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From: "E. A. Roberts" <>
Subject: [NSW-ORANGEBATHURST-L] Re: Eliza Davis
Date: Sat, 20 Feb 1999 20:21:44 +1100


>
> Matthew Michael Ryan married Eliza Davis in c 1856 at Bathurst. Legend
has
> it that Eliza arrived from Ireland on the Red Rover
Unlikely, the Red Rover arrived in 1832 with women from charitable
instutions in Dublin and Cork

and travelled over the
> mountains on a cart.

Possible, but 1850s was gold rush time and not when Caroline Chisolm was
taking cart loads of women into the bush to find them employment

Three possible Eliza Davis arrived as Assisted Immigrants, ( giving rise to
Red Rover story)
Eliza Davis 20 per Lloyds 1850
Eliza Davis 19 per Asiatic 1855
Eliza Davis 21 per washington Irving 1855
Elizabeth Davis 21 per Araminta 1854 detailed records of all these
available at State Records old Archives Office of NSW
She lived to be 103 yo.
Did she actually or was she just very old and very old looking and did not
know her date of birth so accepted the age people told her she was,
newspapers loved to exaggerate old peoples age.

Hope this gives you something to work on

Elizabeth A Roberts
Wahroonga NSW

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