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William Henry B Abt 1814, D 1856 at Sea off Sydney
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Lester | Report | 10 Jul 2013 00:26 |
William Henry & Mary Emery married on 21st May, 1834 at Dromore, Co. Tyrone, the family was en route to settle in Australia having been sponsored by Mary’s brother James Emery when William was killed on the same day as the arrival of the “Bee” was recorded at Sydney. |
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Lester | Report | 10 Jul 2013 00:03 |
Thanks you friends |
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Cynthia | Report | 9 Jul 2013 13:34 |
As Lester is a new poster, I will send him a friendly message on how to return to his thread. :-) |
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BeverleyW | Report | 8 Jul 2013 12:04 |
Did Mary remarry? It would be quite a usual thing to do, being left a widow with a lot of children. |
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MarieCeleste | Report | 8 Jul 2013 09:37 |
NSW Shipping journals of January 1856 mention the arrival of the Bee: |
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MarieCeleste | Report | 8 Jul 2013 09:21 |
Just posting the shipping record as background to work fro: |
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MarieCeleste | Report | 8 Jul 2013 09:04 |
Hello Lester, welcome to the boards. |
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Lester | Report | 8 Jul 2013 08:42 |
William Henry was killed on board the ship "Bee" near Sydney, NSW on 6th January 1856. William's wife Mary (Emery) and children settled in the Kiama district of NSW where Mary's bothers lived. |
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