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Grace Dewhurst (Stevens)

Birthdate:
Birthplace: Gulval, Cornwall, England
Death: November 17, 1902 (77-78)
Port Frederick, Tasmania, Australia
Immediate Family:

Daughter of Robert Stevens and Martha Stevens
Wife of Charles Blight and Charles Dewhurst, Convict "Roslin Castle" 1828
Mother of John Lachlan Blight; Robert Charles Blight; Martha Dewhurst; Sarah Ann Dewhurst; Sarah Ellen Blight and 5 others
Sister of Robert Stevens and Mary Anne Stevens

Managed by: Jason Scott Wills
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About Grace Dewhurst

Grave Inscription: In Fond Memory Grace Relict of Charles Dewhurst died 17/11/1902 aged 78 years Them that sleep in Jesus God will bring with him

Grace was a convict on board the Rajah, arriving in Van Diemen's Land in July 1841. The Rajah is well known because of the Rajah Quilt, historic textile which is the only surviving convict quilt made on the voyage from England.

http://rajahsgranddaughter.blogspot.com/

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Grace Dewhurst's Timeline

1824
1824
Gulval, Cornwall, England
1846
1846
Campbell Town, TAS, Australia
1847
1847
Port Sorell, Tasmania, Australia
1849
October 27, 1849
Fingal, Tasmania, Australia
1851
September 19, 1851
September 19, 1851
Launceston, Tasmania, Australia
1853
August 12, 1853
Launceston, Tasmania, Australia
1860
October 3, 1860
Port Sorell, Tasmania, Australia

Tasmania Birth Record - Grace DEWHURST born 3/10/1860 Port Sorell, father Charles DEWHURST, mother Grace STEVENSON