7 years

Crime:	Stealing
Convicted at:	Southampton, Portsmouth Borough Quarter Session
Sentence term:	7 years
Ship:	Mary
Departure date:	15th December, 1829
Arrival date:	10th April, 1830
Place of arrival	Van Diemen's Land
Passenger manifest	Travelled with 167 other convicts

References

Primary source:	Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 89, Class and Piece Number HO11/7, Page Number 261 (133)
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.

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Community Contributions

Anonymous on 28th September, 2011 wrote:

married Sarah Louisa Allender the daughter of convict Urias/Uriah Allender

Jan Gardner on 27th April, 2017 wrote:

SOURCE: LINC
Tasmanian Government

Name:
Folder, William
Record Type:
Marriage Permissions
Ship/free:
Mary
Marriage to:
Allender, Sarah
Ship/free:
Free
Permission date:
11 Nov 1835
Index number:
24135
Record ID:
NAME_INDEXES:1250721
Resource
CON52/1/1 Page 55
RGD36/2 : 1835/3069

DEATH
Name:
Folder, William
Record Type:
Deaths
Gender:
Male
Age:
41
Date of death:
03 Mar 1853
Registered:
Clarence
Registration year:
1853
Record ID:
NAME_INDEXES:1195234
Resource
RGD35/1/22 no 71

On this death registration Henry ALLENDER, brother-in-law, is the informant.
Therefore William FOLDER’s birthdate would be around 1812

Convict Changes History

Chris Seymour on 1st April, 2014 made the following changes:

date of birth: 17th September, 1797 (prev. 0000), date of death: 3rd March, 1835 (prev. 0000), gender: m, occupation, crime

Jan Gardner on 27th April, 2017 made the following changes:

date of birth: 17th September, 1812 (prev. 17th September, 1797), date of death: 3rd March, 1853 (prev. 3rd March, 1835)