William "Bill" Anderton was born in 1842 in Preston, Lancashire, England as the first child of Thomas Anderton and Elizabeth Butler. He died on 7 May 1907 in North Fremantle, Western Australia, Australia (Thompson Road). When he was 33, he married Alice Ashworth,daughter of Edmund Ashworth and Charlotte Pollard, on 24 June 1875 in York, Western Australia, Australia.

William "Bill " Anderton was also known as Bill. Crime: 20 February 1867 (14 Years Transportation) Convict Number: 1868 (#9649) Immigration: Arr.: 9 January 1868 in Fremantle, Western Australia, Australia (Per "Hougoumont") He was buried in 1907 in Cemetery, Fremantle, Western Australia, Australia.

William "Bill" Anderton and Alice Ashworth had the following children:

1. Edmund Thomas Anderton was born on 4 April 1876 in York, Western Australia, Australia. He died on 4 November 1959 in Maylands, Western Australia, Australia. He married Lillian Maud Harrison on 2 August 1903 in Southwark, Surrey, England.
2. George Anderton was born in 1877 in York, Western Australia, Australia. He died in 1892 in York, Western Australia, Australia.
3. Eva Ann Anderton was born on 20 September 1879 in York, Western Australia, Australia. She died on 23 February 1938 in Fremantle, Western Australia, Australia. She married Williams Dunning on 27 August 1896 in Perth, Western Australia, Australia.
4. John W. "Jack" Anderton was born in 1881 in York, Western Australia, Australia. He died on 3 June 1966 in Victoria Park, Western Australia, Australia. He married Margaret Daly in 1915 in Subiaco, Western Australia, Australia. He married Mary Pettit about 12 June 1960.
5. Amy Ann Anderton was born on 2 December 1883 in York, Western Australia, Australia. She died on 16 December 1960 in Victoria Park, Western Australia, Australia. She married William Henry George Reeves in 1900 in Fremantle, Western Australia, Australia.
6. Lilly Anderton was born on 12 January 1886 in York, Western Australia, Australia. She died on 29 August 1928 in Victoria Park, Western Australia, Australia. She married Herbert M. Oates in 1908 in Fremantle, Western Australia, Australia.
7. Charles William Anderton was born on 5 September 1888 in Fremantle, Western Australia, Australia. He died on 28 October 1961 in Fremantle, Western Australia, Australia. He married Hilda May Mead in 1911 in York, Western Australia, Australia.

Web Sites with more information:

Western Australian Museum Welcome Walls
http://www.museum.wa.gov.au/welcomewalls/names/anderton-william 

Hougoumont - arrived in WA in 1868
http://members.iinet.net.au/~perthdps/convicts/con-wa42.html

Physical Descriptions of Convicts on the Hougoumont, 1868 
http://members.iinet.net.au/~perthdps/convicts/conwad42.htm

Convict Records
http://www.convictrecords.com.au/convicts/anderton/william/68552

Tracing William Anderton a convict from Preston shipped to Australia
http://genforum.genealogy.com/anderton/messages/311.html