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Voyage
Transportation
William Waters was transported on the Norfolk, departing 12th May 1835 and arriving 28th Aug 1835 with 282 passengers.
1832 Voyage - Norfolk 3 from Ireland. Henniker - Master. William Clifford - Surgeon Superintendent. Total originally embarked; 200. Died on voyage; 5. Arrived in Sydney Cove 9 February 1832
Norfolk (generic)References
| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 90, Class and Piece Number HO11/10, Page Number 56 |
| 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
National Archives. Criminal Petitions. HO 17/84/80 1834 Aug 20 Prisoner name: William Waters. Prisoner age: 22 years. Court and date of trial: Lancaster Summer Assizes, August 1834. Crime: Burglary, in the house of Mr Keating at Liverpool [Lancaster] in [August 1834]. Initial sentence: Death recorded and commuted to transportation for life. Gaoler's report: 'Character etc not known'. Annotated (Outcome): 'Nil'. Petitioner(s): Mary Waters (wife) of 11 Gascoyne Street, Liverpool, undersigned by seven inhabitants of Liverpool known to the convict. Grounds for clemency (Petition Details): His family's indigent circumstances. Additional Information: Ordered to Fortitude [convict hulk]; the petition signatories' occupations are given; [believed to have been convicted with one other man].
HO 17/84/66 1834 Aug - 1834 Nov Prisoner name: William Dixon, aged 17, and William Waters. Court and date of trial: Lancaster Summer Assizes, August 1834. Crime: Burglary, in the house and workshop of Maurice Bagnell Keating (painter, plumber and glazier) at 11 Commutation Row, Islington, Liverpool, Lancaster in [April 1834]. Initial sentence: [Death recorded and commuted to] transportation for life. Gaoler's report: On Dixon 'Character etc not known'. Annotated (Outcome): 'Nil' [both]. Petitioner(s): John Dixon (John Dixion) (father, of 16 Hockenhall Alley, Liverpool) undersigned by Maurice Bagnell Keating prosecutor and nine inhabitants of Liverpool known to the petitioner, on behalf of convict Dixon only; Maurice Bagnell Keating (prosecutor) on behalf of both convicts, three applications. Grounds for clemency (Petition Details): Petitioner Dixon has brought up a large family by his own industry; both convicts were intoxicated at the time of the offence; no fraudulent intent; no burglarious instruments found on the convicts; previous good character. Additional Information: Ordered to Fortitude [convict hulk]. ----------------------------------------------------------------- National Archives. HO-9-2_3 Hulk Records, page 4/43. Chatham, Fortitude Hulk. William Waters, age 22, Burglary, Tried Lancaster, 9 Aug 1834, Life, VDL 7 May 1835. William Dixon, age 17, Burglary, Tried Lancaster, 9 Aug 1834, Life, NSW 26 Nov 1834.