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Transportation
William Sykes was transported on the Marion, departing 30th Oct 1851 and arriving 30th Jan 1852 with 281 passengers.
Built 1834 at Calcutta. Wood ship of 684 Tons. The 1847/48 voyage sent to Van Diemen's Land (Tasmania) BUT also went on to Port Phillip Bay, Victoria where 300 exiles disembarked. (The newspaper source says they were from Millbank, Pentonville & Parkhurst prisons.)
Marion (generic)References
| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 92, Class and Piece Number HO11/17, Page Number 280 |
| 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
Daughter Louisa b 23 February 1841,Ann b 3August 1846.His wife was Priscilla Mitchell born 1821,they married 2nd November 1840 at Almondbury All Hallows. Priscilla had another daughter in 1852. Priscilla shortened to Zillah on census and baptisms.
William Sykes was born at Huddersfield, Yorkshire, England in about 1812, the son of Thomas Sykes and Ann Hodgson. There, he was married with two daughters, Louisa born in 1841 and Hannah, born in1844. His wife's name is not recorded. His daughters were 8 and 5 respectively when he was charged, at York Assizes Court on 11.7.1849, with receiving stolen goods . He was sentenced to a term of 7 years and, at about 40, was finally transported on the Marion to Swan River Colony, Western Australia. He initially served 2 1/2 years in Yorkshire Gaol, 89 days on board the Marion and then 4 further years in Western Australia before gaining his freedom on 10.7 1856. He held a ticket-of-leave from 31.1.1852, granted the day after he arrived in Fremantle, WA. Sykes was illiterate and signed documents with an X. He was Transported Prisoner 1119. He was 1682mm tall, had brown hair and grey eyes, his face was round with a fair complexion. He had a stout build and possessed a scar in the hollow of his left arm. There is no further record of his life until he arrived in Newcastle, NSW, possibly in about 1875 and at about the same time as his next wife and some of her children, arrived. At age 70, he married Hannah Endersby on 15.7.1883, just six weeks after Hannah's first husband, John Endersby, had died at his home in Adelaide. Sykes and Hannah lived at Pit Street, Newcastle, NSW at that time. Three of Hannah's children also lived with them in Newcastle, her other children remaining either in Perth, WA or Adelaide, SA. Sykes died, age 79, at Newcastle Hospital, NSW on 3.12.1891 during an influenza epidemic and was buried on 4.12.1891 at Sandgate Cemetery, Newcastle, NSW. --------- This William Sykes should not be confused with another William Sykes, transported prisoner 9589, a little younger but with the same height and physical characteristics, transported on the Norwood to Perth in 1867 and died in the same year, 1891 at Newcastle (now Tooday),Western Australia. Some amazing co-incidences of names, places and appearances.