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    1. Re: [PJ] Harriet White - Castlereagh
    2.   Hello Carol, Re "Harriet lived on a few different farms west of Sydney" - do you have the names of the farms. That would help, I think. Just coincidentally I too have a "Harriet" buried at Castlereagh who I have tried to research (she had married into my family there) --- but she still remains a very difficult person to trace reliably back to the motherland. I do know tough where she is buried.    Someone (unknown), very unfortunately has interfered with the grave and going there to patch things up is still on my "to do" list.   It looks easily repairable. My Harriet was in colloqual terms, I reckon, the "Saint Harriet" of Castlereagh - who spurred on the local Wesleyan "revival" there. Before she saw the light of salvation she, apparently, was a London street-walker (though unfortunate circumstances - supposedly jilted by some man), lifted a client's wallet I suspect, and got sent to the then considered God-forsaken other side of the world. I know a little about the history of Castlereagh. My Harriet wrote back home to England a lot but eventually all the letters were returned it seems - as the family there refused to accept them.   So the story goes (I myself have seen no letters). Best Regards, John ~~~~~~~~~~ ----- Original Message ----- From: aus-pt-jackson-convicts@rootswebcom To: Cc: Sent:Sun, 14 Jul 2013 14:19:20 +1000 Subject:Re: [PJ] Harriet White - Castlereagh Hi John, Thanks for your interest & your reply. The Aust Death Index lists Harriet White’s death place as Castlereagh which some descendants have read as Castlereagh Street, Sydney. As Harriet lived on a few different farms west of Sydney - around Parramatta, Windsor etc, I assumed the Death Index referred to the district rather than the street. I could be wrong & would be glad to be corrected if anyone knows better. Cheers, Coral Saunders ---------------------- To send a message to the Port Jackson Convicts List, send an email to AUS-PT-JACKSON-CONVICTS@rootsweb.com ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to AUS-PT-JACKSON-CONVICTS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

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