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Personal Information
Crime
Voyage
Transportation
William Smith was transported on the Pestonjee Bomanjee, departing 6th Sep 1845 and arriving 30th Dec 1845 with 300 passengers.
Built 1835 at Dumbarton, Scotland. Wood barque of 595 Tons.
Pestonjee Bomanjee (generic)References
| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 91, Class and Piece Number HO11/14, Page Number 392 |
| 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
Born 11 August 1824: Parents Thomas LEE and Edith BLAKE at Kings Cross, London, England. 1845: Cascades Probation Station (Salt Water River); 1850 hired out to work as a shepherd at New Prospect Farm, Avoca, Tasmania; February 1853 married Emma BLAKEY as William SMITH (real name John William LEE per Pestongee Bomangee 1845) at Avoca, Tasmania; William Smith changed his name back to his birth name, John William LEE and Emma LEE in 1854; Emma granted a Conditional Pardon in 1855 and John a Certificate of Freedom in 1856; Emma and John had two children by 1856 and moved to the Tamar Valley where he worked as a shepherd; about 1875 Emma and John and their seven children moved to Lefroy where they set up Mr Lee’s Temperance Hall and Coffee Palace. John died in 1891 at Lefroy and Emma ran the Coffee Palace for 2 more years; She sold the business and moved to Launceston to live with their daughter, Emma LINTON; Emma died in 1924 at Launceston and is buried with John in Lefroy General Cemetery.