ELLIS family Aust, NZ, UK

[Nita from OZ]

I have a William Henry Ellis Born 8 June 1868 Greymouth New Zealand Died 1938 Brunswick Junction, Australia.
William Henry was stable hand for horses being shipped to India.

He jumped ship in Geraldton when 14 years old and walked to Nannine. Married Margaret Amelia FEWSTER 11 Nov 1877.

When older he started a cordial factory there and also had a mail run to Star of East banintha, Quinns, Barrambu.The run took 4 days.

After Nannine collapsed, he worked on the rabbit proof fence with camel and dray and lived on it.


Parents John ELLIS ?1832, Cornwall, England Mary Ann THOMAS Leith Scotland died 10 Aug 1880 Arahura New Zealand.

[rosball]

Hi Nita,
  I suspect you are looking to go back further.

  However here is a death notice for a baby, Hazel, daughter of William and Margaret in 1902
http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article25514349  Also a funeral notice

regards,
   Ros

[rosball]

And here is death notice for William Henry Ellis in 1940

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article46365793

ELLIS.--On March 30, 1940 (suddenly), at Brunswick, William Henry Ellis, dearly be-
loved husband of Margaret Amelia, fond  father of James (Rose Bay, Sydney), John
(Brunswick), Kenneth (Harvey); aged 76 years. Interred in the Anglican portion of
the Harvey Cemetery on March 31, 1940.

regards,
   Ros

[Nita from OZ]

Oh thank you so very much. I was getting really bogged down and could not move forward on this line
Nita

[aghadowey]

William Henry Ellis Born 8 June 1868... He jumped ship in Geraldton when 14 years old and walked to Nannine. Married Margaret Amelia FEWSTER 11 Nov 1877.

In 1877 he would have been aged only 9 so either birthdate or marriage date must be wrong. If he was born 1868 then he would have been 14 in 1882.

Newspaper death notice makes him born c1864.

[carol8353]

William Henry ELLIS married Margaret FEWSTER in 1899 in Nannine,Western Australia according to the Australia Marriage index.

I think Margaret may have been born in 1877?

Carol

[rosball]

Hi Nita,
Margaret Amelia Ellis died in 1962 in Perth, aged 86 father James G and mother Maria
reg #1163

W.A. BDM is free to search (but down at the moment  )
http://www.bdm.dotag.wa.gov.au/_apps/pioneersindex/default.aspx

Here is her burial record (date of death 17-4-1962)
http://www2.mcb.wa.gov.au/NameSearch/details.php?id=KB00119146

The grantee for the burial gives us some middle names for a son (probably)

Another useful W.A. link is the reverse marriage index http://www.wamarriage.info/
where we see he married in 1925 to Grace B Maloney

regards,
   Ros

[rosball]

Hi Nita,
   James Henry Murchison Ellis died 5-12-1976  aged 76 and here is his burial
http://www2.mcb.wa.gov.au/NameSearch/details.php?id=KB00154786

and this is his wife's burial  (Grace Bridgid Ellis)
  http://www2.mcb.wa.gov.au/NameSearch/details.php?id=KB00159921

 regards,
    Ros

[rosball]

Hi Nita,
  WA BDM has been playing up for me    but now I  can find more directly

  John Newell Ellis was born in 1902 in Nannine to William Henry and Margaret Amelia Fewster reg 3413

  James Henry Murchison Ellis was born in 1900  in Porlell (?) to William Henry and Amelia Margaret Fewster reg 3011

   Hazel Miriam Ellis was born in 1905 in Nannine to William Henry and Margaret Amelia Fewster reg 4085

  There are a couple of possibilities for  birth of Kenneth - WA BDM do not include parents names after 1905.

  Burial of John Newell Ellis died 3/10/1985 http://www2.mcb.wa.gov.au/NameSearch/details.php?id=KC00082222

regards,
   Ros