Puah Gardiner

  General Notes:

Named after one of the Hebrew midwives in Exodus

("The king of Egypt said to the Hebrew midwives, of whom the name of the first was Shifrah and the name of the second was Puah" 'When you deliver the Hebrew women, and you see them on the birthstool; if it is a son, you are to kill him, and if
it is a daughter, she shall live (Exodus 1:15-17).'"). The name Puah, comes from a Hebrew root that implies a particular gift of speech. Rashi (R' Shlomo Yitzchaki, 1040-1105, the preeminent Torah commentator) comments that Puah was able to
soothe a crying baby to sleep with her special way of talking. (See http://www.torah.org/learning/women/class45.html)

  Noted events in her life were:

• Religion: Arrived at Sydney 19 January 1838, aboard the barque Layton.

Puah married Matthew Parsons, son of John Parsons and Grace Gardiner, on 3 Mar 1830 in All Saints, Bisley, Gloucestershire England. (Matthew Parsons was born in 1809 in Chalford Lynch, Gloucestershire England, christened on 27 Apr 1809 in Chalford Lynch, Gloucestershire England, died on 20 Feb 1902 in 66 Keira St, Wollongong, NSW Australia and was buried on 21 Feb 1902 in Wollongong Cemetery, NSW Australia.)