BAKER, Sarah
Sarah Baker a native of Kent, England was buried in the Ballaarat Old Cemetery on 7 August 1854 when she was 39 years of age. The cause of her death was dropsy. She was a married woman. Sarah is possibly the mother of Juliana Baker who died at Ballarat in 1854 aged 13 months. Juliana’s father was James Baker.
Read MoreBAKER, Caroline
Caroline and Richard Baker arrived in the Colony of Victoria and proceeded to the Ballarat Diggings in 1854, the journey taking them six days. In December 1914 the Bakers celebrated their diamond wedding anniversary at Elsternwick, Melbourne, a record also achieved by Richard’s brother William Baker, eighteen months previously. Caroline’s husband, Richard, was a keen supporter of the Ballarat Miners’ Association…
Read MoreBROWN, Mrs
Mrs Brown attended Ellen Aik in June 1853 when her son Charles William Aik was born on 4 January 1857 at Ballarat. Ellen was then 20 years old and her husband Charles Aik (from Russia) was 25 years. See Ellen Aik for more details.
Read MoreBROADBENT, Matilda
Matilda Broadbent was born to James and Hannah who had emigrated in 1854. Matilda had two sisters and four brothers. She had been educated at a National Society School near Halifax in Yorkshire where her father worked as a dyer. Due to the industrial downturn in Britain he decided to immigrate to Australia. The family…
Read MoreBATH, Johanna
Johanna (Joanna) Vaughan was born to Thomas Vaughan and Mary Whent. Her mother died at her birth, her father remarrying to Susannah, who cared for Johanna and whose name appears on Johanna’s death certificate. Johanna Vaughan emigrated from England on the barque Benecia landing with her father, step-mother and brother and sisters in November 1850.…
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