Elizabeth Abbott

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Background

Elizabeth Abbott was born c1830 in England. She 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. Elizabeth married John Abbott and they proceeded to Ballarat in search of gold.[1][2]

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. [3]

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. Her children were: Harriet (1855 Ballarat); John Thomas (1857 Steiglitz; Alfred (1859 Brown’s Diggings); Isabella (1861 Smythesdale); James Emms (1863); James Emms (1865 Scarsdale); Elizabeth Emms (1867 Scarsdale); Arthur William (1869 Smythesdale); Louisa (1871 Smythesdale). She died on 26 September 1909, at the age of seventy-nine years, and is buried in the Smythesdale Cemetery. [4][5]

See also

Further Reading

Corfield, J.,Wickham, D., & Gervasoni, C. The Eureka Encyclopaedia, Ballarat Heritage Services, 2004.


References

  1. Wickham, D., Gervasoni, C. & Phillipson, W., Eureka Research Directory, Ballarat Heritage Services, 1999.
  2. Dorothy Wickham, Women of the Diggings: Ballarat 1854, Ballarat Heritage Services, 2009.
  3. Wickham, D., Gervasoni, C. & Phillipson, W., Eureka Research Directory, Ballarat Heritage Services, 1999.
  4. Wickham, D., Gervasoni, C. & Phillipson, W., Eureka Research Directory, Ballarat Heritage Services, 1999.
  5. Dorothy Wickham, Women of the Diggings: Ballarat 1854, Ballarat Heritage Services, 2009.

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