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Frances Hannah Gunn (1808–1887)

Frances Gunn, no date, by Thomas Bock

Frances Gunn, no date, by Thomas Bock

photo provided by the Historical Society of Sorell, Tasmania

Additional Resources and Scholarship

  • death notice, Launceston Examiner (Tas), 20 September 1887, p 1

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Frances Gunn, no date, by Thomas Bock

Frances Gunn, no date, by Thomas Bock

photo provided by the Historical Society of Sorell, Tasmania

Life Summary [details]

Alternative Names
  • Arndell, Frances Hannah
Birth

10 February, 1808
Hawkesbury, New South Wales, Australia

Death

19 September, 1887 (aged 79)
Launceston, Tasmania, Australia

Cultural Heritage

Includes subject's nationality; their parents' nationality; the countries in which they spent a significant part of their childhood, and their self-identity.