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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BELL, Ellen

An inquest was held on the body of Ellen Bell on 30 May 1854 at Ballarat East. Twelve ‘good and lawful men of Eureka’ were on the jury giving the verdict that her death was the result of natural causes. Ellen Bell’s shipmate, Bridget Holland, also of Eureka gave evidence at the inquest. John McAuliffe found Ellen’s body lying face…

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BIRT, Mary Ann

Mary Ann Birt was a witness at the inquest on a child named Elizabeth Ann Rose aged about two years supposed to have met her death by drowning   5 October 1853 W A Heise – coroner Accidental death by drowning In verification of which we sign our names and acknowledge our seals as follows…

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BUCHANAN, Matilda

VPRS 24/PO Unit 24 Item 118 Matilda Buchanan  Inquest held at Ballarat on 28 November 1854  Death from apoplexy induced by intolerance Coroner D Williams Jurors Andrew  …. Richard Loyd Francis Huring George Blackburn Charles Herring James Walton William Christies  William Herring Thomas Browning William … John Roe Henry Hutchinson   good and lawful men…

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