Jemima Lear (1824)

Born 1824 in Gloucestershire, England

Ancestors

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Biography

Jemima was born about 1824. She was the daughter of Samuel Lear and Mary Fisher. In 1848 She emigrated to New South Wales, Australia with her sister Priscilla on the Castle Eden. Her calling was listed as kitchen maid^[1]

1841 Census

Jemima, aged 15, was living at Guernsey Cottage, Bath Rd, Cheltenham , Gloucestershire with her mother, Mary, aged 50 and her siblings:Thomas 20 a Painter, Priscilla 15, Jabez 10 and Julia 5. ^[2]

Sources

1. ↑ State Records Authority of New South Wales; Kingswood New South Wales, Australia; Persons on bounty ships (Agent's Immigrant Lists); Series: 5316; Reel: 2135; Item: [4/4786] Ancestry.com. New South Wales, Australia, Assisted Immigrant Passenger Lists, 1828-1896 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2007.
2. ↑ 1841 Census - HO107 353/33 page 2 "England and Wales Census, 1841," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M7MQ-K6S : 24 May 2019), Jemima Lear in household of Mary Lear, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, England, United Kingdom; from "1841 England, Scotland and Wales census," database and images, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : n.d.); citing PRO HO 107, The National Archives, Kew, Surrey.