Person:Laura Young (14)

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Laura Young
 
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Name Laura Young
Gender Female
Birth? 2 Apr 1848 Greater London, EnglandBorn according to family tradition on 2 April 1848 in London; no official record found
Marriage 1868 Paddington, Middlesex, EnglandNo record of the marriage has been found, but it is said to have taken place in 1868 at Paddington
to William Woodward

The given names of her Border Scots parents are not known. She had an elder sister Charlotte.

Laura's parents sailed for Australia in the early days of the Ballarat gold rushes (1851 to 1857), and no more trace of them has been found. Laura and Charlotte meanwhile were left in the care of their uncle Robert Woodward, who lived in London with estates in the West Country. (Four Founding Families)

References
  1.   Dr. Patricia Whitmore. Four Founding Families: Holland, Lusher, McKenzie, Woodward. (Privately published 1996).