Orphan Number: | 4757 |
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Orphan: | Fanny RUSHFORD |
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Mother: | POWER, Mary |
Father: | RUSHFORD/RUSHFORTH, Benjamin |
Mother's ship: | Waverley |
Father's ship: | |
Age when admitted: | 2yrs |
Date admitted: | 20 Sep 1858 |
Date discharged: | 20 Jan 1860 |
Institution(s): | Queens Orphan School |
Discharged to: | died of infantile cholera |
Remarks: | mother free immigrant, father in prison |
References: | SWD6 |
This Orphan died while in care at the Orphan Schools and has no descendants. The Friends of the Orphan Schools acknowledge her. A memorial garden has been created with a plaque dedicated to her memory and all those children who died. Each year the Friends gather at Fox's Feast and pause to remember them all.