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Orphan Number: 401
Orphan: Mary Ann BOULTON
Mother:BOULTON, Esther
Father:,
Mother's ship:Hydery
Father's ship:
Age when admitted:3yrs
Date admitted:27 Feb 1836
Date discharged:22 Sep 1842
Institution(s):Queens Orphan School
Discharged to: mother
Remarks: father unknown
References: SWD7, 28, CSO5/86/1885, CSO5/191/4635

This orphan has been claimed by: Catherine Hamilton

Mary Ann Boulton married William Selwyn in 1850. Their daughter Esther married Charles Nicholls, the son of a miller who arrived in Launceston 1855 to run the mill on the Supply River, West Tamar. Mary Ann and William had another daughter, Susannah, who became a very well known nurse - Nurse Galley. 


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