William Byrne (abt. 1819 - 1853)

Born about 1819 in Queens County, Ireland

Husband of Sophia (Beauchamp) Churches — married 4 Dec 1850 (to 22 May 1853) in Hill End near Bathurst, NSW

Died 22 May 1853 at about age 34 in Bathurst, New South Wales, Australia

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Biography

William Byrne was a convict after the Third Fleet transported to New South Wales

1840 Convict - Firing with intent to kill, Queen's County Ireland. Sentence Life. Transported on "King William"

4th Dec 1850 at the time of their marriage in the Methodist Church Bathurst, William was still a convict, a widower, a practising Catholic, while Sophia was a "supposed" practising Methodist.

1st Feb 1851 Conditional Pardon granted.

• Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal Sat 28 May 1853

Fatal Accident: On Saturday evening last (21st), a man named John {William} Byrnes, who was returning in company with his brother {John}, with a horse and cart, from Bathurst met with an accident which terminated in his death. It appears that the brothers were riding in the cart, and that the horse shied as he passed a hole in the river bank, opposite Morgan's brick-yard, when the unfortunate deceased sprang from the cart to seize his head, and being thrown to the ground in the attempt, the vehicle passed over his chest and so seriously injured him as to produce death, almost immediately after his removal home. An inquest was held over his body and a verdict of accidental death returned.

22nd May 1853 William Byrne "Accidental Death" at Bathurst NSW from Coroner's Records.

Sources

• Convict Indent, Conditional Pardon
• Transcription of Marriage Certificate
• Coroner's Report
• NSW BDM Deaths Search Results

Registration Number Name Father's Given Name(s) Mother's Given Name(s) District
V185343 119/1853 BYRNES WILLIAM AGE 33

• Transcription of Death Certificate

• Irish Australian Transportation database.
  

Surname: BYRNE; First name: WILLIAM;

Alias: Burn Irish Rebel: Religion: Catholic

Sex: M; Age: 20; Born: 1819 Native place: Queens Co

Calling/trade: Labourer farm

Marital status: Married 1 female child. States his wife is pregnant with their second child.

Place of imprisonment: Queen's Co; Date of trial: 04/03/1840;

Crime: Shooting with intent to kill;

Sentence: Death, commuted to transportation for life;

Ship: King William [1840]

Record reference code: TR 3, P 144; Record reference code 2: CRF 1840 B 13;

Footnotes

Note: A William Burns is "Found Drowned" at Bathurst 1st July on the same Coroners Report. Reported in Bathurst Free Press as William Byrnes. <Marcus Bleasel>

Acknowledgments

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