Orphan: | Eliza McBRIEN |
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Mother: | McBRIEN, Bridget |
Father: | McBRIEN, Francis |
Mother's ship: | Earl Grey |
Father's ship: | |
Age when admitted: | 6yrs |
Date admitted: | 16 May 1850 |
Date discharged: | 9 Apr 1853 |
Institutions(s): | Queens Orphan School |
Discharged to: | mother, married to William Fletcher |
Remarks: | mother's name Bridget McBrine on convict record |
References: | SWD28 |
See Mary McBrien for details of parents and voyage. Eliza was 6 years old when admitted to the Queen’s Orphanage on 16 May 1850 and was the first of the McBrien children to be released to her mother on 9 April 1853. She was in the Huon district in January 1859 when she was named as godmother to Sarah Anne Fletcher, Mary & Charles Fletcher’s daughter at the roman Catholic church at Franklin. She does not appear in the registered births, deaths or marriage records.
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