Summary
Personal Information
Crime
Voyage
Transportation
William Jerkins was transported on the Clyde, departing 20th Aug 1830 and arriving 18th Dec 1830 with 216 passengers.
Clyde (generic)References
| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 89, Class and Piece Number HO11/7, Page Number 471 (238). Tasmanian Archives - convicts (Conduct Record pg 56; Indent pg 33; Departures POL 458/1/2 pg 69). |
| 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 |
Claims
"William Jerkins was my dad's great grandfather."
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Convict Notes
Tasmanian Archives records: 1830: Aged 20yrs; trade - a plasterer; native place of birth Marylebone, London abt 1810; 5'8"; swarthy complexion; dk brown hair; grey eyes; single man. 1832: Public Works at Spring Bay- drunk & absent from work without leave - 2mths imprisonment, with hard labour. Musters 1830 - 1833: Public Works Ticket of Leave by 1835 Departure from VDL: passenger on the ship "William", departing Launceston 10/02/1837 for St. Vincent Gulf. (Free by servitude, special clearance.) (Note: although Jenkins may not have been used as an alias name, it is sometimes recorded as such.)
William Jerkins, aged 17/18 was convicted for stealing 11 napkins, valued 1/-, property of Thomas Tod Madden. He was a Plasterer who worked n the Town Gang, building new houses in VDL before receiving his freedom. He travelled to South Australia 1837 and is listed in the 1841 Census, with wife Eliza, her 2 daughters and a son, my gg grandfather. He had another 4 babies in South Australia before Eliza Courtoy, nee Flitt, died in 1851. William Jerkins took 3 of his children to the Victorian goldfields, where he used the name William Courtoy. He lived in the Newstead/Castlemaine area and died 16.4.1887. He was buried in the cemetery at Newstead, his surname then recorded as Courtois. His burial record has him as Coulter. Details on his death certificate provide the name of his father as William Jerkins, soldier, and Bridget Coffey as his mother. Despite living as William Courtoy, William Jerkins was definitely his name.