Orphan Number: | 1717 |
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Orphan: | Elizabeth EMSLIE |
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Mother: | CUMMINGS, Amelia |
Father: | EMSLIE, Peter |
Mother's ship: | |
Father's ship: | |
Age when admitted: | 5yrs |
Date admitted: | 1 Sep 1865 |
Date discharged: | |
Institution(s): | Queens Orphan School |
Discharged to: | |
Remarks: | not admitted Queens Orphan School but allowance of 7/6 weekly |
References: | SWD26/8, 27 |
Elizabeth was born Elizabeth Amelia, her mother Amelia Cummins had been an orphan at the Queens Orphan School. She married Peter Emslie in 1855.
Elizabeth was 6 years old when her father died, Amelia applied to the orphanage to take Elizabeth and her 3 sisters, but this was denied, the Orphanage gave Amelia an allowance of 7/6 weekly.
Elizabeth married George Priest in 1833 and had one son who she named Eric Emslie, Elizabeth died in 1935 in Victoria aged 76.