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Transportation
William Sperin was transported on the Asia 1, departing 29th Oct 1824 and arriving 22nd Feb 1825 with 119 passengers.
Built by A Hall & Co at Aberdeen in 1818. A Brig of 536 tons. (Wikipedia) 1830 - Voyage. Asia from Ireland. Female Convict Ship; Stead; Master, Alexander Nesbit M.D. Surgeon Superintendent. Arrived in Sydney Cove 13 Jan 1830. Mustered - 186. Died on Voyage - 3. Disembarked - 1. Total Embarked - 200
Asia 1 (generic)References
| Primary Source | Irish Convict Database by Peter Mayberry. |
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Convict Notes




New South Wales, Australia, Certificates of Freedom, 1810-1814, 1827-1867 (NRS 12210) Butts of Certificates of Freedom 1831 March 26 no 31/210. Convicted of robbery. 5' 7 3/4" sallow complexion brown hair mixed with grey and grey eyes. Comment sickly looking. Bridget Keatting in the New South Wales, Australia, Convict Applications for the Publication of Banns, 1828-1830, 1838-1839 Name: Bridget Keatting Assigned to John Smiths and has her masters permission Sydney Gender: Female Birth Year: abt 1801 Age: 28 Arrival year: 1829 Arriving Vessel: Asia 4 Spouse Name: William Sperin Free is able to support a wife and resides in Sydney Spouse Gender: Male Spouse Birth Year: 1794 Spouse Age: 35 Spouse Arrival Year: 1825 Spouse Vessel: Edward Marriage Year: Abt 1829 Application Date: 19 Dec 1829 Application Place: The Roman Catholic Chapel, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. Rev D Prosser NSW BdMs (possible)(Bridget Keating remarried a John Byrn in 1834 on ancestry) Deaths SPEARING WILLIAM 518/1832 V1832518 127 AGE 30




Irish Convict Database by Peter Mayberry. William Sperin, age on arrival, 30, per Asia I (3) (1825), Tried at Limerick, 1824, 7 years, DOB 1795. Native of Limerick Co. Ploughman.