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UNKNOWN Swasbrick

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Biography

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1. [S23] TROVE, Melbourne Argus 18 November 1918, SWASBRICK (nee Amy Smith). -On the 28th October, at Bethesda private hospital, Melbourne, to Mr. and Mrs. Peter Swasbrick, of Yuluma, N.S.W. - a daughter, lived one hour.
2. [S23] TROVE, Birth notice says lived 1 hour

Rosetta Jane Foster

Biography

Birth	1864	Rosetta Jane Foster was born in 1864 in Ireland.1
Marriage	23 April 1902	Robert Wesley Courtney and she were married on 23 April 1902 in Tallangatta, Victoria, Australia.2,3
Death	3 December 1949	She died on 3 December 1949 at age ~85 in Tallangatta, Victoria, Australia.4,5

Citations

1. [S22] Victoria Registry of B, D & M, Based on marriage record
2. [S22] Victoria Registry of B, D & M, Marriage is referred to in his death certificate
3. [S22] Victoria Registry of B, D & M, Marriage Record, Robert: Age 58 [sic], a Farmer, widower since 1893, born Ireland, parents John Courtney, a Farmer, and Anne McKee - Rosetta Campbell (maiden name Foster): Age 38, a Dressmaker, widow since 1899, born Ireland, parents James Foster, a Miner, and Anna Maria Boyd
4. [S25] Ancestry.com, Australia, Death Index, 1787-1985, Name: Rosetta Jane Courtney - Birth Year: abt 1863 [sic] - Age: 86 - Death Place: Tallangatta, Victoria - Father's Name: Jas Foster Boyd - Registration Year: 1949 - Registration Place: Victoria - Registration Number: 23771
5. [S25] Ancestry.com, Death Certficate, Date: 3 December 1949, Tallangatta, Victoria - Age: 86 years - Father: James Foster - Mother: Not known - Boyd - Informant: A Campbell, son, Towong Street, Tallangatta - Buried: 7 December 1949, Mitta Mitta Cemetery - Born: Ballymena, Ireland - 65 years Victoria - Married (1) Ireland - aged 23 years - John Campbell - (2) Robert Wesley Courtney - Widow.
   Issue: 1st marriage - Anna Eliza Campbell (63), James Foster Campbell (61), Robert Campbell (59), Rosetta Jane Campbell (56), Archibald Campbell (54), John Maxwell Campbell (dec) - 2nd marriage: Wesley Courtney (44)
6. [S70] Australian Electoral Rolls, Middle name from Electoral Roll

John Courtney

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Biography

Birth	14 December 1872	John Courtney was born on 14 December 1872 in Longhgall, Armagh, Ireland.1,2
Death	4 January 1950	He died on 4 January 1950 at age 77 in Mitta Mitta, Victoria, Australia.3

Citations

1. [S22] Victoria Registry of B, D & M, His father's death certificate says he was 40 in 1913
2. [S25] Ancestry.com, Ireland, Select Births and Baptisms, 1620-1911, Name: John Courtney - Gender: Male - Birth Date: 14 Dec 1872 - Birth Place: Longhgall, Armagh, Ireland - Father: Robert Courtney - Mother: Sarah Todd - FHL Film Number: 255861
3. [S26] Australian Cemetery Index, Mitta Mitta Cemetery

Joseph Courtney

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Biography

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1. [S22] Victoria Registry of B, D & M, His father's death certificate says he was 38 in 1913
2. [S25] Ancestry.com, Australia, Marriage Index, 1788-1950, Name: Joseph Courtney - Marriage Date: 1902 - Marriage Place: Victoria - Registration Date: 1902 - Registration Place: Victoria, Australia - Spouse: Annie Maud Lord - Registration Number: 3966
3. [S25] Ancestry.com, Victoria, Australia, Divorce Records, 1860-1940, Name: Annie Maud Courtney - Gender: Female - Role: Petitioner - Divorce Age: 49 - Birth Date: abt 1882 - Birth Place: Mitta Mitta, Victoria - Marriage Date: 6 Jun. 1902 - Marriage Place: Tallangatta - Court Date: 1931 - Divorce Date: 1931 - Divorce Place: Victoria, Australia - Spouse: Joseph Courtney - Case Number: 456

Robert William Courtney

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Biography

Citations

1. [S22] Victoria Registry of B, D & M, His father's death certificate says he was 37 in 1913
2. [S25] Ancestry.com, Ireland, Select Births and Baptisms, 1620-1911, Name: Robert William Courtney - Gender: Male - Birth Date: 23 Apr 1876 - Birth Place: Armagh, Ireland - Father: Robert Wesley Courtney - Mother: Sarah Courtney Todd - FHL Film Number: 255951

Wesley Courtney

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Biography

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1. [S22] Victoria Registry of B, D & M, His father's death certificate says he was 8 in 1913
2. [S22] Victoria Registry of B, D & M, Birth Certificate, Date: 17 April 1905, Kooweerup, Victoria - Westley (as written) - Father: Robert Westley (as written) Courtney, Farmer - Aged: 61 years - Born: Armagh, Ireland - Married: 3 (23?) April 1902, Tallangatta, Victoria - Children: John (31), Joseph (29), Robert William (27) by previous marriage - Mother: Rosetta Jane Foster (former husband Campbell) - Age: 41 years - Born: Antrim, Ireland - Informant: R W Courtney, Father, Kooweerup

Isabella Watson

Biography

Birth	1882	Isabella Watson was born in 1882 in Sussex, England.1
Marriage	5 February 1906	Robert Courtney and she were married on 5 February 1906 in Sandringham, Victoria, Australia.2,3
Death	8 September 1934	She died on 8 September 1934 at age ~52 in Victoria, Australia.4

Citations

1. [S25] Ancestry.com, England, Select Births and Christenings, 1538-1975, Name: Mary Isabel Watson - Gender: Female - Baptism Date: 2 Apr 1882 - Baptism Place: Wadhurst, Sussex, England - Father: Samuel Watson - Mother: Elizabeth - FHL Film Number: 1894334 - Reference ID: 17
2. [S23] TROVE, The Melbourne Age 10 Feb 1906, COURTNEY-WATSON--On the 5th February, at the bride's residence, Sandringham, by the Rev. W. J. Harris, Robert Courtney, third son of the late John Courtney, of Eskdale, Mltta Mitta, to Isabella daughter of the late Samuel Watson, Carew-street. Sandringham.
3. [S22] Victoria Registry of B, D & M, Marriage Record, At Carew Street Sandringham Victoria - Groom: Age 30, born Mitta Mitta Victoria, parents John Courtney, a Farmer and hannah Lord - Bride: Age 42, born County Armagh, Ireland, parents Samuel Watson, a Farmer and Sarah Hall
4. [S25] Ancestry.com, Victoria, Australia, Wills and Probate Records, 1841-2009, Name: Isabella Courtney - Death Date: 8 Sep 1934 - Death Place: Sandringham - Occupation: Widow - Grant Date: 9 Oct 1934 - Grant: P

Helena ("Ellen") Swasbrick

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Biography

Birth	12 June 1847	Helena ("Ellen") Swasbrick was born on 12 June 1847 in Victoria, Australia.1,2
Death	7 March 1860	She died on 7 March 1860 at age 12 in Upper Henty, Tasmania, Australia.3,4
Burial	8 March 1860	She was buried on 8 March 1860 in Yan Yean, Victoria, Australia.5

Citations

1. [S22] Victoria Registry of B, D & M, She is aged 9 at the birth of her brother Charles in 1858
2. [S22] Victoria Registry of B, D & M, Birth Certificate, Name given as Helena - Father: John Swasbrick - Mother: Mary Regan - Christened: 19 July 1847
3. [S22] Victoria Registry of B, D & M, Death Certificate, Age: 11 years [can't be right as she was born in 1847 and newspaper article says she was nearly 14] - Parents: John and Mary Ann Swasbrick, Farmer and Carrier - Cause: "Diphtheria" born about half a mile from Summerfield area in Victoria
4. [S23] TROVE, Melbourne Argus 10 March 1860, Dr. Candler, coroner for the Bourke District, held an inquest yesterday, at Whittlesea, on the body of Ellen Swasbrick, who died on the 7th instant of inflammation of the windpipe. The deceased, who was nearly 14 years of age, went away from her home, without the consent of her parents, about a week before her death, to take care of the child of Kenneth McDonald, a farmer, at Barber's Creek. Two or three days afterwards she complained of her head, and grew gradually worse. Some medicine was procured for her, and her mother being sent for, she was taken away in a cart to a doctor, but died on the way. Dr. Barker made a post-mortem examination of the body, and found extensive inflammation of the windpipe, and great swelling of the soft parts surrounding it. The inflammation extended down the windpipe into the lungs. The jury found that the girl had died from inflammation of the windpipe.
5. [S22] Victoria Registry of B, D & M, Based on Death Certificate

William Swasbrick

Biography

Birth	before 1791	William Swasbrick was born before 1791 in England.1
Marriage	8 February 1809	He and Mary Dobson were married on 8 February 1809 in Ampleforth, Yorkshire, England.2

Citations

1. [S25] Ancestry.com, Based on marriage date
2. [S25] Ancestry.com, England, Select Marriages, 1538–1973, Both "of this Parish" - Gives name as William Swiresbrick but his signature is clearly Swasbrick
3. [S22] Victoria Registry of B, D & M, He is referred to in the death notice of his son John

Mary Dobson

Biography

Birth	before 1791	Mary Dobson was born before 1791 in England.1
Marriage	8 February 1809	William Swasbrick and she were married on 8 February 1809 in Ampleforth, Yorkshire, England.2

Citations

1. [S25] Ancestry.com, Based on marriage date
2. [S25] Ancestry.com, England, Select Marriages, 1538–1973, Both "of this Parish" - Gives name as William Swiresbrick but his signature is clearly Swasbrick
3. [S22] Victoria Registry of B, D & M, She is referred to in the death notice of her son John

John Rapsey

Biography

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1. [S25] Ancestry.com, He was aged 89 at his death in 1889
2. [S25] Ancestry.com, Australia and New Zealand, Find a Grave Index, 1800s-Current, Name: John Rapsey - Birth Date: 1800 - Birth Place: Cornwall, England - Death Date: 31 Jan 1889 - Death Place: Chiltern, Victoria, Australia - Cemetery: Chiltern Cemetery, Chiltern, Victoria, Australia - Spouse: Eliza Jane Rapsey - Children: Hannah Sertori, Sarah Pleming, William Thomas Rapsey, James Rapsey, John Rapsey, Thomas Rapsey, James Brokenshaw Rapsey, Josephine French, Elizabeth French - URL: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/136861375/john-rapsey
3. [S23] TROVE, He is the father of William, John and Thomas according to William's death notice
4. [S22] Victoria Registry of B, D & M, He is referred to in the marriage certificate of his son William

Eliza Richards

Biography

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1. [S25] Ancestry.com, She was aged 75 at her death in 1894
2. [S25] Ancestry.com, Australia and New Zealand, Find a Grave Index, 1800s-Current, From headstone: "Also his beloved wife ELIZA RAPSEY Who departed this life at Chiltern On the 27th March 1894 Aged 75 years. Both Natives of Cornwall England "
3. [S22] Victoria Registry of B, D & M, She is referred to in the marriage certificate of her son William