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Orphan Number: 5416

Orphan: John Thomas TYNAN
Mother: FITZGERALD, Mary Jane
Father: TYNAN/TINAN, Thomas
Mother's ship: St Vincent
Father's ship: John Renwick
Age when admitted: 6yrs 6mths
Date admitted: 8 Jul 1862
Date discharged: 19 Apr 1865
Institutions(s): Queens Orphan School
Discharged to: W S Simmons, Churchill, Richmond
Remarks: won religious knowledge prize 1864 - died at New Norfolk Asylum
References:SWD26/5, 27, 28, CSD25/9/205, NS1673

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Claimed by lorraine farrer. You can send a message to lorraine farrer by email

lorraine farrer wrote:

John Thomas was the brother of my father's grandfather


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