Friday, September 6, 2024

BORN AT SEA

GULGONG IMMIGRANTS BORN AT SEA

  • GREENTREE, MARGARET
  • LYONS, SOPHIA JANE
  • TURNER, MARY ANN

LOCAL DEATHS TO 1910

13.01.1874
MARGARET GREENTREE, aged 44, died from "TYPHOID FEVER" of 6 weeks duration. 
(NSW BDM 6230/1874)
Witnesses: Michael Dillon and John Glynn. 
Place of death: Home Rule
Place of burial: Gulgong
Born: at sea
Length in Colony: 44 years
Married at age 29 at Pitt Town to George Greentree
Children: 1 male (living)


21.07.1876
MARY ANN TURNER, aged 23, died from "CHILD BIRTH RETENTION OF PLACENTIA". Attended by Mrs Underwood, midwife. Informant was her husband, James Turner (NSW BDM 8005/1876)
Witnesses: Richard Austey and William Smith
Place of death: Three Mile
Place of burial: Gulgong
Born at sea to  JOHN WITTINGTON, a farmer, and [mother unknown]
Length in Colony: 23 years
Married at age 19 to James Turner at Hill End
Children: 1 male (living) and 3 males (deceased)


20.10.1877
SOPHIA JANE LYONS, aged 40, died from "EXHAUSTION AFTER CHILD BIRTH". Informant was Elijah Lyons, her son. (NSW BDM 7505/1877)
Winesses: Elijah Lyons and Peter Anderson
Place of death: Tucklan
Place of burial: Gulgong
Born at sea to WILLIAM HUTCHISON, a farmer, and Phoebe Ann Ellmore
Length in Colony: 40 years
Married in Mudgee at age 15 to John Lyons
Children: 8 males and 3 females (living); 1 male (deceased)