Born in Ireland
Daughter of Unknown Burnside
and [mother unknown]
Wife of
Samuel Sowden
— married
[date unknown] [location unknown]
[children unknown]
Died
at about age 83
[location unknown]
Profile last modified
| Created 23 Nov 2022
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Biography
Sophia was born in 1825.
The four Burnside sisters, Jane, Ellen, Matilda and Sophia left their home in Newton Stewart, Co, Tyrone Ireland. Both parents were dead.
26 Nov 1840 They boarded the Glenswilly at Plymouth[1]
11 Mar 1841 The Glenswilly, with the sisters and 305 other bounty Immigrants sailed thru The Heads and into Sydney Harbour[2]
May 1908 She passed away. The Daily Telegraph reports:
Mrs. Sowden, relict of the late Samuel Sowden, of Mereyula, died yesterday morning, in her 82nd year. Deceased had been confined to her bed for the past three years and a half. She leaves a grown-up family of four sons and two daughters.[3]
Sources
- ↑ SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE (1841, March 13). The Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser (NSW : 1803 - 1842), p. 2. Retrieved November 27, 2022, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article2552766
- ↑ "Australia, New South Wales, Index to Bounty Immigrants, 1828-1842", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FL2D-XHM : 13 June 2019), Ellen Burnside, 1841.
- ↑ PERSONAL. (1908, May 21). The Daily Telegraph (Sydney, NSW : 1883 - 1930), p. 8. Retrieved November 30, 2022, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article238146812
- *McGill, J. (2022). Rachel. Allen & Unwin
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