William Cardwell was born in 1827 in England. He died on 20 August 1896 in Mount Eliza, Western Australia, Australia. When he was 36, he married Mary Sheendy in 1863 in Pinjarra, Western Australia, Australia. When he was 61, he married Mary Frances Dee,daughter of William Dee and Ellen Harding Browning, on 20 May 1888 in Dongara, Western Australia, Australia.

Crime: 14 February 1856 in Preston, Dorset, England (M 5 chn farm lab, illit Prot, conv Preston 1856 burglary & theft 15yrs; arr Nile 1.1.1858 TL24.10.1859 CP13.5.1862.) Fact: Bet. 14 February 1856–September 1857 in Portland, Dorset, England (Portland Prison #6917) Immigration: Dep.: 10 September 1857 (Per "Nile") Immigration: Arr.: 1 January 1858 in Fremantle, Western Australia, Australia (Per "Nile") Convict Number: 1858 (#4553) He lived in Beverley, Western Australia, Australia in 1867 (Yangedine). News Article: 18 November 1868 (http://trove.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/article/69385720) News Article: 20 November 1868 (http://trove.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/article/3751866) News Article: 19 March 1869 (http://trove.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/article/3750202) News Article: 12 October 1870 (http://trove.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/article/66033361) Death Record: 1896 in Western Australia, Australia (#1554) News Article: 3 September 1896 (http://trove.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/article/84461073) News Article: 11 September 1896 (http://trove.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/article/66540361)

William Cardwell and Mary Frances Dee had the following children:

1. Mary Frances Cardwell was born in 1889 in Dongara, Western Australia, Australia. She died on 15 June 1939 in Leederville, Western Australia, Australia.
2. William Cardwell was born in 1891 in Dongara, Western Australia, Australia. He died on Deceased.
3. Helen Maude Cardwell was born in 1893 in Dongara, Western Australia, Australia. She died before 1921.
4. Nellie Cardwell was born in 1894 in Dongara, Western Australia, Australia. She died on 20 December 1963 in Hilton, Western Australia, Australia. She married Ivan Smith in 1919 in Northam, Western Australia, Australia.
5. Millie Cardwell was born in 1894 in Dongara, Western Australia, Australia. She died in 1894 in Dongara, Western Australia, Australia.

William Cardwell and Mary Sheendy had no children.