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Jane Pennington

Female 1848 - 1864  (16 years)


Personal Information

  • Name Jane Pennington 
    Birth 4 Nov 1848 
    Christening 15 Oct 1854 
    Gender Female 
    Emigration 23 Oct 1854  London, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    on the Ship Abdalla 
    Immigration 21 Feb 1855  Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Prison Nov 1864  Darlinghurst Gaol, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • Name: Jane Pennington
      Birth Place: England
      Age: 16
      Arrival year: 1854
      Vessel Arrived In: Abdalla
      Date of Admission: Nov 1864
      Gaol: Darlinghurst
      Gaol Location: Darlinghurst, New South Wales
      Record Type: Description Book
    Death 15 Dec 1864  Redfern, New South Wales, Australia Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Cause: Asphyxia by suffocation by the falling in of a sand bank 
    Newspaper 20 Dec 1864 
    Empire (Sydney, NSW) 
    Burial Camperdown Cemetery, Church Street, Newtown, Cumberland County, New South Wales, Australia Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • Jane Pennington
      Birth Date 1846?
      Gender F
      Death Date 15 Dec 1864
      Age 18
      BDM Death Reg 2213/1864
      Cemetery Camperdown
      Cem Portion Benevolent Asylum Ground
      Cem Row BN12718
      Transcriber Name Wayne Hill
      Other Information
      Sand bank collapsed on Hugh Green and Jane Pennington at the Strawberry Hills. Sydney Benevolent Asylum dead house
      Source: https://austcemindex.com/inscription?id=15761565
    Notes 
    • (Medical):16th & 19th December 1864 Sydney City Coroner Inquest
      Hugh Green age 17 years and Jane Pennington age 16 years came by their deaths by the falling of a sand bank at Redfern upon their bodies, but from what cause we have no evidence to determine and we believe they were immoral characters. Dr Renwick exd and PM ex. Railway Hotel George Street.
    Person ID I2478  FamilyTree1
    Last Modified 7 Feb 2019 

    Father William Pennington,   b. 23 Sep 1808, London, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 26 Apr 1861, Infirmary, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 52 years) 
    Mother Rachel Miles,   b. 1826, Buckinghamshire, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1 Dec 1864, Kent Street, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 38 years) 
    Family ID F733  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart