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Personal Information
Crime
Transportation
William Kitsell was transported on the York, departing 7th Oct 1862 and arriving 31st Dec 1862 with 301 passengers.
The York I was built in Southwick, West Sussex, England in 1819. 429 tons. Three voyages to Australia with transport convicts - 1829, 1830 and 1832. The York II was built in Sunderland, England in 1854. 940 ton ship. Transported convicts and pensioner guards and families to Western Australia in 1862.
York (generic)References
| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 93, Class and Piece Number HO11/18, Page Number 477 (240) |
| 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
William Kitsell/Kitsall was 33 years old, 5’4 ¾” tall, single, dark brown hair, dark hazel eyes, sallow complexion, middling stout, burn near right elbow. 18/8/1863: TOL 20/10/1864: CP, Swan. Worked as a general servant. 19/11/1869: Drunk – fined 7/3/1883 Police Gazette, Western Australia: WILLIAM KITSALL, exp., late 6641; charged at York, on the 28th ult., by P.C Beresford, with supplying ab. nat. Billy with fermented and spirituous liquor. Fined £5 and costs or 2 months h.l. 3/11/1894: Drunk – fined. 1904: William died, aged 72?? – Listed as ‘Kitsell’. No marriage or children found.