Adelaide Wagg (1860 to 1861) - The fourth child of William (Bill) and Sarah Wagg
Adelaide Wagg was the fourth child of William and Sarah Wagg. There's a possibility that Adelaide was named after one of Bill's sisters who was still living in Norfolk, England...more research required! On 07 October 1860, Adelaide was born at Greenwich. Adelaide's birth was registered by Sarah. This is the first evidence that Sarah was not able to write as her signature is marked as "X". The registration shows the father as William Wagg, ballast man from Yarmouth, and the mother as Sarah Turner, aged 28 from Sydney. Interestingly, the registration shows "Mrs Trickett" was present at the birth - this is probably Jane Trickett (nee Turner), Sarah's sister. William and Sarah and their three girls, Sarah Jane, Mary Ann and Adelaide, appear to have lived in the same area of the lower North Shore of Sydney during this time. On 18 May 1861, Adelaide died from convulsions which she had suffered for 2...