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Orphan Number: 5640

Orphan: Jane WHITEMAN
Mother: GOWANS, Jemima
Father: WHITEMAN, David
Mother's ship: Cadet 3
Father's ship: Forfarshire
Age when admitted: 4yrs
Date admitted: 2 Jun 1855
Date discharged: 17 Mar 1857
Institutions(s): Queens Orphan School
Discharged to: mother, Ticket of Leave
Remarks:
References:SWD6

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Claimed by Dean Hodge. You can send a message to Dean Hodge by email

Dean Hodge wrote:

Jane is my paternal great-great-grandmother.  She married Charles WALKER in Hobart in 1875.

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