A Newman Family History » Mary Jane http://newmanfamilyhistory.com/blog From Sylvan Surrey to Babylon Sun, 17 May 2009 19:46:41 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 The Stickens http://newmanfamilyhistory.com/blog/45/the-stickens/ http://newmanfamilyhistory.com/blog/45/the-stickens/#comments Fri, 01 May 2009 15:43:58 +0000 Admin http://newmanfamilyhistory.com/blog/?p=45 Todays new extract from the Newman family history website comes from the Distaff & families descended from Newmans section.

Between 1850-1900 the population of Australia rose from 405,000 to 3.7 million, the majority of whom came from emigrants from the British Isles.

Between 1850-1900 the population of Australia rose from 405,000 to 3.7 million, the majority of whom came from emigrants from the British Isles. One of these was Mary Jane Newman (1851-1905), eldest surviving daughter of Samuel John Newman (1826-1886) and Mary Jane Pollard. At the age of 17 she undertook the fourteen week voyage, probably disembarking at Melbourne in March 1868.

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