Orphan Number: 2039

Orphan:	Annie GEORGE
Mother:	GEORGE, Jessie
Father:	THOMAS, William
Mother's ship:	Cadet 2
Father's ship:	Cornwall
Age when admitted:	2yrs
Date admitted:	1858
Date discharged:
Institutions(s):	Queens Orphan School
Discharged to:
Remarks:	one of the children in the Brickfields 1858 - admitted as Ann THOMAS - aka Annie CLARK
References:	SWD26/7, CSD1/126/4660

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Claimed by Suzanne Manning. You can send a message to Suzanne Manning by email here

Claimed by Lesley Long (nee Pennington). You can send a message to Lesley Long (nee Pennington) by email here

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aileen ashford wrote:

Annie was the illegimate child of my great great grandma Jessie George

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Suzanne Manning wrote:

Annie, my great grandmother, was the daughter of Jessie George, my great great grandmother.

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Lesley Long (nee Pennington) wrote:

#2039 Annie George/Thomas/Clark/Neal was my GG grand-aunt. Her mother, Jessie George / Clark, was my Gx3 Grandmother. Annie's father, William Thomas, and Jessie George lived together from 1856. At one time they resided in the Good Woman Inn on the corner of Argyle & Warwick Streets, Hobart. Annie's siblings are #2038 Alfred Henry George, who married Mary Matilda George; #2040 Jessie George/Thomas later Clark, who married William Baker; # 2041 Billie George/Thomas. These kids are also listed on this site. Annie married John (Jack) Neal on 5 September 1877 in Ringarooma. They had eight children - Clarence, William, Samuel, John, Amy 1886, Ethel, Ruth and Amy 1895. Ultimately, Jessie made her way to Ringarooma. All her children & families were there as well. This beautiful flower of Scotland with her roots in Jamaica was laid to rest in 1915 in Scottsdale, Tasmania.

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Colleen Flynn wrote:

Annie was my great grandmother - her son John Begent Neal my maternal grandfather. My cousin Suzanne and I have been searching for information about Annie for quite some time, so anyone else who has information for us would be warmly welcomed.

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Rachel Drayton wrote:

Jessie George is my Gx5 Grandmother (through John Begent Neal). I recently found her story on the convict women's press site. My grandmother (John's granddaughter Rae) used to tell me that our family were aboriginal and today I discovered the real story.

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