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Transportation
William Hurstfield was transported on the Moffatt, departing 4th Jan 1834 and arriving 9th May 1834 with 400 passengers.
Moffatt (generic)References
| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 90, Class and Piece Number HO11/9, Page Number 263 (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 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
Marriage Permissions: https://stors.tas.gov.au/CON52-1-2p199j2k William Horsefield, free, and 301. Margaret Knight, Arabian, Date of permission,8 Jan 1848. Approved. Married by the Revd. Thos. Butler, January 1848. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- They moved to Victoria. Margaret travelled with 2 children. Victorian BMD. Death of son William. Death of William Hurstfield, age 20 months, Mother, Margaret, father, William, born in Launceston VDL. Reg. 2067 /1853. Births of 2 more children: Birth of Ellen Hurstfield, born 1854, Mother Margaret McKnight, father, William, at Muck. Reg 7224/1854. Birth of John Hurstfield, 1855. Mother Margaret Knight, father William. At Muckleford. 11510/1855. Death of his wife Margaret. Death, Margaret Hurstfield, age 50. place of death, Melb. Sth.. Spouse at death, William Hurstfield, year 1882. Reg No 12507. William’s death appears in the Victorian Bmd, his name mistakenly listed as William Handfield. 1881. William Handfield, age 73, Place of death, C’maine. Spouse at Death, Margaret Knight. Ref. 9860/1881. Deaths. HURSTFIELD.— On the 7th November, Margaret Hurstfield, relict of the late William Hurstfield, of Fryer's Creek, Castlemaine, Victoria. The Age, (Melbourne) 14 Nov 1882.
The following alterations have taken place in the police of the territory Dismissed- William Hurstfield, Moffatt, 10th instant; Hobart Town Courier, 23 Nov 1838.
convicted at Kirkdale assizes 1833 for burgling farms in company with James Greenough and Joseph Inman. Stole ladies clothes. My g-g-grandfather wwas James Greenough.