Name: | William Smithson |
Aliases: | none |
Gender: | m |
Date of Birth: | 1793 |
Occupation: | Blacksmith |
Date of Death: | 1st May, 1853 |
Age: | 60 years |
Life Span
Male median life span was 57 years*
* Median life span based on contributions
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 |
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. |
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
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