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Orphan Number: 2169
Orphan: Fanny GRAY
Mother:GRAY, Martha
Father:ROOKE, Joseph
Mother's ship:Woodbridge
Father's ship:
Age when admitted:11yrs 6mths
Date admitted:9 Mar 1861
Date discharged:11 Jun 1863
Institution(s):Queens Orphan School
Discharged to: Arthur Berthen Willis, Sandy Bay
Remarks: won Church of England prize Jan 1863 - father left the colony - Fanny arrested 12 Jun 1867 for absenting herself from service of A B Willis at Table Cape
References: SWD26/4, 27, 32/1, Tasmanina Reports of Crime 21 Jun 1867 Vol.6 No. 325

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WARRANTS ISSUED ... WYNYARD.-On the 12th instant, by Wm. Moore, Esquire, J.P., for the arrest of Fanny Gray, an apprentice from the Queen's Asylum, charged Tasmanian Reports of Crime 21 June 1867 Vol.6 No.325
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