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Transportation
William Tracey was transported on the Eliza, departing 22nd Sep 1819 and arriving 21st Jan 1820 with 159 passengers.
The Eliza was a 511-ton (later 538 ton) merchant ship built in British India in 1806. She made five voyages transporting convicts from England and Ireland to Australia.
Eliza (generic)References
| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 88, Class and Piece Number HO11/3, Page Number 227 (115) |
| 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
PUBLIC NOTICE. Tickets of Leave. Eliza (1), William Tracey, Sydney; Sydney Gazette, 17 June 1824. NSW Convict Index. William Tracey, per Eliza, 1820, Certificate of Freedom, 17 Aug 1826, No 093/5610. Remarks: TL 245/1179; renewed CF 37/407.
1822. Petition. To Frederick Goulburn, Esq, Colonial Secretary. Sir, We humbly solicit you will be pleased to let us have our son off the stores, he came in the ship Lady Harcourt and landed this morning, is now in the Gaol yard Sydney. He is a young man able to earn a living with his father by attending stone masons. Independent of Government -There which occupation his father has supported his family here for several years. He came here by the name of John Sullivan and under sentence of seven years Transportation. (his Mothers name is Sullivan) for your Compliance Sir we shall pray for your good health &c, &c. we are your obedient servants William Tracey Mary Sullivan, alias Tracy.
Colonial Secretary Index. TRACEY, William. Per "Eliza", 1820 1820 Jan 31 On list of convicts disembarked from the "Eliza" and forwarded to Windsor for distribution (Reel 6007; 4/3501 p.217) 1820 Jan 31 Convict landed from "Eliza" assigned to William Cox of Windsor (Reel 6007; 4/3501 p.221) 1820,1823 On lists of convicts maintained by William Cox free of expense to the Crown; in 1820 and 1823 (Reel 6050, 4/1746 p.141; Reel 6059, 4/1773 p.159b) 1822 Petition for son, John Sullivan, per "Countess of Harcourt", 1822, to be assigned to parents (Fiche 3228; 4/1868 p.24) 1823 Apr 30 On list of convicts in the employ of William Cox of Clarendon and his two sons George and Henry (Fiche 3062; 4/1834B No.73 p.469)
New South Wales, Australia, Colonial Secretary's Papers, 1788-1856. Petitions To The Governor From Convicts For Mitigations of Sentences Letter fro William Tracey and his wife Mary Sullivan alias Tracey requesting their son John Sullivan per ship Countess of Harcourt to be released from Sydney gaol and work with his father as a stone mason and earn a living independent of government. His father has worked and supported his family for several years New South Wales and Tasmania, Australia Convict Musters, 1806-1849 General muster 1825 Labourer at Bathurst 39/407 dated 10/5/1837 New South Wales, Australia, Gaol Description and Entrance Books, 1818-1930 for William Tracy 24/2/1838 trial transported to Norfolk Island 7/6/1838 The Sydney Monitor (NSW : 1828 - 1838) Fri 4 May 1838 Page 3 Law Intelligence. William Tracey pleaded guilty to an indictment charging him with horse stealing, and was sentenced to be transported to a penal settlement for life. New South Wales, Australia, Convict Death Register, 1826-1879 William Tracey aged 48 per ship Eliza died at Norfolk Island general Hospital in 1843