Eleanor (Beech) Coutts (bef. 1832 - 1891)

Born before 11 Mar 1832 in Wolverhampton, Staffordshire, England, United Kingdom

Wife of Matthew Brownrigg — married 19 Sep 1850 (to 1881) in West Derby, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom

Wife of James Coutts — married 24 Nov 1887 in Fitzroy, Victoria, Australia

Descendants

Died 20 Oct 1891 after age 59 in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

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Biography

Eleanor (Beech) Coutts was born in Staffordshire, England.

Eleanor Beech, daughter of Thomas Beech (bef.1811-bef.1878) and Ann (Rigby) Beech (abt.1806-bef.1861) was born in 1832 in Wolverhampton, Staffordshire, England,^[1][2][3] and was baptised on 11 March 1832 in St Peter, Wolverhampton, Staffordshire, England.^[4][5]

In 1841 Eleanor was living in Darlington Street, Wolverhampton, Staffordshire, England with her parents Thomas (30) and Ann (30).^[1]

Prior to 19 September 1850, when she married Matthew Brownrigg at St Mary's Edge Hill, West Derby, Liverpool, Lancashire, England, Eleanor was living in Fairclough Lane, West Derby, Liverpool, Lancashire, England.

Eleanor married Matthew Brownrigg (abt.1829-1881) on 19 September 1850 in St Mary's Edge Hill, West Derby, Liverpool, Lancashire, England.^[2]

Children from this marriage were:

• John Brownrigg (1851-1915) was born in 1851 in West Derby, Liverpool, Lancashire, England. John married Clara Francis Quarry on 8 October 1872 in South Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. He died on 24 November 1915 in Collingwood, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, at age 64, and was buried on 25 November 1915 in Boroondara Cemetery, Kew, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
• Sarah Ann (Brownrigg) Simons (1854-1931) was born in 1854 in Sackville Street, Collingwood, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Sarah married Joseph Henry Oliver Simons in 1879 in St Philips Church, Abbotsford, Collingwood, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia and died on 5 September 1931 in Abbotsford, Collingwood, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
• Turner Brownrigg (abt.1856-1893) was born in Collingwood, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia in 1856. He married Annie Amelia Doig in Fitzroy, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia in 1883 and died age 37 in 1893 at Regent St, Prahran, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
• Matthew Thomas Brownrigg (bef.1858-bef.1858) was born in Collingwood, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia in 1858 and died there in 1858.
• Hannah (Brownrigg) Phillips (1859-1944) was born in 1859 in East Collingwood, Collingwood, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Hannah married Peter Jenson Phillips in 1884 and died in 1944 in East Preston, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia at age 85.
• Mary Brownrigg (1861-bef.1879) was born in 1861 in East Collingwood, Collingwood, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, died in 1879 in Collingwood, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, at age 18, and was buried in St Kilda Cemetery, St Kilda, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
• William Chester Brownrigg (1863-1902) was born in 1863 in Collingwood, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, died on 14 August 1902 in Malvern, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia at age 39, and was buried in Boroondara Cemetery, Kew, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
• Eleanor (Brownrigg) Mack (1865-abt.1953) was born in 1865 in Collingwood, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Eleanor married Robert George Mack in 1884 and died in 1953 in Prahran, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia at age 88.
• Joshua Brownrigg (1867-1945) was born on 6 July 1867 in Collingwood, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Joshua married Mary Agnes Ashworth in 1891 in Collingwood, Melbourne, Victoria and died in 1945 in Blackburn, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia at age 78.
• Edward Brownrigg (abt.1869-abt.1915) was born in 1869 in Collingwood, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Edward married Elizabeth Downie Howden in 1890 in Collingwood, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia and died in 1915 in Yarra Glen, Victoria, Australia at age 46.
• Arthur Laurence Brownrigg (abt.1872-bef.1951) was born on 29 September 1872 in Prahran, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia and died in 1951 in Bairnsdale, Victoria, Australia at age 79.

In 1851, Eleanor and Matthew were living at 7 Rose Vale, Everton, West Derby, Liverpool, Lancashire, England.^[3]

Eleanor (Beech) Coutts was an Assisted Immigrant to Victoria.

Matthew aged 23, Eleanor aged 20 and their infant son John left Liverpool, Lancashire, England aboard the Chance on 24 (some reports have 23) July 1852, arriving in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia on 26 October 1852.^[6][7][8][9]

In order to provide rural labourers who would not abscond to the goldfields immediately on disembarkation the passage contributions were adjusted to encourage married couples (only £1 each) with up to four (instead of three) children travelling free. Dispatching emigrants direct from Liverpool had only begun in January 1852, and in their dash to reach the Victorian goldfields in the quickest possible time, many Captains adopted the new Great Circle route in the 1850s. Passing far south of the Cape of Good Hope, they sought the Roaring Forties – the strong prevailing winds that blew from the west to the east between 40 and 50 degrees south. This route involved enormous risks from drifting icebergs and the wild seas generated by frequent storms. The difficulty when navigating the narrow path between King Island and southern Victoria led to the West Coast of Victoria becoming known as the Shipwreck Coast.

The 1049 ton vessel Chance, captained by Alfred Hayes, was licensed to carry 401.5 passengers (excluding crew and cabin passengers).^[10] The ship arrived in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia on 28 October 1852 after 97 days with 471 passengers.^[11] On arrival the ship was placed in quarantine as a result of 42 deaths (some reports of 46) occurring from dysentery and bronchitis during the voyage, the last on the 20th October, and reports of four cases of typhus fever on board.

The quarantine report by the Health Officer, Thomas Hunt, to the Victorian Colonial Secretary on 1852-53 Return of Diseases states:

The Chance - This vessel was placed in Quarantine from her arrival on the 28th October, to the 11th November, when having boarded her, and ascertained by personal inspection that the cases reported typhus fever by her Surgeon were of a much simple character, pratique was afforded her.^[12]

Although conditions on the Chance were very unpleasant, no doubt similar to those described for other ships arriving in 1852 from England, they were fortunate that it was not typhus. Not so lucky were those aboard the Ticonderoga, which left Liverpool just over a week after the Chance on 4 August 1852. It was known as the Fever Ship when it arrived with 311 cases of fever (typhus), 127 cases of diarrhoea and 16 cases of dysentery on the ship's arrival. Tragedy had also struck on the double decker ships Bourneuf, Marco Polo and Wanata that same year. The Marco Polo captained by James Nicol Forbes, who pioneered the Great Circle route, lost 52 passengers; 46 were children under the age of four years of age. The Wanata lost 39 passengers, 30 being children. The Bourneuf sailed from Liverpool on 26th May 1852 with 754 passengers with 88 dying by the time it arrived on 3 September 1852, 83 of them children. The tragic loss of life resulted in the Emigration Commission deciding not to use double decker vessels in the future. It also reintroduced the policy whereby no family would be accepted for emigration in which there were more than two children under seven years, or three children under ten years.

On the 17 November 1852 after being released from quarantine, the immigrants aboard the Chance and Hope were available for selection. Matthew Brownrigg was engaged by Robert Jak(?) of Hopkins River, near Warrnambool in Victoria's southwest, for 6 months at £50 plus rations.^[13]

At the time of the birth of their daughter Sarah Ann in 1854, Matthew and Eleanor were living in Sackville St, Collingwood, Melbourne, Victoria, with Matthew's occupation as Labourer. Between 1865 and 1870 they were living at Cromwell St, Collingwood, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.^[14] From 1875 until his death in 1881, Matthew's occupation was as a Storeman living at 55 Perth St, Prahran, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.^[15][16] From 1875 until the death of her husband Matthew in 1881 Eleanor was living at 55 Perth St, Prahran, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, and then from at least 1884, at 9 Perth St, Prahran, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.^[17]

Matthew had an estate at 55 Perth St (on the corner of Athol St), Prahran, Melbourne that had Probate on 22 August 1884 in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia £400.0.0 for which £1.17.6 duty was paid.^[18] The Probate description of the Real Estate describes it as being 501 feet 6 inches south of the Perth St/Commercial Rd corner bounded on the south by Athol St, 60 feet 5 inches by 125 feet On which is erected a four room weatherboard house lately occupied by the deceased.^[18][19]

After Matthew's death, Eleanor Brownrigg (nee Beech) married James Coutts (abt.1837-aft.1891), a Gardener and son of Henry Coutts and Christina Vallance, on 24 November 1887 in Fitzroy, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Prior to her marriage Eleanor was living in High St, Prahran, and then in 1891 at 39 Greville St, Prahran, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.^[20]

On 5 October 1891 Eleanor was run into by a dog while walking along Chapel St, Prahran, Melbourne, stumbled and fell against the kerb, fracturing her thigh. She was taken to Prince Alfred Hospital, but died there on 20 October 1891 due to hemorrhaging associated with the fracture.^[21]

An inquest into her death on 22 October 1891 returned a verdict of accidental death.^{[22][23][24][25][26]} Newspapers reported on Eleanor Coutts accidental death.^[27][28]

Eleanor's funeral departed from 39 Grenville street, Prahran,^[29][30][31] and was buried on 22 October 1891 in an unmarked grave at CofE, Comp D, Grave 295, St Kilda Cemetery, St Kilda, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. She was interred with her daughter Mary (9 August 1879) and later on, her son Turner (2 June 1893).^[32][33]

Research Notes

The list of children (Issue) on Matthew's wife, Eleanor's death registration in 1891 differs from that on Matthew's 10 years earlier:

The Victorian birth index matches the fathers list, and no birth, marriage or death entries can be found for Walter, Esther or Catherine Brownrigg. Only one child (deceased) from James Coutt's previous marriage is listed on James and Eleanor's marriage.

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} 1841 England Census. Class: HO107; Piece: 1000; Book: 2; Civil Parish: Wolverhampton; County: Staffordshire; Enumeration District: 5; Folio: 52; Page: 17; Line: 24; GSU roll: 474627.

   Darlington Street, Wolverhampton, Staffordshire, England

   Name	Sex	Age	Occupation	Birth County
   Thomas Beech	Male	30	Carpenter	Not in County
   Ann Beech	Female	30		Not in County
   Elen Beech	Female	9		Staffordshire

2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1} "England Marriages, 1538–1973," database, FamilySearch Record: NKH6-V8J (accessed 3 July 2023), Eleanor Beech marriage to Matthew Brownrigg on 19 Sep 1850 in Edge Hill, Liverpool, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom. Transcript:

   1850 Marriage solemnized at St Mary's Edge Hill in the Parish of West Derby in the County of Lancaster.

   No.: 319

   When Married: Sept 19

   Name and Surname: Matthew Brownrigg; Eleanor Beech

   Age: 21; 19

   Condition: Bachelor; Spinster

   Profession: Police Officer

   Residence: Fairclough Lane; Fairclough Lane

   Father's Name and Surname: John Brownrigg; Thomas Beech

   Profession of Father: Statesman; Joiner

   Married in the Church of St Mary according to the Rites and Ceremonies of the Established Church after Banns by me L. Barry.

   This Marriage was solemnized between us { Matthew Brownrigg, Eleanor Beech

   In the Presence of { Robert Smith, Ann Smith.

3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1} 1851 England Census. Class: HO107; Piece: 2189; Folio: 360; Page: 13; GSU roll: 87196.

   Township of Everton Borough of Liverpool

   Street: No 7 Rose Vale

   Name	Relation	Status	Sex	Age	Occupation	Birth Place
   Mathew Brownridge	Head		M	22		Cumberland, England
   Eleanor Brownridge	Wife		F	19		Wolverhampton
   Hanah Brown			F	11		Cumberland, England
   Margrat Jackson			F	19		Cumberland, England

4. ↑ Staffordshire : Wolverhampton : St Peter : Parish Register : "Parish Register" database, FreeREG (https://www.freereg.org.uk/search_records/5817d13de93790eca3eefce5 : viewed 22 Feb 2023) baptism Eleanor Beech 11 Mar 1832.
5. ↑ Staffordshire, England, Church of England Births and Baptisms, 1813-1900. Indexes created from Anglican Parish Registers held at Staffordshire Record Office; Stafford, Staffordshire, England. Eleanor Beech 11 March 1832 Baptism; D1157/1/1/11A.
6. ↑ Immigration to Victoria, 1852-1889. Index to Unassisted Inward Passengers.

   BROWNRIGG ELEANOR 20 1852 OCT CHANCE B 56 5

   BROWNRIGG JOHN 0 1852 OCT CHANCE B 56 5

   BROWNRIGG MATTHEW 23 1852 OCT CHANCE B 56 5

7. ↑ "Australia, Victoria, Inward Passenger Lists, 1839-1923", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QPW2-QK32 : 15 October 2019), Matthew Brownrig. Name: Matthew Brownrig; Sex: Male; Age: 23; Arrival Place: Australia; Departure Place: Liverpool, Merseyside, England, United Kingdom; Event Type: Emigration
8. ↑ 1852 "Inward Overseas Passenger Lists (British Ports) 1852-1923". 1852 Chance passenger lists Transcript:

   Port of Embarkation: Liverpool

   Names of Passengers: Brownrigg Matthew; Eleanor; John

   Adults: 23M; 20F

   Infants: 1

   English Adults: 1; 1

   English Infants: 1.

9. ↑ Victoria, Australia, Assisted and Unassisted Passenger Lists, 1839-1923. Name: Matthew Brownrigg; Nationality: English; Arrival Age: 23; Birth Date: 1830; Departure Place: Liverpool; Arrival Date: Nov 1853; Arrival Place: Melbourne, Australia; Ship: Chance
10. ↑ Inward Overseas Passenger Lists (British Ports) 1852-1923. Transcript:

    Schedule A of Passengers Act for the Chance.

    Ships Name: Chance

    Masters Name: Alfred Hayes

    Tons per register: 1049

    Aggregate Number of superficial feet in the several compartments set apart for Steerage Passengers: 6022

    Total number of Statute Adults, exclusive of Master, Crew and Cabin Passengers, the ship can legally carry: 401 1/2

    Where bound: Melbourne

    I hereby certify, that the Provisions actually laden on board this Ship, according to the requirements of the Passengers' Act, are sufficient for ---- Passengers, compiled according to this Act.

    Alfred Hayes Master

    Date -----

11. ↑ Shipping Arrivals and Departures: Victorian Ports, Volume 2, 1846-1855
12. ↑ https://www.parliament.vic.gov.au/papers/govpub/VPARL1853-54NoA42.pdf.; Parliamentary report on Immigration Health. Report by the Health Officer on Health of immigration ships from 1 May 1852 to 30 Jun 1853
13. ↑ 1852 "Registers of Assisted Immigrants from British 1839-1871". Transcript:

    'Chance' Nominal List

    No.: 38; 39

    Name: Mathew Brownrigg; Eleanor Do.; John see No. 323 (inserted between rows)

    Calling: Policeman

    County: Lancashire; do

    Religion: C. of E.; C. of E.

    Age: 23; 20

    Education: Read & Write; Read & Write

    By Whom Engaged: Robt Jeek Hopkins River; do

    Wages: £50

    Term: 6 months with Rations

14. ↑ Victoria, Australia, Rate Books, 1855-1963. Public Record Office Victoria; North Melbourne, Australia; Series Title: 2340/P Microfilm Copy Of Rate Books, City of Collingwood [copy of VPRS 377] [1864-1901]
15. ↑ Australia, City Directories, 1845-1948. Sands & McDougall's Melbourne and suburban directory.
16. ↑ Victoria, Australia, Rate Books, 1855-1963. Public Record Office Victoria; North Melbourne, Australia; Series Title: 2344/P Microfilm Copy Of Rate Books, City of Prahran [1856-1901]
17. ↑ Victoria, Australia, Rate Books, 1855-1963. Public Record Office Victoria; North Melbourne, Australia; Series Title: 2344/P Microfilm Copy Of Rate Books, City of Prahran [1856-1901]
18. ↑ ^{18.0 18.1} Victoria, Australia, Wills and Probate Records, 1841-2009. Public Record Office Victoria; North Melbourne, Victoria; Victorian Wills, Probate and Administration Records 1841-1925; Series: VPRS 7591. Name: Matthew Brownrigg; Record Type: Probates; Death Date: 26 Aug 1881; Death Place: Prahran; Occupation: Storeman; Grant Date: 18 Aug 1884; Grant: Probate; Grant Recipient: Eleanor Brownrigg and J Brownrigg
19. ↑ Footnote: The address sold in 2015 for $A892 500. Only two weatherboard houses remained in Perth St (68 & 70) in 2015, with the others replaced by brick, presumably during the C20th.
20. ↑ Digger - Pioneer Index. Victoria 1836 - 1888. Surname: BROWNRIGG; Given Names: Eleanor; Event: M; Spouse Surname/Father: COUTTS; Spouse Gvn Names/Mother: James ; Sex: F; Birth Place: ENGLAND; Year: 1887; Reg Number: 7469. Transcript:

    1887 Marriages solemnized in the District of Fitzroy in the Colony of Victoria

    No.: 4545;

    When and Where: 24th November; Moor St, Fitzroy.

    Names: James Coutts; Eleanor Brownrigg;

    Condition: Widower; Decease of former wife 1880; Widow; Decease of former Husband 1879;

    Children: 1 child (deceased); 9 living 3 deceased;

    Birthplace: Edinburgh, Scotland; Wolverhampton , England;

    Occupation: Gardener; Housekeeper;

    Age: 50; 54;

    Residence: High St, Prahran; High St, Prahran;

    Parents: Henry Coutts,; Christina Coutts, [Vallancy(?)]; Thomas Beach, Ann Beach [Migbey]

    Father's Occupation: Gardener; Publican

    I Nathaniel Kinsman a Minister of Religion do hereby certify that I have, this day at Moor Street Fitzroy duly celebrated marriage between James Coutts of Prahran, Gardener and Eleanor Brownrigg of Prahran, Housekeeper after Notice and Declaration duly made and published, as by law required.

    Dated this 24th day of November 1887. Nathaniel Kinsman

    Marriage according to the Rites of the Free Church of England was solemnized between us { James Coutts, Eleanor Brownrigg

    Witnesses { Lydia Kinsman, (?)

21. ↑ Victoria, Australia, Death Index, 1836-1988. The Victorian Registry of Births, Deaths, and Marriages; Melbourne, Victoria, Australia; Victoria, Australia, Death Records. Surname: COUTTS; Given Names: Eleanor ; Event: D; Sex: F; Spouse Surname/Father: Unknown; Age: 59; Death Place: Prn Alf Hosp ; Year: 1891. Transcript:

    Reg. Number: 1740

    Deaths in the District of Prahran in the Colony of Victoria

    No.: 10580

    When & where died: 20 October 1891, Alfred Hospital, City of Melbourne, County of Bourke.

    Name & Profession: Eleanor Coutts, Housewife

    Sex & age: Female 59 years

    Cause of death: Accidental fracture of thigh hemorrhage from the bowels.

    When last saw Deceased: Verdict at the inquest held by Richard Youl, Coroner, 22 October 1891

    Name & surname of father & mother: unknown

    Informant: Simon O'Neill sergt-of-Police Saint Kilda Road. Present at Inquest.

    Deputy Registrar, date & where registered: I.N. Cumming; 23 October 1891; Prahran.

    When & where buried, undertaker: 22 October 1891, St Kilda Cemetery, A. J. Raybourd.

    Name & religion of Minister, Names of witnesses: Revd E. Orlando ? Wesleyan Clergyman, John Green.

    Where born, how long in colonies: Shropshire, England, 40 Years Victoria.

    Where & at what age married: 1st Liverpool, England; 2nd Fitzroy, Victoria; 1st 19; 2nd 53 ; 1st Mathew Brownrigg; 2nd James Coutts.

    Issue in order of birth, names & ages: 1st Issue John 40y; Sarah 37y; Turner 34y; Hannah 32y ; William 28y; Ellen 26y; Mary dead; Walter 22y; Esther 22y; Catherine 19y; 2nd no issue

22. ↑ Victoria, Australia, Coroner Inquest Deposition Files, 1840-1925. Public Records Office Victoria; Victoria, Australia; Coroner Inquest Deposition Files (1840-1925). Eleanor Coutts Inquest (Accessed: 24 February 2023). Name: Eleanor Coutts; Gender: Female; Death Place: Australia; Inquest Date: 22 Oct 1891; Inquest Place: Alfred Hospital; Cause of DeathHaemorrhage of the bowel and fracture of the thigh bone. Transcript of deposition to Eleanor Coutts 1891 Inquest by Richard Youl:

    An Inquisition for our Sovereign Lady Queen Victoria, taken at the Alfred Hospital in the Colony of Victoria aforesaid, the Twenty Second day of October A.D. 1891 in the Fifty Fifth year of the Reign of our said Lady the Queen, before me Richard Youl Gentleman, a City Coroner of our Lady the Queen for the said Colony, upon the view of the body of Eleanor Coutts ... came by her death in the Alfred Hospital on the twentieth of October instant the deceased Eleanor Coutts died from haemorrhage from the Bowel from an accidental(?) fracture of the leg

23. ↑ Victoria, Australia, Coroner Inquest Deposition Files, 1840-1925. Public Records Office Victoria; Victoria, Australia; Coroner Inquest Deposition Files (1840-1925). Eleanor Coutts Inquest (Accessed: 24 February 2023). Transcript of deposition to Eleanor Coutts 1891 Inquest by Constable Corby:

    Victoria Police - [47] Saint Kilda Road Station Melbourne Police District
    October 20th 1891
    Report of W. Corby Const 3249 relative to a death at Alfred Hospital
    I beg to report for your information that a woman named Mrs Coutts aged 59 years of 84 Chomley Street Prahran was admitted to the above Hospital suffering from fracture of the thigh (see Drs report attached) the result of a fall caused by a dog running between her legs. She was attended by Dr Ramsay of East Prahran who recommended her as an in patient to the Hospital. She was admitted on Oct 5th and died last night.
    W. Corby Const 3249

24. ↑ Victoria, Australia, Coroner Inquest Deposition Files, 1840-1925. Public Records Office Victoria; Victoria, Australia; Coroner Inquest Deposition Files (1840-1925). Eleanor Coutts Inquest (Accessed: 24 February 2023). Transcript of deposition to Eleanor Coutts 1891 Inquest by James Coutts:

    This Deponent James Coutts on oath saith, I am a Gardener residing at Prahran
    The deceased was my wife her name was Eleaner Coutts her age was fifty nine years she has left nine children by a previous marriage she was in reasonable good health I was not present when she was thrown down.
    James Coutts
    22 October 1891 at Alfred Hospital

25. ↑ Victoria, Australia, Coroner Inquest Deposition Files, 1840-1925. Public Records Office Victoria; Victoria, Australia; Coroner Inquest Deposition Files (1840-1925). Eleanor Coutts Inquest (Accessed: 24 February 2023). Transcript of deposition to Eleanor Coutts 1891 Inquest by WS Gardiner:

    This Deponent William S Gardiner on his oath saith, I am a Produce Merchant residing at Chapel Street
    On the third instant I saw the deceased Coutts in Chapel Street she was being picked up when I just saw her she was carried out my shop she told me that on her way to the Railway Station to meet her Husband two dogs were playing in the street when one of them had knocked her down her said her leg was broken she waited until her Husband appeared He took her away in a cab
    WS Gardiner
    22 October 1891 at Alfred Hospital

26. ↑ Victoria, Australia, Coroner Inquest Deposition Files, 1840-1925. Public Records Office Victoria; Victoria, Australia; Coroner Inquest Deposition Files (1840-1925). Eleanor Coutts Inquest (Accessed: 24 February 2023).Transcript of deposition to Eleanor Coutts 1891 Inquest by FS Crowther:

    This Deponent Frank Smith Crowther on his oath saith, I am a duly qualified Medical Practitioner residing at Alfred Hospital I admitted the deceased Eleanor Coutts into the Alfred Hospital on Octr 5th 1891. On examination I found her suffering from a fracture of the leg thigh bone near the hip joint.
    She remained in the hospital under treatment but was always in a condition of general weakness developing symptoms of jaundice about Oct 15th. She had severe bleeding from the bowel on the 17th inst which recurred again on the 19th causing her death from exhaustion on the 20th inst.
    The cause of death was haemorrhage from the Bowel
    FS Crowther
    22 October 1891 at Alfred Hospital

27. ↑ CASUALTIES AND OFFENCES. (1891, October 23). The Age (Melbourne, Vic. : 1854 - 1954), p. 6. Retrieved February 24, 2023, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article193414727. Transcript:

    Casulaties and Offences

    Dr. Youl held an inquest t the Alfred Hospital yesterday relative to the death of Eleanor Coutts, an elderly lady, who was admitted into the institution on the 5th inst., suffering from a fractured thigh caused by falling over a dog in Chapel-street some days previously. Death resulted from internal bleeding. A verdict of accidental death was returned.

28. ↑ A REMARKABLE FATALITY. (1891, October 23). The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1957), p. 10. Retrieved February 24, 2023, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article8639528. Transcript:

    A Remarkable Fatality.

    Tripped by a Dog.

    The city coroner (Dr. Youl) held an inquest yesterday at the Alfred Hospital concerning the death of Eleanor Coutts, aged 59, wife of John Coutts, gardener, Greville-street, who died in the institution from internal bleeding consequent on the fracture of her thigh. This injury was sustained in a remarkable fashion. She was walking along Chapel-street, Prahran, about a fortnight ago when a dog ran against her and caused her to stumble and fall on the kerbstone. When she was picked up it was found that she had been seriously injured, and having been taken to the Alfred Hospital the surgeons there discovered that she had fractured her thigh. A verdict of accidental death was returned.

29. ↑ Argus Newspaper - Melbourne. Wednesday 21 Oct 1891. Transcript:

    Coutts - On the 20th Inst, at the Alfred Hospital, Eleanor, the beloved wife of James Coutts, aged 59. Coutts - The friends of James Coutts are respectfully invited to follow the remains of his late beloved wife, Eleanor, to the place of internment, the St Kilda Cemetery, on Thursday. The funeral will move from 39 Grenville street Prahran.

30. ↑ The Melbourne Age. Wednesday 21 Oct 1891. Transcript:

    Coutts - On the 20th October, at Prahran, Eleanor Coutts, aged 59 years. Deeply Regretted.

31. ↑ The Prahran Telegraph. Saturday 24 October 1891. Transcript:

    Mrs Eleanor Coutts, aged 59 years, of Greville-street, Prahran, stumbled over a dog in Chapel -street, a fortnight ago, and falling fractured her thigh. She was treated at the Alfred Hospital, but this week succumbed to the injuries received.

32. ↑ Australia and New Zealand, Find A Grave Index, 1800s-Current. St Kilda Cemetery burial index. Transcript:

    Eleanor Coutts; St Kilda Cemetery; Buried; 21 October 1891

33. ↑ Southern Metropolitan Cemetery Trust (accessed 4 July 2023).

    Church of England, Compartment D, Grave 295, St Kilda Cemetery

    Given names	Surname	Cemetery	Service provided	Date of service
    Eleanor	Coutts	St Kilda Cemetery	Buried	21 October 1891
    Mary	Brownrigg	St Kilda Cemetery	Buried	09 August 1879
    Turner	Brownrigg	St Kilda Cemetery	Buried	02 June 1893