Jessica (Turnbull) Kirwan (1800 - 1882)

Born 20 Jul 1800 in London, Middlesex, England [uncertain]

Ancestors

Wife of Dennis Benjamin Kirwan — married 16 Nov 1818 in Saint Matthew's, Windsor, New South Wales, Australia

Descendants

Died 1 Apr 1882 at age 81 in Sackville, New South Wales, Australia

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Biography

Jessica (Turnbull) Kirwan was born in Middlesex, England.

Jessica (Turnbull) Kirwan has Scottish Ancestors.

Jessica (Turnbull) Kirwan came free to the Colony of New South Wales (1788-1900)

Jessica was born in 1800. She was the daughter of John Turnbull and Ann Warr.

A group of Presbyterian families from Scotland and Northern England emigrated to Australia aboard the ship 'Coromandel' which departed Deptford on 12 Feb 1802 and arrived at Sydney Cove on 13 Jun. They had decided to accept the English government's offer of land grants for free settlers to Australia. Included in this group was the family of John Turnbull, a tailor, his wife Ann Warr, children Ralph 10, Mary 5, James 4, Jessica 2.

She passed away in 1882. ^[1] Her obituary appeared at the time:^[2]

OBITUARY—On Saturday night last, Mrs. Kirwan, of Sackville Reach, passed quietly over to the great majority. She was two years of age when she arrived in this colony, and she was married and died in the same house where she has resided 61 years, and was never at one time more than 50 miles away from it since her marriage. She was the mother of 14 children, of which two were sons and twelve were daughters. At her death was left one son (Mr. Kirwan, of the Richmond Road) and six daughters ; the others having preceded their mother to that bourne from whence no traveller returns. She was 82 years old at the time of her death, and was interred in the family fault at Sackville Reach on Monday last.

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Sources

1. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/155720662/jessica-kirwan: accessed April 14, 2024), memorial page for Jessica Turnbull Kirwan (20 Jul 1800–1 Apr 1882), Find a Grave Memorial ID 155720662, citing Sackville Reach Historic Cemetery, Sackville Reach, The Hills Shire, New South Wales, Australia; Maintained by Stombell (contributor 48335209).
2. ↑ Town Talk. (1882, April 8). The Australian, Windsor, Richmond, and Hawkesbury Advertiser (NSW : 1873 - 1899), p. 2. Retrieved April 14, 2024, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article66359308

See also:

• ECCLESIASTICAL JURISDICTION. (1882, April 12). New South Wales Government Gazette (Sydney, NSW : 1832 - 1900), p. 2050. Retrieved April 14, 2024, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article225734794
• 'Kirwan, Jessica (1800–1882)', Obituaries Australia, National Centre of Biography, Australian National University, http://oa.anu.edu.au/obituary/kirwan-jessica-17199/text28995, accessed 10 November 2017.
• EBENEZER PIONEERS OF THE HAWKESBURY. (1923, April 6). Windsor and Richmond Gazette (NSW : 1888 - 1965), p. 1. Retrieved April 14, 2024, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article85868665