William Howlett (abt. 1814 - 1836)

Died 13 Nov 1836 at about age 22 in Kangaroo Island, South Australia, Australia

Biography

William Howlett arrived on the Emma on 5th October 1836. There is a plaque at Reeves Point indicating that Howlett was buried “hereabouts” by Samuel Stephens. A letter from Charles Simeon Hare to George Fife Angas reads in part; “Until last Sunday we had nothing like Sabbath services here. The arrival of the Africaine with her settlers has furnished us with some material to build a church. A grog shop supplied by Captain Nelson and kept by a Mr Wilkins… has been the prolific source of the most horrid scenes of drunkenness that I have ever beheld. Last Sunday we had a coroner’s inquest on William Howlett who came out in the Emma - verdict found drowned; leaving it to a future enquiry whether he was drowned by accident, or intention, on the part of his drunken companion Cranfield” - ^[1]

Sources

1. ↑ Chris Ward, Kangaroo Island Pioneers Association , Newsletter 50, October 2012

• Reconstructed passenger list for the Emma 1836 (State Library of South Australia, Bound For South Australia Collection, https://bound-for-south-australia.collections.slsa.sa.gov.au/ : accessed 12 Mar 2024)
• Kingscote Pioneer Burials, http://ozburials.com/CemsSA/kingscotep.htm