BENTLY, Minnie
The Bendigo Advertiser newspaper of Thursday 30 May 1872 confirms that Minnie Bently was engaged in prostitution with other women described as ‘six notorious prostitutes’. Sarah Hawkins, Henrietta Byng, Minnie Bently, Mary Brown, Mary O’Shanassy, and Maria Murray were charged the day before with riotous and disorderly behaviour in a public place. On the application…
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The Bendigo Advertiser newspaper of Thursday 30 May 1872 confirms that Mary Brown was engaged in prostitution with other women described as ‘six notorious prostitutes’. Sarah Hawkins, Henrietta Byng, Minnie Bently, Mary Brown, Mary O’Shanassy, and Maria Murray were charged the day before with riotous and disorderly behaviour in a public place. On the application…
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Henrietta BYNG A Castlemaine newspaper reported that Henrietta Byng was charged with having no lawful visible means of support and sent to gaol for six months. ‘The prisoner, a young woman of colour, having in her arms a baby, wept appealingly at the sentence.’ A euphemism for prostitution, it is difficult to ascertain if Henrietta was…
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Mary (Hill) was born in 1833 at Wendron, Cornwall to Thomas and Elizabeth Hill. She married Thomas Bath in 1851 in the Church of St John, Adelaide. Mary’s husband, Thomas Bath, was born on 18 July 1826 in Cornwall. Thomas came to South Australia with his sister Ann in the vessel Cheapside on 10 October 1847. Ann Bath was a signatory to their marriage making her mark ‘X’.…
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Read MoreBARTLETT, Ellen Mary
Ellen Mary (Trobridge) was probably married to George Bartlett before proceeding to Victoria as there is no record of a marriage that can be found to date, in the Victorian registrations. Rhoda Grace was born to Ellen Mary and George Bartlett on 20 April 1854 and baptised in the Wesleyan Chapel on 2 July 1854 in Ballarat. Her birth…
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Eliza (Chamberlane) married Daniel Bartlett in March 1853 at Buninyong. Eliza was born in Worcester, England. Her husband, Daniel, was born in Plymouth, England. They had a son Henry Bartlett on 24 March 1856 at Ballarat. They had already lost a child when Henry was born. Dr George Clendinning attended the birth. Eliza was 23 years old. Her husband Daniel…
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Sarah Barry was accused of stealing by Issabella Scott and was committed for trial on 6 July 1854. Sarah was possibly the wife of Thomas Barry, a miner in Ballarat who was arrested after the storming of the Eureka Stockade. Thomas Barry was later released without charge.
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