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Record #5462

Name :: : Mabel Margaret Mary OFFEN (1920 - )
Father: :
Mother: :

BMD and other details

Date of Birth: : 28 Jan 1920 Notes : Source: Fairbridge Kids
Marriage (1): :
Marriage (2): :
Date of Death: :

Abode (1) : Place of BirthEngland, Kent, Canterbury

Abode (2) : Place of Death / Burial

Sailing Information

Date of Arrival: : Nov 1929 Notes : Corrected from Dec 1929 (per
Country: : Australia
Ship: : Ballarat
Placement Family: :

Homes / Agencys

Institution (GB): :
Agency: : Fairbridge Homes

NotesA birth registration was found for Mabel M M Offen: Mother's Maiden Surname: Amos; Date of Registration: Jan Feb Mar 1920; Registration district: Canterbury; Registration county: Kent; Volume Number: 2a; Page Number: 2307.

In 1929, Mabel M. M. Offen, 9 (along with brother, Horace W. J. Offen, 12) arrived at Fremantle, Australia, in a group of 37 children from the Child Emigration Society, Strand, London, England. She was placed in Nelson Cottage at Fairbridge Farm School, Fremantle, Australia.

Update 12.09.15 from mollipops1

ContributorsCreated : 2009-03-07 11:34:33 / From original database

Additional Contributions from : mollipops1

, Pinjarra1929

Last Updated : 2022-01-30 21:07:09 / alanmack

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Readers Comments30.01.22 Pinjarra1929

:
Would there be a way to find out how long her sailing was? Because my grandad Reginald Stanley Colville Hallewell was also2929 on Largs Bay. I think I found an online record on a Fairbridge site said it took one month, left may arrived Freemantle June 29th on 1929.

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ID	Name	DOB	Place of birth	Arrivals & Ships	Dest.	Agency	Family links
5461	OFFEN, Horace William Jesse	1917	ENG, KEN, Canterbury	Nov 1929 : Ballarat	AUS	Fairbridge Homes
5462	OFFEN, Mabel Margaret Mary	1920	ENG, KEN, Canterbury	Nov 1929 : Ballarat	AUS	Fairbridge Homes

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