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I am researching my ancestor Phebe Flarty and would be interested in exchanging primary resources with anyone who has more information on her. I find no primary resources so far for her parents names "John and Mary Flarty" which is often posted in family trees on Ancestry.com I found evidence for Mrs. Hickey owning a "house of ill repute" (ie. brothel/gambling) at the London archives. Mrs. Hickey is associated with the child crime ring that Phebe and William Welch were involved in while living in London before being sentenced to transportation to Australia. Phebe Flarty and William Welch ended up being transported to Australia and had a child together before Phebe had children with marine Richard Podmore whom she ultimately marrried and settled down with. I am descended from Phebe Flarty and Richard Podmore. I can be contacted at bluastbury@yahoo.com.