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Octavia Hamilton

Eliza Octavia Scrivenor,
born 6 June 1835.
The singer "Octavia Hamilton".
See wikitree.
See entry in tree by Geoff Moon.

She mar 12 May 1851 [her age 15] to Augustus Moon [nephew of Sir Francis Graham Moon, 1st Baronet].
They emigrated to Australia in 1854.
She was a contralto singer in Melbourne, Australia, between 1854 and 1865.
They separated 1862.
She had multiple natural children, apparently from 1864 to 1879.
As well as adultery, she was accused of abandonment of her children.
The scandal over her behaviour destroyed her career in 1865.
She died 1907.
She and Augustus Moon had issue:

1. Walter Graham Moon,
   born 1853,
   had issue:
   1. Cecily Elaine Graham Moon,
      born 1899.
      She mar Kenneth Ralph Turnbull and had issue.

   
   

2. Ernest Frederick Moon,
   born 1859.
   He had issue:
   1. Frederick Graham Moon,
      born 1886.
      He had issue:
      1. Bernard Frederick Graham Moon,
         born 1920.
         He died 2002.
         He had issue:
         1. Geoff Moon.
            DNA match to John Gibbon.

   
   

3. Edith Rose Millicent Moon,
   born 1861.
   She mar 1881 to Francis Fiddey Bainbridge.
   They had issue:
   1. Francis Chaucer Bainbridge,
      born 1888,
      had issue:
      1. Geoffrey Proctor Bainbridge,
         born 1930,
         had issue:
         1. Emma Flavel.
            DNA match to John Gibbon.

   
   

Octavia Hamilton (only age 18) announces a concert in The Argus (Melbourne), 28 Apr 1854.

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Sources yet to be consulted

• The rise and demise of Octavia Hamilton: a study of colonial celebrity and scandal. Patricia Kennedy, MA, UNSW, 2017.

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• Octavia Hamilton in A biographical register of Australian colonial musical personnel.

• Octavia Hamilton in Moon genealogy by Michael Moon.

• Octavia Hamilton post in blog by Allister Hardiman.