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Name
(FAMILY NAME, Other Names) |
CONGREVE,
Emily |
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Date
of Birth |
~1830 |
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Place
of Birth |
England
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Date
of Death |
28 September
1896 |
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Place
of Death |
Probably
the Adelaide Hospital. Died
of ‘internal cancer’ |
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Place
of Burial |
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Arrived
in South Australia (date/ship etc.) |
Chatham, 1852 |
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Addresses/Dates
in Prospect Council Area |
1857-1861 |
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Addresses/Dates
outside Prospect Council Area |
The family rented a house in Finniss St, North Adelaide for a while Yunkunga, Mt Barker Hackney
at time of death |
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Names
of houses (if any) |
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Parents |
Henry
Congreve and Elizabeth Ann Jacob Henry
died soon after arriving in Australia and Elizabeth Ann died on the voyage |
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Spouse(s) |
N/A |
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Education
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Occupation(s) |
Schoolteacher
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Interests/Activities |
Poet -
published Australian Pen Scratchings
and other poetry Novelist
- Floy; A Tale (published in the
Kapunda Herald 1866-1867) Sometimes
used the pen name Little Jacob (Her mother’s maiden name) Animal
protection |
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Religion/Churches
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Notes
(points of interest etc.) |
She
was licensed as a schoolteacher in 1857 for a school in Prospect Village. This
ran until 1861. Emily
probably assisted her sister Matilda to run schools as well. Also had
a school at Athelstone 1862-64 |
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Sources
of information |
Prospect
Local History Group - Schools in
Prospect (Forthcoming); Newspapers. Austlit
- http://www.austlit.edu.au/austlit/page/A23621
Barbara
Wall, Our Own Matilda, Wakefield
Press, 1994 ( A Biography of Emily’s sister Matilda) |
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