FOX, Mary Ann

Mary Ann Fox was the mother of Mary Anne Louisa Fox and was a witness at the inquest.   VPRS 24/P Unit 38 1856/108 Mary Anne Louisa Fox Inquest held at Canadian Gully on the body of Mary Anne Louisa Fox 31 July 1856 From the effects of peurus arric ?? deceased on the 21st…

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FOX, Mary Harriet (child)

VPRS 24/PO Unit 38 1856/105 Mary Harriet Fox 28 July 1856 Inquest held at Ballarat on the body of Mary Harriet Fox Before George Clendinning Coroner Jury George Humphrey Edward Madigan John Meldrum?? William Rudolph Thomas Stemper Augustus Frederick Matow?? Joseph Huddart Isaac Abrahams George Blackburn Francis Brophy George William Darling Graham Carrick Natural causes…

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FARTHING, Elizabeth

VPRS 24/PO Unit 30  Item 60  Eliz Farthing  Inquest held on 25 July 1855 Witness – Henry Farthing  The deceased Eliz Farthing was my wife. On Sun night last I and the deceased and 2 other men were drinking together in my tent. I became so intoxicated that I do not clearly recollect much that…

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FLETCHER, Catherine (child)

VPRS 24/PO Box 30  Item 107 Catherine Fletcher  Aged 5 years 1855 Ballarat  Inquest held on 10 Nov 1855 Jurors John Irwin  William Monteath William John Arnold William McBurney Henry Dimond Thomas Santhey x Alexander McCrae Henry Colquhoun John George Thomas Friedrich Wiskins Christopher Thomas Howe James Patterson Rotterdam x Al of Ballarat Witness  William…

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FIELD, Julia

VPRS 24/PO Unit 23 1854/43 Item 43 Julia Field 14 April 1854 Inquest held at Ballarat on the body of Julia Field Death the result of habitual intemperance Jurors Henry Morgan  Thomas Hugh Stanfield John Robert Murray Benjamin Woodcock xx Jackson Barry  John Ivey x Thomas Daniels James McDonald James Wilson  Thomas Coulson Charles Hymes…

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FOX, Catherine

Catherine Fox (aka ‘Mother Fox’) a well known prostitute and brothel owner, engaged in sex work,  and acquired properties ‘on the back’ of the discovery of gold. Catherine was born in Kildross, County Tyrone, Ireland in 1806 to Edward and Margaret Cunningham. She married convict John Fox at St Joseph’s Catholic Church in Hobart on…

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