Lillias Hepburn (1817 - 1913)

Born 7 May 1817 in Elie, Fife, Scotland

Ancestors

Wife of Matthew Frederick Pearce — married 14 Sep 1846 in Hobart, Tasmania, Australia

Descendants

Died 8 May 1913 at age 96 in Brighton, Tasmania, Australia

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Lillias Hepburn migrated from Scotland to Australia.

Biography

Lillias was born in 1817, the daughter of Robert William Hepburn and Jacobina Hosie.^[1]

Emigrated to Tasmania on the Greenock, arriving 1828, with parents and siblings ^[2]

She married Matthew Frederick Pearce in 1846. Lillias passed away in 1913. i. Papers - Reg Reid; Page Reg's Maternal Line; [Source Record] ii. Papers - Anthony Fletcher; Page Hepburn.rtf; [Source Record] iii. UK Registry; Page Scottish Registry; Text "Lilias [sic], 4th and lawful Daughter to Robt. Hepburn Captain of the Regent Revenue Cutter by Jacobina Hosie his Wife was born this day and baptised by the Reverend Mr James Cloaker [?]."; [Source Record] iv. Papers - Anthony Fletcher; Page Hepburn.rtf; Text She is included on the gravestone of Matthew Frederick Pearce in St Marks Cemetery Pontville; [Source Record] v. Page Hobart Mercury 10 May 1913; Text PEARCE.-Friends of the late Lilias Pearce, who died at the residence of her daughter, Mrs. Partington, Brighton Junction, are respectfully invited to attend her funeral, which will move from the above address on Sunday (To-morrow) Afternoon, at 2.30 o'clock, arriving at St. Mark's Church, Pontville, at 3 p.m.; [Source Record]

Sources

1. ↑ Lundy, Daryl. "Lillias Hepburn." The Peerage. Retrieved 8 March 2017 by Clare Spring from http://www.thepeerage.com/p50227.htm#i502266.
2. ↑ 1828 'SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.', The Tasmanian (Hobart Town, Tas. : 1827 - 1839), Friday 25 January, p. 2. , viewed 22 Jul 2022, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article233095368

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   On Wednesday evening, the Australian Company's ship Greenock, (Captain J. Miller,) from Leith, which she left the 20th of August, calling at Rio de Janeiro on her way hither with a general cargo; see extract from Manifest. Passengers—in the cabin, Robert Hepburne Esq. and Lady, Misses Betsey, Harriot, Mary Anne, Lilias and Jacobina Hepburne, Masters James and Robert Hepburne, ...