Orphan Number: 2040

Orphan:	Jessie GEORGE
Mother:	GEORGE, Jessie
Father:	THOMAS, William
Mother's ship:	Cadet 2
Father's ship:	Cornwall
Age when admitted:	5yrs
Date admitted:	1864
Date discharged:	19 Sep 1870
Institutions(s):	Queens Orphan School
Discharged to:	mother
Remarks:	won dictation prize 1869 - aka Jessie CLARK or THOMAS
References:	SWD26/7, HAP1871/63

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Claimed by aileen ashford. You can send a message to aileen ashford by email here

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

Patrick (Paddy) Williams wrote:

This woman was my grandmother.

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aileen ashford wrote:

Jessie was the illegitimate child of my great great grandma Jessie and was placed in the orphan school with her twin William, as was her older brother Alfred and sister Annie.

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Suzanne Manning wrote:

Jessie was the daughter of my great great grandmother Jessie George.  Jessie was a twin, her twin brother was William.  William was born dark, Jessie was born fair.

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Lesley Long (nee Pennington) wrote:

#2040 Jessie George/Clark/Baker was my Gx3 Grandmother. Granny Baker'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.

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