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FIRST CHILD OF WILLIAM AND SARAH MANWARING |
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JULIE ELIZABETH MANWARING |
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Born: 7th January 1830 |
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Died: 15th March 1859 |
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Married: 6th January 1847 |
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JAMES SKINNER |
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Died: 1882 |
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Julie Elizabeth was the first child of William and Sarah and was born on the 7th January 1830 at Cranbrook. She was baptised in St Dunstans Church on the 7th March 1830. Julie Elizabeth grew up in Cranbrook helping her mother in the home and presumably attending school at Cranbrook. On the 6th January 1847 just one day before her 17th birthday she married James Skinner, the son of Jacob Skinner at Cranbrook. They lived at Hazelden Common near Cranbrook (adjacent to Law Lodge and Sissinghurst Castle). Their first child George was born at Cranbrook on 22nd July 1849. They had another four children, all girls. The exact dates of birth are not known but looking at other records, Marianne was born around 1851, Ellen in 1853, Julia in 1856 and Sussanah in 1857. It is not known exactly why Julie and James did not emigrate with the rest of the family in 1857 but I assume Julie may have been pregnant with Sussanah and that they did not want to risk the long journey to Australia. Instead, they decided to wait and according to the Immigration Deposit Journals, Caroline, Julies younger sister paid a deposit of eighteen pounds on the 10th December 1858 to sponsor James, Julie and their five children to immigrate to Australia to join the rest of the family. The family had references from Reverend W. Peterson, the Church or England Clergyman at Sissinghurst, a small town north of Cranbrook. In these records James is listed as a labourer from Sissinghurst near Cranbrook. Unfortunately, before the time came for their departure to Australia, tragedy struck the family with Julie and eldest son, George contracting Scarlet Fever. Because of increased knowledge of the disease's cause and treatment, doctors no longer regard it as a grave disease but in the time Julie and George contracted it, it was life threatening. Julie died of this affliction on the 15th March 1859. Her son George also succumbed and they were both buried at Cranbrook on 18th march 1859. On Julie Elizabeth's death certificate the cause of death was listed as Scarlet Fever and Violent Delirium. James was present at the death. One can only imagine the grief that James and family felt at this time with both Julie and George gone and the departure date for their journey to Australia growing so close. Three months later on the 7th June 1859, James and his four girls departed Southampton on the ship "Parsee", under the care of Master William Norris and Surgeon John Sebastian Wilkinson and after 95 days at sea arrived at Sydney on 14th September 1859. Little is known about James and family after their arrival in Sydney. Shortly after their arrival in Australia, James took his young family to live in the Molonglo District, south of Bungendore and, although we do not know for sure, it is reasonable to assume that he lived at least initially , with Sarah and William who at that time were settled at Halfway Creek south of Bungendore. In 1872 James was still living in the Molonglo district and his occupation at this time was recorded as 'gardener". It appears that after his daughter Julia married in 1875, James moved to Sydney and worked as a gardener until he died in 1882 of Cancer at the age of 58. He died at Parramatta, apparently alone and remote from any family members.
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