Elizabeth THOMAS

  General Notes:

Name derived from birth of son Garnet

Chas. Wm 1855 at Bendigo (goldmining area) m.Eliz.Thomas 1880

From Victoria BDM site
Family Name:
BLACKMORE
Given Name(s):
Charles William
Sex:
Male
Event:
MARRIAGE
Father's Name:
Mother's Name:
Spouse's Family Name:
THOMAS
Spouse's Given Name(s):
Elizabeth
Age:
Birth Place:
SANDHURST
Death Place:
Registration Year:
1880
Registration Number:
2866

The Argus (Melbourne) 11 February 1941
Late Mrs Blackmore
Maldon- Mrs Elizabeth Blackmore, 84, widow of the late Mr Charles William Blackmore, has died. Mrs Blackmore was born at sea on the way out from England to Australia and was brought to Maldon by her parents when only six weeks of age. She had lived in the township ever since.

Family Name:
BLACKMORE
Given Name(s):
Eliz
Sex:
Unknown
Event:
DEATH
Father's Name:
Thomas David
Mother's Name:
GRAY - Jane Lewis
Spouse's Family Name:
Spouse's Given Name(s):
Age:
83
Birth Place:
Death Place:
Maldon
Registration Year:
1941
Registration Number:
15947

Elizabeth was born in 1857 at sea on the journey to Australia on board the ship "Morning Glory"

Birth Registration
Marine Register Book of Births
1857 births on board the ship Morning Glory sailed from the Port of Liverpool
on the Fourteenth day of February and arrived at Melbourne on the Fourteenth day of May 1857
When born and Latitude and Longitude : March 14th 1857 Lat 00^o 14' (S) Long 23^o 30' (W)
Name : Elizabeth
Sex : Female
Name, Surname, Rank or Profession, Age, Birth Place of Father : David Thomas, Farmer, 27 Years, Glamorganshire
When and Where Married, issue living and deceased : 3 May 1856, Swansea, None
Name and Maiden Surname, Age and Birth Place of Mother : Jane Gary [sic], 23 years, Glamorganshire
Signature and former residence of Informant : Midle Hight Dark Lane[difficult to decipher] David Thomas
Signature of Captain or Master : H H Hobbs
Signature of Witness : John J Edwards
[the location is in the middle of the South Atlantic, about half way between Brazil and Sierra Leone]

Also
Birth Reg.: #4905, 1857, Sea. (Digger Index)

Entry in State of Victoria Unassisted Inward Passenger Lists 1852-1923
Family Name, First Name, Age, Month, Year, Ship, Port, Fiche, Page
THOMAS, ---- INFANT WITH, -, MAY, 1857, MORNING GLORY, B, 124, 004
THOMAS, DAVID, 27, MAY, 1857, MORNING GLORY, B, 124, 001
THOMAS, JANE, -, MAY, 1857, MORNING GLORY, B, 124, 004
THOMAS, JANE, 23, MAY, 1857, MORNING GLORY, B, 124, 001
The Port code (British, Foreign or New Zealand) indicates which set of microfiche to look at (series VPRS 7666, 7667 and 7786).
[ presumably the two entries for Jane are her actual entry and as the person "travelling with" their baby - note the two different page numbers]

At http://www.mysticseaport.org/library/exhibits/me-time.cfm
1855 - 1860 Scattered papers; Morning Glory (Ship)
Papers of ship MORNING GLORY, of Portsmouth, N.H. Hiram H. Hobbs master, including correspondence, disbursements, charters, Lloyd's inspection, bottomry bonds, repair bill, bills of lading, average bond, and loss inventory
- The document(51 pages) states that the ship (Master H H Hobbs) was 1114 tons and a large bond was placed on it in USA in 1859. Her draft was 21ft 6in. Some pages relate to the voyage to Australia in 1857

Grave at Maldon Cemetery - dates are when death registered
The first is that of Charles and Elizabeth (Elizabeth was born on the Morning Star in mid-atlantic) I don't know where Arthur Baker fits in. The grave is neatly surrounded with a low granite wall with the name as described.

Section H, Comp 202, No 884. 12 X 8' Granite surround with concrete top & chips with the following wording. BLACKMORE.

3409. Register Date 11.08.1903 Charles William BLACKMORE
4103 20.06.1916 Percival L BLACKMORE
4129 8.01.1917 John Harold BLACKMORE
4531 30.07.1928 Arthur BAKER
4957 09.02.1941 Elizabeth BLACKMORE.

  Noted events in her life were:

• Emigration: to Australia, 1857. Born on board the ship Morning Glory en route from Liverpool to Melbourne. She arrived in Melbourne on 14 May 1857, aged exactly 2 months.

Elizabeth married Charles William BLACKMORE, son of John BLACKMORE and Alice HANDFORD, in 1880 in Victoria, Australia. (Charles William BLACKMORE was born on 30 Dec 1854 in Sandhurst, Bendigo, Victoria, Australia,^{1 2} died on 11 Aug 1903 in Maldon, Victoria, Australia and was buried in Aug 1903 in Maldon, Victoria, Australia.)