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Transportation
William Foreman was transported on the William Metcalf, departing 23rd May 1834 and arriving 4th Sep 1834 with 241 passengers.
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| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 90, Class and Piece Number HO11/9, Page Number 370 |
| 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
Libraries Tasmania transported for life for housebreaking. Gaol report bad character convicted before and whipped. Hulk report good. Committed a number offences before: receiving stolen property , stole wood 3 months, stolen sticks 31 days, embezzlement 6 months and flogged. married wife Letitia from Woodbridge. Surgeons report orderly. Whilst in VDL received a couple of charges for insolence and disobedience and being drunk. Received 25 lashes Cover image for Foreman, William Name: Foreman, William Record Type: Deaths Gender: Male Age: 23 Date of burial: 31 Dec 1839 Registered: Hobart Registration year: 1839 Record ID: NAME_INDEXES:1181
New South Wales, Australia, Convict Indents, 1788-1842 Bound Indentures 1834-1835 Letitia Foreman per ship George Hibbert 2/12/1834 From Suffolk England married protestant who could read and write. 5' 3" ruddy and freckled complexion brown hair and eyes. 43/477. Husband William Foreman in VDL per William Metcalf 1834
Suffolk Assizes. Wm. Foreman and Christopher Brown, for breaking and entering the dwelling-house of Martha Jessup, of Woodbridge and stealing divers silver spoons. &c. Bury and Norwich Post, 26 Mar 1834. ------------------------------------------------- Convicts. —On Monday last were removed from the County Gaol, in this town, the following convicts, William Foreman, Christopher Brown, James Kennel, and Samuel Tubby—each for life ; and Thomas Shearman and Edward Goddard—for 7 years ; to put board the York Hulk, Gosport. Suffolk Chronicle, 26 Apr 1834.