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Voyage
Transportation
William Foster was transported on the Perseus And Coromandel, departing 31st Dec 1801 and arriving 14th Aug 1802 with 254 passengers.
Perseus And Coromandel (generic)References
| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 87, Class and Piece Number HO11/1, Page Number 312 |
| 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
William Foster, was a child convict, born in Warwickshire and convicted of housebreaking in Warwick at age 11 and transported after some time on the hulks. He survived all of this and was apprenticed as a shipwright on arrival at PJ. In the 1828 census he is married to Anastasia O'Neil, living in Cumberland Street, the Rocks, with two children and gives his arrival in the colony as 1803, Anastasia is the daughter of Thomas O'Neil (O'Neal), Friendship 1800, and Anne Kennedy, Experiment II 1809. 1811: TOL 29/2/1812: Conditional Pardon. 19/9/1823: Conditional Pardon, renewed, having been returned much mutilated and torn up. By 1834 he was the owner of 5 homes in Cumberland and Cambridge Streets, Sydney. He died in 1846. His Will left 18 houses to be divided between his children. John and Robert Campbell, of Campbell's Wharf, and George Atherden were executors of the Will.