Harriet (Vince) Morrow (1832 - 1895)

Born Jul 1832 in Bentworth, Hampshire, England, United Kingdom

Ancestors

Wife of George Morrow — married 31 Dec 1859 in Yackandandah, Victoria, Australian Colonies

Descendants

Died 8 Oct 1895 at age 63 in Melbourne, Victoria, Australian Colonies

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Harriet (Vince) Morrow was born in the Village of Bentworth, Hampshire, England.

Biography

Harriet was born around July 1832 in the Village of Bentworth, 3 miles (5 km) east of the Market Town of Alton, East Hampshire District, Hampshire, South East Region, England. She was the daughter of Thomas Vince and Sarah Earle. George Morrow and Harriet Morrow (nee Vince) who selected land at Mirboo East in the year 1879, Harriet Morrow being the first white woman to settle in that district. George Morrow came from the north of Ireland and was a Farmer by trade and, previous to settling on the land at Mirboo East, was for a time connected with the gold mines at Matlock (Victoria). He was well known in the Mirboo district for the potatoes he used to grow.

Harriet Morrow was born in England and was possessed of a fine singing voice. After coming to the Mirboo East district with her husband and six children, she was well known for the wonderful deeds she did, particularly in attending mothers at childbirth and sickness. One particular case, she walked fifteen miles through dense scrub to attend such a case, and after doing so, walked home again the same day, doing part of the journey bare-footed. They raised a family of seven children all told, three girls and four boys. George Morrow died in approximately 1897, Harriet Morrow, 1895. The following are the names of the children:— Sarah, William, Robert, Edward, Val, Barbara and Mabel.

They were all married except Mabel, who was a nurse. She was matron of the Austin Hospital, also the Laughtane private hospital and Greenvale Sanatorium, all of Melbourne. She also started two bush nursing hospitals in Tasmania and one at Dimboola, Victoria, before going to the Soloman Islands to act as nurse and missionary for a period of 12 years (?). After contracting Black Water Fever there, she died in the Heidelberg Hospital on Nov. 30th, 1939^[1].

Baptism

Her baptism takes place on the 29 July 1832 at the Parish Church of Saint Mary, Church Street, in the Village of Bentworth, Alton, East Hampshire District, Hampshire, South East Region, England^[2].

Marriage

George (Morrow) marries Harriet (Vince) on the 31 December 1859 at the residence of Stephen (Vince), in the Town of Yackandandah, in the District of Yackandah, Shire of Indigo, High Country, 313 km (194 mi) northeast of the capital City of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.

Marriage Certificate

SCHEDULE C. 1859. Marriages solemnized in the District of Yackandandah in the Colony of Victoria.

We do hereby declare that we are both Members of the Church of England. Married in the House of Stephen Vince. This Marriage was solemnized between us, George Morrow and Harriet Vince In the Presence of us, Stephen Vince and Ann Davie. According to the order of the Church of England and Ireland, By (or before) me, Thomas Dowell, Officiating Minister of Deputy Registrar^[3].

Children

1. Sarah Ann (18 November 1860 in Yackandandah, Victoria)
2. William Thomas (2 March 1862)
3. Robert Stephen (28 August 1863 in Goulburn, Victoria)
4. Edwin Henry (11 December 1865 in Woods Point, Victoria)
5. Valentine John (30 July 1867)
6. Barbara Louise (31 January 1869)
7. Mabel Harriet (21 November 1877 in Matlock, Victoria)

Immigration to Australia

Harriet (24) emigrates, aboard the vessel "Shalimar" on the 17 August 1857 from the Port of Liverpool, on the river Mersey, Lancashire, England. She arrives in the Port of Geelong, Victoria, Australia on the 11 November 1857^[4].

Shipping Notices

• 1857 'SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.', The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1957), 13 November, p. 4.
• SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE. PORT OF GEELONG. Arrived. November 11.---Eagle, from Sydney ; Dart, from Hobart Town ; Shalimar, from Liverpool^[5].

• 1857 'SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.', The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1957), 14 November, p. 4.
• In an extract in yesterday's issue, from the Geelong Advertiser, we unwittingly copied an error of our contemporary. The Shalimar left Liverpool on the 17th August, instead of the 17th September, as printed^[6].

Death/Burial

Harriet (Vince) passes away on the 8 October 1895 at the Homeopathic Hospital, St Kilda Road, City of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. She was 60 years old at the time and the cause of death was certified to be from an Internal Tumour, which she'd had for some time^[7]. Her burial takes place on the 11 October 1895 at the Boolara Cemetery, Barktown Road, in the Town of Boolara, Shire of Morwell, County of Bulu Bulu, Central Gippsland, Victoria, Australia. The location of her grave is in the Church of England Section; Line number: 1; Grave number: 18^[8].

Death Notice

• 1895 'Family Notices', The Age (Melbourne, Vic. : 1854 - 1954), 12 October, p. 3.
• DEATHS. MORROW.—On the 8th October, at the Homeopathic Hospital, Melbourne, Harriet, beloved wife of George Morrow, of Mirboo East, Boolara, South Gippsland, aged 60 years. Deeply regretted by a sorrowing family^[9].

Sources

1. ↑ Source: Compiled by Edna (Reynoldson), daughter of Barbara Louise Morrow and William Doon Guthrie
2. ↑ Source: Hampshire Baptisms (FindMyPast & Hampshire Genealogical Society); Reference: (Baptism Year-1832); Registration Place: Bentworth; Record Link: https://www.findmypast.co.uk/transcript?id=GBPRS%2FB%2F800049102%2F1
3. ↑ Source: Family History Search Marriages: Marriage Record (Victorian Births, Deaths and Marriages, Melbourne); Reference: (Marriage Year-1859); Registration District: Yackandandah; Registration Details: 3953 / 1859
4. ↑ Source: Assisted Passenger Lists 1839-1871 (Public Records Office, Victoria, Melbourne (PROV)); Reference: (Year-1857); Month: Nov; Book: 12; Page number: 443
5. ↑ Source: TROVE Digitised Newspapers (National Library of Australia, Canberra); Reference: Record Link: http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article7141956
6. ↑ Source: TROVE Digitised Newspapers (National Library of Australia, Canberra); Reference: Record Link: http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article7141997
7. ↑ Source: Family History Search Deaths: Death Record (Victorian Births, Deaths and Marriages, Melbourne); Reference: (Death Year-1896); Registration District: Melbourne; Registration Details: 14360 / 1895
8. ↑ Source: Deceased Search: K to O (Boolara Cemetery Trust); Reference: (Death Year-1896); Record Link: http://www.ozgenonline.com/~jodie_duckworth/boolarra/lists/ktoo.htm
9. ↑ Source: TROVE Digitised Newspapers (National Library of Australia, Canberra); Reference: Record Link: http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article197195052