Elizabeth (Carr) Neill (1860 - 1948)

Born 1860 in Ironbark Gully, via Bendigo, Victoria (Australia)

Wife of William Bowman Hanna Neill — married 1880 in Bendigo, Victoria (Australia)

Died 1948 at about age 88 in Bendigo, Victoria, Australia

Problems/Questions Profile manager: B Williams [send private message]

Biography

Elizabeth Carr was born in 1860 in Ironbark Gully, via Bendigo, Victoria (Australia). She was the second daughter of Rosanna Devlin and Robert Carr. ^[1] Bendigo was a fast-growing pioneer centre, being pushed by the discovery of gold in 1851. Bendigo was connected to Melbourne by train in 1862 and was declared a city as early as 1871. It was also known as Sandhurst.

Elizabeth, daughter of Rosanna Devlin and Robert Carr, married William Neill, son of Mary Stevenson and Ebenezer Neill, in 1880 in Bendigo. ^[2][3] Their children may have included

1. Elsa Mary Neill (1881-1882)
2. Irene Clyde Neill (1884-1919)
3. Evelyn Adrienne Neill (1887-1961)
4. Lesley Neill (1895-1973).

She passed away, aged 88 years, in 1948 in Bendigo. ^[4]

Research Notes

Birth

1. Victoria Birth Index #22045/1860^[1]

   Family name: CARR

   Given name(s): Elizabeth

   Event: births

   Mother's name: Rose

   Mother's family name at birth: DEVLIN

   Father's name: Robert

   Place of birth: IRON

   Reg. number: 22045/1860

Marriage

1. Family Notices (1880, December 14)^[3]

   Bendigo Advertiser (Vic. : 1855 - 1918), Tuesday 14 December 1880, page 2

   ____

   MARRIAGE.

   On the 30th November, at the residence of the bride, by the Rev James Groundwater, W. B. H. Neill, only son of the late Ebenezer Neill, to Elizabeth, eldest daughter of Robert Carr, Boundary-street, both of Sandhurst.

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} Victoria Birth Index #22045/1860, https://my.rio.bdm.vic.gov.au/efamily-history/-, accessed 26May2023
2. ↑ Victoria Marriage Index #4754/1880
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1} Family Notices (1880, December 14). Bendigo Advertiser (Vic. : 1855 - 1918), p. 2. Retrieved June 10, 2023, from https://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article88640708
4. ↑ Victoria Death Index #20050/1948