Elizabeth (Webb) Wesley (1824 - 1912)

Born 6 Feb 1824 in Suffolk, England

Ancestors

Wife of William Wesley — married 25 May 1844 in Haverhill, Suffolk, England

Descendants

Died 2 Oct 1912 at age 88 in Glen Innes, New South Wales, Australia

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Biography

Elizabeth (Webb) Wesley was born in Suffolk, England.

Elizabeth Webb was born on 6 Feb 1824 to Stephen Webb and his partner Elizabeth (nee Bradford) at Haverhill in Suffolk, England. She was later baptised in the local Presbyterian Church on 6 Jul 1825 ^{[1] [2]}

She was a bounty migrant on the Ramilles arriving at Moreton Bay on 22 Nov 1855 with her husband William (a labourer from Cambridgeshire) and her two children William (aged 10) and Sarah (aged 2) ^[2]

She passed away in 1912. ^[3] and was buried at the Glen Innes General Cemetery ^[4]

Sources

1. ↑ General Register Office: Government Social Survey Department, Office of Population Censuses and Surveys, Registrar General 5. The National Archives, Kew, England - Birth Certificates from the Presbyterian, Independent and Baptist Registry and from the Wesleyan Methodist Metropolitan Registry. Digitized images surrendered to the Non-Parochial Registers Commissions of 1837 and 1857; Class Number: RG 4; Piece Number: 1845; cited in Ancestry.com. England & Wales, Non-Conformist and Non-Parochial Registers, 1567-1936 [database on-line] Name: Elizabeth Webb Gender: Female Event Type: Baptism Birth Date: 6 Feb 1824 Baptism Date: 6 Jul 1825 Baptism Place: Haverhill, Suffolk, England Denomination: Presbyterian Father: Stephen Webb Mother: Elizabeth Webb
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1} State Records Authority of New South Wales, Kingswood New South Wales, Australia; Persons on bounty ships to Sydney, Newcastle, and Moreton Bay (Board's Immigrant Lists); Series: 5317; Reel: 2471; cited in Ancestry.com. New South Wales, Australia, Assisted Immigrant Passenger Lists, 1828-1896 [database on-line] Name: Elizabeth Westley Birth Year: abt 1824 Age: 31 Arrival Date: 30 Nov 1855 Vessel Name: Ramillies
3. ↑ Ancestry.com. Australia, Death Index, 1787-1985 [database on-line] Name: Elizabeth Wesley Death Date: 1912 Death Place: New South Wales Father's Name: Stephen Registration Year: 1912 Registration Place: Glen Innes, New South Wales Registration Number: 15526
4. ↑ Find a Grave memorial for Elizabeth Wesley (1834–2 Oct 1912) accessed 10 September 2022; citing Glen Innes General Cemetery, Glen Innes, New South Wales, Australia.