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Elizabeth CORBEN (1864 - 1947)

Children	Self + Spouses	Parents	Grandparents	Greatgrandparents
Ernest Walter EDGAR ( - 1947) Kenneth EDGAR Leslie EDGAR	Elizabeth CORBEN (1864 - 1947) + Edward Albert EDGAR	Isaac CORBEN (1825 - 1891)	George CORBEN (1806 - 1891)
			Susannah Smith BOWER (1803 - 1880)
		Elizabeth SMITH (1830 - 1891)

b. 1864 at Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

m. 1884 Edward Albert EDGAR at Victoria, Australia

d. 1947 at Victoria, Australia aged 83

Near Relatives of Elizabeth CORBEN (1864 - 1947)
Relationship	Person	Born	Birth Place	Died	Death Place	Age
Grandfather	George CORBEN	abt 1806	Worth Matravers, Dorset, England	1891	Worth Matravers, Dorset, England	85
Grandmother	Susannah Smith BOWER	1803	Worth Matravers, Dorset, England	1880	Lambeth, London, England	77
Father	Isaac CORBEN	abt 1825		1891	Melbourne, Victoria, Australia	66
Mother	Elizabeth SMITH	abt 1830		1891	Melbourne, Victoria, Australia	61
Self	Elizabeth CORBEN	1864	Melbourne, Victoria, Australia	1947	Victoria, Australia	83
Husband	Edward Albert EDGAR
Son	Ernest Walter EDGAR			1947	Kew, Cambrian Hill, Victoria, Australia
Son	Kenneth EDGAR
Daughter	Leslie EDGAR
Brother	Walter Smith CORBEN	1849	Greenwich, London, England	1908	Prahan, Victoria, Australia	59
Sister	Clara (eldest dau) CORBEN	1851	Croyden, Surrey, England	1924	Essendon, Victoria, Australia	73
Brother	Hugh Sparkes CORBEN	1853		1854	London	1
Brother	Hugh Sparkes CORBEN	1855	Melbourne, Victoria, Australia	1855	Victoria, Australia	0
Sister	Catherine (Kate) CORBEN	1857	Melbourne, Victoria, Australia	1897	Melbourne, Victoria, Australia	40
Sister	Alice CORBEN	1858	Melbourne, Victoria, Australia	1887	Essendon, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia	29
Brother	Leigh Mountfield CORBEN	1860	Melbourne, Victoria, Australia	1862	Victoria, Australia	2
Sister	Rosa CORBEN	1862	Kensington Hill, Victoria, Australia	1862	Victoria, Australia	0
Sister	Ada Florence CORBEN	1865	Melbourne.	1900	Melbourne, Victoria, Australia	35
Brother	Willie CORBEN	1869	Melbourne, Victoria, Australia	1869	Victoria, Australia	0
Sister	Lily CORBEN	1871	Melbourne, Victoria, Australia	1871	Victoria, Australia	0
Sister	Rose CORBEN	1871	Melbourne, Victoria, Australia	1943	North Sydney, NSW, Australia	72
Brother	Isaac Ernest CORBEN	1872	Hotham, Victoria, Australia	1885	Eganstown, Victoria, Australi	13
Sister	Marian Lima CORBEN	1875	Victoria, Australia	1876		1
Uncle	Ruben CORBEN	1833	Worth Matravers, Dorset, England	1897	Victoria, Australia	64
Aunt	Sarah BENFIELD	1833		1885	Victoria, Australia	52
Cousin	Albert CORBEN	abt 1854
Cousin	George CORBEN	abt 1856
Cousin	Hubert Bower CORBEN	1857		1907		50
Niece	Nellie Rosamund CORBEN	1879	Malmsbury, Victoria, Australia	1945	North Fitzroy, Victoria, Australia	66
Nephew	Ernest George Wilsford BALLENGER	1875		1949		74
Niece	Elsie Maude ROGERS	1881	Hotham, Victoria, Australia	1967	Malvern East, Victoria, Australia	86
Nephew	John Percival ROGERS	1883	Essendon, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia	1964	Cobourg, Victoria, Australia	81
Niece	Alice Florence ROGERS	1887	Essendon, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia	1957	Victoria, Australia	70
Niece	Doris Elizabeth ROGERS	1892	Essendon, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia	1980	Victoria, Australia	88
Niece	Alma Younie Holland ROGERS	1895	Essendon, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia	1980	Glen, Victoria, Australia	85
Niece	Olivia POLGLASE	1883	Hotham, Victoria, Australia	1960	Victoria, Australia	77
Nephew	Walter Hodgson Smith POLGLASE	1887	Essendon, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia	1953	Kew, Victoria, Australia	66
Sister in Law	Ellen COLEMAN
Brother in Law	James George Wilsford BALLENGER	1852	Greenwich, London, England	1917	South Stoneham, Hampshire	65
Brother in Law	John Joseph ROGERS	1852		1922	Cheltenham, Victoria, Australia	70
Brother in Law	Joseph (James) Hodson Pascoe(eldest) POLGLASE	1859	Eaglehawk, Bendigo, Victoria,, Australia	1929	East Melbourne, Vic, Australia	70
Brother in Law	John Foster Pascoe POLGLASE	1861	Jobs Gully, Eaglehawk, Victoria, Australia	1935	Victoria, Australia	74
Brother in Law	Alex MCDOUGALL

Events in Elizabeth CORBEN (1864 - 1947)'s life
Date	Age	Event	Place	Notes	Src
1864		Elizabeth CORBEN was born	Melbourne, Victoria, Australia	Note 1	52
1884	20	Married Edward Albert EDGAR	Victoria, Australia	Note 2	52
1891	27	Death of father Isaac CORBEN (aged 66)	Melbourne, Victoria, Australia	Note 3	60
1891	27	Death of mother Elizabeth SMITH (aged 61)	Melbourne, Victoria, Australia	Note 4	60
1947	83	Elizabeth CORBEN died	Victoria, Australia	Note 5	52
1947	83	Death of son Ernest Walter EDGAR	Kew, Cambrian Hill, Victoria, Australia	Burial info
1947	83	Burial	Burwood Cemetery, Belgrave, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia	Note 6	90

Note 1: Elizabeth Corben in the Australia, Birth Index, 1788-1922 Name: Elizabeth Corben Birth Date: Abt 1864 Birth Place: Melbourne, Victoria Registration Year: 1864 Registration Place: Victoria, Australia Father: Isaac Corben Mother: Elizabeth Smith Registration Number: 3725

Note 2: Elizth Corben in the Victoria, Australia, Marriage Index, 1837-1950 Name: Elizth Corben Gender: Female Marriage Registration Year: 1884 Marriage Registration Place: Victoria, Australia Spouse: Edwd Albert Edgar Reference Number: 4127

Note 3: Burial info The Herald (Melbourne) 29 Aug 1891 DEATHS. CORBEN.— On the 29th inst., at "Eden," Brougham street, North Melbourne, Isaac Corben (of the firm of Wilton, Corben and Co.), aged 67 years. Table Talk (Melbourne) 2 Oct 1891 Wills and Bequests. ISAAC Corben, of Brougham-street, Hotham North Melbourne, stone and marble merchant, will dated June 11, 1888, ……… He bequeathed to his wife Eliz- abeth Corben all his household furniture and effects £250 to be paid to her within one month of his death, and to his father, George Corben of 4 Road, South Lambeth, London an annuity The balance of his estate he directed to the sole discretion of his trustees, the proceeds invested income paid to his wife during her life subject obligation of maintaining and educating daughters, Ada Florence and Rose while unmarried He also directed that his dwelling house in Brougham street, aforesaid, and cottage in Venice Mentone, shall not be sold in his wife's time without her consent, and that she be allowed to occupy same, rent free his wife's death he directed his trustees to possessed of his residuary estate, and pay there his granddaughter, Olivia Pascoe Polglaise, after marriage £500; to his grandson, Walter H Smith Polglaise, at 25, £500, and to divide the into a number of equal shares, such number daughter Ada Florence be then living to greater than the number of all his children who be living at his wife's death, or being dead have issue then living, and if the said Ada Florence

Note 4: Headstone - burial info The Herald (Melbourne) 7 Dec 1891 CORBEN.—On the 7th December, at her residence, "Eden," Brougham street, North Melbourne, Elizabeth, relict of the late Isaac Corben. Aged 61 years. Our darling mother. He giveth His beloved rest.

Note 5: Elizabeth Edgar in the Victoria, Australia, Death Index, 1836-1988 Name: Elizabeth Edgar Death Registration Year: 1947 Death Registration Place: Victoria, Australia Father: Corben Reference Number: 6898

Note 6: Elizabeth Corben Edgar Birth 1864 Melbourne, Melbourne City, Victoria, Australia Death 10 Jul 1947 (aged 82–83) Prahran, Stonnington City, Victoria, Australia Burial Burwood Cemetery Burwood, Whitehorse City, Victoria, Australia Plot Church of England 3, Section R, Grave 1E

Source References:

52. Type: Australia Birth Marriage Death Index 1787 - 1985 Record

- Reference = (Marriage)

- Notes: Elizth Corben in the Victoria, Australia, Marriage Index, 1837-1950 Name: Elizth Corben Gender: Female Marriage Registration Year: 1884 Marriage Registration Place: Victoria, Australia Spouse: Edwd Albert Edgar Reference Number: 4127

- Reference = (Death)

- Notes: Elizabeth Edgar in the Victoria, Australia, Death Index, 1836-1988 Name: Elizabeth Edgar Death Registration Year: 1947 Death Registration Place: Victoria, Australia Father: Corben Reference Number: 6898

- Reference = (Birth)

- Notes: Elizabeth Corben in the Australia, Birth Index, 1788-1922 Name: Elizabeth Corben Birth Date: Abt 1864 Birth Place: Melbourne, Victoria Registration Year: 1864 Registration Place: Victoria, Australia Father: Isaac Corben Mother: Elizabeth Smith Registration Number: 3725

90. Type: Web Page, Abbr: Find A Grave, Title: Findagrave.com

- Reference = (Burial)

- Notes: Elizabeth Corben Edgar Birth 1864 Melbourne, Melbourne City, Victoria, Australia Death 10 Jul 1947 (aged 82–83) Prahran, Stonnington City, Victoria, Australia Burial Burwood Cemetery Burwood, Whitehorse City, Victoria, Australia Plot Church of England 3, Section R, Grave 1E

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