Individual Details
Mary Ann WAKEHAM
(Abt 1816 - 30 Aug 1890)
Events
| Birth | Abt 1816 | Cork, County Cathair Chorcaigh, Ireland |  | ||
| Emigration | 23 Mar 1831 | aboard the "Palambam" as one of 50 orphan girls from the Cork Foundling Hospital, sent out to take up duties as domestic servants. She was only 15 years old. The ship also carried 144 female prisoners. They arrived in Port Jackson 31 July 1831. On arrival she was sent to the orphan school, Parramatta. She was later assigned to John Betts, Samuel Marsden's son-in-law - Cork, County Cathair Chorcaigh, Ireland | | ||
| Marriage | 17 Aug 1835 | St Phillips, Sydney, New South Wales, Australian Colonies - James ROBINSON | | ||
| Alt name | 17 Aug 1835 | Mary Ann ROBINSON | |||
| Death | 30 Aug 1890 | Lyttleton, New South Wales, Australia | | ||
| Burial | 1 Sep 1890 | (the headstone reads "Nothing in my hand I bring, Simply to thy cross I cling") - Bemboka Cemetery, Bemboka, New South Wales, Australian Colonies | |
Families
| Spouse | James ROBINSON (1800 - 1878) |
| Child | Sarah ROBINSON (1836 - 1912) |
| Child | Charlotte ROBINSON (1838 - 1922) |
| Child | James ROBINSON (1843 - 1901) |
| Child | George ROBINSON (1845 - 1923) |
| Child | Francis "Frank" ROBINSON (1848 - 1918) |
| Child | Charles ROBINSON (1850 - 1893) |
| Child | Alexander ROBINSON (1852 - 1947) |
| Child | John ROBINSON (1854 - ) |
| Child | Alfred ROBINSON (1858 - 1858) |
Endnotes
1. Misc Immigrants 1828-43, "Palambam" 1831 Item 4/2115.2 NRS906
2. Misc Immigrants 1828-43, "Palambam" 1831 Item 4/2115.2 NRS906
3. NSW Marriage Record: V18351177 19/1835
4. NSW Death Certificate: 7487/1890
5. NSW Death Certificate: 7487/1890
6. Personal knowledge of Visit to Bemboka Cemetery by Robert Smith 19 Aug 2016 + photo.