Jane (Seay) Telford (abt. 1802 - 1877)

Born about 1802 in Bangor, Down, Ireland [uncertain]

Wife of William Henry Telford — married 2 May 1819 in Bangor, Down, Ireland

Descendants

Died 7 Aug 1877 at about age 75 in Deloraine, Tasmania, Australia

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Biography

Jane was born about 1802 almost certainly the daughter of Patrick and Elizabeth Seay.

In 1819 at Bangor Abbey she married William Henry Telford.

Jane resided at Bangor, Down, Ireland from at least the time of her marriage until she emigrated with all her surviving children to what was known then as Van Diemens Land (Tasmania), Australia.

She arrived in Hobart, Tasmania aboard the vessel "Coromandel" in Jul 1853.

She died of 'Old Age and Natural Decay' at Deloraine, Tasmania on 7 August 1877.

Sources

• "Tasmania, Australia, Immigrant Lists, 1841-1884", database with images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 2 October 2016), Jane Telford, age 49, arrived Hobart on 18 Jul 1853. Coromandel. Nominal Lists of Immigrants Compiled after Departure of Vessels from England for Tasmania with Details of Trade, Native Place, Marital State, Age, Children.; Film: SLTX/AO/MB/277; Series: CB7/15

• " Tasmania, Australia, Passenger Arrivals, 1829-1957", database with images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 2 October 2016), Widow Jane Telford, age 49, Bangor, departed Southampton on 10 Apr 1853, arrived Hobart on 18 Jul 1853. Coromandel. Archives Office of Tasmania; Tasmania, Australia; Descriptive List of Immigrants; Film Number: SLTX/AO/MB/138; Series Number: CB7/12/1/1-3

• "Australia, Tasmania, Civil Registration, 1803-1933", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q27M-11XN : 26 August 2016), Jane Telford, 1877.