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Orphan Number: 3114

Orphan: Rebecca LACEY
Mother: LACEY, Margaret
Father: ,
Mother's ship: William Bryan
Father's ship:
Age when admitted: 2yrs
Date admitted: 9 Sep 1834
Date discharged: 30 Jul 1846
Institutions(s): Queens Orphan School
Discharged to: Captain Addis, Geelong
Remarks: mother's name Margaret Lacey on convict record - admitted from Female Factory
References:SWD7, 28, CSO5/86/1885, CSO5/191/4635

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Claimed by Bob Warren. You can send a message to Bob Warren by email

Bob Warren wrote:

Rebecca was discharged from the Orphanage in 1846 and was apprenticed a Mr Addis in Geelong, Victoria. She married John Martin of Ballarat in 1853 and raised 10 children. She died in Ballarat in 1916 aged 85 years.

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