John Nelson

John Nelson
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1851 – 1853 2 years

Born 1851 in Hawstead, SuffolkDied 1853, aged 2

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1850s
Born 1851

Hawstead, Suffolk, England

Born at Hawstead, Suffolk, England; baptised there 6 July 1851
Died 1853 aged 2

Died at sea on the emigrant ship Java between Gravesend and Sydney, aged one year eight months, in an outbreak that killed many of the children on board
Immigrated 24 April 1853 aged 2

Arrived at Sydney from Gravesend on the immigrant ship Java with Elizabeth and their English-born children George, Caroline and Catherine; a fourth child, John, died on the voyage

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