GRIFFITHS William

Name William GRIFFITHS
Country Of Origin possibly England
Born 1811
Died 1840
Birth/Baptism Born approx. 1811, possibly England
Parents unknown
Apprenticeship unknown
Skills Watch Key Maker
Work Locations No record found working in his trade in Van Diemen’s Land (Tasmania)
Street Address
Marriage/Spouse
Trial 27 May 1830, Warwick, Warwickshire
Sentence Transportation for life for highway robbery
Arrival October 1830 on the convict ship, Southworth (1)
Police Number 691
Convict Assignment On arrival, assigned to George Whitcomb, clerk and warehouse keeper, Custom’s Department, Launceston.
Ticket of Leave
Conditional Pardon
Other Other skills: Labourer.
31 December 1832: Convict muster, in hospital.
31 December 1833 and 1853: Convict musters, invalided.
Death Possibly 23 September 1840, Launceston, recorded as a 30-year-old ticket of leave holder.
References
Web: Founders & Survivors convict database.
TAHO: CON31/1/16, CON14/1/30, CON27/1/4, RGD34/1/2 no501 Death 1840 [William Griffith].
Hobart Town Gazette 9 January 1830.