Ellen (Doust) Boardman (1851 - 1948)

Born 24 Oct 1851 in Camden, New South Wales, Australia

Ancestors

Wife of Thomas William Boardman — married 21 Apr 1875 in Camden, New South Wales, Australia

Descendants

Died 4 Sep 1948 at age 96 in Camden, New South Wales, Australia

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Biography

Ellen Doust was born in Camden, NSW on 24 October 1851 to parents Joseph Doust & Louisa Nash.^[1]

Thomas William Boardman married Ellen Doust in Cawdor on 21 April 1875.^[2]

Children of ELLEN DOUST and THOMAS BOARDMAN are:

• Alice Eva Boardman, b. 19 Mar 1876, Razorback Camden NSW ; d. 25 Sep 1933, West Wyalong
• Frank Ernest Boardman, b. 15 Jul 1877, Razorback Camden NSW; d. 17 May 1950, Lidcombe
• Herbert George Boardman, b. 08 May 1879, Picton NSW ; d. 01 Nov 1954, Kogarah NSW
• Minnie Louisa Boardman, b. 09 Jun 1881, Picton NSW ; d. 12 Aug 1963, Sydney NSW
• Velina Ellen Boardman, b. 21 Dec 1883, Picton NSW ; d. 14 Nov 1969, Sydney NSW
• Matilda Rose Boardman, b. 20 Nov 1885, Picton NSW ; d. 25 Jan 1970, Sydney NSW
• Sabina Ruth Boardman, b. 05 Oct 1887, Picton NSW ; d. 05 Nov 1976
• Alma Annie Boardman, b. 02 Jan 1890, Picton NSW ; d. 04 Sep 1982, Canowindra NSW
• Albert Henry Boardman, b. 04 Oct 1891, Picton NSW ; d. 24 Oct 1979, Toowoomba Qld
• Vida May Boardman, b. 21 Aug 1894, Clifton NSW ; d. 11 Jul 1896, Picton NSW .

Ellen died on 9 September 1948 at Camden.^[3]

DEATH OF Mrs. ELLEN BOARDMAN. (1948, September 9). Camden News (NSW : 1895 - 1954), p. 1. http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article140489859 DEATH OF Mrs. ELLEN BOARDMAN. Another link in the history of Camden has been broken in the passing of Mrs. Ellen Boardman, of Oldham Hills, Cawdor, aged 97 years, whose death took place on Saturday last,4th September. Mrs. Boardman was the daughter of the late Joseph Doust, who landed in Australia from Kent, England, on the 5th April,1841, and immediately came to Camden. four years later he married Louisa, daughter of Camden's first storekeeper, favourably known as 'Daddy Nash,' his store being on premises erected by the late John Wilds in the then main town centre in Elizabeth Street, between existing Mitchell and Exeter Streets. In the forties Joseph Doust opened a store on the Main Southern Road at Cawdor, planting a vineyard adjoining. It was here, at Cawdor, Ellen Doust was born in 1851. At the age of 23 she married Thomas William Boardman, son of another pioneer; William Boardman, who in 1841 farmed the property now known as Lynn Farm, Camden, having arrived in Australia with his wife from England in 1838. Mrs. Boardman lived most of her married life at Maldon, but since the death of her husband came back to Camden, for some years living on The Oaks Road, and afterwards at her old home Oldham Hills. Deceased ever retained her connection with, Cawdor, educated at a school there, and Sunday School at the Methodist Church, where she was married, and now at the same church her burial service was held prior to her interment in the grave yard adjoining. The Rev. H. N.Whiteman conducting both these services. Mrs. Boardman is survived by three sons and five daughters, Messrs. Frank, of Marrickville; Herbert (Bert), of Kogarah; Henry, of Brisbane, Q.; Minnie (Mrs. S. Grant), Wentworthville; Lena (Mrs. E: Baxter), Picton; Sabina (Mrs. Russ),Camden; Alma (Mrs. A. J. Doust),Canowindra; and Miss Rose, Camden.There are 24 grandchildren, 43 great grandchildren, and one great great grandchild.

Sources

1. ↑ NSW Birth Certificate No. 5909/1851 V18515909 121C for Ellen Doust, Father = Joseph, Mother = Louisa
2. ↑ NSW Marriage Registration No. 2191/1875 for Thomas William Boardman & Ellen Doust, Camden district
3. ↑ NSW Death Registration No. 22099/1948 for Ellen Boardman, Camden district, Father = Joseph, Mother = Louisa

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