Convict Register Details
Midwest WA Heritage Convict Register Details
Convict Registry ID:291
| SURNAME | ANDERSON |
|---|---|
| GIVEN NAMES | William |
| OTHER NAME | |
| CONVICT NO | 2075 |
| BIRTH/DEATH | 1827 County Dublin Ireland - *09.03.1877 last heard of on Greenough Flats; believed to be his remains that were found 28.12.1877 in very decomposed state in Mr Major’s paddock, 2 miles from Glengarry Station; clothes and boots were beside the body lying on a blanket |
| BRITISH DATA | unmarr, coachman & groom, Prot |
| PRE CONVICTION | |
| CONVICTION | Dublin 28.06.1851 sacrilege, 7yrs |
| PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | 5ft 10¾ins, dark brown hair, grey eyes, round visage, florid complexion, stout build |
| ARRIVAL | Fremantle – Robert Small 19.08.1853 from Ireland |
| CERTIFICATES | TL24.04.1854, CP Jan 1856 |
| LOCATION/ EMPLOYMENT | 20.09.1853 (SO3 p61) to work in Superintendent’s garden without officer supervision, 04.10.1853 CE (SO3 p74) to Clarence Road encampment, 21.12.1853 (SO3 p138) CE to Guildford Branch, 22.04.1854 (SO3 p222) CE discharged as invalid; 08.04.1855 (SO4 p73) CE, admitted to hospital; worked for self as a gen servant, miner, ^1874 employed TL man, James Anderson [8193] |
| FAMILY | |
| WA CONVICTIONS | 16 Feb 1866 Geraldton, assaulting & obstructing PC Malony in the execution of his duty, 2m 16 Sep 1869 Geraldton, wandering about & having no visible means of support, sent to hospital on medical certificate ᴳᴿᴾ04 Mar 1872 Greenough, drunk & incapable, fined 5/- or 7d ᴳᴿᴾ26 Aug 1872 Greenough, cutting timber on Crown land without a license, fined £37 |
| WA RECONVICTIONS | |
| COMMENTS | |
| REFERENCES | SROWA – Convict Register Acc 1156 R21B; Convict Description Register Acc 128/41; Superintendent’s Orders Acc 1156 SO3/SO4; Geraldton Police Charge Book Cons 661/41 Entry 192; ᴳᴿᴾGreenough Police Court Charge Book Cons 4411; *WA Police Gazette; ^Erickson, R: Bicentennial Dictionary of Western Australians pre1829 – 1888, p47 |
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