Name: | William Owen |
Aliases: | none |
Gender: | - |
Date of Birth: | - |
Occupation: | Sawyer |
Date of Death: | - |
Age: | - |
Life Span
Median life span was 52 years*
* Median life span based on contributions
Sentence Severity
Sentenced to 7 years
Crime: | - |
Convicted at: | Hereford Assizes |
Sentence term: | 7 years |
Ship: | Georgiana |
Departure date: | 24th November, 1828 |
Arrival date: | 20th April, 1829 |
Place of arrival | Van Diemen's Land |
Passenger manifest | Travelled with 171 other convicts |
Primary source: | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 89, Class and Piece Number HO11/6, Page Number 533 (268) |
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 Project. |
Lee Milne on 27th December, 2018 wrote:
William was also a constable and then a fisherman. He and eldest son, William (20yrs) were drowned near Southport, Tas in April 1861, when their fishing boat, ‘Terror’, went down in heavy seas and wreckage was found at South Bruny Island.
Lee Milne on 27th December, 2018 made the following changes:
source: Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 89, Class and Piece Number HO11/6, Page Number 533 (268) Tasmanian Archives CON31-1-29 (prev. Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 89, Class and Piece Number HO11/6, Page Number 533 (268
Lee Milne on 27th December, 2018 made the following changes:
occupation
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