Olive May Hickson (1882 - 1890)

Born 1882 in Macleay River, New South Wales, Australia

Ancestors

Died 1890 at about age 8 in Macleay River, New South Wales, Australia

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Biography

* The below notes are for the Baker/Hickson Family History by Len & Glen Baker

• Olive May Hickson 13th child (Daughter) born to Thomas Henry Hickson-484 & Ann Fogarty (Hickson)
• Born 1882 Macleay River Kempsey NSW
• Christened
• Married
• Died 1890 in a bad drowning accident at Kempsey North Coast Wharf noted below.
• Buried

• NOTES:-
• Macleay Argus 12th November 1890 Child Drowned from the Wharf:-

• The usual quiet of Kempsey was broken on Friday night abput 10 o'clock by a fearful screaming & the cry that a child had fallen in to the river between the Ship Belmore & the wharf. Numbers of perons rushed to the spot to find that little Olive May Hickson was drowned, & that her mother narrowly escaped the same fate in her frantic efforts to save her. The following facts were brought out at the inquest which was held at the Royal Hotel Central Kempsey on Sarurday morning before the Coroner Mr John Ducat.

Hickson-484 Hickson.

Sources

• Family Search
• Baker/Hickson Family History by Len & Glen Baker