Caroline (Brownbill) Bellars (1819 - 1878)

Born 1819 in Middlesex, England, United Kingdom

Wife of Joseph Addy Bellars — married 30 Nov 1839 in St Luke, Middlesex, England, United Kingdom

Descendants

Died 11 Oct 1878 at about age 59 in Warrnambool, Victoria, Australia

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Biography

Birth

Caroline Brownbill was born in 1819 in Middlesex, England, United Kingdom, daughter of James Brownbill (~1793 - ) and Maria (Talford) Brownbill (abt.1873-)

Marriage

Caroline married Joseph Addy Bellars (1818 - 1886) on 30 Nov 1839 in St Luke, Middlesex. ^[1]

Children

1. Caroline Maria Bellars (1840 - 1906)
2. Joseph Archer Bellars (1842 - 1902)
3. Robert Archer Bellars (~1844 - 1901)
4. George Joseph Bellars (1851 - 1855)
5. John Joseph Bellars (1855 - 1944).

Death

Caroline died on 11 Oct 1878 in Warrnambool, Victoria, Australia aged ~59.^[2]

Immigration

Caroline (Brownbill) Bellars was an Assisted Immigrant to Victoria.

Immigrated to Australia as 'Assisted Passengers' aboard the ship Euphrates. An “assisted” immigrant had their voyage subsidised from the UK by the Victorian government for the purpose of being employed on their arrival. Indexers transcribed the names and ages recorded on lists of passengers aboard ships which arrived at Victorian ports from overseas, between 1839 and 1871).

Caroline arrived on the ship Euphrates on 19 November 1856 in Melbourne and Warrnambool, Australia having departed from Southampton^[3]

Census

In the 1851 census Caroline (age 30) was the wife of Joseph A Bellars in Lea Bridge Road Wicks Wharf, Saint Johns Hackney, Middlesex, England.^[4]

Name	Relation	Status	Sex	Age	Occupation	Birth Place
Joseph A Bellars	Head	Married	M	32	Clerk	Hackney, Middlesex
Caroline Bellars	Wife	Married	F	30		Kingsland, Middlesex
Caroline Bellars	Daughter	Unmarried	F	10		Hackney, Middlesex
Joseph Bellars	Son		M	8		Hackney, Middlesex
Robert Bellars	Son		M	4		Hackney, Middlesex
George Bellars	Son		M	0		Hackney, Middlesex
Robert Brownhill	Visitor	Unmarried	M	38		Kingsland, Middlesex
Ann Earle	Servant	Widowed	F	67	Nurse	Deptford, Kent

Sources

1. ↑ Marriage Index
   Index entry for Joseph Bellars
   England, Middlesex Parish Registers, 1539-1988
   FATHERS NAME: BELLARS Joseph
   SPOUSE: BROWNBILL Caroline - SPOUSES FATHER: BROWNBILL James
   MARRIAGE DATE: 30 Nov 1839
   MARRIAGE PLACE: St Luke, Leicestershire, England
2. ↑ Death Index
   Victoria Registry of Births Deaths and Marriages
   Index entry for Caroline Ballis
   FATHER: Robert Brownbill
   MOTHER: Maria Talford
   PLACE OF BIRTH: London, England
   PLACE OF DEATH: Victoria, Australia
   SPOUSE: Joseph Ballis
   AGE: 50 - DATE OF DEATH: 1878
   REF No:12869/1878
3. ↑ Passenger List: "Victoria, Australia, Assisted and Unassisted Passenger Lists, 1839-1923"
   Public Record Office Victoria; North Melbourne, Victoria; Register of Assisted Immigrants from the United Kindom (refer to microform copy, VPRS 3502); Series: VPRS 14
   Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 1635 #3775228 (accessed 26 June 2023)
   Name: Caroline Callen [Caroline Bellars]; Nationality: English and Welsh; Arrival Age: 33; Birth Date: abt 1823; Departure Place: Southampton; Arrival Date: 19 Nov 1856; Arrival Place: Melbourne and Warrnambool, Australia; Ship: Euphrates.
4. ↑ 1851 Census: "England and Wales Census, 1851"
   citing Saint Johns Hackney, Middlesex, England, p. 3; citing PRO HO 107, The National Archives of the UK, Kew, Surrey.
   FamilySearch Record: SGXX-M3Y (accessed 26 June 2023)
   FindMyPast Image
   Caroline Bellars (30), wife, in household of Joseph A Bellars (32) in Saint Johns Hackney in Hackney registration district in Middlesex, England. Born in Kingsland, Middlesex.