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Personal Information
Voyage
Transportation
Thomas Williams was transported on the Katherine Stewart Forbes, departing 21st Feb 1832 and arriving 16th Jul 1832 with 223 passengers.
Katherine Stewart Forbes (generic)References
| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 89, Class and Piece Number HO11/8, Page Number 267 (134) |
| 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
Name: Williams, Thomas Record Type: Convicts Departure date: 26 Feb 1832 Departure port: London Ship: Katherine Stewart Forbes Voyage number: 95 Remarks: Sick on voyage. Died Mar 1833. Listed as Thomas Williamson in Description List Index number: 76874 Record ID: NAME_INDEXES:1447051 https://libraries.tas.gov.au/Record/NamesIndex/1447051
1833, 4 March: Thomas WILLIAMS per KS Forbes died at HM Colonial Hospital in Hobart. He was buried on 6 March. On this record his age is given as 25 (see https://stors.tas.gov.au/RGD34-1-1p132j2k).
CRIME: Convicted at the Summer Assizes on 16 July, 1831, for stealing sheep. He was sentenced to death, commuted to transportation for life. He was admitted to the prison hulk Justitia at Woolwich on 14 September 1831. He was sent from the hulk on 10 February for transportation. Thomas WILLIAMS was 25, born 1806, according to the hulk record (see UK, Prison Hulk Registers and Letter Books, 1802-1849). 1832: On arrival in VDL, Thomas Williams he was listed as 17 years old (see https://stors.tas.gov.au/CON31-1-46$init=CON31-1-46p168).