VICTOR & FRANCES
Victor and Frances arrived in Sydney aboard the "Petrel" on 19 November 1849,
with their two eldest children - Victor E, then aged two, and Fanny, who is
listed on
the shipping records as an infant, (under 12 months.)
These records also list Victor as a schoolmaster from Sunbury, Middlesex and
Frances as his wife, from Sydenham, Kent. The most recent place of residence
of the couple is listed as Dalston, Middlesex. Their religion was C of E., and
both could
read and write.
They eventually settled in Mount Barker, South Australia, where Victor had
various jobs
as a printer, teacher and newspaper proprietor. Their only daughter, Fanny, later
married
her cousin, Wickstead Charles, son of Edmund and Sophia Barton.
Victor is buried in Blakiston, S.A.
Census notes On the 1841 census
there is Victor Dumas, age 30, tutor, in Ousden, Suffolk - born
out of county.
Considering he didn't marry until 1844 - this is quite possibly the same Victor.