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Australia Resources & Offers / Re: OFFER - Gravestone photos - Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
« on: Saturday 31 October 15 08:12 GMT (UK)  »
The wonderful photos and story that went with them are now safely filed as the concluding pages of a very sad story. Thank you....two small words but expressing a depth of gratitude. Margaret
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Australia Resources & Offers / Re: OFFER - Gravestone photos - Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
« on: Saturday 24 October 15 11:11 BST (UK)  »
Thank you so much :)

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Australia / Re: Sarah Hodgkins death
« on: Saturday 24 October 15 08:02 BST (UK)  »
Oh Cando..Thank you so much. All I wanted to know is what Fred put on her gravestone and now I do.This has been my first venture with Rorschach..Sorry if I got posts in wrong places but have gained valuable information. Thanks again.

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Australia Resources & Offers / Re: OFFER - Gravestone photos - Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
« on: Saturday 24 October 15 07:58 BST (UK)  »
Maybe she is buried under the market then Can do. Will try and make contact with the cemetery authorities as you previously suggested. Thanks.

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Australia Resources & Offers / Re: OFFER - Gravestone photos - Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
« on: Friday 23 October 15 22:09 BST (UK)  »
I have just received a copy if a letter dated 18th December 1854 giving details of our great grandmothers death and burial in Melbourne.  If it is possible to find and photo the grave we would be forever in your debt. The name is Sarah Hodgkins and possibly her baby Mary Ann Eugenie. The letter says Sarah is buried in Melbourne cement,  7 miles from Richmond in grave number 91. The intention was for a tombstone to be erected. Sarah died on 12th December 1854 and had been buried when her husband Frederick writes to break the news to her parents on 18th Dec.
Thank you so much. Margaret

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Australia / Re: Sarah Hodgkins death
« on: Friday 23 October 15 21:56 BST (UK)  »
Hi Cando.The promised letter has come through and I now have answers. Frederick writes a harrowing letter to Sarah's parents. She died in Melbourne. "On Tuesday 12th December (1854) at 10 minutes past 3pm she breathed her last".
The letter tells of her last days and even details of her grave. The cemetery at Melbourne about 7 miles from Richmond grave number 91 which he said would be marked with a tombstone marking her virtues.
Sadly the baby died a month later.
Fred was quelling the gold mining riots at the time if her death.
Thank you for your help.

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Australia / Re: Sarah Hodgkins death
« on: Thursday 22 October 15 14:53 BST (UK)  »
Thank you both. Just heard that the family descending from SarAh's sister Elizabeth may have more evidence of SarAh's death in letters they possess. In her letter home on arrival at Melbourne she speaks of little Freddie  who is George Frederick as she says the birth of the new baby means she now has children (rather than a child)   . George Fred birth is registered under army registration. Cando thank you for the extra info. The reference to Frederick leaving in 1864 was because he was retired unfit to serve through chronic rheumatism. He is retired on pension with a record of exemplary service in 1865 however he and Ann go on to have more children over here. I had no record of the birth of a son prior to their marriage so that is more info gained. Thank you so much. I will look up the links when I have more time tonight
Thank you Margaret for all your help. Will let you both know of anything more I learn once the copy of the additional letters arrive.

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Australia / Re: Sarah Hodgkins death
« on: Thursday 22 October 15 13:19 BST (UK)  »
Have checked all sources I can find and Sarah is not listed. Checked with ancestry who said the regiment would have travelled steerage and there was no compulsion to list steerage, women or children.

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Australia / Re: Sarah Hodgkins death
« on: Thursday 22 October 15 07:18 BST (UK)  »
Should also add that I know she landed in Melbourne as she wrote home telling her parents about the north if the baby on board ship.

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