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Australia / Re: Naughty Anna WARD (nee BEST)
« on: Thursday 08 November 12 06:18 GMT (UK) »
Anna is on my husband's side of the family. Just tried in vain to work out where the 1938 date of death came from, and where I found a reference to her dying in "The City of Sydney".
Some time ago I found on Tas Archives some references to a ship called "City of Sydney". Found it because one of the sailors was named Thomas Ward; no idea which TW he was. (Very unlikely that Anna and Thomas were together by 1838.)
Am obviously clutching at straws to think that she might have died on board a ship.
From reading the James Best letters I suspect that she felt too ashamed to face her father and ask for help, but that he was more than willing to do whatever he could.
Some time ago I found on Tas Archives some references to a ship called "City of Sydney". Found it because one of the sailors was named Thomas Ward; no idea which TW he was. (Very unlikely that Anna and Thomas were together by 1838.)
Am obviously clutching at straws to think that she might have died on board a ship.
From reading the James Best letters I suspect that she felt too ashamed to face her father and ask for help, but that he was more than willing to do whatever he could.