Orphan Number: | 3969 |
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Orphan: | John Richard MORTIMER |
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Mother: | MORAN/MAUGHAN/MORMAN, Bridget |
Father: | MORTIMER, Richard |
Mother's ship: | Calcutta |
Father's ship: | Equestrian 2 |
Age when admitted: | 6yrs |
Date admitted: | 2 Mar 1865 |
Date discharged: | 9 Mar 1872 |
Institution(s): | Queens Orphan School |
Discharged to: | William Stewart, Elizabeth St, Launceston |
Remarks: | won religious prize 1872/3 - father dead |
References: | SWD26/8, 27, 32/1, CSD25/11/396, HAP1871/63 |
I decided to research my family history. The gravity of sorrow felt for these little boys is great even though I was born 96 years later.
regards Lois Pearl Everett.
Mary Ann Mortimer lived in Launceston after she married William James Everett. I hope she got to spend some time with her brother John.