Orphan Number: 246
| Orphan: | Matilda BARROW |
|---|---|
| Mother: | BARROW, Ann |
| Father: | GREEN, Thomas |
| Mother's ship: | Elizabeth & Henry |
| Father's ship: | |
| Age when admitted: | 12yrs |
| Date admitted: | 6 Jul 1848 |
| Date discharged: | 28 Nov 1850 |
| Institutions(s): | Queens Orphan School |
| Discharged to: | mother, Ticket of Leave |
| Remarks: | |
| References: | SWD7, 28 |
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Jenny MacKay wrote:
Matilda is the daughter of my 3x great grandmother Ann Green nee Wright, alias Ann Barrow convict No 901.
Ann was transported on the Elizabeth & Henry arrived Tasmania June 30, 1848 accompanied by her two daughters Ann and Matilda. She died in 1853 and is buried at St David's, Hobart.
Husband Thomas alias John Green, was convicted in 1845 and also transported to Tasmania. He died in 1855 at Port Arthur.
Matilda went on to marry John Year, they had no children, she then married in NSW John Gamfield. She died in 1909 and is buried at the Rookwood Cemetery, NSW.
Her sister Ann is my 2 x great grandmother. She married John Clinch and had 3 children, before partnering Neil Campbell and moved to New Zealand and six children. Ann died in 1915 and is buried in Melbourne Victoria.
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