Louisa was born in 1866 in the Hamlet of Abridge, on the Roding River, near the Market Town of Epping, Lambourne Parish, Ongar Union, Essex, England. She was the daughter of Henry Marchant (Police Constable) and Eliza Ward. She passes away in 1901 in the City of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
Place: Hamlet of Abridge, on the Roding River, near the Market Town of Epping, Lambourne Parish, Ongar Union, Essex, England, United Kingdom[2].
BAPTISM
Date: 1 SEP 1867
Place: St Mary and All Saints Parish Church, Church Lane, Hamlet of Abridge, on the Roding River, near the Market Town of Epping, Lambourne Parish, Ongar Union, Essex, England, United Kingdom[3].
NATURAL CHILD
Date: 24 JUN 1884---d.15 NOV 1884 from Diarrhoea over about 9 Days of Exhaustion
Surname: MARCHANT
Given Names: Louisa Maud
Place: North Adelaide, City of Adelaide, Adelaide District, South Australia, Australian Colonies[4][5].
Child: Violet (b.26 November 1891 in Hobart Town, Van Dieman's Land---Registered in 1892)
Child: Florence (b.13 July 1894)
Child: Maud (b.21 September 1896)
Child: Arthur (b.21 March 1899 in Norwood, South Australia)
Child: Unnamed Female (b.1901---d.1901 in Sydney, New South Wales)
Place: St Peter Church, Kitchener Street, Town of Peterborough, in the mid north of South Australia, Australian Colonies[7].
RESIDENCE
Date: 1 SEP 1867
Description: Living with her parents Henry and Eliza (Ward) and her sisters
Place: London Road, Hamlet of Abridge, on the Roding River, near the Market Town of Epping, Lambourne Parish, Ongar Union, Essex, England, United Kingdom[8].
Date: 1871
Description: Living with her parents Henry and Eliza (Ward) and sisters Anne "Annie" and Alice
Place: Lamb Lane, Apembroke Hall, Hackney, Hackney District, London & Middlesex, England, United Kingdom[9].
Date: 26 NOV 1891
Description: Living with her second husband George and children
Place: Risdon Road, New Town, Hobart District, Van Dieman's Land, Australian Colonies[10].
Date: 13 JUL 1894
Description: Living with her husband George and children
Place: New Town, Hobart District, Van Dieman's Land, Australian Colonies[11].
Date: 21 SEP 1896
Description: Living with her husband George and children
Place: Stoke Street, New Town, Hobart District, Van Dieman's Land, Australian Colonies[12].
IMMIGRATION
Date of Departure: 9 NOV 1876
Port of Departure: Plymouth, Hampshire, England, United Kingdom
Ship Name: Lochee
Passenger Details: MARCHANT, Henry 38 Agricultural Labourer; MARCHANT, Eliza 35; MARCHANT, Louisa 10; MARCHANT, Henrietta 5; MARCHANT, Charlotte 1; MARCHANT, Annie 17 Domestic Servant; MARCHANT, Alice 14 Domestic Servant
Date of Arrival: 1 FEB 1877
Port of Arrival: Adelaide, South Australia, Australian Colonies[13].
SHIPPING NOTICE
Date: 2 FEB 1877
Source: 1877 'ARRIVAL OF THE LOCHEE WITH IMMIGRANTS.', South Australian Register (Adelaide, SA : 1839 - 1900), 2 February, p. 5.
Item Details: ARRIVAL OF THE LOCHEE WITH IMMIGRANTS. The Lochee, with Government immigrants on board, was telegraphed from Cape Borda on Wednesday night, and came up before a puffy south-wester about 10 a.m. on February 1, looking like a long-voyage ship outside, but proving remarkably clean inside. She has on board 500 average immigrants.........The following is a list of the immigrants: —Married Couples.—......Hy. Marchant, 38, agricultural labourer, wife and three children.....Single Women—A. Marchant, 17, servant; A. Marchant, 14, servant.....[14].
DEATH
Date: 6 MAR 1901
Cause: Purpereal Septicemia (Infection after giving birth to an unnamed Female child)
Place: City of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia[15].
BURIAL
Date: 8 MAR 1901
Place: Rookwood General Cemetery, 1 Hawthorne Avenue, Rookwood, City of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
↑ Source: Essex Baptism Index 1538-1920 (FindMyPast, Essex Record Office & Ada Brady 2019); Reference: (Baptism Year-1867); Registration Parish: Lambourne; County: Essex; Archive reference: D/P 181/1/6
↑ Source: 1871 England Census (FindMyPast, Brightsolid Online Publishing Ltd & The National Archives of the UK (TNA)); Reference: Registration Distict: Hackney; County: London & Middlesex; Archive Reference: RG10; Piece number: 328; Folio: 22; Page number; 33
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