Peter Ellis
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Background
Peter's father, Thomas Ellis, had married Mary Davey whose parents were Michael Davey and Margaret Wearne. His grandfather's parents being John Ellis and Elizabeth Penrose, meant that the party on the Eureka goldfields comprised a tight knit family unit from Boscaswell Row near St Just, Cornwall. Joseph Penrose, John Penaluna, James Wearne and Peter Ellis were possibly related as well as being a gold seeking party on the Eureka Lead.[1]
Goldfields Involvement, 1854
A witness at the State Treason Trials Peter Ellis was with a group of Cornishmen, possibly relatives, near Eureka when the battle occurred. They were also neighbours of his from Boscaswell Row, near St Just, Cornwall.
Witnesses deposing against Charles Brown, Thomas Barry, Michael Tuohy, Henry Read and James Campbell were: George King, John King, Samuel Furnell, John Dougherty, Michael Lawler, Joseph Penrose, John White, John Penaluna, Eugene Bellairs, James Wearne, James Gaunt, Peter Ellis, John Sullivan, James Clerk, Joseph Raynor, Henry Bedwell, William Richardson.
Post 1854 Experiences
Peter Ellis married his cousin Nancy Robyns. Peter and Nancy's common grandparents were Peter Ellis and Ann Tonkin of St Just, Cornwall. They had: Peter born 1843, Nancy born 2 November 1845, Nancy born 10 January 1848, died 1922 Ballarat, Mary Jane born 17 January 1850 died July 1936 Sebastopol, Peggy born 31 Jan 1852, Thomas born 1858 and died 1859, Thomas bo0rn 26 January 1859 died 31 July 1921, William born 19 October 1861 Wombat Hill, Daylesford, died 7 December 1897 Hopetoun, and John Gillies Waite Ellis born 28 September 1865.[2]
See also
Further Reading
Corfield, J.,Wickham, D., & Gervasoni, C. The Eureka Encyclopaedia, Ballarat Heritage Services, 2004.
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