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Thank you for your comments.
My investigation has found that Jemima Beatty paid 3 pound 9 shillings and 6 pence on 31/12/1865 to emigrate to Queensland. Jemima was from Portadown and she came out to Queensland on the "Light of the Age".
The "Mariners Records"indicate that the "Florence Irving"departed from Brisbane to Sydney on 13 June 1867 and the 2 passengers of interest on this ship were Jemima Beatty and Sarah Beatty. Is Sarah , Jemima's sister who had previously emigrated to Brisbane and because Jemima was pregnant, decided to go with her sister to Sydney? Jemima would have been heavily pregnant at this time, as she had a son William John born on 18 July 1867 at Dog Trap Rd (Woodville Rd) Parramatta NSW. On her sons birth certificate, there are no fathers details. Jemima's age was 20 yrs and place of birth was "Citty Derre, Ireland". The marriage cert I have for Jemima and a William Hamilton was dated 28/3/1868, spinster & bachelor & both from living at Smithfield near Parramatta. I think I assumed that this date appeared to be correct. Information from my late mother revealed that William Hamilton (snr) worked on the railways. Jemima's son, William John obviously adopted his step fathers surname, "Hamilton".
Jemima and William Hamilton appears to have had 10 children commencing 1870.
Now that you have mentioned it, possibly there were two Jemima and william Hamiltons, although it is rather confusing. Do you have any further thoughts?
Chester.
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