William Pointon

William Pointon, one of 248 convicts transported on the Runnymede, 11 June 1856

Name, Aliases & Gender

Name:	William Pointon
Aliases:	William Pointon Williams
Gender:	m

Birth, Occupation & Death

Date of Birth:	1831
Occupation:	Labourer
Date of Death:	-
Age:	-

Life Span

Male median life span was 57 years*

* Median life span based on contributions

Conviction & Transportation

Sentence Severity

Sentenced to 15 years

Crime:	Housebreaking
Convicted at:	Chester Assizes
Sentence term:	15 years
Ship:	Runnymede
Departure date:	11th June, 1856
Arrival date:	7th September, 1856
Place of arrival	Western Australia
Passenger manifest	Travelled with 246 other convicts

References

Primary source:	WA, Convict Record (Convict Dept. Reel No.FCN39, Ref. No. ACC 128/1-32 & Reel No.FCN41, Ref. No. ACC 128/38-39 & Registers Ref. No. ACC 1156/R19). Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 93, Class and Piece Number HO11/18, Page Number 184
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.

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Community Contributions

Iris Dunne on 3rd December, 2019 wrote:

Convicted 31 March 1855

Convict Index: aged 25, Trade Tallow Chandler

Convict Record 7 Sep 1956, aged 24, Named William Pointon alias William Pointon Williams, Married, Laborer, Crime Housebreaking & pre con., Protestant

Convict Changes History

OWEN POINTON on 3rd December, 2019 made the following changes:

alias1: Williams, William Pointon (alias) (prev. Williams, William Pointon (Alias))

Iris Dunne on 3rd December, 2019 made the following changes:

alias1: William Pointon Williams (prev. Williams, William Pointon (alias)), gender: m

Iris Dunne on 3rd December, 2019 made the following changes:

source: WA, Convict Record (Convict Dept. Reel No.FCN39, Ref. No. ACC 128/1-32 & Reel No.FCN41, Ref. No. ACC 128/38-39 & Registers Ref. No. ACC 1156/R19). Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 93, Class and Piece Number HO11/18, Page Number 184