Mary (Ellis) Thompson (1839 - 1905)

Born 24 Jan 1839 in Bausley, Montgomeryshire, Wales, United Kingdom

Ancestors

Wife of John Hunter Thompson — married 23 Mar 1871 in Snowy Creek, Mitta Mitta, Victoria, Australia

Died 28 May 1905 at age 66 in Mitta Mitta, Victoria, Australia

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Biography

Mary Ellis was born at Bausley House, Coedway, in 1839, the daughter of William Ellis and his wife Ann (Clemson). When Mary was about six years old, her mother died, and her father was subsequently married to Jane Fletcher. By the time of the 1851 Census, Mary Ellis and three of her brothers were living with their step-mother (Jane Ellis) at a place called Hadnall Wood Farm.

Mary's father died in 1860, and at the time of the Census of the following year Mary and Emma Ellis were living at the Claremont Street Vaults in Shrewsbury.

Sometime in the 1860's Mary emigrated to Australia, and was living with or near her younger brother, Sam Ellis and his wife. In 1871 Mary married John Hunter Thompson. For some years Mary was the Mining Registrar in the Mitta Mitta district, and is mentioned in numerous newspaper articles relating to mining claims, etc..

Mary died at Mitta Mitta in 1905

Sources

• 1841 Wales Census for Bausley, shows Mary as the 2 year old daughter of William and Ann Clemson. PRO Ref HO 107/1434/1
• 1851 Census, Shropshire, Hadnall: shows Mary and three brothers living at Hadnall Wood Farm; householder is Jane Ellis, 28, Farmer of 106 acres. Jane is the second wife of William Ellis, his first wife, Ann, having died in 1846 at Bausely House, in Montgomeryshire
• 1861 Census for St.Chad, Shrewsbury, Shrops. Living at Claremont Street Vaults. Includes Mary Ellis (22), b.Alberbury, and Emma Ellis (9), b. St.Chad… nieces of Francis Fletcher. [Emma is believed to have been a daughter of William Ellis and his second wife, Jane Fletcher]