Agricultural labourers transported to Australia after the 1830s rural riots

Pre-transportation History

386: SIMONDS, William
Born:	about 1791	Died:
Family Relationships:
Group:	Wessex (Berks, Dorset, Hunts, Wilts)
Where tried :	Berkshire County	Native Place:	Waltham St Lawrence, Berkshire
Occupation:	Farm labourer
Crime:	Machine breaking/ demolishing	Sentence:	7 years
Prior Offences:	0	*Hulk:	1416
Order of Loading:	251	Transport:	Eleanor, to NSW

Post-transportation History

*Police Number:
Times charged:	0	Times punished:	0
Granted Ticket of Leave:		Date of Pardon:	27 Dec 1837
Type of Pardon:	Sentence expired
Post-sentence History:
Marriages:	England
Place of Death:

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Notes:

*Hulk Numbers
Four figure numbers refer to the York Hulk, others, the Leviathan.  No number means either unknown or not held in a hulk
*Police Number
This is shown when known.  In Van Diemens Land the initial letter was the first letter of the convicts surname.

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