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Orphan Number: 4822
Orphan: William SAUNDERS
Mother:STEWART/PRIEST, Elizabeth
Father:SAUNDERS, John
Mother's ship:Princess Royal
Father's ship:
Age when admitted:7yrs
Date admitted:20 Jan 1859
Date discharged:15 Jun 1864, 3 Apr 1865, 6 Mar 1869
Institution(s):Queens Orphan School
Discharged to: William Howe, New Norfolk, George Harbroe, New Town, absconded
Remarks: parents dead
References: SWD26/2, 27, 28, 32/1, POL709

This orphan has been claimed by: Tabitha Melgalvis

Brother of 4815 Henry Saunders.  Child of Elizabeth Stewart and John Saunders while Elizabeth's husband John Priest was in Victoria and America.  A sister, Ellen Saunders, died in 1853 aged 2.


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