(1831-)
He was born in England and was an expiree, meaning he was a convict who completed his sentence. William arrived on 07/08/1854 on the Ramillies. He married on 31/10/1861 to Mary Ann Atkins (1840-) in Western Australia. Mary was born in England, and she arrived on 25/05/1858 on the Emma Eugenia. Their children were Anna Maria (1860-), George (1861 - 1862), William (1863-), Henry (1865-), Benjamin (1869-)born in Bunbury, Jane (1871-), Charlotte (1873-), Robert George (1875-), Edward (1876-), Caroline (1878-), Richard John (1880-) and Rebecca (1881-). In York, during the 1859 Census, he was a labourer. At Perth he was a brickmaker in the 1860s, while his wife was a dressmaker. Later he worked in Perth in the 1870s as a sausage maker. He employed fifteen ticket of leave men between 1862 and 1870, including five sawyers, mainly in the Wellington district. He was a Protostant.