William
Alley
Born about in County Limerick, Ireland
Son of [father unknown] and [mother unknown]
[sibling(s) unknown]
[spouse(s) unknown]
[children unknown]
Died about
at about age 42
in Launceston, Tasmania, Australia
Profile last modified
| Created 10 Jun 2016
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Biography
William Alley was a convict after the Third Fleet transported to Van Diemen's Land
William Alley was 29 years old when he was convicted of "assaulting habitation" (taking away a woman from a house, her name was Bridget Lowe) at his trial in LImerick on 7 March 1850 and sentenced to fourteen years transportation.[1] He was sent to Van Diemen's Land on the Rodney arriving in February 1853.
William had no prior convictions and was a single Roman Catholic. His trade was labourer. He was five feet seven inches tall with a fair complexion, oval face, brown hair, grey eyes and deep wrinkles under his eyes.[2] William named no next of kin on his indent record.[3]
William's conduct record is relatively light. He served two years and 25 days probation including some time working in coal mines. William obtained his ticket of leave in November 1855[4] and a conditional pardon in November 1856.[2]
Points for Future Research
There is a record of a William Alley, aged 50, dying in 1863 in Launceston of phthisis (tuberculosis). This could be the same man as the convict William.[5] He is said to be much older than he probably was in reality (50 years) but noting that he had a wrinkled appearence when much younger, and he would have been very ill, the estimated age of 50 can be explained.
Sources
- ↑ National Archives of Ireland, Irish Transportation Database, PDF compilation database of records contained in the National Archives of Ireland; entry for William Alley page 34; Record reference code: TR 10, P 151.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Archives of Tasmania, PDF original convict conduct record for William Alley.
- ↑ Archives of Tasmania, PDF original convict indent record for William Alley.
- ↑ The Cornwall Chronicle, 17 November 1855
- ↑ Archives of Tasmania, PDF original death registration record for William Alley.
See also:
- Archives of Tasmania, PDF original convict description record for William Alley.
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Rejected matches › Thomas Charles Alley (1819-1900) › William B Alley (1822-) › William A. Alley (1822-1863) › William Haley (1819-) › William Whittier Bailey (1823-1862) › William Jasper Bailey (1823-1828) › William A Allee (1819-1876) › William Francis Bailey (1823-) › William Raeburn Hailey (1819-1891) › William Alvey Sr. (1820-1886) › William J. Bailey (1820-1888) › William Henry Alvey (1822-) › William Haley (1822-1876) › William O Bailey (1822-1903) › William Bailey (1822-) › William Hodgson Harley (1821-1863) › William John Bailey (1821-1870) › William L Bailey (1821-1894) › William Colquhoun Bailey (1821-1894) › William Bailey (1821-)