ALLEN, Catherine
Catherine Robertson married Richard Allan and it is highly probable that the family was in Ballarat at the time of the Eureka Stockade in 1854. The Allan’s produced eleven children: Andrew Alexander b. 1856 Ballarat; Alexander Robertson b. 1857 Ballarat (died 1863 Ballarat); Richard b. 1859 Creswick (died 1860); Elizabeth Blaelo b. 1860 Forest Creek;…
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On 7 May 1854 Elizabeth Alexander was buried at the Ballaarat Old Cemetery. She was a 31 year old who was suffering from dysentery.
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Annie Perrie was born around 1800. She married John Alexander. A daughter, Jane, was born to Annie and John around 1827. Jane married George Carnegie around 1851 in Montrose, Scotland. Annie Alexander’s grandson, James, was the son of Jane Carnegie (Alexander). Annie and John Alexander immigrated to Australia from Montrose, Scotland, with their grandson, James,…
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Anne emigrated from Scotland with her parents and siblings on the Europa in 1852. The family proceeded to the Ballarat Diggings where a younger sister Janet, was drowned. See also entries for Elizabeth, Grace, and Margaret Alexander.
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Margaret Ross married Donald Aird and produced a son, Donald, who was born at Ballarat in 1854. Another son, John was born in 1856 at Bacchus Marsh. In December 1854 Aird was paid £4 as a guide to the military at the time of Eureka. It was possibly Donald’s brother Daniel Aird who owned the…
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Ellen Craven of Hobart Town, Van Diemen’s Land (VDL) married Charles Aik in June 1853 at Buninyong. He was from Mesnet, East Russia. Their son Charles William Aik was born on 4 January 1857 at Ballarat. Ellen was then 20 years old and her husband was 25 years. She was attended by a nurse Mrs…
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Lavinia Shepstone, the daughter of Henry Shepstone and his wife Eliza Plumby, was working in Wrington, Somerset, England before her marriage to David Adams in Bristol late in 1851. She worked for Emanuel and Eliza Porter on Legg’s Farm, Wrington. It was close by the farm where David Adams her future husband worked. Lavinia Adams,…
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Anne a married woman was buried at the Ballaarat Old Cemetery on 13 June 1855. She was 24 years of age, a native of Kerry, Ireland. The cause of her death was apoplexy. Her parent’s names are not recorded on the death certificate or burial details. It is not known if this is Ann (Cosgrove)…
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Ann Adams charged William Davis at Ballarat on 1 February 1854 with violently assaulting her on 6 January. He was fined ₤5 or in default given one months imprisonment. It is not known for certain but it is possible that this Ann Adams was the wife of William Adams. If so, her possible identity is Ann…
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Mrs Adams was the wife of William Adams. This couple were probably the ones who lived near the Eureka Stockade in 1854. It is probable given the amount of compensation claimed for goods after the Eureka battle in December 1854 that they owned Adam’s Store and Post Office on Golden Point in 1853. When the…
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Born at Halifax, Yorkshire, England around 1830, Mary Walker married Francis Ackroyd at Halifax in 1846. A son, Alfred James, was born at Ballarat on 2 October 1854. Francis was then described as a 33 year old gold digger from Halifax, with two other living children. Ackroyd (Ackeroyd) was a miner who was inside the…
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Mrs Abbott was the wife of Henry Abbott who struck up a partnership with William Irwin on 12 December 1853 in Ballarat. They invested ₤120 each in an eating house. William was to dig for gold and share it with Henry, all expenses to be equally paid by both parties and all expenses attending the…
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