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Australia / Re: Destitute Asylum Adelaide -
« on: Sunday 21 June 20 18:35 BST (UK) »
Hi Melia,
Its great to hear from you! 170 years later and Waldron descendants meet up back in the UK!
I hope you are keeping well in these troubling times.
I guess this means we are related on the Waldron side? Poor Eliza Waldron Richards, her life was cut short in a terrible way on arriving in Australia. Annie and her father (Solomon) at least seem to have lived very full (and dramatic) lives. I do not have any photos of Hannah/Anna/Annie, but I do have a photo of one of her daughters with William Price (as an aside, my father was quite close to one of Annie's children who knew of her and that she had another family in Charters Towers). Despite being in an orphanage, I believe they kept in touch and he also knew his siblings who she had taken with her to the next marriage. I imagine they must have also known of Annie's father (Solomon Richards) who lived in the Maryborough area and had a large additional family with his third wife.
I would love to share what I do have. I also have family trees for Annie's 5 children with William Price (and their descendants) and subsequent 9 children with Harry Parker (I believe she had her last child when she was circa 50 years of age - Vietta - which seems remarkable, if that is indeed possible!).
I do not know what happened to Annie's siblings and whether they also left Adelaide. My email address is:
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Benedict
Its great to hear from you! 170 years later and Waldron descendants meet up back in the UK!
I hope you are keeping well in these troubling times.
I guess this means we are related on the Waldron side? Poor Eliza Waldron Richards, her life was cut short in a terrible way on arriving in Australia. Annie and her father (Solomon) at least seem to have lived very full (and dramatic) lives. I do not have any photos of Hannah/Anna/Annie, but I do have a photo of one of her daughters with William Price (as an aside, my father was quite close to one of Annie's children who knew of her and that she had another family in Charters Towers). Despite being in an orphanage, I believe they kept in touch and he also knew his siblings who she had taken with her to the next marriage. I imagine they must have also known of Annie's father (Solomon Richards) who lived in the Maryborough area and had a large additional family with his third wife.
I would love to share what I do have. I also have family trees for Annie's 5 children with William Price (and their descendants) and subsequent 9 children with Harry Parker (I believe she had her last child when she was circa 50 years of age - Vietta - which seems remarkable, if that is indeed possible!).
I do not know what happened to Annie's siblings and whether they also left Adelaide. My email address is:
(*) Moderator Comment: e-mail removed in accordance with RootsChat policy,
to avoid spamming and other abuses.
Please use the Personal Message (PM) system for exchanging personal data.
Regards,
Benedict