Fiona67
19-01-2010, 12:29 AM
Hi
If I am in the wrong spot......I'm really sorry
I am looking for Ann Cardwell (aka Mary Ann Cardwell). I know that she arrived in NSW on the Duchess of Kent on 3 Jan 1843. She was 16. That ship left Calcutta 24 Sep 1842, stopping in Madras 18 October 1842 on the way to Hobart and then Sydney. I have found some info (googlesearch) that indicates that she was in the Madras Military Asylum before coming to Australia as an orphan. Ok question time :-) What is the Madras Military Asylum? Why would she be there? How would I find out about her parents if they were in India? I know she married in Sydney and I have conflicting dates of death depending on if she remarried after her first husband died.
Help
Fiona
If I am in the wrong spot......I'm really sorry
I am looking for Ann Cardwell (aka Mary Ann Cardwell). I know that she arrived in NSW on the Duchess of Kent on 3 Jan 1843. She was 16. That ship left Calcutta 24 Sep 1842, stopping in Madras 18 October 1842 on the way to Hobart and then Sydney. I have found some info (googlesearch) that indicates that she was in the Madras Military Asylum before coming to Australia as an orphan. Ok question time :-) What is the Madras Military Asylum? Why would she be there? How would I find out about her parents if they were in India? I know she married in Sydney and I have conflicting dates of death depending on if she remarried after her first husband died.
Help
Fiona