Elizabeth Macquarie (1847–1847)

ELIZABETH MACQUARIE was a “foundling” child who lived at the Parramatta Female Factory in 1847 and died there at the age of eight days old. Parentage not recorded because it was unknown.

Timeline

  • Born: 21 March 1847, Parramatta, New South Wales
  • Baptised: 29 March 1847, St. John’s Church, Parramatta
  • Died: 30 March 1847, Parramatta Female Factory
  • Buried: 31 March 1847, St. John’s Parish, Parramatta

Burial Location

  • Unmarked grave, exact location in the parish of St. John’s, Parramatta unknown.

Multimedia

The small building to the left of the big blue doors was the “dead house” at the Parramatta Female Factory. Photo: Michaela Ann Cameron (2014)
The small building to the left of the big blue doors was the “dead house” at the Parramatta Female Factory. Photo: Michaela Ann Cameron (2014)

Sources

  • Parish Baptism Registers, Textual Records, St. John’s Anglican Church Parramatta, New South Wales, Australia.
  • Parish Burial Registers, Textual Records, St. John’s Anglican Church Parramatta, New South Wales, Australia.

Lists

# Child

# Foundling

# Parramatta Female Factory

# Death Place: Parramatta Female Factory

# Burial Place: St. John’s, Parramatta

# Burial Year: 1847

# Grave: unmarked