Mary Ann (Gordon) Carlisle (1792 - 1813)

Wife of William Carlisle — married 11 Sep 1811 in Windsor, New South Wales, Australia

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Biography

Mary was born in 1792. She was the daughter of Thomas Gordon and Alice Smith. She passed away in 1813.

Immigration 24 June 1804 Mary Ann arrived in the colony on the ship 'Experiment' as the child of an immigrant. Upheavals in the shoemaking trade in London during the early 19th century, when attempts to form closed shop combinations threatened the livelihood of the smaller shoemakers, are thought to have influenced the decision of Thomas to emigrate, joining two farmer friends, Carlisle and Freeman. In 1803 they wrote to Lord Hobart for permission to go as free men to New South Wales.

With his wife Alice and a young family of four, Thomas embarked on the ship 'Experiment'. Turned back because of a severe storm in the Bay of Biscay, the Experiment had to set sail again some three weeks later from Cowes, Hampshire, without some of her original passengers, arriving at Sydney on 24 Jun 1804.

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