Jane Catherine Barron, Free Settler "Sulphur" 1829

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Jane Catherine Barron (Pearson), Free Settler "Sulphur" 1829

Birthdate:
Birthplace: Nether Wasdale,Cumberland,UK
Death: February 23, 1878 (77)
Perth, Western Australia
Place of Burial: East Perth pioneer cemetery
Immediate Family:

Daughter of John Pearson and Betty Pearson
Wife of Edward Hugh Barron
Mother of Jane Barron; Elizabeth Matilda (Barron) Wheelock; Mary Ann Smith; Edward George Barron; Edmund Barron and 5 others

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About Jane Catherine Barron, Free Settler "Sulphur" 1829

The Western Australian Times 15/3/1878

"By the death of Mrs. Barron, which took place on the 23rd ulto., the colony lost the first white woman that ever stepped on the shores of Western Australia; the first possessor of a cow, and the first person that baked a loaf of bread, in the colony."

The Inquirer & Commercial News 27/2/1878

Death of an Old Colonist. On Saturday last another aged colonist, Mrs. Barron, passed away. The deceased arrived here in the transport Parmelia, and was, therefore, among the first settlers that stepped on the shores of West Australia

[Jane actually arrived on the Sulphur in 1829]

Jane is reported to be the 1st white woman to step ashore in the Swan River colony.

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Jane Catherine Barron, Free Settler "Sulphur" 1829's Timeline

1800
November 11, 1800
Nether Wasdale,Cumberland,UK
1824
January 1, 1824
Kent, England, United Kingdom
1825
January 1, 1825
England, United Kingdom
1828
December 14, 1828
Chatham, Medway, UK
1829
September 17, 1829
Perth, Western Australia
1831
August 21, 1831
Subiaco, WA, Australia
1833
August 31, 1833
Perth, Western Australia
1835
1835
Perth, Western Australia, Australia
1838
January 9, 1838