Summary
Personal Information
Crime
Transportation
William Welham was transported on the Stag, departing 2nd Feb 1855 and arriving 23rd May 1855 with 225 passengers.
Built in Sunderland in 1842. 678 ton barque. Voyage from England to Western Australia in 1855. 225 convicts and 30 pensioner guards and their families.
Stag (generic)References
| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 93, Class and Piece Number HO11/18, Page Number 106 |
| 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
William was illiterate and protestant 22/12/1856: TOL 1858: Listed as working for himself. 1863-1872: Living in Toodyay, then Narratarra near Champion Bay near Geraldton in the late 70's. William was also listed as a Diver, Labourer, and Shoemaker.
Pardoned 25th Aug 1860. Married 13th Aug 1858, Perth WA to Catherine Moore in the Catholic Church, Perth. William was a widower. Occupation given as shoemaker. Father's name Samuel Welham. William & Cahterine made their marks on the marriage cert. Witness was Mary Moore. William and Catherine had one child, Anna Maria Welham, born 1860, Perth WA. William's occupation listed as Labourer on Anna's birth cert. William and Catherine estranged by 1865 when Catherine bore a son, Frederick, to Henry Fish. Cahterine and Henry married in Perth (probably bigamously)in 1868. William was still alive in 1881 in Geraldton, WA when he was charged with, and acquitted of,stealing a sheep. Not details of his death are known.