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| Ellen Teresea (Nellie) FRANCIS (1881 - 1975) |
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| b. 19 Nov 1881 at Merton, Surrey, England |
| m. 19 Feb 1902 Albert James Herman (Hermie) HIMSTEDT (1867 - 1947) at Esk, Queensland, Australia |
| d. 13 Aug 1975 at Kingaroy, Queensland, Australia aged 93 |
| Parents: |
| James FRANCIS (1856 - 1938) |
| Elizabeth YOUNG (1856 - 1915) |
| Children (5): |
| Albert James HIMSTEDT (1903 - 1997) |
| Stanley Lewis HIMSTEDT (1904 - 1907) |
| George Edward HIMSTEDT (1906 - 1970) |
| Leslie Frank HIMSTEDT (1908 - 1925) |
| Robert Victor HIMSTEDT (1913 - 1966) |
| Grandchildren (4): |
| Events in Ellen Teresea (Nellie) FRANCIS (1881 - 1975)'s life | |||||
| Date | Age | Event | Place | Notes | Src |
| 19 Nov 1881 | Ellen Teresea (Nellie) FRANCIS was born | Merton, Surrey, England | |||
| Jun 1884 | 2 | Immigration | Australia | per "Waroonga" | 18 |
| 19 Feb 1902 | 20 | Married Albert James Herman (Hermie) HIMSTEDT (aged 34) | Esk, Queensland, Australia | 1902/C2089 | |
| 11 Jan 1903 | 21 | Birth of son Albert James HIMSTEDT | Esk, Queensland, Australia | 1903/C9477 | |
| 21 Oct 1904 | 22 | Birth of son Stanley Lewis HIMSTEDT | Esk, Queensland, Australia | 1904/C10946 | |
| 19 May 1906 | 24 | Birth of son George Edward HIMSTEDT | Esk, Queensland, Australia | 1906/C10295 | |
| 09 Jul 1907 | 25 | Death of son Stanley Lewis HIMSTEDT (aged 2) | Esk, Queensland, Australia | headstone | |
| 02 Jan 1908 | 26 | Birth of son Leslie Frank HIMSTEDT | Esk, Queensland, Australia | 1906/C9694 | |
| 16 Apr 1913 | 31 | Birth of son Robert Victor HIMSTEDT | Esk, Queensland, Australia | 1913/C12597 | |
| 24 Mar 1915 | 33 | Death of mother Elizabeth YOUNG (aged 58) | Esk, Queensland, Australia | ||
| 1925 | 44 | Electoral Roll | Yarraman, Queensland, Australia | ||
| 25 May 1925 | 43 | Death of son Leslie Frank HIMSTEDT (aged 17) | Esk, Queensland, Australia | Note 1 | |
| 03 Aug 1938 | 56 | Death of father James FRANCIS (aged 81) | Esk, Queensland, Australia | ||
| 17 Nov 1947 | 65 | Death of husband Albert James Herman (Hermie) HIMSTEDT (aged 80) | Brisbane, Queensland, Australia | Note 2 | |
| 31 Aug 1966 | 84 | Death of son Robert Victor HIMSTEDT (aged 53) | Nambour, Queensland, Australia | ||
| 10 Nov 1970 | 88 | Death of son George Edward HIMSTEDT (aged 64) | Mt Thompson, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia | 17 | |
| 13 Aug 1975 | 93 | Ellen Teresea (Nellie) FRANCIS died | Kingaroy, Queensland, Australia | ||
| Personal Notes: |
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Theresa Ellen was always referred to by her family as Nellie. She was born in England and travelled to Australia with her parents in 1884. She remembered the trip from Ipswich at six years of age, in 1887, to the family's rural selection at Bia"a that they named 'Merton Hall Farm'.
Her mother journeyed by train to Esk with five children, arriving at 9pm. They stayed overnight at Markwell's Hotel and their father arrived early the next day from Biarra with horse and dray to take them and their possessions to their new home. The loaded dray only enabled the youngest to ride, and the rest walked the ten miles to the selection. Nellie was enrolled at Biarra School in June 1888 at the age of six, leaving in October 1893. Nellie married Herman Himstedt at 'Merton Hall Farm' and they lived in Esk for a while. Albert was always referred to by the Francis men as "Hermie". In 1904 they purchased some rural land subdivided from 'Colinton Station', Moore, taking up residence in 1905, and named the place 'Glen Hills'. They had a family of five children, all boys. They took Herman's cousin, Arthur Pearmine, into partnership and, in 1917, bought out his interest in this grazing and dairying property. More land adjoining was later purchased in partnership with their sons. Nellie and Hermie were always helpful to others, and their 'open home' and hospitality were appreciated by many. |