Elizabeth Debenham

Elizabeth Debenham
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1819 – 1908 88 years

Born 29 November 1819 in Whepstead, SuffolkDied 6 August 1908 in West Kempsey, New South Wales, aged 88

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JD John Debenham 1786–1876 father CB Catherine Brownley d. 1848 mother

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Robert Nelson 1822–1898 m. 1 February 1845

Children with Robert Nelson

WN William John Nelson 1855–1947 GN George Robert Nelson 1845–1926 CN Caroline Elizabeth Nelson 1847–1908 CN Catherine Ann Nelson 1849–1938 JN John Nelson 1851–1853 FN Fanny Mary Ann Nelson 1857–1932 SN Sarah Ann Nelson 1860–1933 DN David Henry Nelson 1861–1951

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1810s
Born 29 November 1819

Whepstead, Suffolk, England

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1840s
Residence 1841 aged 22

Ousden, Suffolk, England

A female servant at Ousden, Suffolk, aged 20 - dwelling 218, in the household of William Finch (25) and Hannah, who are unrelated to the Finch line elsewhere in this tree

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Birth of son George Robert Nelson 1845 aged 26

Hawstead, Suffolk, England
Married to Robert Nelson 1 February 1845 aged 25

Hawstead, Suffolk, England

Married at Hawstead, Suffolk, England; registered in Thingoe district, January-March quarter 1845, volume 13 page 790

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Birth of daughter Caroline Elizabeth Nelson 1847 aged 28

Hawstead, Suffolk, England
Death of mother Catherine Brownley 24 February 1848 aged 28

Chevington, Suffolk, England
Birth of daughter Catherine Ann Nelson 1849 aged 30

Hawstead, Suffolk, England
1850s
Residence 1851 aged 32

Hawstead, Suffolk, England

Living at Old Park Lane, Hawstead, Suffolk, England, with Elizabeth and their children George, Caroline and Catherine (1851 census of England)

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Birth of son John Nelson 1851 aged 32

Hawstead, Suffolk, England
Death of son John Nelson 1853 aged 34

aged 2
Immigrated 24 April 1853 aged 33

Arrived at Sydney from Gravesend on the immigrant ship Java with Elizabeth and their English-born children George, Caroline and Catherine; a fourth child, John, died on the voyage

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Birth of son William John Nelson 5 January 1855 aged 35

Kempsey, New South Wales, Australia
Birth of daughter Fanny Mary Ann Nelson 1857 aged 38

Macleay River, New South Wales, Australia
1860s
Birth of daughter Sarah Ann Nelson 1860 aged 41

Macleay River, New South Wales, Australia
Birth of son David Henry Nelson 1861 aged 42

Macleay River, New South Wales, Australia
1870s
Death of father John Debenham 1876 aged 57

Chevington, Suffolk, Englandaged 90
1890s
Death of husband Robert Nelson 21 July 1898 aged 78

West Kempsey, New South Wales, Australiaaged 75
1900s
Died 6 August 1908 aged 88

West Kempsey, New South Wales, Australia

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Buried 8 August 1908 aged 88

West Kempsey, New South Wales, Australia

Buried at the West Kempsey cemetery (Methodist portion, row E, plot 29), in her husband's grave

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