Anna Matilda Norcott
Summary
born: 1807 in Hampshire, England
christened: 30 Aug 1807 in Parish Church of Heckfield, Hampshire, England.
husband: Francis Henry Byrne
married: 6 Sep 1826 in Saint Mary Magdalen, Richmond, Surrey, England
parents: Amos Godsill Norcott and Elizabeth Noble
immigrated: 12 Mar 1830 to WA on the Warrior
died: 23 July 1863 at St. Briavels, Gloucestershire, England
Details
Anna Matilda Norcott was born in 1807 in Hampshire, England, and christened on the 30th of August in 1807 at the Parish Church of Heckfield, Hampshire, England.
She married Francis Henry Byrne on the 6th of September 1826 in Saint Mary Magdalen Church, in Richmond, Surrey, England.
Frances and Anna travelled to Australia on the ship Warrior on 12 March 1830, with Anna's brother Charles Norcott. Some sources have the wife of Captain Frances/Francis Henry Byrne as Matilda Harriet Westcott? which is probably a bad typo. Their two children at the time died of dysentry soon after arriving in the new colony.
Anna Matilda and her children departed from WA back to England via Mauritius on 29 March or 1 April 1837 on the ship Shepherd (annouced in the Perth Gazette), while her husband Francis departed the next year in Spetember 1838.
Children
They had the following children:
- Frances Eliza Byrne, b. 1827 in ENG, d. May 1830 in Fremantle, WA.
- Selina Jane Byrne, b. 03 May 1829 in UK, baptised 23 May 1829 in Saint Mary-St Marylebone Road, Saint Marylebone, London, England, d. April 1830 in Upper Swan.
- Ellen, b. June 1831
- Matilda Catherine, b. Mar 1834
- Alicia, b. March 1835
- Henrietta Eliza Douthwaite Byrne. b. 1837. She married 9 Feb 1863 in St George's Church, Bloomsbury, Edm., Augustus Henry Gun Cuninghame, (son of Robert Gun Cuninghame).
- Phillip, b. abt 1840
Records show an Ellen / Annie Byrne marrying William Grigson in 1877, possibly from this family.
In 1841, the UK census lists Frances Henry Byrne and his children living at the Royal Military Asylum in Chelsea, England. In this census, the children Henrietta (4), Matilda (7), Alicia (6), Ellen (10) and Phillip (6 mths) are listed.
Death annoucement of Anna Matilda from the 'The Gentleman's Magazine' of 1863 (v.215 1863 Jul-Dec). She died on 23 July 1863, at St. Briavels, Gloucestershire aged 55.
References
- 1832 WA census
- 1841 UK census