John Nelson

John Nelson
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1851–1853 · 2 years old

Born 1851 in Hawstead, Suffolk, EnglandDied 1853

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Born 1851

Hawstead, Suffolk, England

Born at Hawstead, Suffolk, England; baptised there 6 July 1851
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Immigrated 24 April 1853

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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Died 1853

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