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Chapter 4<br />

Fourth generation 1869 - 1907<br />

Louisa Harrop née Furlong and Edmund Harrop<br />

Louisa Jane Furlong was born on 10th February 1866 at Shicer Gully, near Guildford<br />

in Central Victoria. Her mo<strong>the</strong>r was not quite 16 years old, <strong>the</strong> eldest daughter <strong>of</strong><br />

John Furlong, an immigrant from Mauritius and Sarah Belcher. After her mo<strong>the</strong>r’s<br />

death in 1871, when she was 5 years old, she was looked after by her fa<strong>the</strong>r and her 9<br />

year old aunt, Mary Ann Belcher, with <strong>the</strong> help <strong>of</strong> some <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Italian and Mauritian<br />

neighbours. It is not clear what education she received, but she almost certainly<br />

attended <strong>the</strong> State school at Tarilta (formerly Kangaroo) until old enough to leave.<br />

In 1894 Louisa married Edmund Harrop, a immigrant from Oldham in Lancashire.<br />

Hewasamachinegrinderandpossiblyhadbeenworkingforaminingcompany. They<br />

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