Arrived with her sister Catherine. Bessie married widower John Peters Okely on 7/1/1855. They had 5 children: Thomas Charles, Christopher Wiperman, Arabella Jane, Francis and Edward.
Other Details
John Okely was a colonial who arrived in 1833/34, after being born in Bristol. He was a baker, and had previously been married to Caroline Flaherty, with whom he had 8 children. She had died in 1853. he died on 14/6/1884 in Perth.
Death
She died in Perth on 5/11/1906 (aged 74–75), and is buried in the East Perth cemetery.
