Elizabeth Elizabeth (Greenaway) Piper (1814 - 1884)

Born 1814 in England, United Kingdom

Wife of James Piper — married 5 Apr 1841 in Kilkhampton, Cornwall, England

Descendants

Died 1884 at about age 70 in Geelong, Victoria, Australia

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Biography

Elizabeth (Greenaway) Piper came free to the Colony of New South Wales (1788-1900)

Elizabeth was born around 1814 in Cornwall England.

On the 5th of April, 1841, Elizabeth marries James Piper in Kilkhampton, Cornwall, England. ^[1]

A James and Elizabeth Piper immigrated to the Victorian Colony at the end of July 1841 on the Westminster as Assisted (Bounty) Immigrants. If they are the same couple, then James was 22 and Elizabeth 26 year of age. ^[2] James and Elizabeth are both listed as natives of Cornwall England.

Elizabeth gave birth to the first child John Thomas Piper before the end of that same year in the Victorian Colony.

They would go on to have at least 5 children:

John Thomas Piper (1841 - 1890)

James Piper (1843 - 1905)

Charles Piper (1846 - 1927)

Reuben Phillip Piper (1853 - 1935)

Mary Elizabeth Piper (1854 - 1860)

Elizabeth died in 1884 at Geelong, Victoria. She was 70 years old. ^[3] and is buried in the Barrabool Hills Cemetery, Highton, Victoria, Australia.

Mary was born in 1815. She passed away in 1884. ^[4]

Sources

1. ↑ ["England Marriages, 1538–1973 ," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NK1W-K3P : 10 February 2018), James Piper and Elizabeth Greenaway, 05 Apr 1841; citing Kilkhampton,Cornwall,England, reference , index based upon data collected by the Genealogical Society of Utah, Salt Lake City; FHL microfilm 254,464, 897,356. ]
2. ↑ Public Record Office Victoria (PROV) Assisted passenger lists (1839-1871) Record Series Number (VPRS): 14 at: https://prov.vic.gov.au/archive/E289FC3D-F1B1-11E9-AE98-4F5884FEEC7B?image=72
3. ↑ [ Family name: PIPER Given name(s): Elizabeth Event: deaths Mother's name >, Mary Mother's family name at birth: ROBINS Father's name: Greneway Jhn Place of death: G.LONG Spouse at Death: PIPER, James Age at Death: 70 Reg. year: 1884 Reg. number: 12374/1884 Birth Deaths and Marriages Victoria. https://www.bdm.vic.gov.au/research-and-family-history/search-your-family-history ]
4. ↑ Unsourced family tree handed down to Julie Mcleod.

• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/151866810/elizabeth-piper : accessed 06 September 2021), memorial page for Elizabeth Greenway Piper (1815–12 Oct 1884), Find a Grave Memorial ID Find A Grave: Memorial #151866810, citing Barrabool Hills Cemetery, Highton, Greater Geelong City, Victoria, Australia ; Maintained by Ron M (contributor 48458376) .