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Transportation
William Hodgson was transported on the Albion, departing 21st Sep 1826 and arriving 14th Feb 1827 with 192 passengers.
Albion (generic)References
| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 88, Class and Piece Number HO11/6, Page Number 77 (40) |
| 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
Hulk Records. Dolphin Hulk, Chatham. HO-9-1-3 page 12/44. Wm. Hodgson, age 20, Stg cattle, Tried Lincoln. 16 July 1825, Life, NSW 17 Sept 1826.
On Wednesday was committed to the Castle, William Hodgson, late of Haxey, pig-jobber, of stealing three heifers and one steer, the property of Mr. Adam Bird, surgeon, from a close in the parish of Misson. Stamford Mercury, 20 May 1825. Stealing Beasts at Misson. William Hodgson, aged 20, late of Haxey, jobber, was indicted for stealing three heifers value 18£. and one steer value 6£, the property of Mr. A. Bird, surgeon and apothecary, West Stockwith, on the night of ? the? of May last. In second count they were described as four beasts were last seen on the prosecutor's land at Misson about half-past three in the afternoon of the ?, they were driven over Walkerith Ferry, 7 miles distant, by the prisoner at 12 that night, and were sold by him on the road leading towards Lincoln about 9 the next morning, to Thos. Holdsworth, a jobber at Stockwith, for 16£ 18s; on the 10th of May they were found in the possession of Mr, Rastall, who resides about 5 miles from Newark, and there identified by the prosecutor. The prisoner was apprehended on the same day, house adjoining his own residence at when he declared that he had bought the beasts for 12s. From a person named Smith, but he gave no proof of such fact, trial —Guilty. Stamford Mercury, 22 July 1825.
William was the brother of Benjamin Thomas Hodgson also sent to Australia as a convict from Yorkshire. This person had no children but married an Isabella Dodds