Orphan Number: | 1719 |
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Orphan: | Isabella EMSLIE |
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Mother: | CUMMINGS, Amelia |
Father: | EMSLIE, Peter |
Mother's ship: | |
Father's ship: | |
Age when admitted: | 4yrs |
Date admitted: | 1 Sep 1865 |
Date discharged: | |
Institution(s): | Queens Orphan School |
Discharged to: | |
Remarks: | not admitted Queens Orphan School but allowance of 7/6 weekly |
References: | SWD26/8, 27 |
Isabella's mother, Amelia Cummins, had been an orphan at the Queens Orphan School, she married Peter Emslie in 1855. Isabella was 4 years old when her father died. Amelia applied to the orphanage to take Isabella and her 3 sisters, but this was denied, the Orphanage gave Amelia an allowance of 7/6 weekly.
Isabella married John Priest in 1881, they had 3 sons. Isabella lived to 90 years old, she died in Hobart in 1951.