Summary
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Voyage
Transportation
William Raisin was transported on the Coromandel, departing 27th Oct 1819 and arriving 5th Apr 1820 with 299 passengers.
Coromandel (generic)References
| Primary Source | England & Wales Criminal Registers (HO27/18, page 72). UK Prison Hulk Registers HO9/9. State Archives NSW (Indents NRS 12188; Item: 4/4007; Microfiche: 644)& (TOL HO10/56)& Convict Lists HO10/18. Ancestry. Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 88, Class and Piece Number HO11/3, Page Number 255 (129) |
| 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
Tasmanian Records. Description: https://libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/CON23-1-3/CON23-1-3/CON23-1-3-P032 No 156. William Raisin, age 26, Farm labourer, Tired Oxford, March 1819, Life. Per Coromandel, Native place, Warwickshire. See record for full details. Conduct Record: https://libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/CON31-1-34/CON31-1-34P278 No 156. William Raisin. Minor transgressions recorded. C.P. 1 June 1832. Free Pardon No 242, 21 Nov 1836. See record for full details.
Wm. Raisin, aged 24 years, charged with burglariously stealing two geese from the dwelling-house of Thomas Baylis, at Nethrop, in the parish of Banbury.,— Death. ... Oxford University and City Herald, 6 March 1819.
William Reason was a servant to David Lord, one of the richest families in VDL. The father had been a convict at Port Phillip in 1803. William Reason was provided with land and farmed it at Glenorchy from the late 1820's and had a number of land transactions over the years.
At the time of his offence, William had married Mary Kennedy in 1816 in Banbury, Oxford. Mary with their 2 children joined him in Hobart. They went on to have 4 more children. His eldest daughter Sarah married George Beale , also a convict. William and Sarah followed the Beale family to South Australia where they lived until their deaths - William in 1868 and Mary in 1877. They are buried in the Hindmarsh cemetery.
Criminal Registers: Offence Burglary, Sentence Death Prison Hulk ship Laurel moored at Portsmouth, Named Wm Raisin, aged 25, Received 26 May 1819, Offence Burglary Indents: Conviction 3 March 1819 1822 Convict List: Employed at the Public Works Ticket of Leave No. 186/ 1840
William's wife Mary joined her convict husband in Hobart with their 2 children.The surname was actually Reason not Raisin. They had 6 children in all. William and Mary left Tasmania and sailed to South Australia arriving in Adelaide on 9 October 1845 on the ship “Margaret”and they lived in SA all their lives.