Hi scallywaggles,
On Ancestry......
1865
Asylum for Destitute Children:Page 33 of 77
HARRIS Cathe.
Admission: Reg No. 899. 11 May 1865, aged 9 years. R.C. From B C Asylum. “Father blind in Liverpool Asylum”.
Departure: Jany 24, 1872, aged 13, Apprenticed to Mrs Martel of the “Bogan”.
HARRIS Margaret.
Admission: Reg No. 900. 11 May 1865, aged 3 years. R.C. Sister to the above. Mother visited for 1st time 4 Jany 1868. Would ?? no satisfactory ?? of herself.
Departure: Sept 2, 1876, aged 13. Apprenticed to Mr. Thomas Healey of Cooranbong.
So, the parents were still alive, when the sisters went to the Destitute Home.
Mary