BALLEY, Maryann Freeman

Twenty-two year old Maryann Balley died from dysentery and was buried in the Ballaarat Old Cemetery on 27 December 1854. A married woman she was a native of Suffolk.

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BALDOCK, Sarah

Sarah (Frost) married Joseph Baldock at Christ Church in St Kilda, Melbourne in 1852. Joseph was an English born miner who arrived with his family at Ballarat between August 1853 and April 1855. It is not known whether he was present at the Eureka Stockade but it is possible that the family was in the vicinity as children were…

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BAIRD, Jane

Scottish born Jane (Campbell) and her husband James Baird arrived in Australia on 1 October 1852. They proceeded to the goldfields arriving at Ballarat by July 1853. They found gold at Ballarat according to the Ballarat Pioneers’ Roll. Jane and James Baird produced the following children: John b. 1853 (died 1861 Learmonth); William b. 1855 Ballarat (died 1865 Learmonth);…

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BAIN, Issabella

Grace (Shankland) was born in 1828 at Greenock, Scotland. She married sailmaker George Bain at Greenock in July 1850. The couple immigrated to Australia and proceeded to the Ballarat goldfields where their daughter, Issabella, was born on 5 January 1855.

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BAIN, Grace

Grace (Shankland) was born in 1828 at Greenock, Scotland. She married sailmaker George Bain at Greenock in July 1850. The couple immigrated to Australia and proceeded to the Ballarat goldfields where their daughter, Issabella, was born on 5 January 1855.

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BAILEY, Ann

On 22 May 1854 Ann Bailey was buried at the Ballaarat Old Cemetery. The cause of death was exposure and the cold. She was 26 years of age.

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BOND, Susan

VPRS 24 / Box 24 Forest Creek on Susan Bond on 29 Sep 1854 – found in the a tent burnt to death. There were no signs of violence – Henry Howlett Coroner Jurors Dennis Rowan Frances Hall, Austin Folwell Martin Ennor Alfred Hennington Henry Avery William Hay James Richardson Hugh P Jenkins Peter Roscrow…

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BASSETT, Anne

VPRS 24/PO Box 49 1857/104 Item 104 Anne Bassett  Ballarat, 18 August 1857 Internal Hemorrage and strangulated hernia Jurors Martin Quinn Stefano Mitta Charles Winter James Darnley Alexander McFee James Menns William Barr Jacob Zolck (his signature Zoclk) Conrad Lenz John Bryson Jacob Hansen Daniel Edwards Of Victoria Witness  George Bassett, miner The deceased was…

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BLACK, Eliza

VPRS 24/P  Unit 38 Item 147 Margaret Eliza Black 3 Dec 1856 Held on the body of Margaret Eliza Black Deceased died on the 2nd inst from natural causes we believe from convulsions Deposition of Witnesses Eliza Black I was quite alone. My husband was at his work on night shift at Number Forty Hole…

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BLACK, Margaret Eliza (child)

VPRS 24/P  Unit 38 Item 147 Margaret Eliza Black 3 Dec 1856 Held on the body of Margaret Eliza Black Deceased died on the 2nd inst from natural causes we believe from convulsions Deposition of Witnesses Eliza Black I was quite alone. My husband was at his work on night shift at Number Forty Hole…

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BROWNE, Emma

This name is variously spelt DAW and DORR on the Inquest Index. VPRS 24/PO Unit 37 Item 35 35/1856 JOHANNA DOW (Daw and Dorr on Inquest index) 15 March 1856 Death from natural causes Jurors Matthew Hardy Stephen Jose James Hunt Clement Frances Pope John Brittin Thomas Howell Walter Browne Henry Palmer John Bevan James…

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BELL, Eliza

Eliza Bell who was witness at the inquest of Bridget McDermud [sic] owned the Belfast Hotel at Glendaruel with her husband. I suspect that she is the Eliza Bell who is the wife of William Walton ‘Baron’ Bell. Eliza (Robinson) married William Walton ‘Baron’ Bell on 21 June 1855 and they produced ten children in…

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