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Elizabeth Beatrice CONNOLLY (1861 - 1936)
Children Self + Spouses Parents Grandparents Greatgrandparents
Mary E DOWNING (1889 - )
 Elizabeth Beatrice CONNOLLY (1861 - 1936)

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John A DOWNING (1848 - 1922)
 Nathaniel Vincent CONNOLLY (1829 - 1894)











Sarah Frances BOLAND (1826 - 1868)











b. 04 Dec 1861 at Carcoar, New South Wales, Australia
m. 29 Nov 1884 John A DOWNING (1848 - 1922) at Tumut, New South Wales, Australia
d. 21 Feb 1936 at Temora, New South Wales, Australia aged 74
Parents:
Nathaniel Vincent CONNOLLY (1829 - 1894)
Sarah Frances BOLAND (1826 - 1868)
Siblings (7):
Francis CONNOLLY
Rose CONNOLLY
Nathaniel Boland CONNOLLY (1852 - 1940)
Christina CONNOLLY (1857 - 1943)
Sarah Millicent CONNOLLY (1859 - 1950)
Hubert CONNOLLY (1863 - 1945)
Edmund Bede CONNOLLY (1864 - 1882)
Children (1):
Mary E DOWNING (1889 - )
Events in Elizabeth Beatrice CONNOLLY (1861 - 1936)'s life
Date Age Event Place Notes Src
04 Dec 1861 Elizabeth Beatrice CONNOLLY was born Carcoar, New South Wales, Australia 63
06 Feb 1868 6 Death of mother Sarah Frances BOLAND (aged 42) Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
29 Nov 1884 22 Married John A DOWNING (aged 36) Tumut, New South Wales, Australia 63
1889 28 Birth of daughter Mary E DOWNING
27 Nov 1894 32 Death of father Nathaniel Vincent CONNOLLY (aged 65) Carcoar, New South Wales, Australia
07 Jun 1922 60 Death of husband John A DOWNING (aged 74) Temora, New South Wales, Australia
21 Feb 1936 74 Elizabeth Beatrice CONNOLLY died Temora, New South Wales, Australia 63
Personal Notes:
The Tumut and Adelong Times 25 Feb 1936
OBITUARY
MRS. JOHN DOWNING
Yet, the old identities of the district join the Great Majority. At Temora on Friday night last, Mrs. Elizabeth Beatrice Downing, widow of the late John Downing, crossed the Rubicon, following on a paralytic stroke, at the age of 75 years. There was no family to the union. Deceased was a daughter of the late Nathaniel Connolly, P.M., of Carcoar. Mrs. Ruth Madigan, Commercial Hotel, Tumut, a niece, was also an adopted daughter, being with her foster father and mother, Mr. and Mrs. Downing, when they owned Oxley Station (Mr. Noel Harris'), where they remained for a number of years. Mr. Downing years ago went to Temora as book-keeper to Mr. Jas. Thom, brother-in-law, the leading store of that town and district, and Mrs. Madigan went with them. Three sisters of deceased are living, viz: Mrs. Riley and Miss Christina Connolly (Sydney) and Sister Rose (of the Order of Dominica, New castle) ; and four brothers, namely: Messrs. Nat., Herbert (Carcoar), Frank (Orange) and Dick (Abbot of Downside Abbey, Bath., Eng., all authority on languages and a professor at Cambridge University for some years). Mrs. J. M. Nash (Adelong), Mrs. Sheahan (Jugiong), Mrs. Will. Thom (Temora) are sisters-in-law, and Messrs. Michael, Charlie, Matt, and Fred. Downing, Tumut, brothers-in-law. The funeral was held on Saturday last, the remains being laid to rest in the Roman Catholic portion of the Temora Cemetery, Rev. Fr. Slattery conducting the service at the graveside. Amongst the local mourners were Mrs. Madigan, Mrs. Nash, Messrs. Michael, Matt, and Fred. Downing. Mrs. Scott, "Milong," Young, sister of Mrs. Madigan, was nursing Mrs. Downing during her illness and seeing that the end was approaching 'phoned Mrs. Madigan as to her foster mother's critical state of health, and immediately she left Tumut per car and was present at the bedside when her aunt passed away. The pallbearers were Messrs. Denmond and Ralph Kiley, Matt. Downing jr., Jas. Thom, O'Brien (nephews) and Macauley.
Source References:
63. Type: Web Page, Abbr: Trove, Title: Trove National Library of Australia, Locn: http://trove.nla.gov.au/
- Reference = The Tumut and Adelong Times 25 Feb 1936 (Death)
- Reference = The Tumut and Adelong Times 25 Feb 1936 (Marriage)
- Reference = The Tumut and Adelong Times 25 Feb 1936 (Name, Notes)
- Reference = The Tumut and Adelong Times 25 Feb 1936 (Birth)
This public tree has about 60,100 people. Every person in the tree is related by birth or marriage to at least one other person in the tree - no strays. The people in the tree come mainly from four projects.
  1. My family tree. The original project begun about 1998. ID numbers less than about 6,000
  2. Canberra and Queanbeyan Pioneers. The next 30,000 begun about 2004. Sourced almost entirely from HAGSOC's excellent 'Biographical Register of Canberra and Queanbeyan'. The project began when I decided to add siblings, spouses and parents for a relation with an entry in the Register. 12 years work.
  3. Wagga Pioneers. I moved to Wagga and thought I would extend the Queanbeyan project by adding people from Wagga Wagga & District Family History Society's 'Pioneers of Wagga Wagga and District'. About 10,300 people added over about a year.
  4. Tumut Valley Pioneers. During the COVID-19 pandemic of 2020, I decided to extend the above projects by adding pioneers of the Tumut Valley. Initial sources were Snowden's 'Pioneers of the Tumut Valley' and 'Relict of ... Lives of Pioneering Women of Tumut and District'. Excellent references published by Tumut Family History Group. I've also added material from newspapers of the time - especially, death records, obituaries and weddings from 'Tumut and Adelong Times'. This project is in its early stage and might take a few years. I plan to extend to the upper Monaro (Adaminaby, Kiandra, Cooma, Jindabyne).
I upload new information to this website about every 3 months. My motivation for these projects is to provide public information for people seeking to trace ancestors and what became of them. Much of the information I provide can be difficult to find.
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