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Note:
The following has been extracted from notes written by Jean R Smith in 1996.
Anna Maria was a milliner by trade and arrived in Australia in March 1864 on the ship "Compeer". In December of that year she married Henry. She was supposedly to be a ward of his father's, the "Judge ??". She was born in Rathdrum, Cty Wicklow, Ireland about 1838 to samuel George Evans and Isabella O'Malley. Her father was a civil engineer. It was always said she came from Wales. Probably her father did, but her mother was Irish. Stories I have heard of her she was always helping other people. She died at a small house in Northcote in 1903 (I have photo). Both her and her husband are buried at Coburg Cemetery in the Methodist section of the old part. There was no headstone so in 1993 I had a plaque put there from all their descendants.
Family Stories:
1. It was always claimed she came from "Blue Blood", but her papers to prove same were burnt in a fire at Kilmore.
2. She was a cousin to Robert O'Hara Burke the explorer.
3. She was a cousin to Lord Hopetown the first governor of Victoria.
So far I have not come up with any proof, but I did discover that Lord Hopetown was related to the Burke's on his mother's side and the O'Malleys and the Burke's are related far back. I am still working on these. I do not disbelieve them. Knowing my grandfather so well and his sister, Aunt Olive, I believe they were telling the truth as they had been told. It's up to me to prove it all. KEEP SEARCHING
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