Thanks to all for all the interesting replies on the Parramatta site. our ancestor Margaret Hughes AKA Mary Ann Whalan was sent there in 1830, we have tried long ago to find if there may be some records of her being there but had no luck. Kath ----- Original Message ----- From: "Greg Bugden" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, August 10, 2008 8:24 AM Subject: Re: [AUS-CON] Female factory Parramatta > Thanks Carol, > I was not aware of the location of the building till your post. Your input > adds to my knowledge and to my Honora McCue file. > Cheers > Greg > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Carol Wood" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Saturday, August 09, 2008 4:54 PM > Subject: Re: [AUS-CON] Female factory Parramatta > > >> Hi Greg, >> >> I am also interested in the first female factory but have never been able >> to >> get much information except this below. I don't know that the building >> in >> Parramatta was a Female Factory, probably more like a women's temporary >> barracks. I believe there was also a very early female factory or >> barracks >> somewhere in the city, maybe Macquarie Street, which was later given to >> Caroline Chisholm to house immigrant women. I would be glad to hear from >> anyone who may know something about these two very early buildings. >> >> "Parramatta's Prince Alfred Park was the site of the first Female Factory >> in >> Australia, in 1804. It then moved to Fleet Street and remains of the >> factory, which opened in 1821, can be seen today." >> >> Carol Wood >> >> >> >> >> >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >> quotes in the subject and the body of the message >> > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

Yes Kath, records are very hard to come by. I have never found anything more than a reference in the Colonial Sec's correspondence for my ancestor: On arrival in Sydney, Honora McCue, housekeeper, with "female child" was sent to the "Parramatta Factory" (Colonial Secretary's Index 1788-1825 Nov. 25 1818 ). Greg ----- Original Message ----- From: "Kath Connors" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, August 10, 2008 2:35 PM Subject: Re: [AUS-CON] Female factory Parramatta > Thanks to all for all the interesting replies on the Parramatta site. our > ancestor Margaret Hughes AKA Mary Ann Whalan was sent there > in 1830, we have tried long ago to find if there may be some records > of her being there but had no luck. > > Kath > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Greg Bugden" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Sunday, August 10, 2008 8:24 AM > Subject: Re: [AUS-CON] Female factory Parramatta > > >> Thanks Carol, >> I was not aware of the location of the building till your post. Your >> input >> adds to my knowledge and to my Honora McCue file. >> Cheers >> Greg >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "Carol Wood" <[email protected]> >> To: <[email protected]> >> Sent: Saturday, August 09, 2008 4:54 PM >> Subject: Re: [AUS-CON] Female factory Parramatta >> >> >>> Hi Greg, >>> >>> I am also interested in the first female factory but have never been >>> able >>> to >>> get much information except this below. I don't know that the building >>> in >>> Parramatta was a Female Factory, probably more like a women's temporary >>> barracks. I believe there was also a very early female factory or >>> barracks >>> somewhere in the city, maybe Macquarie Street, which was later given to >>> Caroline Chisholm to house immigrant women. I would be glad to hear >>> from >>> anyone who may know something about these two very early buildings. >>> >>> "Parramatta's Prince Alfred Park was the site of the first Female >>> Factory >>> in >>> Australia, in 1804. It then moved to Fleet Street and remains of the >>> factory, which opened in 1821, can be seen today." >>> >>> Carol Wood >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> ------------------------------- >>> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >>> [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without >>> the >>> quotes in the subject and the body of the message >>> >> >> >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >> quotes in the subject and the body of the message >> > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

Have you tried the Female Factory Index - Parramatta 1826--1848 on microfiche? Regards Lesley Uebel mailto:[email protected] CLAIM A CONVICT http://users.bigpond.net.au/convicts/index.html -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]]On Behalf Of Kath Connors Sent: Sunday, August 10, 2008 2:36 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [AUS-CON] Female factory Parramatta Thanks to all for all the interesting replies on the Parramatta site. our ancestor Margaret Hughes AKA Mary Ann Whalan was sent there in 1830, we have tried long ago to find if there may be some records of her being there but had no luck. Kath