| Orphan Number: | 3078 |
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| Orphan: | Sarah KINGHORN |
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| Mother: | KINGHORN, Euphemia |
| Father: | , |
| Mother's ship: | Lady of the Lake |
| Father's ship: | |
| Age when admitted: | 4yrs |
| Date admitted: | 22 Apr 1834 |
| Date discharged: | 25 Apr 1835 |
| Institution(s): | Queens Orphan School |
| Discharged to: | |
| Remarks: | from Female Factory |
| References: | SWD28, CSO5/86/1885, CSO5/191/4635 |
This orphan has been claimed by: Melinda Reed
Sarah KINGHORN is my great, great grandmother on my father Percy SHAW’s side of the family.
Sarah’s mother Euphemia was from Scotland, transported to VDL on The Lady of the Lake in 1829.
In 1847 at the age of 16, Sarah married convict bootmaker Thomas HARRIS at Black Charlie's Opening - he had been transported to VDL on the Susan IV in 1842. They were married at St George’s Church at Sorell and in 1856 their daughter Jane was born at Black Charlie's Opening, one of six children.
In 1875 Jane married John SHAW at The Square farming property at Bothwell where John had been born in 1852. Their son Arthur SHAW was born in Bothwell in 1886, in 1918 married Ethel BEST who died in 1923, then in 1930 Arthur married Bessie LONG in Hobart.
Arthur was a shearer. He and Ethel had two boys, then he and Bessie had 10 children. My dad Percy SHAW was born in 1938 at Bellerive and the family moved to Richmond in 1941. Arthur died after an accident at the Richmond Bridge in 1946. Percy married Madeleine GRICE in 1964 and I am eldest of their four children.
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