Miriam Knight Neal

Miriam Knight Neal was born in 1800 at Rochester in Kent, England. Her father was a carrier. She was the first of seven children that we know of, and was christened at Mount Ephraim-Lady Huntingdon's, at Tunbridge Wells in Kent.
She married Luke Knight Vail in 1824, possibly at St Marylebone in London [from her death certificate].
She had eight children that we know of, with two daughters possibly dying in infancy. In 1852, her eldest son Edward migrated to Melbourne with his wife and child. Her eldest daughter Ellen had also married.
Miriam, Luke and their four younger sons arrived in Melbourne on Goldfinder in February 1855.
Miriam's husband died three days after they arrived in Melbourne. Her youngest was only 11 years old.
Miriam died at her son Charles' home in Chapel Street, Prahran in 1873, and was buried at St Kilda cemetery.