Thanks.
This was the first article I read but since reading newspaper reports, advertisements, shipping notices and court documents, I believe it contains a few inaccuracies.
Charlotte died on 29 July and her funeral was on 1 August.
One shipping report shows Captain and Mrs Jarvey and 7 children arriving in Tasmania aboard the Brig Jane, not 5 as mentioned in this article. And the farm on the Huon was still owned by William at the time of his wife's death and advertised for sale in December of that year.
It is quite possible that Sophia did go to New Zealand with the family and that 8 children were on the Jane.
I think that the information regarding the death of 3 children on 10 August 1864 was probably taken from the cemetery records. The Southern Heritage Trust has said it will try and find someone who can answer the question of whether there were two or three children buried and if the third was Charlotte Jane or Sophia.
