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Orphan Number: 2050

Orphan: Sarah GIBSON
Mother: JUDGE, Mary Ann
Father: GIBSON/WILSON, David
Mother's ship: Duke of Cornwall
Father's ship: Ratcliffe
Age when admitted: 5yrs 9ths
Date admitted: 21 Mar 1863
Date discharged:
Institutions(s): Queens Orphan School
Discharged to:
Remarks: father dead - good conduct prize Jan 1864 - married Ikey Solomon's grandson Isaac Solomon in 1885
References:SWD26/6, 27

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Claimed by Christine Turner. You can send a message to Christine Turner by email

Christine Turner wrote:

Sarah Gibson is my 2nd great aunt, the sister of my maternal great grandmother Jane Nilsson/ Neilson (nee Gibson)

She was born in Launceston in 1857 and died in Hobart in 1920.



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