I've been digging at my Jennings' ancestors for some time, and come back to them a bit recently, having had contact with cousins of varying levels of closeness. Recently
stephanie_klaus found an article or two on someone with the same name as my great great grandfather's sister, and we've both been poking at things to see if it was the right person. She snapped last night and bought a copy of a wedding certificate that confirms that it is the right person, which means that the following is about my great great great aunt Mary Robina Jennings:
( Gorey attempted murder newspaper articles )There's a few more articles, expanding on some bits or others, and a letter from Mary Robina's original employer, denying any immorality on his behalf, that was published in the Argus.
She had a bad run - her mother died at 2yo, her dad at 4yo, abandoned by her first husband, her daughter died, her second husband tried to murder her, and finally died of TB at age 33.
(articles from
Australian Historical Newspapers project at the
National Library of Australia)