Ordery Gowen (1778–1819)
Ordery Appleyard (as Awdry Appleyard) (1778-1819) was sentenced to 7 years transportation at the Lincoln Quarter Sessions on 5 October 1798. She arrived at Sydney aboard the Earl Cornwallis in June 1801 and was assigned to Mr Smith at Windsor as a servant. On 1 June 1805 at St Philip's, Sydney she married (as Orderly Appleford) John Gowen, a government storekeeper; both signed the register. They had six children, one of whom died in infancy.
Ordery Gowen died (as Odery Gowen) on 17 October 1819 at Liverpool; her cause of death was given as cancer and her age as 41.
* information from Biographical Database of Australia — https://www.bda-online.org.au — accessed 29 October 2020
Related Entries in NCB Sites
- Gowen, John (husband)
Citation details
'Gowen, Ordery (1778–1819)', People Australia, National Centre of Biography, Australian National University, https://peopleaustralia.anu.edu.au/biography/gowen-ordery-31192/text38581, accessed 27 July 2024.
Life Summary [details]
Alternative Names
- Gowan, Audrey
- Appleyard, Ordery
- Appleyard, Audrey
- Appleyard, Awdry
- Appleyard, Odery
- Appleyard, Arderry
- Appleford, Orderly
Birth
Death
17 October,
1819
(aged ~ 41)
Liverpool, Sydney,
New South Wales,
Australia
Cause of Death
Cultural Heritage
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