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Personal Information
Voyage
Transportation
William Tristram was transported on the Guildford, departing 31st Jul 1811 and arriving 18th Jan 1812 with 214 passengers.
The ‘Guildford’ was built on the River Thames, England in 1810. Used as a Convict Transport ship to Australia - voyages 1812, 1816, 1818, 1820, 1822, 1824, 1827 & 1829. The ship was lost at sea near Singapore in 1831, loosing all aboard.
Guildford (generic)References
| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 87, Class and Piece Number HO11/2, Page Number 48 |
| 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
24/2/1810 Public Ledger and Daily Advertiser London, England: William Tristram, for stealing a watch, in the shop of John Grant, was likewise found Guilty—Death. Colonial Secretary Papers: TRISTRAM, William 1820 Jun 18: Appointed district constable in place of William Spears, suspended (Reel 6050; 4/1747 pp.70-1) 1820 Aug 9: Suspended from position as constable (Reel 6050; 4/1747 pp.109-10) 1822 Jan: Gaoler, Liverpool. Re supply of lime to Liverpool, Cowpasture & Campbelltown from 31 Aug 1821 to 23 Jan 1822 (Reel 6021; 4/7079 p.5) 1822 Aug: Signatory to petition objecting to the Commissariat's new system of paying for supplies in Spanish dollars (Reel 6017; 4/5783 p.124b) 1823 Feb 8: Evidence in case re Richard Sullivan, plasterer (Reel 6058; 4/1771 p.240) 1823 Mar: District Constable. On list of constables in Sydney from Sep 1820 to Mar 1823; appointed Gaoler at Liverpool on 7 Aug 1821 (Reel 6056; 4/1764 p.63) 1824 Dec 31: Salary paid to him (Reel 6039; 4/424 p.423) 1825 Jan 7, Apr 18, Oct 11: Gaoler, Liverpool. Circulars requesting information for the purpose of preparing returns for Earl Bathurst for the years 1822, 1823 and 1824 (Reel 6014, 4/3513 pp.125-6, 227 & 4/3514 pp.94-5; Reel 6015, 4/3515 pp.414-5) 1825 Nov 24: Petition for remuneration in lieu of former convict servant (Reel 6064; 4/1788 pp.136-8) 5/6/1815: Married Mary Adams (William Pitt 1806) at St Phillips's, Sydney. No children listed. Mary Adams had been married to or had a relationship with Enoch Kinsela (Fortune and Alexander 1806) - They had 3 children Eliza 1810, Thomas 1812 and Charles 1814. Enoch Kinsela died 1814. In the 1822, 1823,24,25 Musters, William is listed as being Free by Servitude, a Gaoler, living at Liverpool, N.S.W., and in the 1828 Census, William is listed as being 50 years of age, Free by Servitude, Protestant, Keeper of H.M. Gaol at Liverpool, N.S.W. and living with Mary Adams/Tristram. 7/9/1862: William Tristram died. 8/9/1862 Sydney Morning Herald: DEATHS. On the 18th August, at her late residence George street, Liverpool, Mrs. Mary Tristram, mother of Mr. Charles Kinsela, undertaker, Sussex-street, in the 81st year of her age, also, at the residence of Mr. C. Kinsela, Sussex-street, on the 7th September, Mr. William Tristram, in the 85th year of his age.