Can anyone help me trace the
wife of Captain/Pilot: John Benjamin Helsdon b 1850 Norfolk......
Adeliza/Adelina Stewart b1864 Australia,.
Her parents were John Stewart and Margaret Fraser from Glasgow, they Emigrated in 1862 on the Sultana.
John and Adeliza married in 1880 Brisbane (certificate gives her name as Adelizer), and had 5 children: We have traced all the children, John Benjamin's death 1908, & Will, and a her mother living at Warren Street, Valley in1901.....the only thing we can't find is her
They Divorced c1892, the Divorce went against her. He told all the children that she had died, and until I got together with my new found cousin in Australia
and started searching they were unaware of the Divorce.
...her mother was quite shocked.
I can't find any death or Shipping records in that name, and the last sighting of her was in the Brisbane Courier 26/10/1892.
A Writ was issued against John from the Supreme Court of Queensland on her behalf regarding property in the County of Stanley, Parish Enoggers., saying that the property will be sold unless the terms are executed.....nothing more in the paper after that!
The newspaper cutting is headed : Between John Benjamin Helsdon, Petitioner and Adaliza , Respondent.
After that she dis-appears.
We have searched high and low, but without Electoral Lists were stuck.
Ambers