Elizabeth (Hooker) Johansen (1846 - 1936)

Born 19 Apr 1846 in Kent, England, United Kingdom

Ancestors

Died 10 Mar 1936 at age 89 in Kahlin, Caulfield, Victoria, Australia [uncertain]

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Biography

Elizabeth's parents emigrated from England, with their family of little girls. They fell on hard times, their mother and several of the girls dying within a short time after arriving in Australia.

Elizabeth was the first among three sisters to marry in Victoria. She married Fred Johansen, a miner. His family had emigrated from Holstein. Elizabeth's sister Harriett also married a miner, Bob Atkins, who entered into a form of partnership with Fred Johansen.

Elizabeth died in 1936 in Caulfield, Victoria, aged 89 years.^[1]

Sources

1. ↑ Death record: 2102 / 1936. BDM Victoria. https://www.bdm.vic.gov.au/research-and-family-history/search-your-family-history.
   (Name: Elizabeth JOHANSEN); (Place of birth: KENT ENGLAND); (Place of death: CAULFIELD); (Age at death: 89); (Mother: Unknown DAY); (Father: HOOKER John)

• England Census, 1851, for Marden, Kent [H.O. 107 1616], where she is named as one of the daughters of John and Anne Hooker, of Marden, Kent; Elizabeth is shown as being 4 years of age, and was born in Crowhurst, Surrey

• Immigration to Victoria 1852-1879, Index to Inward Passenger Lists shows her arrival in November 1852 on the ship 'Chalmers'. She was aged 6 years. Information from the Public Record Office, Victoria's Archives, Fiche 018, page 004.