NAA: A1, 1909/6048
Tessier, Pauline
Digital copy - 4118
| Occupation as written | Home duties |
| Standardised occupation | DS00: Domestic service - Domestic duties |
| Application received | 30 Jun 1909 |
| Application status |
Approved |
| Official | |
| Date of approval or denial | 15 Jul 1909 |
| If rejected, why? | |
| Birthplace as written | Brislau, Germany |
| Modern country | Poland |
| Age on application | 67 |
| Age on arrival in Australia | 13 |
| Port of Departure | Germany |
| Port of Arrival | Melbourne |
| Date of arrival | 1 Dec 1856 |
| Name of ship | Alvina Brunby |
| Voyage | Alvena (1856-12-01) |
| Address in Australia | Daylesford |
| Address State | Victoria |
| Time at address | 45 years |
| Previous address 1 | Bendigo |
| Address State | Victoria |
| Time at address | 2 years |
| Previous address 2 | Catherine |
| Address State | Victoria |
| Time at address | 6 years |
| Married | Widow |
| Children | Yes |
4: three sons and one daughter. The sons live in Daylesford, and the daughter in Melbourne. |
| Name of reference | William Ward Jones |
| Occupation of reference | State School Teacher, Daylesford, Victoria |
| Marginalia description | |
| Police report attached | No |
| Link to other applicant | |
| Literate | Yes |
| Reason | other |
| Other information | She writes her reason for applying as "because she wishes to become a British Subject" in an attached letter. |
There is a copy of a handwritten letter from Mrs Tessier requesting a naturalisation form - underneath her signature she has put the address: 'Post Office, Daylesford'.