Esther Ursula Aberdein
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Background
Esther Aberdein was born on 27 February 1823 at Moffatt Terrace, Saint Leonard, Shoreditch, Middlesex.[1]
Her name is variously written as Aberdon, Aberden, Aberdine, Aberdein and Aberdeen. Aberdeen and Aberdein appear to be the most common.
Her parents had been married many years before her birth. Marriage Banns were read on 29 April and 6 & 13 May 1798. They were subsequently married on 27 January 1799. Both parents William & Sarah Aberdein had died before she emigrated.[2]
The 1841 Census for Ether Aberdine [sic] places her at 3 York Terrace, Lower Gamble, West Hackney. At this time her occupation was given as “? School”.[3]
Arrival in Australia
Esther Ursula Aberdein, a nurse was 30 years of age in 1848 when she emigrated to Moreton Bay.[4]
Activities prior to 1859
Not much is yet known about Ursula's life in Queensland after her arrival in 1848.
Post 1859
References
- ↑ England & Wales, Non-Conformist and Non-Parochial Registers, 1567-1936 for Esther Ursula Aberdein RG4 Piece 4530 Hoxton Academy chapel (Independent) 1800-1836
- ↑ England & Wales, Non-Conformist and Non-Parochial Registers, 1567-1936 for Esther Ursula Aberdein RG5 Protestant Dissenters’ Birth Registry, 1817-1823, Piece 0096: Cert Nos: G3001-3250 (1822 Dec 19-1823 Mar 12)
- ↑ 1841 England Census for Ether Aberdine [sic] HO 107/700/7 Middlesex - St John Hackney - West Hackney - District 10
- ↑ Assistant Immigrant Passenger Lists 1828-1896, New South Wales, Australia 1848 December Artemisia, Page One
