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Transportation
William Tansley was transported on the Nile, departing 18th Sep 1857 and arriving 1st Jan 1858 with 271 passengers.
Nile (generic)References
| Primary Source | Ancestry.com, Essex, Church of England Births and Baptisms 1813-1918; Original data Essex Church of England Parish Registers. Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 93, Class and Piece Number HO11/18, Page Number 234 |
| 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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--00-- IN WA: From his Fremantle jail record: TANSLEY, William; #4687 Arrived: 1 Jan 1858, per Nile Date of Birth: 1814 Marital Status: Married 5 children Occupation: Stone cutter Literacy: Literate Sentence Place: Chelmsford, Essex, England Crime: Burglary Sentence Period: Life Ticket of Leave Date: 18 Mar 1858 Conditional Pardon Date: 18 Jul 1864 Comments: Labourer (https://fremantleprison.com.au/). --00--
From his record in Portsmouth prison, prior to transportation: #4088, William TANSLEY, 35 [when convicted], married, 5 children; Church of England; reads and writes imperfectly; gardener [sic]; convicted and sentenced to transportation for life for burglary, on 5 March, 1849, Chelmsford Assizes; committal on 6 December, 1848, Coggeshall. Health: Good Held in separate confinement at Springfield -- 4 months, 17 days; and Preston -- 9 months 8 days. Character and conduct since conviction: Springfield good, Preston very good, Portland good, Gibraltar no report. Next of kin: Father resides at Great Coggeshall; wife and children at Union House, Witham, Essex. Previous convictions/other: Discharged by proclamation, Lent Assizes 1838, of fraud. Ditto, May 1838, of assault. Date received in different prisons: Preston - 24 July, 1849 Portland - 3 May, 1850 Stirling Castle hulk - 4 March, 1851 Gibraltar - no date Portsmouth - 4 July, 1857. Total time served to date: 8 years 6 months 4 days Final disposal: 8 September 1857, sent to board the Nile for WA (UK, Prison Commission Records, 1770-1951 Portsmouth Prison; Registers of Prisoners; 1855-1858).
From the Chelmsford Chronicle, Friday 08 September 1848, p2: "THE COGGESHALL BURGLARS ... the following day, for the purpose of considering and concerting measures for the apprehension and conviction of the parties implicated, the Rev. Sir J. P. Wood and U. Pattisson, Esq. met at the time appointed, attended by Mr. Corder, from the office of Messrs. Blood and Douglas, and several witnesses, who had been previously sent for, were also present. The deposition of Samuel Smith, jun. was first taken, and related to a robbery in the house of his father, in May last, and from the statements then made it was believed that Samuel Crow, fly-driver, at the Black Horse Inn, Coggeshall, was the ringleader of a gang of desperadoes, including William Springett, William Tansley, and William alias Crusty Ellis, who have alarmed the neighbourhood for a long period by their nocturnal depredations. Warrants were immediately issued for the apprehension of the parties, the police being directed to use every precaution to prevent their escape..."
He was married to Lucy Wade as stated previous comments. Lucy wade was the daughter of Daniel Wade 1781-1824 and Anne !awrence 1786-1851. Lucy,s brothers Walter 1822-1888 and William 1820-1869. They were part of the gang as well as Samuel Crowe and others. Walter was my great great grandfather he was a baker in Launceston and married Alice Phillips née Newton. Alice first husband died and left her with four daughters to raise. Alice went on to have ten more children with Walter. When he died he left Alice very comfortably off financially. He had a shop in the Temperance Hotel. Alice died in 1916. They are both buried in a Cypress Street Burial Ground. There daughter Eliza was my great grandmother, she married Orlando William Mills. Their daughter Grace was my grandmother. She married Arthur Joseph Vincent Barry. My email is chrissys250@gmail.com for further info .
He was part of the Coggeshall Gang who took part in a series of violent crimes took place in Coggeshall and surrounding villages between 1844 and 1848
Lived in Coggeshall, Essex and was married to Lucy Wade, a silk worker. They had five children - Hannah,(1838) Susan,(1840) Harriett,(1842) William (1845) and Walter (1848). At the tiem of his trial in 1849, they ranged in age from 1 - 10. He had been a member of the infamous Coggeshall Gang which had terrorised the Essex countryside around Coggeshall along with his brother-in-law William Wade who was alos transported to Van Diemen's Land on the Rodney for a period of 7 years.