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Jane Reed (Piper)

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Birthplace: Kent, England, United Kingdom
Death: May 29, 1882 (75)
Fitzroy, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Place of Burial: Grave No V521 C of E section, The Melbourne cemetery, Melbourne, Australia
Immediate Family:

Daughter of William Piper and Jane Piper
Wife of James Reed
Mother of Louisa Reed; Jane Reed; Emily Reed; Henry James Reed; Richard Thomas Reed and 1 other

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About Jane Reed

James and Jane Reed immigrated to Wellington NZ in 1842 on the 'Clifton' a ship of 820 tons. Captain: Cox; Surgeon Superintendent: Joseph Hamilton Smyth.

They sailed from London October 2nd 1841 and arrived in Wellington on February 17th February 1842 James and Jane were from Hawekhurst in Kent and were accompanied by their three daughters, Louisa, Fanny and Jane.

James was a Carpenter/Builder. Two sons, Henry and Richard were born in Wellington but in 1853 James decided to move to Melbourne, Australia. James went first and then Jane followed. Its believed that the daughters stayed in NZ and the sons went to Melbourne with them. Richard stayed in Australia and Henry later returned to NZ and lived in Gisborne, Poverty Bay. .

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Jane Reed's Timeline

1806
October 19, 1806
Kent, England, United Kingdom
1827
1827
Hawkhurst, Borough of Tunbridge Wells, Kent, England. UK
1829
March 20, 1829
Hawkhurst, Kent, UK
1831
1831
Hawkhurst, Borough of Tunbridge Wells, Kent, England, UK
1835
November 29, 1835
Hawkhurst, Borough of Tunbridge Wells, Kent, England, UK
1843
1843
Wellington, New Zealand
1848
1848
Wellington, North Island, New Zealand
1882
May 29, 1882
Age 75
Fitzroy, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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Grave No V521 C of E section, The Melbourne cemetery, Melbourne, Australia