Born in Colony of Victoria
Ancestors 
Daughter of William Ferguson
and Ellen (Tompkins) Ferguson
Sister of
James Ferguson, John Ferguson, Matthew Ferguson, Thomas Ferguson, Joseph Albert Ferguson and William Ferguson
Wife of
William Alexander Folwell
— married
13 Jan 1876 in Heathcote, Colony of Victoria
Descendants 
Mother of
Helen Maria (Folwell) Kavanagh, Rosa (Folwell) Bennett, Austin Folwell, William Folwell, John Folwell, Matthew Folwell, Edward (Folwell) Follwell, Thomas Folwell and Ernest Folwell
Died
at about age 44
in Prahran, Colony of Victoria
Profile last modified
| Created 20 Nov 2017
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Biography
Ellen (Mary Ellen) Ferguson was born about 1855, her birth registered Melbourne, Victoria, as Ellen, the daughter of William Ferguson and Ellen Tompkins [1]
Marriage. In 1876, as Mary Ellen, she married Austin Alexander Folwell. [2]
- The McIvor Times and Rodney Advertiser, Thursday 20 January 1876 p 2
- MARRIAGE
- FOLWELL—FERGUSON.—On the 13th January, 1876, at the minister's residence, Heathcote, by the Rev. H. Wallace, Austin Alexander, of Costerfield, to Mary Ellen, daughter of Mr. William Ferguson, of Graytown.[3]
After they wed, the Folwell family moved about a lot as seven out of nine children were registered in seven different places. They nine children. The birth registrations show the use of either Ellen or Mary Ellen Ferguson as their mother's name.[4]
Ellen Folwell died at Prahran in 1899, aged 43. Her parents were recorded as William Ferguson and Ellen unknown. [5]
Sources
- ↑ Birth Pioneer Index Victoria 1836-1888 (cdrom) Macbeth Applications: 1855 BIRTH; Ellen FERGUSON; MELB; Registration Number 6379
- ↑ Marriage Pioneer Index Victoria 1836-1888 (cdrom) Macbeth Applications: 1876 MARRIAGE: Mary Ellen FERGUSON / Austin Alexander FALWELL; Registration Number 1026
- ↑ Marriage announcement TROVE Newspapers online (National Library of Australia: The McIvor Times and Rodney Advertiser (Heathcote, Vic. : 1863 - 1918) Thursday 20 January 1876 p 2
- ↑ Children from Website, Department of Justice, Victoria Family history search as individually sourced in their own profiles
- ↑ Death Federation Index Victoria 1889-1901 (cdrom) Macbeth Applications: 1899 DEATH; Ellen FOLWELL; reg number 10596
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