Name: | William Hair |
Aliases: | Hare |
Gender: | m |
Date of Birth: | - |
Occupation: | Brickmaker |
Date of Death: | - |
Age: | - |
Life Span
Male median life span was 57 years*
* Median life span based on contributions
Sentence Severity
Sentenced to 15 years
Crime: | Robbery with violence |
Convicted at: | York Assizes |
Sentence term: | 15 years |
Ship: | Duchess of Northumberland |
Departure date: | 1st October, 1842 |
Arrival date: | 18th January, 1843 |
Place of arrival | Van Diemen's Land |
Passenger manifest | Travelled with 270 other convicts |
Primary source: | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 91, Class and Piece Number HO11/13, Page Number 222. Tasmanian Archives - convicts |
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. |
Nell Murphy on 5th August, 2016 wrote:
William HARE was convicted at York on 13 Aug 1842 for robbery with violence (Highway Robbery). 15 yr sentence. Gaol Report: Idle, indifferent.
Hulk Report: good manners
Ship’s Report: Orderly. Captain of Division.
Transported to Van Diemen’s Land (Tasmania) per ‘Duchess of Northumberland’ arriving 10 Jan 1843.
Aged 28yrs; ploughman/brickmaker; Protestant; 6’; can read & write;
Married, wife Elizabeth.
Native place: Louth
Dragoon Guards 3 1/2 yrs
Assignments in Colony.
Some notes of misconduct and punishments.
19 Feb 1850: Ticket of leave
15 Apr 1853: Conditional Pardon
17 Apr 1846: 3mths of extended sentence specially remitted having been a flagellator for past 18mths
30 Apr 1846: to Port Arthur Penal settlement
Nell Murphy on 5th August, 2016 made the following changes:
source: Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 91, Class and Piece Number HO11/13, Page Number 222. Tasmanian Archives - convicts (prev. Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 91, Class and Piece Number HO11/13, Page Number 222), alias
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