Elizabeth Abbott
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Background
Elizabeth Abbott was reportedly disowned when she ran away with Charles Sea, a ship’s captain, whom she married on board ship. He died and was buried at sea, but Elizabeth migrated to Australia working as a governess to the Abbott children in the Geelong region. During her employment the brother of Mr. Abbott became ill with septicaemia and came to the station to be nursed. He proposed to her with only £15 to his name. They married and proceeded to Ballarat in search of gold.[1]
Goldfields Involvement, 1854
According to family history Elizabeth lived in a small tent and was within the barricade during the battle of the Eureka Stockade. She hid behind a cabin trunk that became littered with holes. [2]
Post 1854 Experiences
Her husband worked in a mine in the Scarsdale area, where they built a house and lived for the rest of their lives. She died on 26 September 1909, at the age of seventy-nine years, and is buried in the Smythesdale Cemetery. [3]
See also
Further Reading
Corfield, J.,Wickham, D., & Gervasoni, C. The Eureka Encyclopaedia, Ballarat Heritage Services, 2004.
References
- ↑ Wickham, D., Gervasoni, C. & Phillipson, W., Eureka Research Directory, Ballarat Heritage Services, 1999.
- ↑ Wickham, D., Gervasoni, C. & Phillipson, W., Eureka Research Directory, Ballarat Heritage Services, 1999.
- ↑ Wickham, D., Gervasoni, C. & Phillipson, W., Eureka Research Directory, Ballarat Heritage Services, 1999.
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