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Latitude
-42.5571184
Longitude
146.8344
Start Date
1836-01-01
End Date
1836-01-01

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ID
tba719

Extended Data

DAAO URL
https://www.daao.org.au/bio/amelia-gaynor
Birth Place
Hamilton, Van Diemen's Land (Tasmania)
Biography
sketcher, was born in Hamilton, Van Diemen’s Land, on 15 May 1836, eldest child of George Francis Huston, surgeon-superintendent of the Asylum at New Norfolk (1855-80) and subsequently MLA, and Sarah, née Hawthorn. George Hawthorn was her uncle. On her eighteenth birthday Amelia Jane married, from her father’s residence on Norfolk Island, Lieutenant (later Major) Francis Seymour Gaynor of the 99th Regiment, son of Bryan Gaynor of Killinea House, County Dublin. She died at her father’s house, Frescale, New Norfolk, on 29 April 1860, survived by her husband, a son and two daughters. Her only known sketch is a competent pencil drawing, Home at Norfolk Island , inscribed lower right 'A.J.G. 1854’ (ALMFA). This entry is a stub. You can help the DAAO by submitting a biography. Writers: Stilwell, G. T. Date written: 1992 Last updated: 2011
Born
b. 15 May 1836
Summary
Her sole known sketch is a pencil drawing of her home at Norfolk Island now held at the State Library, Tasmania.
Gender
Female
Died
29 April 1860
Age at death
24