Orphan: | Jane GIBSON |
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Mother: | JUDGE, Mary Ann |
Father: | GIBSON/WILSON, David |
Mother's ship: | Duke of Cornwall |
Father's ship: | Ratcliffe |
Age when admitted: | 3yrs 10mths |
Date admitted: | 21 Mar 1863 |
Date discharged: | |
Institutions(s): | Queens Orphan School |
Discharged to: | |
Remarks: | father dead |
References: | SWD26/6, 27 |
Jane Gibson is my maternal great grandmother.
She was born about 1859 in Launceston and died in Hobart in 1935.
She married Peter Arvid Nilsson, a Swedish mariner, in 1888 and had 6 children. Oscar Walter Neilson (spelling changes appear to have occurred over time) was my mother's father.
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