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Orphan Number: 5567
Orphan: Charles Edward WELLS
Mother:ROBBINS, Mary
Father:WELLS, Edward
Mother's ship:D Northumberland
Father's ship:
Age when admitted:4yrs 11mths
Date admitted:28 Sep 1859
Date discharged:29 Feb 1860
Institution(s):Queens Orphan School
Discharged to: father, now free
Remarks: father in Victoria
References: SWD6, 26/2, 27

This orphan has been claimed by: Ellie Smith

We do not know much about the rest of Charles' life.  We do know that he married Margaret Allen on 11th August 1880, and had a daughter, Grace Maria Wells (1890), who married Clifford Ethelberg Ivo Wallis.


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