Orphan Number: 2279

Orphan:	Ellen HALFPENNY
Mother:	HALFPENNY, Mary
Father:	,
Mother's ship:	Hope
Father's ship:
Age when admitted:	9yrs
Date admitted:	23 Aug 1842
Date discharged:	27 Aug 1847
Institutions(s):	Queens Orphan School
Discharged to:	J M Loughran, O'Briens Bridge
Remarks:
References:	SWD7, 28

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Claimed by Pam Mason. You can send a message to Pam Mason by email here

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Claimed by Hayden Opie. You can send a message to Hayden Opie by email here

Pam Mason wrote:

Ellen Halfpenny, who married convict John Smith, I believe was my GG grandmother.  Their daughter Margaret married John Brown and lived in Launceston.  I would like to hear from other people with links to the Halfpenny family.

Pam Mason

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Sharon Smith wrote:

Ellen Mary Halfpenny, daughter of Thomas Halfpenny (Richard Webb) and Mary Foran (Hope) ... both of Tipperary, Ireland.

I am descended from Ellen's second son Thomas, down my mother's maternal line. 

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Hayden Opie wrote:

Ellen Halfpenny was my g-g-grandmother.  I am descended from her fourth child (third daughter), Ellen Franklin Smith born in Launceston on 30 June 1859.  Ellen F Smith moved to Victoria where she married George W Lane on 23 February 1881 at Prahran, Melbourne.

 

I am interested to hear from others with links to the Halfpenny family.   

 

Hayden Opie AM 

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