Born before [location unknown]
Ancestors 
Daughter of William Witt
and Sidonia Collins
Sister of
William Witt, Sarah Witt, Phoebe Witt, George Witt, Thomas Henry Witt, Charles Witt and Sabina (Witt) Chalk
Wife of
Thomas Cheeseman
— married
1855 in Victoria, Australia
[children unknown]
Died
after age 72
in Toorak, Victoria, Australia
Profile last modified
| Created 25 Feb 2015
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Biography
Frances was baptised on 5 April 1829 in Hale, Hampshire, England. She was the daughter of William Witt and Sidonia Collins.[1]
Immigration: 14 December 1852 in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Note: records indicate the Bombay left Plymouth on 29 August 1852 with 706 Government Migrants. It arrived at the mouth of Port Phillip Bay on 11 December 1852, but had to wait a few days at the quarantine station until cleared to go on because there was Typhus fever on board. It was allowed to berth in Melbourne on 14 December 1852.[2]
Frances died at the age of 72 on 26 January 1902 at 19 Jackson Street, Toorak, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.[3]
Research Notes
- was in service with the family of Frederic Atkyns, a solicitor, at the time of the 1851 census, along with her brother[HID:][SS:] [Pagelink:]279;Thomas[:pagelink][:ss][:hid]. She emigrated to Australia on the same boat as the Atkyns family, who settled in Melbourne, VIC. Frederic Atkyns died in 1859, and his widow in 1868.
Sources
- ↑ Baptism: Pedigree Resource File Citing: Page: /MM9.2.1/ST46-V43
- ↑ Immigration: Abbreviation: PRO VIC Shipping database Title: PRO VIC Shipping database Paranthetical: Y 04. Citing: Page: Fanny Witt Quality or Certainty of Data: 2 (accessed 29 May 2021)
- ↑ Death: Abbreviation: Argus Title: The Argus: Deaths, Page: 1 Publication: 27 Janury 1902 Paranthetical: Y 20. (accessed 29 May 2021)
- Vic marriage registration #1855/1146
- Vic death registration #84/1902
- FamilySearch ID: MVBS-99H.
- FamilySearch Person link
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