Elizabeth (Rellie) Cherry (abt. 1812 - 1898)

Born about 1812 in Maybole, South Ayrshire, Scotland, United Kingdom

Wife of Jonas Cherry — married 8 Jul 1832 (to 12 Mar 1874) in Maybole, South Ayrshire, Scotland, United Kingdom

Descendants

Died 29 Mar 1898 at about age 86 in Springfield, Tasmania, Australia

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Elizabeth (Rellie) Cherry was born in Scotland.

Biography

Elizabeth was born around in 1812 in the Town of Maybole, Maybole Parish, Barony of Maybole, just south of the City of Ayr, South Ayrshire, Scotland^[1]. Her birth date and parents are not known.

Marriage

Jonas (Cherry) marries Elizabeth (Rellie) on the 8 July 1832 at the Parish Church, The Carrick Centre, Town of Maybole, Maybole Parish, Barony of Maybole, just south of the City of Ayr, South Ayrshire, Scotland, United Kingdom^[2][3].

Children

1. James (Ca 1834---Bef. 1852)
2. Jonas (Ca 1836)
3. Elizabeth (Ca 1838)
4. John (Ca. 1841)
5. Thomas (Ca 1843)
6. Archibald (Ca 1846)
7. James (Ca 1852)
8. William (14 July 1855)

Immigration

Jonas (Cherry) immigrates, with his wife and children, on the 20 December 1856 from the Port of Greenock, in the City of Glasgow, on the River Clyde, Lanarkshire, West Central Lowlands, Scotland aboard the vessel "Broomielaw". The family arrives on the 1 April 1857 at Tamar Heads, in the City of Launceston, Midlands Region, Van Diemen's Land, in Australia^[4].

Shipping Notice

• 1857 'Shipping Intelligence.', Colonial Times (Hobart, Tas. : 1828 - 1857), 4 April, p. 2.
• PORT OF LAUNCESTON. ARRIVED April 1.—Broomielaw, ship, 523 tons, from Glasgow.......THE Broomielaw entered the Tamar Heads on Tuesday last. She left the Clyde in tow on 20th December and was cleared at the Tail of the Bank on the 23rd, by the immigration officer, and was towed to sea on same day.....^[5].

Residence

We find Jonas, on the night of the Census Record of 1841, living with his wife Elizabeth (Rellie); children James, Jonas, Elizabeth, John and Apprentice Cotton Hand Loom Weaver, Ann (McGarrah). They reside at Ballony Farm, near St. John's Cottage, just outside of the Town of Maybole, Barony of Maybole, just south of the City of Ayr, South Ayrshire, Scotland, United Kingdom^[6]. The family are still at Ballony Farm just outside the Town of Maybole with the Census Record of 1851. Elizabeth lives with her husband Jonas and children Elizabeth, John, Thomas and Archibald^[7].

Death

Elizabeth (Rellie) passes away on the 29 March 1898 in the Rural Locality of Springfield, Scottsdale District, Ringarooma Region, south of the Town of Scottsdale, near the City of Launceston, Midlands Region, Tasmania, Australia. She was around 86 years old at the time and the cause of death was ruled as being Senility^[8].

Sources

1. ↑ Source: 1851 Scotland Census (ScotlandsPeople & The National Records of Scotland, Edinburgh); Record Link: https://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk/; Reference: Registration Parish: Maybole; County: Ayrshire; Registration Details: 605/ 8/ 11
2. ↑ Source: Old Parish Banns and Marriages (ScotlandsPeople & National Records of Scotland, Edinburgh); Record Link: https://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk/; Reference: (Marriage Year-1832); Registration Parish: Maybole; County: Ayrshire; Registration Details: 605/ 50 45
3. ↑ Source: "Scotland Marriages, 1561-1910", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XT26-R22 : 11 February 2020), Jonas Cherry, 1832
4. ↑ Source: Names Index: Arrivals (Libraries Tasmania); Record Link: https://librariestas.ent.sirsidynix.net.au/; Record ID: NAME_INDEXES:412850; Resource: CB7/12/1/12 BK47; Page number: 118; Record number: 561
5. ↑ Source: TROVE Digitised Newspapers (National Library of Australia, Canberra); Original Record Link: http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article8784176
6. ↑ Source: 1841 Scotland Census (ScotlandsPeople & The National Records of Scotland, Edinburgh); Record Link: https://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk/; Reference: Registration Parish: Maybole; County: Ayrshire; Registration Details: 605/ 5/ 25 (Page 25 of 33)
7. ↑ Source: 1851 Scotland Census (ScotlandsPeople & The National Records of Scotland, Edinburgh); Record Link: https://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk/; Reference: Registration Parish: Maybole; County: Ayrshire; Registration Details: 605/ 8/ 11
8. ↑ Source: Names Index: Deaths (Libraries Tasmania); Reference: Record Link: https://librariestas.ent.sirsidynix.net.au/; Record ID: NAME_INDEXES:1218833; Resource: RGD35/1/67 no 882; Image number: 237; Record number: 705