Born [location unknown]
Daughter of Solomon Burkett
and Elizabeth (Unknown) Burkett
Wife of
John Bridger
— married
28 Oct 1858 in Bunbury, Western Australia, Australia
Descendants 
Mother of
Louisa Bridger, Walter (Bridger) Bridges, Jeffry Bridger, Esther Elizabeth Bridger and Arthur John Bridger
Died [date unknown]
[location unknown]
Profile last modified
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Biography
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Sarah was born in 1840. She is the daughter of Solomon Burkett and Elizabeth Unknown.
She came to Western Australia with her mother on the Anne McLean, arriving on 5 November 1852.[1]
She married John Bridger on 28 October 1858 in Bunbury.[2] Their first child had been born the previous year.
Her husband was convicted in 1867 of forgery and Sarah and her children were admitted to the poorhouse.[1]
No death details have been found Sarah in Western Australia.
Sources
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 The Bicentennial dictionary of Western Australians, pre-1829-1888. [compiled by Rica Erickson], https://www.friendsofbattyelibrary.org.au/bicentennial-dictionary
- ↑ "Australia Marriages, 1810-1980", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XTZ6-JMP : 28 January 2020), Sarah Jane Birkett in entry for John Bridger, 1858.
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