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Rebecca JEFFREY (1819 - 1891)

Children	Self + Spouses	Parents	Grandparents	Greatgrandparents
William Jeffrey WRIGHT (1843 - 1887)	Rebecca JEFFREY (1819 - 1891) + Joseph WRIGHT (1812 - 1876)

b. 1819 at Sunbridge, Kent, England

m. 1843 Joseph WRIGHT (1812 - 1876) at Sunbridge, Kent, England

d. 29 Apr 1891 at Alfredtown, New South Wales, Australia aged 72

Near Relatives of Rebecca JEFFREY (1819 - 1891)
Relationship	Person	Born	Birth Place	Died	Death Place	Age
Father in Law	William WRIGHT
Mother in Law	Sarah WITTE
Self	Rebecca JEFFREY	1819	Sunbridge, Kent, England	29 Apr 1891	Alfredtown, New South Wales, Australia	72
Husband	Joseph WRIGHT	16 Aug 1812	North Moreton, Berkshire, England	04 Mar 1876	Kyeamba, New South Wales, Australia	63
Son	William Jeffrey WRIGHT	1843	Sunbridge, Kent, England	08 Apr 1887	Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, Australia	44
Daughter in Law	Mary Elizabeth GEORGE	04 May 1846	Goulburn, New South Wales, Australia	22 Dec 1881	Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, Australia	35
Grandson	Joseph WRIGHT	1868	Yass, New South Wales, Australia
Granddaughter	Mary WRIGHT	1870	Yass, New South Wales, Australia	1870	Yass, New South Wales, Australia	0
Granddaughter	Rebecca Harriet WRIGHT	25 Jan 1871	Yass, New South Wales, Australia
Granddaughter	Eliza WRIGHT	11 Dec 1873	Yass, New South Wales, Australia
Granddaughter	Ellen Helen WRIGHT	10 Sep 1874	Kyeamba, New South Wales, Australia	08 Jan 1912	Melbourne, Victoria, Australia	37
Grandson	William Jonah WRIGHT	1876	Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, Australia
Granddaughter	Alles Elizabeth WRIGHT	08 Aug 1880	Kyeamba, New South Wales, Australia	13 Jul 1912		31

Events in Rebecca JEFFREY (1819 - 1891)'s life
Date	Age	Event	Place	Notes	Src
1819		Rebecca JEFFREY was born	Sunbridge, Kent, England		71
1843	24	Birth of son William Jeffrey WRIGHT	Sunbridge, Kent, England		71
1843	24	Married Joseph WRIGHT (aged 31)	Sunbridge, Kent, England		71
31 Jul 1857	38	Immigration	Sydney, New South Wales, Australia	per 'Aloe'	71
04 Mar 1876	57	Death of husband Joseph WRIGHT (aged 63)	Kyeamba, New South Wales, Australia		71
08 Apr 1887	68	Death of son William Jeffrey WRIGHT (aged 44)	Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, Australia		71
29 Apr 1891	72	Rebecca JEFFREY died	Alfredtown, New South Wales, Australia		71

Personal Notes:

Rebecca died in diphtheria outbreak helping the Adams family of Alfredtown who lost five children. William Wright came to Australia with his parents, Joseph and Rebecca. Joseph owned and farmed land at Fairy Hole Creek near Yass where the George family also lived. About 1874, William with his family and parents moved to Alfredtown to farm land near Kyeamba Creek. After the death of Mary, then William, Rebecca was left to raise her young grandchildren.

Source References:

71. Type: Book, Abbr: Wagga Pioneers, Title: Pioneers of Wagga Wagga and District, Auth: Wagga Wagga & District Family History Society Inc, Publ: Wagga Wagga & District Family History Society Inc, Date: 2004, Locn: http://www.waggafamilyhistory.org.au/

- Reference = 457 (Name, Notes)

- Reference = 457 (Marriage)

- Reference = 457 (Death)

- Reference = 457 (Birth)

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