Sarah (Hunter) Mckechnie (1822 - 1851)

Born 16 Feb 1822 in Saint Cuthberts, Edinburgh, Edinburghshire, Scotland, United Kingdom

Ancestors

Wife of Thomas Mckechnie — married 2 Dec 1839 in Scots Church, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Descendants

Died 15 Dec 1851 at age 29 in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

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Biography

Sarah (Hunter) Mckechnie was born in Scotland.

Sarah Hunter was baptised on 16 February 1822 at Saint Cuthberts, Edinburgh, Scotland to Henry Hope Hunter and Elizabeth Bryson. ^[1]

She was one of Henry and his wife's family who emigrated to Australia in 1838, departing on the ship Lady Kennaway from Leith Roads, Scotland on 19 April 1838 and arriving at Sydney on 11 August 1838, with 283 immigrants and 5 cabin passengers. Sarah was aged 15 on the passenger list, and gave her occupation as House Maid, and with 5 siblings. ^[2] The IFHAA Shipping Pages document also contains the Surgeon's interesting report on conditions on the Lady Kennaway a ship of 583 tons. ^[3] The Passenger list also indicates she and all the family were born in Edinburgh.

Sarah married Thomas Mc Kechnie in 1839 at Scots Church (Presbyterian) Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. ^[4]

She died, aged 28, on 15 December 1851, in Sydney, New South Wales,^[5] in the same year as her last child Sarah was born and died. ^[6]

Sources

1. ↑ Birth: "Scotland Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950," database FamilySearch Sarah Hunter Hunter, 16 Feb 1822; citing Saint Cuthberts, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland, reference 2:18LSJQ2; FHL microfilm 993,529.
2. ↑ Ancestry.com. New South Wales, Australia, Assisted Immigrant Passenger Lists, 1828-1896 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2007. State Records Authority of New South Wales; Kingswood New South Wales, Australia; Entitlement certificates of persons on bounty ships; Series: 5314; Reel: 1291; Vessel: Lady Kennaway.
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3. ↑ History of Australia / ifhaa / ships/ kennaway link not working when checked May 2022!
4. ↑ NSW Government, Registry of Births, Deaths and Marriages Online Index Marriage MC KECHNIE THOMAS and HUNTER SARAH, District JA, Registration No 544/1839 V1839544 73A
5. ↑ NSW Government, Registry of Births, Deaths and Marriages Online Index Death MC KECHNEY SARAH, AGE 28, Registration No 2544/1851 V18512544 102
6. ↑ NSW Government, Registry of Births, Deaths and Marriages Online Index Death MC KECHNEY SARAH, INFANT, Registration No 2545/1851 V18512545 102