William Dunshea
- Born: 1794, Lisburn, County Antrim, Northern Ireland
- Marriage (1): Jane Fleming circa 1815 in Lisburn, County Antrim, Northern Ireland
- Died: 7 Jan 1838, Woolloomooloo, Sydney, NSW Australia at age 44
- Buried: Rookwood Cemetery, Lidcombe, Sydney, NSW Australia
General Notes:
David Stitt notes:
Left Cork 18Aug 1818: sailed on the Martha along with 169 other male convicts all arrived in the colony. About the 250th ship to land in Australia. Pop. about 16,000 at time.
William arrived from Carrickfergus via Cork in 1818. An Australian Royal. His wife and son Andrew arrived a few years later (1828).
18 Mar 1818 • Crown Court Carrrickfergus Antrim Ireland
Stole 2 pigs & sentenced for 7 years transportation
13 Jul 1822 • Port Macquarie, New South Wales, Australia
Transported to Port Macquarie on the Lady Nelson, employed by govt.
31 March 1825 • Australia
Cert Free 31 Mar 1825 253/3481.
24 Oct 1826 • Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Petitioned the Governor, Lt Gen Ralph Darling, to have his wife and one child brought to the colony at Government expense. The petition was received at the Governor's office on 3 January 1827 and favourably recommended'... petitioner Dunshea is a tolera
Noted events in his life were:
• burial. abt 1901 • Rookwood NSW: Presbyterian Cemetery, Sec 3, Plot 2162
Reburied: 1901: the inscription reads: 'In Memory of William Dunshea died 7th Jan 1838 aged 42 and his wife Jane Banks died 3rd Dec 1868. Son William next to grave.
William married Jane Fleming, daughter of Thomas Fleming and Isabella Todd, circa 1815 in Lisburn, County Antrim, Northern Ireland. (Jane Fleming was born in 1792 in Lisburn, County Antrim, Northern Ireland and died on 3 Nov 1868 in Sydney, NSW Australia.)
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