Lived with father and sister in London married Charles (aged 43) in 1903, at 20, having 4 children before his death in 1910.
Amy (Pickett) Simms migrated from England to Australia.
Arrived as widow in Australia (Melbourne) 22 Sep 1922[2] aboard SS Benalla (Captained by WER Hickey) w. Mabel, Gertrude, Winifred & 'Arthur' [=Oliver?]. Became grandson Harley's guardian after death of his mother, unmarried.
29th July 1931 - Walked to Brisbane[3] in search of work with Mrs. H. Baxter, Teenie Wray and Dot Swayne. 16 mi/day, no tent - she, the organiser, carried the revolver. Stayed at Hexham, then on to Raymond Terrace. Big storm out of Taree; stayed w. Mr & Mrs Else at Cundle house for some days. Slept in bull paddeck between Coffs Harbour and Grafton, where Amy pulled out due to foot injury. At some point, slept in police cells and a haunted house near Coramba. 3 remaining appeared in George Wallace's stage show: 'They Walked From Sydney'.
Age on passenger list for Benalla (1922) is 37, implying a birth date in 1885; age on 1911 census is 30, implying birth c. 1881; age on 1901 census is 18, implying birth 1883
Death
Death:
Date: 11 Sep 1974
Place: 5/20 Coorabin Place Riverwood NSW Australia
Source: S-1639276748 Repository: #R-2142605859 Title: 1911 England Census Author: Ancestry.com Publication: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011.Original data - Census Returns of England and Wales, 1911. Kew, Surrey, England: The National Archives of the UK (TNA), 1911. Data imaged from the National Archives, London, England. Note: APID: 1,2352::0
Source: S-1641194946 Repository: #R-2142605859 Title: 1901 England Census Author: Ancestry.com Publication: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2005.Original data - Census Returns of England and Wales, 1901. Kew, Surrey, England: The National Archives, 1901. Data imaged from the National Archives, London, England. The National Archi Note: APID: 1,7814::0
Source: S-2093822515 Repository: #R-2142605859 Title: Ancestry Family Trees Publication: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com. Original data: Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members. Note: This information comes from 1 or more individual Ancestry Family Tree files. This source citation points you to a current version of those files. Note: The owners of these tree files may have removed or changed information since this source citation was created. Page: Ancestry Family Trees Note: Data: Text: http://trees.ancestry.com/pt/AMTCitationRedir.aspx?tid=28702488&pid=147
WikiTree profile Pickett-660 created through the import of Personal_2013-01-19.ged on Jan 18, 2013 by Callum Simms. See the Changes page for the details of edits by Callum and others.
marriage: England marriages July-Sep 1903, v2c p581
Acknowledgments
Thank you to Laurie Fletcher for creating WikiTree profile Pickett-922 through the import of PICKETT.ged on Oct 19, 2013. Click to the Changes page for the details of edits by Laurie and others.
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