Faith Cooper arrived in Sydney in 1810 with her parents Robert and Ellen Cooper aboard the Anne. Robert was a soldier in the 1/73 regiment. Faith married John Hearn in 1821. Following his death she married John Matthews in 1823.
In 1827 she placed the two children from her first marriage in the orphan school.
'Matthews, Faith (1801–1851)', People Australia, National Centre of Biography, Australian National University, https://peopleaustralia.anu.edu.au/biography/matthews-faith-27151/text34685, accessed 5 November 2024.
9 March,
1851
(aged ~ 50)
Prospect, Sydney,
New South Wales,
Australia
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