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William Blue (1807)

William Blue aka Blew
Born in Sydney, New South Wales, Australiamap
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Died [date unknown] in NSW, Australiamap [uncertain]
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Biography

William Blue was born in the Colony of New South Wales (1788-1900)
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'William Blue' is the son of Billy Blue and Elizabeth Williams William Blew, son of William Blew, Elizabeth Blew, Born 3 February 1807, Baptised 8 March 1807, by Clergyman [Rev] Henry Fulton, Registered at St Philip's Church of England, Sydney.[1] [2]

When William was 16 he was found guilty of manslaughter, after he threw a stone at a boy who was tormenting him and the youth later died. For this crime William was given a six months' sentence.[3] [4] [5]

William was born before 1820 assuming he was at least 20 years old when his son William was born.[6] He is the son of Billy Blue.[6][7] He married Ellen Welsh.[8]


Sources

  1. St Phillips birth registration details from Biographical Database of Australia (BDA) births deaths marriages/new south wales, birth certificate:V1807985 4/1807
  2. NSW Government. Registry of Births, Deaths and Marriages. William Blew. Birth Registration number: V18122725 1A/1807. Father: William. Mother: Elizabeth. Accessed 17th June 2023. Births Search page
  3. 1824 'CRIMINAL COURT.', The Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser (NSW : 1803 - 1842), 8 July, p. 2. , viewed 20 Dec 2020, [1]
  4. Pybus, p.173 -Cassandra Pybus, 'Black Founders, The unknown story of Australia's first black settlers' (published UNSW Press 2006).
  5. New South Wales, Australia, Gaol Description and Entrance Books, 1818-1930 for Wm Blue, Entrance Book Sydney 1819-1833 [2]
  6. 6.0 6.1 Marriage Record of Son, William to Mary Ann Sproule. irishgenealogy.ie
  7. Billy Blue. State Library. New South Wales.
  8. The Family of James Sproule of Grennan and Rebecca Scott of Ballyare. Sproule Genealogy. The Genealogy of the Sproules / Spreuls / Sprowls and other Variants. Kate Tammemagi. Sunday, 3 October 2021.




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Blue-1650 and Blue-246 appear to represent the same person because: Clear duplication of Billy Blue's son William Blue's profile. Billy only had one son called William. The original profile was created in November 2013.
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Rejected matches › William Blay (1808-abt.1858)

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