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Charles deserted from a French Whaler the 'Harmony' in 1836. He walked to Perth with Charles Langoulant. Married 3 November 1841. Caroline was apprenticed to Charles Harper at Toodyay. Caroline is listed as being brought out by the Children's Friend Society but she came with her father the Reverend Nathaniel Jackson and her mother Harriet Jackson. Her father was an Anglican Minister at Albany. He befriended her future husband Charles Tondut. Her fiance William Page attempted to murder her in August 1839 (the story of the court case is in the book - 'The Children's Friend Society'. Charles had a vineyard in South Perth called 'Clydesdale Park'. Caroline died 7 August 1887 and Charles died at South Perth 21 June 1898. Further Reading: 'The Children's Friend Society' and 'That The Way it Was' Elizabeth Dyson.

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