Elizabeth
Esther
"Bessie"
Featherstone
formerly Smithson
Born in Hobart, Colony of Tasmania
Daughter of [father unknown] and [mother unknown]
[sibling(s) unknown]
Wife of
William Paul Featherstone
— married
1859 in Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
Descendants 
Mother of
William Ernest Featherstone, Arthur Edwin Featherstone, Minnie Ethel Featherstone, Ethel Edith Featherstone, Raymond Eustace Featherstone, Amy Elizabeth Featherstone, Osmond Benjamin Featherstone, Stanley Victor Featherstone, Rothurst Frederick Featherstone and Hephzibah Coralie Fairy (Featherstone) Quartley
Died
at about age 74
in Townsville, Queensland, Australia
Profile last modified
| Created 27 Feb 2021
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Biography
Birth
- Elizabeth Esther Smithson was born in 1841 in Hobart, Colony of Tasmania. She was the daughter of William Smithson and Hester Featherstone. [1]
Marriage
- Elizabeth (17) married William Paul Featherstone (19) (born in 1839 in sea, South Australia, Australia; son of Michael Featherstone and Charlotte (Cameron) Hamley) in 1859 in Adelaide, South Australia, Australia [2]
Children
- William Ernest Featherstone (1861–1899)
- Arthur Edwin Featherstone (1862–1930)
- Minnie Ethel Featherstone (1865–1866)
- Ethel Edith Featherstone (1867–1867)
- Raymond Eustace Featherstone (1869–1874)
- Amy Elizabeth Featherstone (1873–1899)
- Osmond Benjamin Featherstone (1875–1941)
- Stanley Victor Featherstone (1877–1932)
- Rothurst Frederick Featherstone (1882–1946)
- Hephzibah Coralie Fairy Featherstone (1884–1969)
Death
- Elizabeth died in 1915 in Townsville, Queensland, Australia, aged 73. [3]
Burial
- Elizabeth was mentioned on a memorial in Belgian Gardens Cemetery Plot Sect F, Sub 1, Plot 487, Belgian Gardens, Townsville City, Queensland, Australia with a death date of 3 July 1915.[4]
Sources
- ↑ Birth Index : Libraries Tasmania Names Index
Index entry for Elizabeth Hester Smithson
Event: Births Father: William Smithson Mother: Hester Featherstone Date of Birth: 10 Jun 1841 Registered: Hobart Reg Year: 1841 Reg No: 392/1841 - ↑ Marriage Index : Genealogy SA Births Deaths Marriages
Index entry for Elizabeth Esther Smithson
Event: Marriages Spouse: William Paul Featherstone Marriage Year: 1859 Book/Page: 39/21 District: Adelaide - ↑ Death Index : QLD Registry Births Deaths Marriages
Index entry for Elizabeth Esther Featherstone
Event: Deaths Death Date: 3 Jul 1915 Mother: Esther Featherstone Father: William Smithson Registration Deatils: 1915/C/3845 - ↑
Memorial:
"Find a Grave"
Find A Grave: Memorial #190398670
Memorial page for Elizabeth Esther Smithson Featherstone (1847-3 Jul 1915), citing Belgian Gardens Cemetery, Belgian Gardens, Townsville City, Queensland, Australia.
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