Ah Kit, Mrs
Mrs Ah Kit vouched for Henrietta BYNG in the Castlemaine Police Court, but her testament was disregarded. March 1869 ‘An Old Offender’ Henrietta Byng was brought before the Castlemaine Police Court ‘on a charge of indecent behaviour in a public place and having no lawful visible means of support’. Constable King gave derogatory evidence as…
Read MoreARMSTRONG, Sarah
Sarah Candish was born in June 1832 at Pimlico, London, England to Joseph Candish (1800-1868) and Charlotte Smith (1802-1858). Sarah arrived in Port Jackson on 1 January 1833 on the ship Palabam ith her father Joseph Candish, a cabinet maker, her mother Charlotte Candish and older brother Frederick Candish aged five. Sarah Charlotte Candish married Colville Armstrong on 10…
Read MoreADAMS, Elizabeth
Elizabeth. Adams was born at Winslow, Buckinghamshire, England in 1842, and was only five years old when she came with her parents and sisters to Australia. The sailing ship in which she came out was the Lady Northumberland. Death of Richmond Lady Who Saw Aboriginal Corroborees in Park 70 Years Ago – Bridge Road Was…
Read MoreAMIES, Elizabeth
Elizabeth Ann Amies born 6 June 1853, near the Eureka Diggings according to her dear friend Mary Ellen Murray. Elizabeth married Joseph Benjamin. Children of Elizabeth and Joseph: David Benjamin born 4 March 1878. (died 14 August 1944), John Amies Benjamin married Minnie May Descore, Alice Benjamin was born on 4 December 1883, christened on 24…
Read MoreALLEN, Susan
Inquest held at Ballarat on Susan Allen 15 Feb 1857 Inquest taken at Italian Gully Ballarat Coroner George Clendenning Jurors John Iles George Shunfield William Blackwood Thomas Burke James Petters Edwin Hall Michael Tierney William barker Murtogh Curtis Daniel Morrison Edmund Mortenson He death took place on the 13th inst caused by infarction…
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VPRS 24 / Box 24 Unit 136 Inquest at Fryers Creek on 16 June 1854 Fryrs Creek Hannah Auld the result of drinking a quantity of deleterious spririts effects of drinking a poisonous quantity of ardent spirits at Fryers Creek on Friday 23 isnt Jury Thomas Roach Joseph Anderson James Middleton John G Moon Thomas…
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Ellen was a witness to this child’s inquest. VPRS 24/PO Unit 60 1858/13 Item 13 Susan Park 31 January 1858 at the Golden Point Hotel, Ballarat Death took place on the 13th instant and was caused by suffocation from having accidentally fallen into a cesspool hole on same day and there are not any marks…
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VPRS 24/P0 Box 30 Item 118 Mary English Anderson Puerperal peritonitis on Monday 26 inst Inquest held 27 Nov 1855 Jurors Thomas Clegg Richard Rowley William Tinsey Creech William Jones Matthew Marassorich written Matteo Mazassovieli Signed Stephen Caloper x George Paxin John Browne x Henry Wright Philip Frederick x George Hartrick William Charles Weeks all…
Read MoreALEXANDER, Elizabeth
A child, Janet Alexander, the daughter of Elizabeth, drowned in a hole full of water. VPRS 24/PO Unit 23 Item 67 Janet Alexander Jurors John Reid Thomas Hugh Steinfield John Anderson Willaim Kemble Cornell Willaim Robert Mitchell Thomas Swinnerton John William Smith William Handasyde Thomas Forsayth Robert Sleeth, James Logan James Alexander all of Pennyweight…
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A child, Janet Alexander drowned in a hole full of water. VPRS 24/PO Unit 23 Item 67 Janet Alexander Jurors John Reid Thomas Hugh Steinfield John Anderson Willaim Kemble Cornell Willaim Robert Mitchell Thomas Swinnerton John William Smith William Handasyde Thomas Forsayth Robert Sleeth, James Logan James Alexander all of Pennyweight Hill Witness Sarah Magin…
Read MoreAUST, Emma
Elijah and Emma Aust (Heale) at 26 and 20 years of age respectively immigrated to Victoria in August 1853 on the Lady Kennaway. They came first to Ballarat, then moved to Creswick before settling in the Smythesdale area. Elijah and Emma Aust produced the following children: Daniel George b. 8 February 1854 Ballarat (baptised 28 August 1854 at Wesleyan Chapel…
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Hannah (McInnerny) married Robert Auld. Their son, William Auld was born in 1847 in Melbourne. Hannah and Robert travelled to the gold diggings where they were living, at New Chum Gully, Ballarat, in 1854. Hannah was born around 1831. Hannah’s husband Robert was described as a gold digger. For three months in 1854 Hannah had been continually under the influence…
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