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Orphan Number: 4576

Orphan: Hester REILLY
Mother: FLEMING, Jessie
Father: REILLY, William
Mother's ship: Tasmania
Father's ship: Tasmania
Age when admitted: 9yrs
Date admitted: 22 May 1865
Date discharged: 24 Feb 1869, 21 May 1870
Institutions(s): Queens Orphan School
Discharged to: Mrs Hutchinson, Elphinstone Rd, W Lovett, Hobart
Remarks: won prize 1866 - father, a soldier dead - mother married David Nethercott
References:SWD26/8, 27, 32/1, CSD25/11/396, HAP1871/63

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Claimed by Philippa Fleming Hartney. You can send a message to Philippa Fleming Hartney by email

Philippa Fleming Hartney wrote:

Hester is my great grandmother. She married William R Garraway and their eldest daughter was Ada Emily Frances. Ada married Charles Patrick Barrett and their eldest daughter, my mother was Jessie Fleming Barrett who married Archie Drew my father.



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