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Agency:
John and Mary Price (Nee Franklin)
Agency Number:
Start Date:
01 Jan 1830
End Date:
31 Dec 1857
Description:
John Giles Price (1808-1857), magistrate and penal administrator, was born on 20 October 1808, the fourth son of Sir Rose Price, first baronet, of Trengwainton, Cornwall, England. Arriving in Hobart Town in May 1836, he took up farming in the Huon River district. On 12 June 1838 he married Mary, eldest daughter of Major James Franklin and the ward of Sir John Franklin, Lieutenant-Governor of Van Diemen's Land.;;
Information Sources:
Australian Dictionary of Biography - http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/adbonline.htm
Functions Performed:
Family archives
Sir John and Lady Jane Franklin (NG279)01 Jan 1836
Series Created By Agency:
NS1004 Correspondence and associated Papers of Mary and John Price01 Jan 183531 Dec 1875