Susan Featherstone
F, #65058, b. 13 October 1821, d. 23 September 1893
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Birth | Susan Featherstone was born on 13 October 1821 in Tavistock, Devon, England.1,2,3 |
Marriage | She married George Jones on 22 November 1841 in Hobart, Tasmania, Australia. Susan Featherstone was, age 20, George Jones was, age ~47.1,2,3 |
Death | She died on 23 September 1893 at age 71 in Browns River, Tasmania, Australia.1,2,3 |
Other Life Events
Anecdote | Susan Featherstone lived in the village of Tavistock when she was tried at the Exeter Quarter Sessions, Devon on 3rd Jan 1837 & sentenced to 7 years transportation to Australia for stealing a shawl. She was on the convict transport Platina which left London 3rd May 1837, arriving in Hobart Town 22nd Oct. The Ship's Surgeon was Geo.Ellery Forman RN and a check of the surgeon's log does not list Susan as receiving any medical attention during the voyage. (Thelma McKay of Hobart is writing a book about this ship & women on it.) She married George Jones in Hobart on 22nd November 1841 well before her sentence expired. Her age shown as 25 on the marriage record conflicts with the age shown when she was convicted in 1837. Susan's prison record shows her term was twice extended for misconduct, once for 6 months for selling rum at Browns River in 1843 when she was already married - the total extension being for 24 months. Geo. & Susan had 13 children the first born 3 months prior to the wedding & the 8th orn on 9 June 1853 was Georgina. According to Pioneer Records Geo. Jones (farmer) died of "old age" on 20 Sept 1872 aged 78 & Susan took over the running of the farm. Her daughter Georgina was married to Frederick Henry Turnbull from her home (listed as an "Infant farm") in Sept. 1872, a few months after George's death. In 1874 Susan remarried a widowed cabman, Thos. John Vistirin in the house of Mrs.Henwood near Kingston, Browns River. After 20 years of marriage Susan Vistirin (Vistrine) died in 1892 aged 78 (her d.cert. says 68)3 |
Citations
- [S768] FTW - George Jones
- [S767] FTW File - John Turnbull
- [S775] FTM File from Lil Dillon
Lindsay Gordon
M, #65072, b. 13 January 1935, d. 29 June 1999
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Birth | Lindsay Gordon was born on 13 January 1935.1 |
Death | He died on 29 June 1999 at age 64 in Middleton, Tasmania, Australia.1 |
Citations
- [S775] FTM File from Lil Dillon