Name: | William Reeve |
Aliases: | none |
Gender: | m |
Date of Birth: | - |
Occupation: | - |
Date of Death: | 1835 |
Age: | - |
Life Span
Male median life span was 57 years*
* Median life span based on contributions
Sentence Severity
Sentenced to Life
Crime: | Sacrilege |
Convicted at: | Cambridge Assizes |
Sentence term: | Life |
Ship: | Albion |
Departure date: | 17th May, 1823 |
Arrival date: | 21st October, 1823 |
Place of arrival | Van Diemen's Land |
Passenger manifest | Travelled with 199 other convicts |
Primary source: | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 88, Class and Piece Number HO11/5, Page Number 49 (26). Tasmanian Archives - convicts. |
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. |
Nell Murphy on 9th August, 2016 wrote:
William Reeve was convicted at Cambridge 20 July 1822 for sacrilege - breaking into a church. Life sentence. Transported to Van Diemen’s Land (Tasmania) per the ‘Albion’ 1823.
15 Nov 1826: Suspected of being involved in a burglary in his Master’s house. Sent to Prison Barracks.
Died. Memo 1835.
Nell Murphy on 9th August, 2016 made the following changes:
source: Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 88, Class and Piece Number HO11/5, Page Number 49 (26). Tasmanian Archives - convicts. (prev. Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 88, Class and Piece Number HO11/5, Page Number 49 (26))
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