Born in Devon, England, United Kingdom
Ancestors 
Daughter of William Dufty
and Grace (Piper) Dufty
Sister of
Betsy Dufty, John Dufty, Mary (Dufty) Heggaton, Grace (Dufty) Nosworthy, Ann (Dufty) Anderson, Esther Dufty, Lydia Piper (Dufty) Newman, Hannah Jane (Dufty) Harvey [half], Samuel Silas Dufty [half], Eva Annie (Dufty) Compton [half], Willam Henry Dufty [half], Sarah Alice (Dufty) Burgess [half], Amy Henwood (Dufty) Conrad [half] and Mabel Emeline (Dufty) Hills [half]
Wife of
James Cannan
— married
1858 in Encounter Bay, South Australia (Australia)
[children unknown]
Died [date unknown]
in South Australia, Australia
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Biography
Martha Dufty was born in 1843 in Devon, England, United Kingdom. She was the fifth daughter of William Dufty and Grace Piper. [1]
The family, comprising parents and seven children, migrated to South Australia (Australia) aboard the Osceola, arriving on 5th April 1851. [2] Her mother shortly after died in childbirth. Her father subsequently married again in 1857 and settled in New South Wales, having at least another seven children.
Martha married James Cannan in 1858 in Encounter Bay, South Australia. [3]
Sources
- ↑ UK FreeBMD Birth Index Sep qtr 1843, vol 10, page 182; registered at Okehampton
- ↑ Ship Osceola, 769 tons, Captain Robinson Waite, from London December 1850 / Plymouth 26th December 1850, arrived at Port Adelaide, South Australia 5th April 1851. transcribed and submitted to The Ships List by Robert Janmaat. first accessed online on the 18th of July, 2021
- ↑ South Australia Marriage Index #35/15 1858
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