William Smithson

William Smithson, one of 100 convicts transported on the Woodford, 29 July 1826

Name, Aliases & Gender

Name:	William Smithson
Aliases:	none
Gender:	m

Birth, Occupation & Death

Date of Birth:	1793
Occupation:	Blacksmith
Date of Death:	1st May, 1853
Age:	60 years

Life Span

Male median life span was 54 years*

* Median life span based on contributions

Conviction & Transportation

Sentence Severity

Sentenced to 7 years

Crime:	Larceny
Convicted at:	Norfolk Assizes
Sentence term:	7 years
Ship:	Woodford
Departure date:	29th July, 1826
Arrival date:	22nd November, 1826
Place of arrival	Van Diemen's Land
Passenger manifest	Travelled with 99 other convicts

References

Primary source:	William Smithson, Conduct Record, Conduct registers of male convicts arriving in the period of the assignment system, Tasmanian Archive and Heritage Office, RGD31/1/38
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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Convict Changes History

Elizabeth Spiegel on 17th June, 2017 made the following changes:

source: William Smithson, Conduct Record, Conduct registers of male convicts arriving in the period of the assignment system, Tasmanian Archive and Heritage Office, RGD31/1/38 (prev. Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 88, Class and Piece Num