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Orphan Number: 4666

Orphan: Mary Ann RITCHIE
Mother: HAWKINS, Sarah Ann
Father: RITCHIE, David
Mother's ship:
Father's ship: Rodney 1
Age when admitted: 13yrs
Date admitted: 4 Oct 1871
Date discharged:
Institutions(s): Queens Orphan School
Discharged to:
Remarks: mother wants her - won monitor's & good conduct prizes 1873
References:SWD26/12, 27, 53, 54, Mercury 9 Jan 1874

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Claimed by JUNE CLARKE. You can send a message to JUNE CLARKE by email

JUNE CLARKE wrote:

Mary Ann Ritchie is the aunt of my grandfather, Herbert Andrew Ritchie, son of David Ritchie and Alice Helena Donoghue. Would love to know why three siblings in Queens Orphanage. Know Mary Ann went on to marry but no other info.


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