ATKINSON, Elizabeth

Elizabeth (Johnson) was the daughter of Thomas Johnson and Alice Cooper. She was born around 1820 in Headington, Oxfordshire, England. Elizabeth’s father, Thomas, was a carpenter. In December 1845 Elizabeth married Thomas Christopher Atkinson, also a carpenter, in Chelsea, England. The couple lived at 51 Wilton St Westminster in 1851 and, according to the census their son, Thomas, was one year…

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ATHORN, Anna

Anna (McKay) and Henry Athorn had a son, Henry Robert William Athorn, whose birth was registered in Ballarat in 1854.

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ASHMAN, Elizabeth

Elizabeth (Baker) was baptised at Bedminster on 30 December 1827. She was the daughter of James Baker and Elizabeth (Gibbs). Her parents, James and Elizabeth, had married at Bedminster on 15 November 1814. Elizabeth (Baker) married Jacob Ashman at Bristol in February 1846. By the time of the 1851 British census they had two small children, infant Lambert James and…

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ARMSTRONG, Charlotte Elizabeth

Charlotte Elizabeth (Lowes) married Charles Armstrong in December 1854 at Ballarat. Charlotte was born in Ulston Moor, Durham, England around 1830. They had a daughter Charlotte Elizabeth Armstrong born at Black Lead, Buninyong on 14 March

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ANSELL, Julia

The surname is spelt both Ansell and Anzell. Julia (Bilna) was born around 1833 at Norfolk, England. She married William Anzell on 30 March 1854 at Melbourne. William was a digger born around 1830 in England. They travelled to the Ballarat Diggings where their daughter, Mary Jane, was born on 17 January 1855 (died 1855). Other children born to them…

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ANDERSON, Mary

Mary Anderson died from peritonitis and puerperal fever and was buried in Ballarat on 26 November 1855. She was a 30 year old from Cashel, Ireland.

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ANDERSON, Julia Ann

William George Anderson was born to William Anderson and Julia Ann (Williams) on 28 January 1854 at Ballarat and baptised in the Wesleyan Chapel on 23 April 1854.

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AMIES, Mary

Mary Amies along with John Fogarty was a sponsor to the baptism of Timothy McGrath the son of Ellen (Maher) and Jeremiah McGrath. Timothy was baptised at St Alipius Catholic Chapel, Ballarat East on 21 September 1853.

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AMIES, Emma

Emma (Williams), born around 1824 at Gloucester, England, was in Ballarat during the Eureka Rebellion with her carpenter husband, John Amies, and eighteen-month-old daughter Elizabeth Amies, who was born on 6 June 1853 at Shropshire, England. Another unnamed female was born to the couple in 1854 at Ballarat. The family lived in a tent inside the Eureka Stockade. Shots were…

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AMIES, Anna

Anna Amies and William Hollyhalk were sponsors to the baptism of Daniel Edward Dearman early in 1854. Daniel was the son of Margaret (Sullivan) and Terrance Dearman and was baptised at St Alipius Catholic Chapel, Ballarat East, on 1 January 1854.

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AMIE, Margaret

Margaret Aime and Daniel Delahunty were sponsors to the baptism of the daughter of Mary (Mulruny) and Patrick Donohue whose daughter, Margaret, was baptised at St Alipius Catholic Church, Ballarat on 17 July 1854.

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