When Emma Masters was born on 28 February 1843, in Gundaroo, New South Wales, Australia, her father, Charles Masters, was 32 and her mother, Philadelphia Payne, was 30. She married Henry James Barber on 19 June 1861, in Gundaroo, New South Wales, Australia. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 8 daughters. She died on 4 January 1899, in New South Wales, Australia, at the age of 55, and was buried in Yass, New South Wales, Australia.
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Gold found in Port Phillip.
End of transportation to Western Australia.
British troops withdraw from Australia.
habitational and occupational name from Middle English (atte) maisteres ‘(at the) master's (house)’, a name for someone who lived or worked there, normally a servant. Compare Master and Masterman , and for the type compare Maidens , Monks , Parsons .
variant of Master , with post-medieval excrescent -s.
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