Sarah Ann Wadley, Free Settler”Mansfield” 1832

GEDCOM Note

Sarah Bates/Bakes family moved to Tasmania because of poor economic conditions in .Cornwall. Her Father Thomas Daniel Bakes came to Australia a year before the remainder of the family. His wife Rebecca nee Proctor, died a year after her arrival in Tasmania.. Sarah and her sister had the care of their two young brothers, William and Joseph .Sarah Bates/Bakes family moved to Tasmania because of poor economic conditions in .Cornwall. Her Father Thomas Daniel Bakes came to Australia a year before the remainder of the family. His wife Rebecca nee Proctor, died a year after her arrival in Tasmania.. Sarah and her sister had the care of their two young brothers</line><line /><line>Sarah gave her age as 60, when she married her second husband, William Wood, a widower farmer aged 68 on 19th January 1882, in the dwelling house of Mr. W. Page at Bracknell, according to the Rites and Ceremonies of the Primitive Methodist Church, by Licence. The ceremony was performed by Minister Frederick Sindon in the presence of Louisa Wadley and Joseph Wadley. This may explain the age recorded at death (66)</line><line /><line>Posted 27 Jan 2014 by IONE10