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Ann (Walsh) Hunt (abt. 1795 - 1863)

Ann Hunt formerly Walsh
Born about in Hillsborough, Co Down, Irelandmap
[sibling(s) unknown]
Wife of — married about 1808 in Hillsborough, Co Down, Irelandmap
Descendants descendants
Died at about age 68 in Blackwood St, North Melbourne, Victoria, Australiamap
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Biography

Transcript of Ann's Immigration Record...
Ship 'Garrow' left Belfast 9 Nov 1838, arriving in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia on the 2nd March 1839.
HUNT: James, Hillsboroughtown Co Down, s/-Francis, flax dresser, same place and Rose McInnis, wife, of same place. James , farmer 43 yrs old, health very good, C of E, reads and writes. No complaints.
HUNT: Annie, Hillsboroughtown, Co Down, D/- James Walsh, farmer, same place and Cath Martin his wife. Annie dairy woman, 40 (2) yrs health very good, Protestant, no complaints.
CHILDREN: Annie 22yrs July 1839; Mary 17 yrs April 1838: Margaret 7 yrs July 1838.
None listed on sick list.

The shipping gives gives Ann a birth year of around 1798/1799 - but they probably played down their ages a little for employment prospects.

DEATHS in the District of North Melbourne in the Colony of Victoria, Registered by: Garrett Flood Nagle, No: 232 (BDM no 8928) When & where Died: Twenty second November 1863, Blackwood Street
Usual Place of Residence: ....
Name and Surname: Ann Hunt
Occupation: Domestic
Sex and Age: Female, 68 years
Cause of Death: Old Age, Exhaustion
Duration of last Illness:
Legally qualified Medical Practitioner by whom certified: Dr Frame
And When he last saw Deceased: 21st November 1863
Name and Surname of father and mother (maiden name if known) with occupation: James Walsh, farmer; Sarah Walsh formerly Martin
Signature, Description and Residence of Informant: Ann Hunt, Daughter, Blackwood Street
Signature of Registrar, Date, and Where Registered: G F Nagle, Twenty fourth November 1863, North Melbourne
IF BURIAL REGISTERED When and where Buried: Twenty third November 1863, Melbourne Cemetery
Undertaker by whom Certified: Henry Allison Name and Religion of Minister, or names of Witnesses of Burial: J. Purvis
Where Born, and how long in the Australian States, stating which: Hillsborough Co Down, 14 years in Victoria
IF DECEASED WAS MARRIED
Where: Hillsborough
and at what Age: 15 years
and to Whom: James Hunt
Issue, in order of Birth, the Names and Ages: Ann 44, Mary 38, Margaret 27, Thomas, Francis, James, Eliza, Margaret

The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1957) Monday 23 November 1863 p 8 Family Notices Funeral Notice.
The Friends of the late Mrs. ANN HUNT (widow of the late Mr. James Hunt), of Blackwood Street, Hotham, are respectfully invited to follow her remains to the place of Interment, Melbourne General Cemetery. The funeral will leave her late resldence, Blackwood-stree, THIS DAY, Monday, 23rd November, at 4 o'clock.
HENRY ALLISON, undertaker, Victoria-street West Melbourne

Sources

  • *Copy of document referenced in the New South Wales State Archives & Records, online, Index to Miscellaneous Immigrants, Reels, 2654, 1301, page 258, items [4/4780], [4/4842], Series NRS 5313, 5314

Garrow, HUNT, James, 43, wife 40; farmer
Garrow, HUNT, John, 40, wife 40; flax dresser

  • Death Certificate, Copy of original document downloaded from Births, Deaths & Marriages, Department of Justice, Victoria, 1863, no 8928, in possession of Christine (Parish) Randall
  • Transcript from newspaper online, The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1957) Monday 23 November 1863 p 8, digitalized at TROVE, National Library of Australia




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