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ELIZABETH ANN SPARGO

According to the book "Water under the Bridge" see          Spargo, Robert, 1812 bio
Elizabeth Ann / Fanny 'fits the criteria of the child of Robert and Grace.  


In actual fact, she DOES NOT.

c1838               Elizabeth Ann (Fanny)  Cornwall - yet not showing on 1841/51 census?
                         arrived in Sth Aust on board the "Neptune" on 15 Oct 1853
29 Apr 1854    married Thomas Stodden in the Wesleyan Mission House, Kapunda
                         South Aust......   mc.         (St Catherines House ref 9/324)

●                      Fanny's age is listed as 30 at time of marriage -
                         which means born c1824 and therefore does not 'belong'  to Robert &  Grace
 
●                      She came out to Australia, but not with the family - leaving only 15 days later - 

●                      She is married away from where her 'family' are in Willunga - ie  Kapunda, which would 
                        be a great distance back then, as it still is today.  No parents recorded on her marriage 
                        certificate or the BDM records for  Sth Australia.


 ●                     She does not appear with the family on the 1841 nor the 1851 census for Cornwall.

●                      There is this birth Name: Spargo, Elizabeth Ann
                         Record Type: Births  Quarter: March  Year: 1838
                         District: Truro County: Cornwall  Volume: 9  P: 324  - but this of course, is now
                         proven to be not the same Elizabeth Ann / Fanny as above.
 
                         1841 census Marine Place,1,
                        William Spargo,31,,Stone Mason, In county,.
                         Mary Spargo,,31,,In county,
                         Selena Spargo,,5,,In county,
                         Elizabeth Spargo,,3,,In county
                         Mary Spargo,,15m,,In county,

 

●          Robert & Grace arrived in South Australia - within three months their next child is born named ELIZABETH - why name another child Elizabeth when if this Elizabeth Ann was theirs - and she was obviously still alive - as she went on to get married later?