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Transportation
William Keel was transported on the Mariner, departing 30th Apr 1816 and arriving 11th Oct 1816 with 147 passengers.
The 1825 Journey. The ship Mariner, Captain Fotherley, arrived from Ireland with female prisoners, on Sunday evening. She left the Cove of Cork, the 12th of March, and brings 112 female prisoners, having lost only one on the passage. A few passengers also came per this opportunity. Surgeon Superintendent Dr. Cochrane, R. N. Sydney Gazette, 14 July 1825.
Mariner (generic)References
| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 88, Class and Piece Number HO11/2, Page Number 254 |
| 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
Old Bailey: WILLIAM KEEL, Theft > grand larceny, 13th September 1815. Reference Number: t18150913-189 Offence: Theft > grand larceny Verdict: Guilty Punishment: Transportation WILLIAM KEEL was indicted for stealing, on the 2nd of September , a piece of printed cotton, value 12 s. the property of Thomas Gaylor . CHARLES DIDDEAR . I am shopman to Mr. Gaylor, linen-draper , at 111, Fleet-street . Mr. Gaylor told me to watch. This piece of cotton was on the inside of the door. The prisoner came and tried to take it off; he went away without taking it. He returned in two or three minutes, and put a black apron over the print, and carried it off. Mr. Gaylor went after him, and brought him back. THOMAS GAYLOR . In consequence of information which the last witness gave me, I brought the prisoner back to the shop, with my property in his possession. ABRAHAM CRESSWELL . I produce the property. Prosecutor. That is my property. GUILTY , aged 16. Transported for Seven Years . Colonial Secretary: KEEL, William. Per "Mariner", 1816 1816 Oct 18: On list of convicts disembarked from the "Mariner" and forwarded to Windsor for distribution (Reel 6005; 4/3495 p.205) 7/7/1832-1840: Publicans Licenses - Held the licence for the Crispin/Crispins Arms in Clarence Street, Sydney. 1832: Married Anne Walsh – no children found. !/4/1867 Sydney Morning Herald: FUNERAL.—The Friends of the late Mr. WILLIAM KEELE are respectfully invited to attend his funeral, which will move from his late residence, 391, Castlereagh- street South, on TUESDAY AFTERNOON, at half-past 2 o'clock. R. STEWART, Undertaker, Bathurst and Pitt streets. 4/4/1867 Sydney Morning Herald: In the Will of WILLIAM KEEL, late of Sydney, in the colony of New South Wales, gentleman, deceased. NOTICE is hereby given, that after the expiration of fourteen days from the publication of this notice in the NEW SOUTH WALES GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, application will be made to this Honourable Court in its Ecclesiastical Jurisdiction, that probate of the last will and testament of the aforenamed William Keel deceased, may be granted to EDWARD BENNETT and ALFRED STEEL, the executors named in and appointed by the will of the said deceased. Dated this third day of April, A.D. 1867. 18/2/1870 Sydney Morning Herald: THE FRIENDS of the late Mr. WILLIAM KEELE are respectfully invited to attend the Funeral of his RELICT, Mrs. Anne Keele; to move from the residence of Mr. J. Curran, Crown-street, near Stanley-street,Woolloomooloo, on SATURDAY AFTERNOON, at half-past 2 o'clock, to the Randwick Cemetery. R.STEWART, Undertaker, Bathurst and Pitt streets. 21/4/1870 Sydney Morning Herald: William Keele left bequests to the Sydney Infirmary of £200, The Asylum for Destitute Children, Randwick £200 and the Sydney Ragged Schools £100, and many other smaller bequests.