Convict Register Details
Midwest WA Heritage Convict Register Details
Convict Registry ID:221
| SURNAME | BUFTON |
|---|---|
| GIVEN NAMES | William |
| OTHER NAME | |
| CONVICT NO | 1032 |
| BIRTH/DEATH | 1810 – 04.02.1869 Perth |
| BRITISH DATA | marr Emma Hannah (Ann) WILTSHIRE (1811 - 10.11.1880 Perth) 5 chn, soap boiler, Prot Children William BUFTON: b.1839; Rachel BUFTON: 1841 Stoke Prior, Worcester - 1884, marr George STAPLES 1863 Perth; Mary Hannah BUFTON: 1844 London - 1901, marr William CRIDDLE: 1865; Elizabeth BUFTON: 1847 Portsmouth - 1932 Perth, marr William ADLAM 1870 Greenough; Edwin BUFTON: 1849 - 1880; Susannah BUFTON: b.1855 Perth; George BUFTON: 1856 -1857 Perth, aged 4m; Harriett BUFTON: 1858 Perth – 07.1897 Perth, marr Matthew WALLIS 20.07.1879 Perth; Sarah BUFTON: b.1861 Perth, marr George WEBB 1892 Perth; Emma BUFTON: 1863 Perth - 1951 Perth, marr George LEACH - LOFTUS 1885 Perth |
| PRE CONVICTION | |
| CONVICTION | Portsmouth, Hampshire 22.09.1850 stealing tallow & soap from William Tilly, his master, 10yrs (Portsmouth Times & Naval Gazette, 17 Aug 1850) |
| PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | 5ft 0½ins, dark hair, light brown eyes, oval visage, dark complexion, stout build |
| ARRIVAL | Arrived Fremantle – Marion 30.01.1852 (SO1 p140) from Pentonville Prison |
| CERTIFICATES | TL28.06.1853 (SO3 p1), CP22.09.1857 |
| LOCATION/ EMPLOYMENT | 09.08.1854 Perth, engaged by Hugh McVey as a woodcutter for 12 months; ^30.06.1855 applied for wife & children of the Portsmouth Union House to come to WA - they arrived per Clara; 1855 - 1857 worked for self, ^ Perth, soap maker; ^Champion Bay District |
| FAMILY | |
| WA CONVICTIONS | Aug 1861 Perth, drunk fined 5/- (The Perth Gazette, 9 Aug 1861) |
| WA RECONVICTIONS | |
| COMMENTS | |
| REFERENCES | SROWA – Convict Register Acc 1156 R17, R21B; Convict Description Register Acc 128/41; Superintendent’s Orders Acc 1156 SO1/SO3; Mount Eliza Depot Occurrence Book Acc 1156 Occ 4; ^Erickson, R: Bicentennial Dictionary of Western Australians pre1829 – 1888, p383 |
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