NAA: A1, 1916/12718
Lafranchi, Margherita
Digital copy - 34543
| Occupation as written | Farmer and Hotel Keeper |
| Standardised occupation | AG01: Agriculture - Farming/Land Service |
| Application received | 2 Jun 1909 |
| Application status |
Approved |
| Official | |
| Date of approval or denial | 21 Jun 1909 |
| If rejected, why? | |
| Birthplace as written | Cerco, Canto Ticin, Switzerland |
| Modern country | Switzerland |
| Age on application | 57 |
| Age on arrival in Australia | 20 |
| Port of Departure | Switzerland |
| Port of Arrival | Melbourne |
| Date of arrival | 27 Jul 1872 |
| Name of ship | Somersetshire |
| Voyage | Somersetshire (1872-07-27) |
| Address in Australia | Blampied, Mouint Prospect |
| Address State | Victoria |
| Time at address | 34 years |
| Previous address 1 | Stony Creek, Daylesford |
| Address State | Victoria |
| Time at address | 3 years |
| Married | Widow |
| Children | Yes |
Nine children, seven boys and two girls, all resident in Mount Prospect. |
| Name of reference | Donald McLord |
| Occupation of reference | Member of the Legislature and J.P., Daylesford, Victoria |
| Marginalia description | |
| Police report attached | No |
| Link to other applicant | |
| Literate | Yes |
| Reason | other |
| Other information | She has mislaid her original certificate and says it is important that she knows the date of her naturalisation. |
Margherita's Ship, Somersetshire, was built by Money Wigram & Son's, at Blackwall Yard. It was launched inJune 1867, Tonnage 2,26., Length 284.8 feet., Breadth 41.0 feet., Depth 27.7 feet. Built of Iron. Type: Auxiliary Screw steamer. Barque Rig., Registered: London 1867 - Liverpool 1881 - Liverpool 1885, Number: 56831. Built after the model of the clipper ship ‘Lincolnshire’. The ship is governed by a patent steering apparatus, fixed immediately before the mizzen-mast. The compass is fitted on a peculiar erection, and is at least twelve feet distant from any iron. Cost over £70,000 to build.