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Eva Ann Elmer

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Biography

Birth	15 November 1868	Eva Ann Elmer was born on 15 November 1868 in Deloraine, Tasmania, Australia.1
Death	16 September 1903	She died on 16 September 1903 at age 34 in Ulverstone, Tasmania, Australia.2

Citations

1. [S2] Tasmania Registry of B, D & M, Birth Certificate, Father: John Elmere [sic], Farmer - Mother: Ann Elmere [sic] formerly Pickett - Registered: 17 December 1868 by John Elmere [sic], Father, Eddington
2. [S23] TROVE, Launceston Examiner 17 September 1903, MELVILLE.—On the 16th September, at her residence, Ulverstone, Eva Anne, dearly beloved wife of H. H. Melville [they were married in 1892], and eldest daughter of the late John Elmer, of Deloraine, in her 35th year.

Mary Jane Elmer

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Biography

Birth

28 September 1881

Mary Jane Elmer was born on 28 September 1881 in Deloraine, Tasmania, Australia.1

Citations

1. [S2] Tasmania Registry of B, D & M, Birth Certificate, Father: John Elmer, farmer - Mother: Ann Elmer formerly Picket [sic] - Registered: 29 October 1881 by John Elmer, Father, Bowerbank

Frances Jane Elmer

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Biography

Birth	6 August 1877	Frances Jane Elmer was born on 6 August 1877 in Deloraine, Tasmania, Australia.1
Death	7 October 1933	She died on 7 October 1933 at age 56 in Victoria, Australia.2

Citations

1. [S2] Tasmania Registry of B, D & M, Birth Certificate, Father: John Elmer, Drayman - Mother: Ann Elmer formerly Picket [sic] - Registered: 3 September 1877 by Ann Elmer, Mother, Abreston [?]
2. [S23] TROVE, Hobart Mercury 7 October 1933, ELMER. -On October 3, 1933, at her late residence, Tunstill, Victoria, Frances, dearly loved daughter of the late John Elmer, Deloraine (late of Hobart).

John Henry Elmer

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Biography

Birth	2 August 1875	John Henry Elmer was born on 2 August 1875 in Deloraine, Tasmania, Australia.1
Death	30 April 1947	He died on 30 April 1947 at age 71 in Deloraine, Tasmania, Australia.2

Citations

1. [S2] Tasmania Registry of B, D & M, Birth Certificate, Father: John Elmer, Labourer - Mother: Ann Elmer formerly Picket [sic] - Registered: 7 September 1875 by John Elmer, Father, Deloraine
2. [S23] TROVE, Burnie Advocate 1 May 1947, ELMER.-On April 30 at his residence, Parsonage Street, Deloraine, John Henry, dearly beloved husband of Hilda Mary Elmer, and loving father of Eric and Max (Melbourne), Ken, Jack and Frank (Deloraine), Nancy (Mrs. A. Cleary, (Deloraine) aged 69 [doesn't quite match birth certificate]

Geoge Alfred Elmer

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Biography

Birth	9 October 1883	Geoge Alfred Elmer was born on 9 October 1883 in Deloraine, Tasmania, Australia.1
Death	4 November 1883	He died on 4 November 1883 at age 0 in Deloraine, Tasmania, Australia.2
Burial	6 November 1883	He was buried on 6 November 1883 in Deloraine, Tasmania, Australia.3

Citations

1. [S2] Tasmania Registry of B, D & M, Birth Certificate, Name is given as Frances Rosette - Father: John Elmer, Farmer - Mother: Ann Elmer formerly Picket [sic] - Registered: 27 October 1883 by John Elmer, Father, Deloraine
2. [S2] Tasmania Registry of B, D & M, Death Certificate, Age: 3 weeks - Farmer's child - Cause: "Thrush"
3. [S23] TROVE, Daily Telegraph, Launceston, 6 November 1883, THE Funeral of the late George Alfred Elmer, third son of John and Ann Elmer, will leave his father's residence, Goodrich-street, Deloraine, This Day (Tuesday), at 2 o'clock. Friends are respectfully invited to attend. — F. R. Harlet, Undertaker, Church street, Deloraine.

Leslie Joseph Elmer

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Biography

Birth	5 November 1884	Leslie Joseph Elmer was born on 5 November 1884 in Deloraine, Tasmania, Australia.1
Death	26 December 1888	He died on 26 December 1888 at age 4 in Deloraine, Tasmania, Australia.2,3

Citations

1. [S2] Tasmania Registry of B, D & M, Birth Certificate, Father: John Elmer, Farmer - Mother: Ann Elmer formerly Picket [sic] - Registered: 17 September 1884 by Ann Elmer, Mother, Deloraine
2. [S2] Tasmania Registry of B, D & M, Death Certificate, Age: 4 years - Farmer's child - Cause: "Chronic Brights Disease"
3. [S23] TROVE, The Colonist (Launceston) 29 December 1888, Elmer. — On the 26th December, Leslie Joseph Elmer, fourth son of John and Ann Elmer, aged four years and seven months

Margaret Elmer

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Biography

Birth	1824	Margaret Elmer was born in 1824 in Barnham, Suffolk, England.1
Marriage	22 May 1858	Joseph Roberts and she were married on 22 May 1858 in Deloraine, Tasmania, Australia.2,3
Death	26 February 1904	She died on 26 February 1904 at age ~80 in Deloraine, Tasmania, Australia.4

Citations

1. [S23] TROVE, Birth year is given in her death notice
2. [S2] Tasmania Registry of B, D & M, Marriage Certificate, At Ditchley, Cheshunt - Husband: Joseph Roberts, above 21 years, Farmer - Wife: Margaret Elmer, above 21 years - Witnesses: James Elmer [brother] and Frances Elmer [mother]
3. [S23] TROVE, The Cornwall Chronicle (Launceston, Tas. : 1835 - 1880) Wed 26 May 1858, MARRIED.-On the 22nd instant, by the Rev. John Mclntyre, Mr. Joseph Roberts, of Cheshunt, to Miss Margaret Elmer, daughter of Mr. John Elmer. also of Cheshunt.
4. [S23] TROVE, The North Western Advocate and the Emu Bay Times 2 March 1904, DUNORLAN -- During the present month several old and respected colonists have passed away, and at about 9 a.m. last Friday another joined the great majority, viz., Mrs Joseph Roberts, of Slate Quarry, Dunorlan, at the advanced age of 79 years and nine months. The deceased lady was born in Thetford, Norfolk, England, in the year 1824, and arrived in Tasmania when about seven years old with her parents, the late Mr and Mrs John Elmer, in 1831. They landed at Circular Head, and almost immediately went to or near Woolnorth, as Mr Elmer came out for the V.D.L. Co. It was a wild, bleak region, and the accommodation for the new arrivals was so disappointing that they felt completely disheartened, but seeing that it was no use to make matters worse they soon settled down to the customs of Van Diemen's Land, which was then the home of escaped convicts, bushrangers and blacks, and human life was not counted dear by such desperadoes. Mrs Roberts often related the most startling and thrilling stories of things that came under her own observation among the handful of settlers on the coast of that time. She had a remarkably good memory, and one could sit for hours listening as she described the blacks, their customs and weapons. She well remembered the tyranny of the manager that caused Messrs Coleman, Hay, etc., to undertake that remarkable journey that has become a part of the early history of our ' island home.' If the writer remembers correctly she told him that those respected old colonists, the Messrs Rouse, so well known in the Burnie district, arrived at Emu Bay about Christmas, 1842; Four years before this, in 1838, the deceased went to reside in Launceston, and on one occasion about that time saw a bullock team stuck in the mud in Brisbane street, it being unmetalled, as most of the streets were in those early days. She saw Robinson, who secured the last of the aboriginals, and the clever Sydney black who assisted him. For some years she lived with the late Rev Chas. Price and his family and she saw on several occasions, the celebrated explorer Sir John Franklin, who was not too proud to pat the little lassie on the head and speak a few kindly words to her when visiting at Mr Price's. The deceased lady arrived in Tasmania the month of February and passed away in the same. She was a staunch teetotaller and a consistent Christian. Much sympathy is felt for the aged and highly, respected husband, who is at present an inmate of the Launceston General Hospital, and was too ill to see his wife when apprised of her approaching end. She also leaves four daughters, viz., Mrs G. W. Ellis, of ' Aldersyde,' West Pine ; Miss Harriet Roberts, well known at Burnie ; Mrs James Harrison, Dunorlan; and Mrs Samuel Grimbley, Launceston. She was the eldest of a large family, of whom three brothers and three sisters are still living, viz., Mrs Badcock, sen., Launceston ; Mrs Johnson, Latrobe ; Mrs Phillips, Dunorlan ; and Messrs James, Henry and George Elmer. The late Mrs William Gracie, of Hobart, was a sister, also the late Mrs W. Purton and two other sisters who died many years ago.
5. [S25] Ancestry.com, England, Select Births and Christenings, 1538-1975, Name: Margaret Elmer - Gender: Female - Baptism Date: 1 Aug 1824 - Baptism Place: Barnham, Suffolk, England - Father: John Elmer - Mother: Frances - FHL Film Number: 950448

Joseph Roberts

Biography

Birth	1828	Joseph Roberts was born in 1828 in Tasmania, Australia.1
Marriage	22 May 1858	He and Margaret Elmer were married on 22 May 1858 in Deloraine, Tasmania, Australia.2,3
Death	22 January 1906	He died on 22 January 1906 at age ~78 in Tasmania, Australia.4,5

Citations

1. [S23] TROVE, He was aged 78 at his death in 1906
2. [S2] Tasmania Registry of B, D & M, Marriage Certificate, At Ditchley, Cheshunt - Husband: Joseph Roberts, above 21 years, Farmer - Wife: Margaret Elmer, above 21 years - Witnesses: James Elmer [brother] and Frances Elmer [mother]
3. [S23] TROVE, The Cornwall Chronicle (Launceston, Tas. : 1835 - 1880) Wed 26 May 1858, MARRIED.-On the 22nd instant, by the Rev. John Mclntyre, Mr. Joseph Roberts, of Cheshunt, to Miss Margaret Elmer, daughter of Mr. John Elmer. also of Cheshunt.
4. [S25] Ancestry.com, Australia, Death Index, 1787-1985, Name: Joseph Roberts - Death Date: 1906 - Death Place: Tasmania - Registration Place: Deloraine, Tasmania - Registration Number: 0090
5. [S23] TROVE, The North Western Advocate and the Emu Bay Times (Tas. : 1899 - 1919) Fri 26 Jan 1906, DUNORLAN Our obituary notices record the death of Mr Joseph Roberts, which occurred suddenly at Dunorlan on Monday last. Deceased was in his 78th year.

Susan Elmer

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Biography

Birth	17 February 1828	Susan Elmer was born on 17 February 1828 in Barnham, Suffolk, England.1
Marriage	23 February 1849	William Gracie and she were married on 23 February 1849 in Launceston, Tasmania, Australia.2
Death	13 June 1880	She died on 13 June 1880 at age 52 in Hobart, Tasmania, Australia.3,4

Citations

1. [S25] Ancestry.com, Baptism Record, Name: Susan Elmer - Gender: Female - Birth Date: 17 Feb 1828 - Baptism Date: 24 Feb 1828 - Baptism Place: Barnham,Suffolk,England - Father: John Elmer - Mother: Frances King [sic] - FHL Film Number: 950448
2. [S2] Tasmania Registry of B, D & M, Marriage Certificate, At residence of Mr Elmer - Husband: William Gracie, adult, Clerk - Wife: Susan Elmer, adult- Witnesses: John Elmer [father] and Henry Stephens Junior
3. [S2] Tasmania Registry of B, D & M, Death Record, At Gore Street - says born Tasmania but this is not correct - Age: 52, a Brewer's Wife - Cause: Fatty and Dilated Heart
4. [S23] TROVE, Hobart Mercury 14 June 1880, DEATHS.Gracie.— On .June 13, 1880, at her late residence Gore-street, Hobart Town, Susan, the wife of William Gracie, in the 52nd year of her age. The funeral will take place on Tuesday, June 15, for the Sandy Bay Cemetery, at 2 p.m.
5. [S23] TROVE, She is referred to in the death notice of her sister Margaret

William Gracie

Biography

Birth	1821	William Gracie was born in 1821 in Scotland.1
Marriage	23 February 1849	He and Susan Elmer were married on 23 February 1849 in Launceston, Tasmania, Australia.2
Death	21 November 1891	He died on 21 November 1891 at age ~70 in Hobart, Tasmania, Australia.3

Citations

1. [S23] TROVE, He was aged 70 at his death in 1891
2. [S2] Tasmania Registry of B, D & M, Marriage Certificate, At residence of Mr Elmer - Husband: William Gracie, adult, Clerk - Wife: Susan Elmer, adult- Witnesses: John Elmer [father] and Henry Stephens Junior
3. [S23] TROVE, The Mercury (Hobart, Tas. : 1860 - 1954) Mon 23 Nov 1891, GRACIE. On Saturday night, November 21, 1891, at his residence " Oban," Sandy Bay, near Hobart, Tasmania, William Gracie, in his 71st year, native of Glenluce, Wigtonshire, Scotland. The funeral will take place on WEDNESDAY, for Queenborough Cemetery. Friends invited.

Amelia Elmer

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Biography

Birth	29 August 1838	Amelia Elmer was born on 29 August 1838 in Tasmania, Australia.1,2
Marriage	1 September 1856	Charles Hortle and she were married on 1 September 1856 in Cheshunt, Tasmania, Australia.3
Marriage	8 April 1903	Charles Phillips and she were married on 8 April 1903 in Latrobe, Tasmania, Australia.4,5
Death	31 January 1907	She died on 31 January 1907 at age 68 in Deloraine, Tasmania, Australia.6,7,8

Citations

1. [S2] Tasmania Registry of B, D & M, She was aged 19 at her marriage in 1856
2. [S25] Ancestry.com, Based on burial record
3. [S2] Tasmania Registry of B, D & M, Marriage Certificate, At house of John Elmer Cheshunt - Husband: Charles Hortle, age 23, Farmer - Wife: Amellia Elmer, age 19 - Witnesses: Eliza Jones and Frances Elmer [mother]
4. [S25] Ancestry.com, Australia, Marriage Index, 1788-1950, Name: Amelia Hortle - Marriage Date: 1903 - Marriage Place: Tasmania - Registration Date: 1903 - Registration Place: Tasmania, Australia - Spouse: Charles Phillips - Page Number: 1030
5. [S2] Tasmania Registry of B, D & M, Marriage Record, Name: Phillips, Charles - Record Type: Marriages - Spouse: Hortle, Amelia - Date of marriage: 08 Apr 1903 - Where married: Latrobe - Registration year: 1903 - File number: 1030 - Record ID: NAME_INDEXES:1935219
6. [S23] TROVE, Examiner (Launceston, Tas. : 1900 - 1954) Fri 31 Jan 1908, PHILLIPS.- In loving memory of our dear mother, Amelia Phillips, who departed this life the 31st of January, 1907, at Dunorlan.
   You have gone from earth, dear mother,
   To a land more bright and fair:
   Though we long for you here, dear mother,
   Yet we know you are happier there.
   -Inserted by her loving son, Harold E. Hortle.
7. [S23] TROVE, Examiner (Launceston, Tas. : 1900 - 1954) Sat 2 Feb 1907, PHILLIPS.- On the 31st January, at her late residence, Blackamoor, Amelia, beloved wife of Charles Phillips, aged 68 years (died suddenly).
8. [S25] Ancestry.com, Australia and New Zealand, Find a Grave® Index, 1800s-Current, Name: Amelia Phillips - Maiden Name: Elmer - Gender; Female - Birth Date: 29 Aug 1838 - Birth Place; Stanley, Tasmania, Australia - Death Date: 31 Jan 1907 - Death Place: Weegena, Tasmania, Australia - Cemetery: Saint Mark's Anglican Cemetery, Deloraine, Tasmania, Australia - Spouse: Charles Hortle - Children: Fanny Ellen Hampton - URL: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/242656535/amelia-phillips

Charles Hortle

Biography

Birth	3 September 1833	Charles Hortle was born on 3 September 1833 in Tasmania, Australia.1,2
Marriage	1 September 1856	He and Amelia Elmer were married on 1 September 1856 in Cheshunt, Tasmania, Australia.3
Death	18 June 1881	He died on 18 June 1881 at age 47 in Victoria, Australia.4,5

Citations

1. [S22] Victoria Registry of B, D & M, He was aged 33 at the birth of his daughter in 1866
2. [S25] Ancestry.com, Based on burial record
3. [S2] Tasmania Registry of B, D & M, Marriage Certificate, At house of John Elmer Cheshunt - Husband: Charles Hortle, age 23, Farmer - Wife: Amellia Elmer, age 19 - Witnesses: Eliza Jones and Frances Elmer [mother]
4. [S23] TROVE, The Age (Melbourne) 24 Jun 1881, HORTLE.— On the 18th June, at his son's residence, Ellerslie, Charles Hortle, youngest son of the late Mr. James Hortle, P.D.C., of Longford, aged 48 years. He leaves a widow and eight children to mourn his loss. Tasmanian papers please copy.
5. [S25] Ancestry.com, Australia and New Zealand, Find a Grave® Index, 1800s-Current, Name: Charles Hortle - Birth Date: 3 Sep 1833 - Birth Place: Longford, Northern Midlands Council, Tasmania, Australia - Death Date: 18 Jun 1881 - Death Place: Ballangeich, Victoria, Australia - Cemetery: Ellerslie Cemetery, Victoria, Australia - Father: James Hortle - Mother: Sarah Hortle - Spouse: Amelia Phillips - Children: Fanny Ellen Hampton, Lilian Ruth Badcock - URL: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/180640226/charles-hortle

Elizabeth Elmer

Parents

Elmer, Elizabeth GGGA from Ancestry

Biography

Birth	18 November 1840	Elizabeth Elmer was born on 18 November 1840 in Stanley, Tasmania, Australia.1
Marriage	7 August 1857	William Purton and she were married on 7 August 1857 in Ditchleigh, Tasmania, Australia.2
Death	7 August 1891	She died on 7 August 1891 at age 50 in Deloraine, Tasmania, Australia.3

Citations

1. [S2] Tasmania Registry of B, D & M, She was aged 17 at her marriage in 1857 - got month and day from Ancestry
2. [S2] Tasmania Registry of B, D & M, Marriage Certificate, At residence of Mr Elmer - Husband: William Purton, age 20, Farmer - Wife: Elizabeth Elmer, age 17 - Witnesses: Margaret Elmer [sister] and George Purton
3. [S2] Tasmania Registry of B, D & M, Death Record, Age: 51 - Cause: Diabetes
4. [S23] TROVE, She is referred to in the death notice of her sister Margaret

William Purton

Biography

Birth	9 March 1836	William Purton was born on 9 March 1836 in Tasmania, Australia.1
Marriage	7 August 1857	He and Elizabeth Elmer were married on 7 August 1857 in Ditchleigh, Tasmania, Australia.2
Death	23 October 1907	He died on 23 October 1907 at age 71 in Tasmania, Australia.3,4

Citations

1. [S25] Ancestry.com, Australia, Births and Baptisms, 1792-1981, Name: William Purton - Gender: Male - Baptism Age: 2 - Birth Date: 9 Mar 1836 - Baptism Date: 23 Jan 1839 - Baptism Place: Launceston, Tasmania, Australia - Father: Shadrach Purton - Mother: Sarah - FHL Film Number: 992652
2. [S2] Tasmania Registry of B, D & M, Marriage Certificate, At residence of Mr Elmer - Husband: William Purton, age 20, Farmer - Wife: Elizabeth Elmer, age 17 - Witnesses: Margaret Elmer [sister] and George Purton
3. [S25] Ancestry.com, Australia, Death Index, 1787-1985, Name: William Purton - Death Date: 1907 - Death Place: Tasmania - Registration Place: Westbury, Tasmania - Registration Number: 0959
4. [S23] TROVE, Examiner (Launceston, Tas. : 1900 - 1954), Tue 29 Oct 1907., Westbury. - It is not often our quiet little town is saddened by the appearance of two funerals, not only on the same day, but at the same hour and in the same cemetery. Such was the case on Friday last on the occasion of the burial of the late Mr. William Purton, of Westbury, and the late Mrs. Jago, of Exton, both funerals being largely attended. In the case of the former the funeral service was conducted in the Methodist Church, Westbury, and at the grave by the Rev. J. Lowe, whilst at that of Mrs. Jago, Mr. A. K. Chapman officiated at the grave.
   The late William Purton, who was well-known and highly respected throughout the Westbury district, was the sixth son of the late Mr. Shadrach Purton, and was born at a place called MInute's Forest near Bracknell, in the year 1836, his father having come from Ross and taken up his residence there in that year. The Purtons are a very old and well-known family. The deceased father did active service in the battle of Waterloo. For many years the Purtons lived in the Adelphi district, and subsequently removed early in the fifties to Exton, and occupied the estate known as Berresford, then the property of the late Rev. Samuel Martin. The deceased William Purton was a well-known figure among stockbreeders. For upwards of 40 years he was engaged with stock on the Cheshunt estate, but the last few years he had been similarly employed on the Westfield estate for Mr. R. C. Field. The deceased leaves a widow and a large family of sons and daughters to mourn their loss. Much sympathy is also felt for the bereaved husband and family of small children of the late Mrs. Jago.

Sarah Frances Purton

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Biography

Birth	29 September 1865	Sarah Frances Purton was born on 29 September 1865 in Deloraine, Tasmania, Australia.1
Death	7 June 1946	She died on 7 June 1946 at age 80 in Ulverstone, Tasmania, Australia.2

Citations

1. [S2] Tasmania Registry of B, D & M, Birth Certificate, Father: William Purton, Shepherd - Mother: Elizabeth Purton formerly Elmore [sic] - Registered: 23 October 1865 by William Purton, Father
2. [S25] Ancestry.com, Australia and New Zealand, Find a Grave Index, 1800s-Current, Name: Sarah Frances Harvey - Birth Date: 29 Sep 1865 - Birth Place: Deloraine, Meander Valley Council, Tasmania, Australia - Death Date: 7 Jun 1946 - Death Place: Kindred, Central Coast Council, Tasmania, Australia - Cemetery: Ulverstone General Cemetery - Father: William Purton - Mother: Elizabeth Purton - Spouse: Thomas Harvey, William Thomas Maxwell - Children: Mary Louisa Cullen, Jean Elizabeth Fisher, Roy Purton Harvey, Rosa May Russell - URL:
   https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/197193662/sarah-frances-harvey

Edward Shadrack Purton

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Biography

Birth	29 September 1865	Edward Shadrack Purton was born on 29 September 1865 in Deloraine, Tasmania, Australia.1
Death	22 October 1865	He died on 22 October 1865 at age 0 in Deloraine, Tasmania, Australia.2

Citations

1. [S2] Tasmania Registry of B, D & M, Birth Certificate, Father: William Purton, Shepherd - Mother: Elizabeth Purton formerly Elmore [sic] - Registered: 23 October 1865 by William Purton, Father
2. [S2] Tasmania Registry of B, D & M, Death Record, Name: Purton, Edward Shadrick - Record Type: Deaths - Gender: Male - Date of death: 22 Oct 1865 - Registered: Deloraine - Registration year: 1865 - Record ID: NAME_INDEXES:1205954 - Resource: RGD35/1/34 no 125