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29907
Surname: Weir
First Name: Hugh
Ship: Florentia 1828
Date: 1834 18 November
Place: Maitland
Source: SG
Details: Obtained Ticket of Leave


167703
Surname: Weir
First Name: Hugh
Ship: Florentia 1828
Date: 1828
Place: -
Source: AO NSW Convict Indent Fiche No. 668
Details: Age 27. Reads and writes. Weaver from Lanarkshire. Tried in Glascow 5 May 1827 and sentenced to 14 years transportation for robbing lodgings. Assigned to Owen Evans at Wallis Plains on arrival


136949
Surname: Weir (Wain)
First Name: Hugh
Ship: Florentia 1828
Date: 1837
Place: Maitland
Source: GRC
Details: Age 33. Ticket of leave holder


138080
Surname: Williams
First Name: George
Ship: Florentia 1828
Date: 1837
Place: Maitland
Source: GRC
Details: Age 40. Ticket of leave holder


107472
Surname: Williams
First Name: William
Ship: Florentia 1828
Date: 1837
Place: Liverpool
Source: GRC
Details: Assigned to Government


101996
Surname: Williams
First Name: William Rowland
Ship: Florentia 1828
Date: 2 January 1846
Place: General Hospital Newcastle
Source: GG 1840
Details: Medical profession student aged 31 from Carmarthen. 5'4in and upwards, dark ruddy complexion, dark brown hair, dark brown eyes, small scar over corner of left eye, Absconded from Newcastle hospital since 1st May 1837


120039
Surname: Williams
First Name: William Rowland
Ship: Florentia 1828
Date: 1841 8 January
Place: Newcastle
Source: GG
Details: Medical professional student aged 32 from Carmarthen. 5'4" dark ruddy complexion, dark brown hair, dark brown eyes, small scar over corner left eye. Absconded from Newcastle Hospital 1st May 1837


166352
Surname: Williams
First Name: William Rowland
Ship: Florentia 1828
Date: 31 May 1827
Place: St. Andrew Undershaft
Source: The Proceedings of the Old Bailey Online
Details: Age 18. Found guilty of stealing on the 28th March, 1 gold watch valued at 20 pounds


166353
Surname: Williams
First Name: William Rowland
Ship: Florentia 1828
Date: 24 Jly 1827
Place: Ganymede hulk moored at Chatham
Source: UK Prison Hulk Registers and Letter Books. Ancestry
Details: Age 18. Tried at the Old Bailey 31st May 1827 and sentenced to transportation for life for stealing in a dwelling house. Received onto the Ganymede hulk 24 July 1827 and transferred to the convict ship Florentia 9 August 1827 for transportation to New South Wales


191109
Surname: Williams
First Name: William Rowland
Ship: Florentia 1828
Date: 1828
Place: -
Source: Convict Indents. State Archives NSW; Series: NRS 12188; Item: [4/4013]; Microfiche: 668
Details: William Rowland Williams, age 20, native place Carmarthen. Occupation medical profession student. Tried 31 May 1827. Sentenced to transportation for life for stealing a watch. Assigned to . Mr. Hassal at Macquarie Grove on arrival


191108
Surname: Williams or Osborne
First Name: George
Ship: Florentia 1828
Date: 1828
Place: -
Source: Convict Indents. State Archives NSW; Series: NRS 12188; Item: [4/4013]; Microfiche: 668
Details: George Williams alias Osborne, age 34. Married with 2 children. Native place Egham. Occupation bricklayer. Tried 5 June 1827. Sentenced to transportation for life for receiving stolen property. Assigned to the Engineers Department on arrival


68846
Surname: Wright
First Name: Thomas
Ship: Florentia 1828
Date: 1832 23 May
Place: Newcastle
Source: GG 1832
Details: Granted Ticket of Leave


114916
Surname: Wright
First Name: Thomas
Ship: Florentia 1828
Date: 1832 2 June
Place: Newcastle
Source: In the Service of the Company: letters of Sir Edward Parry, Commissioner to the Australian Agricultural company: volume 1, December 1829 - June 1832 Letter 633
Details: Miner. Recently obtained Ticket of Leave. Recommendation by A.A. Company that his ticket be changed to the district of Sydney as Wright was unable to obtain work as a miner at Newcastle


191092
Surname: Wright
First Name: Thomas
Ship: Florentia 1828
Date: 1828
Place: -
Source: Convict Indents. State Archives NSW; Series: NRS 12188; Item: [4/4013]; Microfiche: 668
Details: Thomas Wright, age 29. Married with 3 children. Native place Derbyshire. Occupation miner. Tried Nottinghamshire 23 April 1827. Sentenced to 7 years transportation for stealing meat. Assigned to Newcastle district on arrival