Browse a list of children who were recorded as ‘Orphans’ in the burial register of the parish of St. John’s, Parramatta. This list includes ‘Orphans’ from the Parramatta Female Factory, the Female Orphan School, the later Protestant Orphan School, those who died soon after having been assigned, and others whose death location was unspecified.
Transcribed and compiled by Michaela Ann Cameron.
For an introductory essay discussing the Female Orphan School students featured in this list, see the Create NSW-funded essay “Grievable Lives,” or for a biography exploring the life of one of the deceased students see the Create NSW-funded “Elizabeth Lees: Departed Innocence.”
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ABBETT, Emmola, aged 6 years [Unspecified Location]
ALLNAR, Mary, aged 5 years [Female Orphan School]
ASHLEY, Elizabeth, aged 4 years [Female Orphan School]
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BANFIELD, Elizabeth, aged 9 years [Female Orphan School]
BARKER, Rachel, aged 15 years [Protestant Orphan School]
BARRETT, Ellen, aged 19 years and 6 months [Female Orphan School]
BARRETT, Martha, aged 5 years [Female Orphan School]
BAINBRIDGE, Mary, aged 5 years [Female Orphan School]
BLACKMORE, Elizabeth, aged 7 years [Female Orphan School]
BOURNE, Mary, aged 7 years [Female Orphan School]
BRADY, Caroline, aged 4 months [Female Orphan School]
BRANCH, Mary, aged 7 years [Female Orphan School]
BRIAN, Amelia, aged 5 years [Female Orphan School]
BRIERLY, Zilla, aged 2 years [Unspecified Location]
BROWN, Anne, aged 4 years [Female Orphan School]
BROWN, Margaret, aged 5 years [Female Orphan School]
BROWN, Margaret Jane, aged 4 years [Unspecified Location]
BROWN, Theresa, aged 7 and a half years [Female Orphan School]
BURNS, Mary Ann, aged 10 years [Female Orphan School]
BUSH, Ann, aged 3 months, “found in the bush” [Female Factory]
BUTLER, John, aged 1 year and 3 months [Female Factory]
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CABINETT, Jane, aged 4 years [Unspecified Location]
CADMAN, Margaret, aged 13 years [Female Orphan School]
CALLIGAN, Susan, [no age recorded] [Female Orphan School]
CARLY, Catherine, aged 3 years [Female Orphan School]
CARNEY, James, aged 4 years [Female Orphan School]
CARTY, Ann, aged 4 years [Female Orphan School]
CALLICOR, Anne, aged 10 years [Female Orphan School]
CAMPBELL, Louisa, aged 8 years [Female Orphan School]
CARR, Ellen, aged 8 years [Female Orphan School]
CHILVERS, Epaulina ‘Happy’, aged 7 years [Female Orphan School]
CHILVERS, Sarah, aged 5 years [Female Orphan School]
COATES, Mary Ann, aged 5 years [Female Orphan School]
COLESON, Elizabeth, aged 15 years [Recently-Assigned Former Pupil, Female Orphan School]
CONNOR, Mary, aged 7 years [Female Orphan School]
CONROY, Bridget, aged 6 years [Female Orphan School]
CONROY, Sarah, aged 3 years [Female Orphan School]
CROWLEY, Mary Ann, aged 5 years [Female Orphan School]
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DAVIS, Ellen, aged 7 years [Female Orphan School]
DAVIS, Louisa, aged 5 years [Female Orphan School]
DOWLING, Eliza, aged 5 years [Female Orphan School]
DOYLE, Susannah, aged 9 years [Female Orphan School]
DUGGAN, Harriet, aged 8 years [Female Orphan School]
DWYER, Mary, aged 6 years [Female Orphan School]
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EMMERSON, Emma, aged 8 years [Female Orphan School]
EVANS, Margaret, aged 10 years [Female Orphan School]
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FAGAN, Lucy, aged 9 months [Female Factory]
FENTING, Catherine, aged 7 years [Female Orphan School]
FLINN, Elizabeth, aged 8 years [Female Orphan School]
FLOOD, Rose, aged 7 years [Female Orphan School]
FOLEY, Margaret, aged 5 years [Female Orphan School]
FOULSON, Jane, aged 2 years [Female Orphan School]
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GAFFY, Anne, aged 6 years [Female Orphan School]
GARDINER, Mary Ann, aged 12 years [Female Orphan School]
GILBERT, Isabella Jane, aged 7 months [Female Orphan School]
GILLESS, Collin, aged 3 years [Female Orphan School]
GILLIES, Christiana, [no age recorded] [Female Orphan School]
GILLIES, Christiana, aged 8 years [Female Orphan School]
GREEN, Mary, aged 2 years [Female Orphan School]
GUTTERY, Bridget, aged 9 years [Female Orphan School]
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HAINES, Sarah, aged 6 years [Female Orphan School]
HALL, Ann, aged 17 years [Female Orphan School]
HAMILTON, Agnes, aged 6 years [Female Orphan School]
HAMILTON, Frances, aged 4 years [Female Orphan School]
HARRIS, Rebecca, aged 20 years [Female Orphan School]
HARRY, Catherine, aged 4 and a half years [Female Orphan School]
HART, Charles, aged 2 years [Female Orphan School]
HEGIN, Catherine, aged 7 years [Female Orphan School]
HENNETT, Mary, aged 5 years [Female Orphan School]
HILL, Esther, aged 8 years [Female Orphan School]
HINES, Sarah Ann, aged 8 years [Female Orphan School]
HOE, George, aged 8 months [Female Orphan School]
HOSTINGS, Sarah, aged 10 years [Female Orphan School]
HOWE, Rebecca, aged 4 and a half years [Unspecified Location]
HURNE, Mary Anne, aged 6 years [Female Orphan School]
HUTTON, Margaret, aged 6 years [Female Orphan School]
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INGRAM, Margaret, aged 4 years [Female Orphan School]
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JINKS, Ann, aged 12 years [Female Orphan School]
JOHNSON, Catharine, aged 4 years [Female Orphan School]
JOHNSON, Sophia, aged 5 years [Female Orphan School]
JOYCE, Mary Ann, aged 8 years [Female Orphan School]
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KELLY, Catherine, aged 2 years [Female Orphan School]
KELLY, Mary, aged 9 years [Female Orphan School]
KING, Eliza, aged 6 years [Female Orphan School]
KIRBY, Elizabeth, aged 6 years [Female Orphan School]
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LADE, Elizabeth, [no age recorded] [Female Orphan School]
LAUGH, Ellen, aged 6 years [Female Orphan School]
LAWS, Mary Ann, aged 4 years [Female Orphan School]
LAWTON, Ellen, aged 6 years [Female Orphan School]
LEACHAM, Mary Ann, aged 7 years [Female Orphan School]
LEE, Ellen, aged 10 years [Female Orphan School]
LEES, Elizabeth, aged 17 years [Female Orphan School]
LINAGAN, Sarah, aged 12 and a half years [Female Orphan School]
LINCH, Bridget, aged 8 years [Female Orphan School]
LITTLE, Mary, aged 4 years [Female Orphan School]
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MACQUARIE, Elizabeth, aged 8 days [Female Factory]
MALONEY, Catherine, aged 8 years [Female Orphan School]
MARTIN, Mary, aged 3 years [Female Orphan School]
MARTIN, Sarah, aged 3 years [Female Orphan School]
McCANN, Eliza, aged 6 and a half years [Female Orphan School]
McCOLISH, Mary, aged 6 years [Female Orphan School]
McDONALD, Bridget, aged 4 years [Female Orphan School]
McGLORON, Margaret, aged 4 years [Female Orphan School]
McGREGOR, Mary Ann, aged 14 years [Female Orphan School]
McINTOSH, Eliza, aged 10 years [Female Orphan School]
McLOWRY, Mary, aged 4 years [Female Orphan School]
MEALIN, Catherine, aged 5 and a half years [Female Orphan School]
MIGHT, Mary Ann, aged 9 years [Female Orphan School]
MILLER, Jane, aged 4 years [Female Orphan School]
MINCH, Jane, aged 9 years [Female Orphan School]
MOLLOY, Mary, aged 6 years [Female Orphan School]
MONKS, Sarah, aged 5 years [Female Orphan School]
MOORE, Malachi, aged 6 years [Female Orphan School]
MURPHY, Margaret, aged 4 years [Female Orphan School]
MURRAY, Bridget, aged 13 years [Female Orphan School]
MURRAY, Elizabeth, aged 3 years [Unspecified Location]
MURRAY, Mary Ann (aka Mary Ann YOUNG), aged 3 years [Female Orphan School]
MURTAGH, John, aged 12 months [Female Orphan School]
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NEALE, Mary, aged 3 and a half years [Female Orphan School]
NEIL, Margaret, aged 3 years [Female Orphan School]
NEIL, Mary Ann, aged 4 years [Female Orphan School]
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O’BRIEN, Mary Ann, aged 6 years [Female Orphan School]
OTHAM, Charles, aged 2 years [Female Orphan School]
OTHAM, Elizabeth, aged 6 years [Female Orphan School]
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PARSONS, Elizabeth, aged 11 years [Female Orphan School]
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[none recorded]
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RHODES, William, aged 18 months [Female Orphan School]
RIDEOUT, Rebekah, aged 8 years [Female Orphan School]
RIGLEY, Elizabeth, aged 8 years [Female Orphan School]
ROACH, Joseph, aged 3 years [Female Factory]
ROBERTS, Mary Ann, aged 11 months [Female Orphan School]
ROOKE, Margaret, aged 5 years [Female Orphan School]
ROWEN, Ann, aged 3 years [Unspecified Location]
RUE, Mary Ann, aged 6 years [Female Orphan School]
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SCOTT, Mary, aged 7 years [Female Orphan School]
SHAY, Johanna, aged 5 years [Female Orphan School]
SHELLETOE, Jane, [no age recorded]
SILK, Sarah, aged 7 years [Female Orphan School]
SIMON, Eleanor Jane, aged 7 years [Female Orphan School]
SMITH, Ann, aged 4 years and 6 months [Female Orphan School]
SMITH, Julia, aged 4 years [Female Orphan School]
SMITH, Kaven, aged 11 months and 17 days [Unspecified Location]
SMITH, Mary, aged 4 and a half years [Female Orphan School]
SULLIVAN, Eliza, aged 5 years [Unspecified Location]
STEWART, Letitia, aged 14 years [Female Orphan School]
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THOMAS, Ann, aged 4 years [Female Orphan School]
TIMMS, Mary Ann, aged 8 years [Female Orphan School]
TITUM, Timothy, aged 2 years [Unspecified Location]
TODD, Mary Ann, aged 3 and a half years [Female Orphan School]
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[none recorded]
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[none recorded]
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WAINWRIGHT, Phoebe, aged 3 years [Female Orphan School]
WARD, Mary, aged 5 weeks [Unspecified Location]
WELSH, Ann, aged 4 years [Female Orphan School]
WELSH, Ann, aged 6 years [Female Orphan School]
WELSH, Ellen, aged 7 years [Female Orphan School]
WELSH, Letitia, aged 5 years [Female Orphan School]
WEST, Mary Ann, aged 5 years and 6 months [Female Orphan School]
WHITE, Amy, aged 4 years [Unspecified Location]
WHITE, Hannah, aged 7 years [Unspecified Location]
WHITE, Mary Ann, aged 8 years [Female Orphan School]
WICKS, Sarah, aged 8 years [Female Orphan School]
WILLIAMS, Margaret, aged 10 and a half years [Female Orphan School]
WILLIAMSON, Elizabeth, aged 4 and half years [Female Orphan School]
WINDER, Mary Dorcas, aged 4 years [Female Orphan School]
WOOD, Louisa, aged 9 years [Female Orphan School]
WRIGHT, Ann, aged 9 years [Female Orphan School]
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[NO SURNAME], Eliza, aged 4 months [Female Factory]
UNIDENTIFIED: ‘a female Infant found drowned,’ supposed age 1 day, [Location Unspecified]
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[none recorded]
Z
[none recorded]
CITE THIS
Michaela Ann Cameron, “St. John’s Orphans Dataset,” St. John’s Online (Version 1.0, 2018), https://stjohnsonline.org/burials/dataset/orphans/, accessed [insert current date]
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