Mary Amelia Barnes - Woolwich>Balmain AU>Petersham
Mary Amelia Barnes was born in Woolwich, Kent, England in about 1850. She went to Sydney Australia on the ship the "Winifred" in 1856 with a Mary A. Barnes age 35 (her mother?) and three siblings -- George born about 1842, Selina born about 1845 and John born about 1852. If anyone has any information about this Barnes family or Mary Amelia's father's and mother's names please let me know. I am particularly interested in why Mary Amelia's father didn't accompany them to Australia. Perhaps he went ahead.
Mary Amelia Barnes married my great great uncle, Christian Schott in Balmain (NSW) Australia in 1871. They had two sons, Alfred Louis Schott born in 1873 and Edward George Schott born in 1875. Christian died in 1875 and eventually Mary Amelia and her sons went to live in Petersham. If anyone has any information about any Schott families in Petersham, Australia, please reply.
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Re: Mary Amelia Barnes - Woolwich>Balmain AU>Petersham
Deborah Jesson 3/02/03