Orphan Number: | 1688 |
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Orphan: | Lavinie EDMONDS |
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Mother: | JONES, Mary |
Father: | EDMONDS, Charles |
Mother's ship: | Woodbridge |
Father's ship: | |
Age when admitted: | 7yrs |
Date admitted: | 16 Nov 1860 |
Date discharged: | 16 Feb 1861 |
Institution(s): | Queens Orphan School |
Discharged to: | father, free |
Remarks: | father deserted and in prison |
References: | SWD26/3, 26/5, 27, 28 |
Lavinia Edmonds is my g'grandmother on my fathers side. His mother was lavinia's daughter -Violet May. (Lavinia married a William Andrews -father stephen andrews - convict). Violet May Andrews married Edward Thomas Austin (my g'father) in Sydney in 1910. they had 1 son -Ernest (my father), 4 daughters - Lavinia, Gloria, Hazel and Amy also known as Babsy. Ernest married a Jessie Melita Roy (my mother) whose great,great grandfather (Campbell Roy) was also a convict in tasmania (transported 1824).
Bruce Austin