Emigration of Pauper Children to Australia 1852

[radstockjeff]

I have just come across a brief article in Vol 12 of Bath History (Bath Preservation Trust) which details the emigration of pauper girls from the Bath Union Workhouse, to Australia. The Board of Guardians to pay £10 towards the costs for each girl.

The girls in question were Eliza Arnold (19), Caroline Coleman (15), Matilda Hall (14) and Marianne Atkins (no age recorded).

What records might be available to trace their subsequent lives in Australia?

They sailed for Western Australia from Plymouth in 1852 on the "Palestine".

[TreeSpirit]

Here are the ages of all 4 girls when they left Plymouth on 29 Nov 1852:
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSVT-D9ZD-L (bottom right)

[TreeSpirit]

From the WA Biographical Idx:
ATKINS, Marianne b. 1834, arr. 28.4.1853 per Palestine, m (Perth) 10.8.1859 RUMCRUM

ARNOLD, Eliza, b. 1832, arr. 28..4.1853 per Palestine, m. (Frem) 22.3.1854 George TETLOW   
(TETLOW George 1831 -. arr. "Palestine" (with mother) 28.4.1853 m. (Frem) 22.3.1854 Eliza Arnold 1832/8 ? a fellow passenger in "Palestine" With wife & 3 chd to SA "Gem" 16.10.1862.)

HALL, Matilda, b 1838, arr. 28.4.1853 per Palestine

COLEMAN, Catherine = ?Caroline, b 1836, arr. 28.4.1853 per Palestine, dtr. of Charles, m 11.5.1854 John EVANS

[Jamjar]

ATKINS, Marianne b. 1834, arr. 28.4.1853 per Palestine, m (Perth) 10.8.1859 RUMCRUM
Marriage: 1345 1859 ATKINS Mary Ann to RUMCRUM Perth
Possible death: 2121 1863 RUMCRUM Marion 28 Unknown Unknown Unknown

ARNOLD, Eliza, b. 1832, arr. 28..4.1853 per Palestine, m. (Frem) 22.3.1854 George TETLOW   
(TETLOW George 1831 -. arr. "Palestine" (with mother) 28.4.1853 m. (Frem) 22.3.1854 Eliza Arnold 1832/8 ? a fellow passenger in "Palestine" With wife & 3 chd to SA "Gem" 16.10.1862.)
Marriage: 663 1854 TETLOW George ARNOLD Eliza Fremantle
Children:
2451   1854 TETLOW Sarah Jane parents George and ARNOLD Eliza Ann Fremantle
3371   1856 TETLOW Elizabeth Ellen parents George and ARNOLD Eliza Ann Fremantle
4419   1858 TETLOW Alfred George James parents George and ARNOLD Eliza Ann Fremantle died 1488   1860
Possibly went to South AUS, first column: http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article69135257

HALL, Matilda, b 1838, arr. 28.4.1853 per Palestine
Possible death: 1928 1901 Hall Matilda 65 Unknown Unknown Unknown
KARRAKATTA CEMETERY - ANGLICAN CC 0121
HALL Matilda 9-6-1901 aged 65

COLEMAN, Catherine = ?Caroline, b 1836, arr. 28.4.1853 per Palestine, dtr. of Charles, m 11.5.1854 John EVANS
Marriage: 683 1854 EVANS John to COLEMAN Caroline Northam

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[matthewj64]

ATKINS, Marianne b. 1834, arr. 28.4.1853 per Palestine, m (Perth) 10.8.1859 RUMCRUM
Marriage: 1345 1859 ATKINS Mary Ann to RUMCRUM Perth
Possible death: 2121 1863 RUMCRUM Marion 28 Unknown Unknown Unknown

ARNOLD, Eliza, b. 1832, arr. 28..4.1853 per Palestine, m. (Frem) 22.3.1854 George TETLOW   
(TETLOW George 1831 -. arr. "Palestine" (with mother) 28.4.1853 m. (Frem) 22.3.1854 Eliza Arnold 1832/8 ? a fellow passenger in "Palestine" With wife & 3 chd to SA "Gem" 16.10.1862.)
Marriage: 663 1854 TETLOW George ARNOLD Eliza Fremantle
Children:
2451   1854 TETLOW Sarah Jane parents George and ARNOLD Eliza Ann Fremantle
3371   1856 TETLOW Elizabeth Ellen parents George and ARNOLD Eliza Ann Fremantle
4419   1858 TETLOW Alfred George James parents George and ARNOLD Eliza Ann Fremantle died 1488   1860
Possibly went to South AUS, first column: http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article69135257

HALL, Matilda, b 1838, arr. 28.4.1853 per Palestine
Possible death: 1928 1901 Hall Matilda 65 Unknown Unknown Unknown
KARRAKATTA CEMETERY - ANGLICAN CC 0121
HALL Matilda 9-6-1901 aged 65

COLEMAN, Catherine = ?Caroline, b 1836, arr. 28.4.1853 per Palestine, dtr. of Charles, m 11.5.1854 John EVANS
Marriage: 683 1854 EVANS John to COLEMAN Caroline Northam

Jamjar

Perth Orphanage...parcel from Matilda Hall, Perth
1874 'Church of England News.', The Inquirer and Commercial News (Perth, WA : 1855 - 1901), 14 October, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article65963076

...an inmate of the Perth Home, named Matilda Hall, was seized with a severe fit just opposite the Town Hall...
1887 'NEWS OF THE WEEK.', The Inquirer and Commercial News (Perth, WA : 1855 - 1901), 30 November,  http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article66080539

Matilda Hall, an aged woman charged with having been drunk, was cautioned
1892 'CITY POLICE COURT.', The Daily News (Perth, WA : 1882 - 1950), 1 February,  http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article77391872

Mr Longmore also supplied figures regarding the inmates of the Perth Female Home...Matilda Hall, aged 63 had died
1901 'CHARITABLE INSTITUTIONS.', Western Mail (Perth, WA : 1885 - 1954), 6 July, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article33207990

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ADD:
1841 England Census, Somerset, Lyncombe and Widcombe, Bath Union Workhouse
Matilda Hall 2yo

1851 England Census, Somerset, Lyncombe and Widcombe, Bath Union Workhouse
Matilda Hall 13yo, scholar, born Bath Somerset

[radstockjeff]

Thanks for the information. My apologies for not responding before, due to family circumstances at the time.