| Orphan Number: | 4535 |
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| Orphan: | Edward READER |
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| Mother: | McCARTHY, Ellen |
| Father: | READER, William |
| Mother's ship: | Lloyds |
| Father's ship: | Hyderabad |
| Age when admitted: | 7yrs |
| Date admitted: | 20 Jan 1857 |
| Date discharged: | 18 Jan 1863 |
| Institution(s): | Queens Orphan School |
| Discharged to: | Augustus N Spong, Franklin |
| Remarks: | won best shoemaker and religious prizes 1863 and religious knowledge prize 1864 - , mother in hospital - father prisoner at Port Arthur |
| References: | SWD26/6, 28, 32/1, CSD1/110/3483, CSD25/12/675, Police Gazette 18 Sep 1863,Hobart Town Mercury 16 & 26 Jan 1857, Launceston Examiner 3 Feb 1857p2 |
This orphan has been claimed by: Anne Merrick
Edward was born at Kingston and originally named Edwin. In 1863 he was apprenticed to Augustus N Spong, adruggist and chemist of Franklin.
By 1868 he had met up again with his father and both were convicted of larceny
at New Norfolk. Edward was merely admonished as the magistrate possibly assumed
that he had been led astray by his father. He was now 19 years old and described
as 5 feet 5 inches high, of a slight build, light brown hair, no whiskers and a
mole at the side of his mouth.
By 1874 he was working on the whaler Marie Laure and was known by the nickname “The Doctor”, a reference, no doubt, to his training as a chemist In June 1874 he and another seaman were drowned when the boat the were in was bitten “to chips” by the whale they had been chasing.
(The Mercury, 4 July 1874, p.2, c4)
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