Edward Henry Mitchell (1847 - 1926)

Born 19 Feb 1847 in Glenrock, New South Wales, Australia

Husband of Frances Lenora (Cavanough) Mitchell — married 11 Jul 1871 in Portland Head, New South Wales, Australia

Descendants

Died 18 May 1926 at age 79 in Glenrock, New South Wales, Australia

Biography

Edward was the son of John Mitchell and Jane Rigg

Birth: 19 Feb 1847 "Glenrock", Lower Portland, New South Wales, Australia

Edward Henry Mitchell was born February 19, 1847 to John and Jane Mitchell. He was christened on September 5, 1847 at Colo, New South Wales.^[1]

A retired farmer, Edward Henry Mitchell died in 1926. Probate was granted July 30, 1926 at Lower Portland in New South Wales.^[2]

• Obituary, Windsor and Richmond Gazette, Friday 21 May 1926

MR. E. H. MITCHELL

Another of the grand old Hawkesbury natives, Mr. Edward Henry Mitchell, of Lower Portland, passed away on Tuesday last at the age of 79 years. Always known to his friends as 'Eb.' Mitchell, there was perhaps not a finer man on the Hawkesbury River than him. The son of John and Sarah Mitchell, he was born at Lower Port land in the house where he died, where his son, Mr. Owen Mitchell, now resides. Like his two sons, Tom and Owen, he was an enthusiast in the game of cricket, and was a player of note in his early days. He was one of the pillars of the Methodist Church on the Hawkesbury River, and gave the land on which the present Methodist Church is built, and was a liberal helper to the cause.- At the age of 24 years he married Miss Frances Leonoria Cavanough, also a Hawkesbury native, and a member of an old and historic family in the district. They were married in the old Methodist Church at Lower Portland. His wife predeceased him many years ago. There are three children dead, and those now surviving are Grace (Mrs. Paull, of Sydney), Sarah Ann (Mrs. Alf. Watkins, of Lower Port land), Wesley (Sydney), Thomas Henry, and Owen John (Lower Portland). There was no more honorable or upright and fair minded man in the Hawkesbury district than the late 'Eb.' Mitchell, and he was highly respected by a very large circle of friends. The funeral was a very large one, and left the house at 2 p.m. on Wednesday for the Methodist cemetery at Sackville. Rev. J,. Scharkie conducted the burial service, and ? at the graveside paid a tribute to the deceased's upright life and his liberality to his church — the church of his fathers. Mr. Chandler carried out the funeral arrangements .

Sources

1. ↑ "Australia Births and Baptisms, 1792-1981", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XTCR-2XX : 28 January 2020), Edward Henry Mitchell, 1847.
2. ↑ "Australia, New South Wales, Deceased Estate Files, 1880-1923", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2TW-P7F6 : 3 February 2017), Edward Henry Mitchell, 1926.

• NSW BDM Birth Registration 1318/1847
• NSW BDM Marriage Registration 3817/1871
• NSW BDM Death Registration 10191/1926
• Windsor and Richmond Gazette Obituary - 21st May, 1926