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Elizabeth (Dunstone) King (1844 - 1922)

Elizabeth King formerly Dunstone aka Dunstan
Born in Wendron, Cornwall, Englandmap
Ancestors ancestors
Wife of — married 1864 in Victoria, Australiamap
Died at about age 78 in Marnoo, Victoria, Australiamap
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Elizabeth (Dunstone) King was born in Cornwall, England.
Elizabeth (Dunstone) King came free to the Colony of South Australia (1836-1900)
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Elizabeth (Dunstone) King migrated from England to Australia.
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Elizabeth was born in 1844, daughter of Thomas Dunstone and Mary Eathorne. Birth registered in 1844 in Redruth Cornwall [1]

The Dunstan family emigrated from England and settled in South Australia, Australia in the mid 1840s, siblings Grace Dunstan was born in Burra, South Australia in 1848 and Thomas Dunstan in 1849.

They soon moved to the Gold Fields of Victoria, sister Fanny was born in Ballarat East, Victoria in 1854.

Elizabeth Dunstan married John King in 1864 in Victoria, Australia. [2]


She passed away in 1922. [3]

The Argus Death Notice [4]

KING.— On the 8th July, at Marnoo, Elizabeth King, of Banyena, aged 77 years.

The Horsham Times Obituary [5]

The death occurred on Saturday last of Mrs. Elizabeth King, relict of the late Mr. John King. " Cosynooke," Banyena. The deceased lady was born in Cornwall, and came to Australia when a child, and was at Ballarat at the time of the famous Eureka Stockads incident. She was 77 years of age.

Elizabeth King died at Marnoo 1922 age 77, mother Mary ETHRON, father Thomas DUNSTAN.[6]

Sources

  1. "England and Wales Birth Registration Index, 1837-2008," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:2N4J-7P2 : 1 October 2014), Elizabeth Dunstone, 1844; from "England & Wales Births, 1837-2006," database, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : 2012); citing Birth Registration, Redruth, Cornwall, England, citing General Register Office, Southport, England.
  2. Victoria, Australia Marriage Registration Number 66/1864
  3. Victoria, Australia Death Registration Number 9946/1922; Father: Thomas Dunstan; Mother Maiden Name: Ethron
  4. The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1957) Tuesday 11 July 1922 - Page 1
  5. The Horsham Times (Vic. : 1882 - 1954) Tue 18 Jul 1922 Page 5 Obituary
  6. Death: Victorian Births Deaths and Marriages Register 9946/1922




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Dunstan-1254 and Dunstone-59 appear to represent the same person because: Same details but different spelling of last name at birth.
posted by Philip Farrell