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Offline cando

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Re: SA birthplace please - REES
« Reply #18 on: Saturday 25 April 09 02:37 BST (UK) »
Wonder if this is Ellis?

http://www.familyhistorysa.info/shipping/passengerlists.html
HARDING Mrs, 3 ch arrived 1842-04-21 on Will Watch from Launceston via Portland

Births
BLAKE William
16 Jul 1858
Father George BLAKE  Mother Christiana McFEAT
At River Light Sources   Bur 14/399

BLAKE Margaret
21 Jun 1860
Father George BLAKE  Mother Christina McFEAT
At Light   Bur 21/285

and just in case you need this ;)

BLAKE  George  24 years Single Father's name unrecorded
McFEAT Christiana  21 years  Single  Father's name unrecorded
22 Aug 1851-08-22
At St George Church Gawler  Ade A 13/135

I would guess that there were other chn to this marriage. The marriage of Isabella as detailed by Jenn is surely one. George died 11 Nov 1860 at Light.

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Cando




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Re: SA birthplace please - REES
« Reply #19 on: Saturday 25 April 09 09:23 BST (UK) »
It appears that Ellis PACKHAM's second husband, Aaron HARDING, was a convict who was transported aboard the Eleanor in 1831, after receiving a life sentence at Winchester in 1830.

One Sargent and two convicts in her life!

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NSW Convict 1836: Peter WIFFIN (alias VIVIAN)
VDL Convict 1841: Richard REES
SA Pioneers (<1847): Hornsby, Wallis, Willoughby, Floate, Mills, Chesson, Degenhardt.
SA Old Colonists (<1857): Messenger, Tyler, McFeat, Ladner, Edwards, Cassidy, Rhodes, Shaw, Waye, Sibly.
SA Colonists (<1901): Jones, Pike, Bowyer, Davey.