| Orphan Number: | 2381 |
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| Orphan: | Amelia HARRIS |
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| Mother: | FAZACKERLY, Catherine |
| Father: | HARRIS, James |
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| Age when admitted: | 10yrs |
| Date admitted: | 27 Mar 1870 |
| Date discharged: | 1 Sep 1873 |
| Institution(s): | Queens Orphan School |
| Discharged to: | Peter McFarlane, Sandy Bay |
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| References: | SWD27, 53, HAP1871/63 |
This orphan has been claimed by: Judith Hay
Amelia Amanda Matthews (nee Harris) is my Great Great Grandmother
She was born in Oatlands, 1859.
Daughter of Catherine Fazackerley and James Harris, married Bothwell 1854.
Mother's Ship: Anna Maria 2
Father's Ship: Duke of Richmond
Siblings: Ellen Harris (1855), James Harris Jnr (1857), John Harris (1862).
Amelia Amanda Harris married George Matthews 5 June 1880, St Davids Cathedral Hobart. George was the Coachman for the Lenna Hotel. The family resided in what is now 'Mandalay' 7 McGregor Street Battery Point.
Children:
Hilda May Matthews Born 22 May 1881
Ada Minnie Matthews Born 18 May 1884
George Henry Matthews Born 1887
Amelia Matthews died aged 71, burial 13 February 1930 Cornelian Bay, Church of England, Section R, number 48.
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