What happened to Ellen HURRION?

[cando]

Linking previous post again that has been linked by Sue...more background information including childrens' given names.
http://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php/topic,362930.msg2391736.html#msg2391736

Only marriage I can see in 1885

3386/1885     
MERCER  Henry   
NIHILL  Johannah
District Waterloo

I don't see a divorce for Henry and Ellen on the NSW index prior to the 1885 marriage.

Cando

[SueChris]

HI, thanks for linking the previous post. Yes this is Henry's second marriage. He was down as a bachelor. I have this marriage cert, but there is nothing to help me with finding Ellen. It would have been easier if he was down as a widow then at least I would have known she had died. It is possible that her demise may have gone unrecorded. May be she left and went off to some far away country to become a missionary or something. I have also tried the UK Deaths to see if I can spot a suitable death that could be her in case she returned to the UK but with no success. It is also possible that the surname has been recorded with an incorrect spelling and we may never find her.

Thanks
Sue

[cando]

Sue what were Ellen's parents' given names please.  May help identify her in the death indexes ie if she died in NSW.

Cando

[SueChris]

After a few years of wondering what happened to Ellen we have found out - finally - so don't give up on your searches.
Recently I found the Rookwood Cemetery Sydney records on line and searchable and there I found some of the members of this family including a death for Ellen Mercer. So I went back to the NSW BMD but no death registration for her. So I searched through 160 odd deaths for Ellens in 1883 and found one with a surname MEXER. No other records under this name, so guessing it was a mistake ordered the death certificate from this record and it is her. Mother's christian name is incorrect but these mistakes with info from informants I have found quite common.

Thanks for everyones help on this. I can put this search to rest.

[cando]

Good news SueChris.  Unfortunately there is no headstone for Ellen at Rookwood.  Too late for you now but NSW bdm's will accept wildcard searches eg M*    Ellen.  Would have saved you a lot of trawling   Info may come in handy one day.

Cheers
Cando