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| Elizabeth Harriet ELWORTHY (1835 - 1855) |
| Milliner |
| Children | Self + Spouses | Parents | Grandparents | Greatgrandparents |
| Elizabeth Harriet ELWORTHY (1835 - 1855) + male DONALDSON |
George ELWORTHY (1813 - 1878) | James ELWORTHY (1770 - 1837) | Thomas ELWORTHY (1720 - 1775) | |
| Mary HODGE (1728 - ) | ||||
| Grace Thirza LEIGH (1771 - 1836) | Edward LEIGH (1750 - 1804) | |||
| Elizabeth HOLDITCH (1756 - 1828) | ||||
| Emma BOWCHER (1810 - 1854) | John BOWCHER (1762 - 1828) | John BOWCHER (1730 - ) | ||
| Deborah CHOWNE (1727 - 1788) | ||||
| Elizabeth TOWNSEND (1772 - 1858) | William TOWNSEND (1734 - 1817) | |||
| Alice ROWE |
| b. 04 Nov 1835 at Exeter, Devon, England |
| m. abt 1855 male DONALDSON at Sydney, New South Wales, Australia |
| d. abt 16 Sep 1855 at Sydney, New South Wales, Australia aged 19 |
| Parents: |
| George ELWORTHY (1813 - 1878) |
| Emma BOWCHER (1810 - 1854) |
| Events in Elizabeth Harriet ELWORTHY (1835 - 1855)'s life | |||||
| Date | Age | Event | Place | Notes | Src |
| 04 Nov 1835 | Elizabeth Harriet ELWORTHY was born | Exeter, Devon, England | |||
| 26 Nov 1835 | Baptism | St Petrock, Exeter, Devon, England | |||
| 08 Jul 1854 | 18 | Death of mother Emma BOWCHER (aged 43) | St Thomas, Exeter, Devon, England | Note 1 | 2 |
| abt 1855 | 20 | Married male DONALDSON | Sydney, New South Wales, Australia | from her funeral notice | |
| abt 16 Sep 1855 | 19 | Elizabeth Harriet ELWORTHY died | Sydney, New South Wales, Australia | ||
| Note 1: FreeBMD Sep 1854 St Thomas 5b 41
Certificate Suffered a mental collapse after the birth of her last child and did not go to Australia |
| Personal Notes: |
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Elizabeth Harriet Elworthy, the eldest daughter of George and Emma, was born on 04 Nov 1835 and baptised on the 26th at St Petrock, the parish in which the Bowchers lived.
Elizabeth accompanied her sister Eliza and cousins Sarah and Asenath on the 'Mooltan', disembarking at Geelong but from that time onward, I could find no trace whatsoever of her in any records. Family legend says she died on 23 Sep 1855, giving birth to an illegitimate child. On a photograph of the headstone of a family grave (Plots 2940 and 2941) at the old Devonshire Street cemetery the name of Elizabeth Harriet shows plainly - yet there is no record of her death in the Registrar-General's Office! Admittedly the headstone does declare "In Memory of the Beloved Children of George & Emma Elworthy", so either she died somewhere as yet undiscovered or else she was dead in her father's eyes. 1841 with Thomas and Eliza Toby, wine and spirit retailers, New Bridge Street, St. Edmund, Exeter. 1851 living at home. Never married. Emigrated to Australia with sister Eliza and cousins Sarah and Asenath on the ship Mooltan. I cannot find a death record for Elizabeth Harriet Elworthy. The only record of a death in 1855 with dad George and mum Emma is Eliza Smith (909/1856). Maybe she married. There is one possible marriage. Elizabeth H Willing married John Smith in 1855. Willing & Smith. Sydney Morning Herald 17 Sep 1855 "FUNERAL.—The Friends of Mr. DONALDSON are respectfully requested to attend the funeral of his late departed Wife, Elizabeth, on TUESDAY MORNING, at 9 o'clock. The procession will move from the residence of her father (Mr. Elworthy, tailor, Pitt-street), at the above hour precisely.— CHAS. KINSELA, undertaker, Goulburn-street." |
| Source References: |
| 2. Type: Book, Abbr: Devon to Downunder, Title: Devon to Downunder, Auth: Bettie Elworthy, Publ: Bookbound, Date: 1997 |
| - Reference = 94 (Name, Notes) |
| 18. Type: E-mail Message, Abbr: e-mails general pool, Title: e-mails general pool |
| - Reference = Gloria Sheehan 14 Jun 2011 (Name, Notes) |
| - Notes: To back up what I found regarding the funeral for Elizabeth, I received the following details from an enquiry I put out on a message board yesterday. It does show that Elizabeth was buried on 23rd Sept 1855 but the SMH funeral notices confirm that her funeral was 18th Sept (a Tuesday) and, seeing that there had also been a previous notice in the SMH on the 17th, I’d say she died about 16th Sept (a Sunday)…..exactly one week before the date recorded here – the 23rd Sept (a Sunday).
I wonder if the burial record was not competed straight away and when it was, the correct day was noted but a week out? Anyway, the information I’ve been sent, and which may well add a few more thin gs to your records, confirms that Elizabeth, George, Charles Henry and Alice Mary were all buried in the old Sydney burial grounds. They were then exhumed (request was Elizabeth’s cousin Asneath Elworthy Roberts) and re-interred in the Roberts grave at Waverley Cemetery. I’ve copied the full email below. Gloria Hi Gloria, From Book Sydney Burial Ground 1819-1901 (Elizabeth & Devonshire Streets) Appendix 2- Re-Interment Register - Congregational Ref 250 ELWORTHY, Alice Mary, Died 14/01/1845, Cemetery Waverley C/E, section , Nr 2940 Exhumation Permit issued to & address Mrs Asneath Roberts, 26 Grafton St., Woollahra. Remarks - with Roberts (Waverley CE or Waverley Gen.) Ref 250 ELWORTHY, Elizabeth Harriet, Died 23/09/1855, Cemetery Waverley C/E, section , Nr 2940 Exhumation Permit issued to & address Mrs Asneath Roberts, 26 Grafton St., Woollahra. Remarks - with Roberts (Waverley CE or Waverley Gen.) Ref 250 ELWORTHY, Charles Henry, Died 20/09/1859, Cemetery Waverley C/E, section , Nr 2940 Exhumation Permit issued to & address Mrs Asneath Roberts, 26 Grafton St., Woollahra. Remarks - with Roberts (Waverley CE or Waverley Gen.) Ref 250 ELWORTHY, George, Died 24/02/1878, Cemetery Waverley C/E, section , Nr 2940 Exhumation Permit issued to & address Mrs Asneath Roberts, 26 Grafton St., Woollahra. Remarks - with Roberts (Waverley CE or Waverley Gen.) From Waverley Cemetery CD all at Waverley Cemetery. ELWORTHY, Alice Mary, Died 14/01/1845 age 8 Denomination General Section 16 select Row 27, Grave 2940,2941 ELWORTHY, Charles Henry, Died 20/09/1859 age 15 Children of George & Emma Elworthy Denomination General Section 16 select Row 27, Grave 2940,2941 ELWORTHY, Elizabeth Harriet, Died 23/09/1855 age 20 Denomination General Section 16 select Row 27, Grave 2940,2941 ELWORTHY, George, Died 24/02/1878 age 65 Father of the above Denomination General Section 16 select Row 27, Grave 2940,2941 also buried in the above grave Roberts, William Barker, died 15/06/1885, age 36 Roberts Aseneath, died 29/04/1922, age 93, wife of above Roberts, Edith Mary, died 18/08/1937, age - on the CD there is also ELWORTHY, Elizabeth Helena, Died 06/08/1892 age 30 Denomination Anglican Section 6 select Row 2196, Grave 6756 ELWORTHY, William Henry, Died 16/04/1919 age 42 Died Randwick Denomination Catholic Section 1 special Row 14, Grave 19390 ELWORTHY, ?Nell, Died 15/08/1939 Denomination Catholic Wife of above Section 12 special Row 14, Grave 19390 Wonder if Elizabeth died at her wedding.??? she was only 20yrs. Strange that there isn't a marriage or death cert. Be worth seeing if there was an inquest, as the dates are a little different Hope this may help, Lynne |
| 65. Type: Newspaper, Abbr: Trove, Title: Digitized newspapers |
| - Reference = Sydney Morning Herald (Mariage, Death) |
| - Notes: FUNERAL.—The Friends of Mr. DONALDSON are respectfully requested to attend the funeral of his late departed wife, Elizabeth, THIS (Tuesday) MORNING, at nine o'clock. The procession will move from her father's residence, Mr. Elworthy, tailor, Pitt-street, at the above hour precisely. |