Elizabeth Markill was the midwife at the birth of Mary Harriet Fox to Caroline Ann Fox.
Caroline Fox owned many brothels in Ballarat East.
VPRS 24/P0
Unit 38
1856/105
Mary Harriet Fox
28 July 1856
Inquest held at Ballarat on the body of Mary Harriet Fox
Before George Clendinning Coroner
Jury
George Humphrey
Edward Madigan
John Meldrum??
William Rudolph
Thomas Stemper
Augustus Frederick Matow??
Joseph Huddart
Isaac Abrahams
George Blackburn
Francis Brophy
George William Darling
Graham Carrick
Natural causes – death from seizure from convulsions contingent on debility from birth
Deposition of Witness
Caroline Ann Fox
28 July Ballarat 1856
I am the mother of the deceased who was aged about three weeks. The deceased has been since her birth a weakly child and subject to slight convulsive attacks. I was sitting up all last night with the child in my arms and about five o clock am I felt the deceased lying heavier on my arm than usual as I thought. When I struck a light and examined the child I thought it was dead and called up the servant and made ready a warm bath in which the deceased was put but it did have any effect in reviving the child. I have had three other children who all died from convulsions.
Caroline Ann Fox
Deposition of Witness
Elizabeth Markill
Maybe Maskale??
I attended upon Mrs Fox at her confinement about three weeks ago when the deceased was born, who was a weakly child not having the cry or noise of a healthy child. I attended upon the deceased for a full fortnight after its birth. I dressed and undressed the child and duly?? And always at those times the deceased was attached with a slightly convulsive fit which would last some time or three minutes. I cannot say if the deceased had more attacks ?? as she was generally living with her mother and I ceased my attendance on the deceased last Tuesday night and I saw her last Saturday again outside not ?? any difference in the deceased. I did remark that the deceased did not such as much or as strength as she should have done. I was always of the opinion since the birth of the deceased that she would not live lone
Elizabeth McKell or McKall or McBall
