Sarah Jane Cussen, Free Settler "British Empire" 1859

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Baptised at Mylor, Cornwall 23rd July 1848 at Mylor, Cornwall, daughter of Josiah Ball & his wife Elizabeth [Hodge] [From Cornish OPC baptism database]

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Arrived Moreton Bay 9th Feb 1859 on "British Empire" when she was 10 YO.

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The Darling Downs Gazette and General Advertiser (Toowoomba, Qld) 23 June 1864
"Married- On Monday last, by the Revd. J. T. Waraker, Sarah Jane, only daughter of Mr. Josiah Ball, of the Queensland Hotel, to Thomas Cussen, Esq., of Maitland, New South Wales."

Toowoomba Chronicle 19 Dec 1918
Funeral Notice CUSSEN the friends of Mr & Mrs A Pobar are respecfully invited to attend the funeral of their late beloved mother-in-law and mother. Mrs Sarah Jane Cussen, which is appointed to leave her late residence today, Muir-street, this day for the Toowoomba Cemetery.
Date of death in a memorial notice the following year by her daughter Josephine Pobar.

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Darling Downs Gazette (Qld. : 1881 - 1922), Thursday 19 December 1918. [1] PERSONAL. A very old resident in the person of Mrs. Sarah Jane Cussen passed away at her residence yesterday, at the age of 69. She arrived in Brisbane in February 1859 on the old ship British Empire. With her father and mother Mr. and Mrs. Joshua Bell, she went up to Jimbour station where they resided for 12 months. They then came and settled in Toowoomba on the Gowrie Road, and had lived in Toowoomba ever since. The deceased lady had a family of three children, one deceased. Mr. J. S. Cussen and Mrs. A. Pobar, of Toowoomba, are the survivors. The funeral arrangements are in the hands of Hiram Philp.

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Telegraph (Brisbane, Qld. : 1872 - 1947), Monday 26 May 1919. [5] Name of Deceased Proprietor. - Sarah Jane Cussen, late of Toowoomba, widow. Date of Death. - December 18, 1918. Names of Claimants. - Josephine Elizabeth Jane Pobar, of Toowoomba, wife of Arthur Pobar, stock dealer, and John Samuel Cussen, of Ravenswood, labourer. Description and Situation of Land. Resubdivision 2 of subdivision 10 of portion 83, county of Aubigny, parish of Drayton. Estate Claimed to be Transmitted. Fee-simple. Particulars of Will or Otherwise.— Will dated November 9, 1914. Date within which Caveat may be Lodged. - July 1, 1919.

• Residence: 1851 - Budock, Cornwall, England
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