At the age of 49 years respectively, William and Judith Cooper decided to leave their home with their surviving eight children and venture to the new Colony of South Australia. They were living in the Parish of Wimbottham in the County of Norfolk. They had been blessed with ten children but daughters; Recabine and Judith; died before the family embarked for South Australia. They left England on board the Marion in November 1848 and arrived at Port Adelaide 10th Feb 1849.
Christening
Date: 17 AUG 1800
Place: Terrington St Clement, Norfolk, England
Age: 0
Burial
Date: 22 Apr 1880
Place: Wesleyan Cemetery in Walkerville, South Australia
Age: 80
Census
Date: 1841
Place: Stow Fall, Stow Bardolph, Norfolk, England
Age: 40-41
Immigration
Date: 10 FEB 1849
Place: Port Adelaide, South Australia
Age: 48
Sources
South Australia Deaths 1842-1972 (FindMyPast, https://www.findmypast.com : accessed 30 October 2021) transcript for Cooper, Judith (Death Date: 20 April 1880, Marital Status: Widowed, Age: 80y, Relative: John Cooper (Possible family relationship), Residence: Tea Tree Gully, Death Place: Tea Tree Gully) Reference: District: Highercombe, Book/Page: 102/206.
ship Marion, 904 tons, Captain McKerlie, from London 27th October 1848 & Plymouth [Nov.] 1848, arrived at Port Adelaide, South Australia 10th February 1849. transcribed and submitted to The Ships List by Robert Janmaat, first accessed online on the 22nd of August, 2020 at: http://www.theshipslist.com/ships/australia/marion1849.shtml
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Judith by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA.
However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line.
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