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BURNS, Sarah Jane

12 December 1879 – 26 November 1964

Origin Dumfries, Scotland
Accompanying Family Grace, Bertha & Jean
First settled in Albany-Nornalup, WA
Original Occupation Tailor
Occupation in Australia Domestic & Seamstress

VEDIC

Arrival Year 1928

Albany

ALBANY panel

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Sarah migrated from Scotland with her three daughters. The Salvation Army helped with fares. After she had sold her cottage in Kirkton. Grace, Bertha & Jean all worked in domestic service until their marriages. Sarah married Thomas Thistleton from Bassendean in 1939.

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