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Australia / Re: Anyone got access to "Gravestone Inscriptions Sydney Burial Ground"?
« on: Friday 29 July 16 09:01 BST (UK)  »
Hi Jamjar,
My apologies for the misunderstanding.
I don't know what navigational course was used.  It would make sense, as you suggested, to travel along the bottom of Australia for the U.K.
The dutch appeared to use the roaring forties to sail to Australia then up the Western Australian coast to trade in Java. Then sailed back to Europe on a direct course between Madagascar & Africa.
With regards to the doctor & Elizabeth's relationship, I cannot answer that.  I can only assume from the articles I have read that they were both regarded as fine members of society.
Also, interesting link you've supplied.
I've also come across another article suggesting there may have been a vet by the same name. Whether they are the same person has yet to be determined.
Thanks heaps for your assistance as I'm about to share my research findings with my extended family who have also contributed anecdotes & photos to yhe family tree album.
regards
Ron

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Australia / Re: Anyone got access to "Gravestone Inscriptions Sydney Burial Ground"?
« on: Friday 29 July 16 06:23 BST (UK)  »
Hi Sparrett, Jamjar & majm "JM",

Thanks for your replies.  Based on your advice I'll stick with Hobart as being the most likely resting place.

In reply to Jamjar's thoughts on preservation of a body, when Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte passed away in 1821 on the island of St. Helena then later exhumed in 1840 for reburial in Paris it was believed the high level of arsenic in his body attributed to his body's slow decay as the substance is toxic to microorganisms and slows down the decomposition of human tissue.  So, yes, it is quite possible that some form of preservation may have taken place.

Now this is where the confusing part is, viz:
According to the undertaker's record, Elizabeth passed away at Hobart on 26th December 1851 from a stroke injury (apoplexy). Her residence ,'Cottage Green', was up for sale earlier that year on January 1851 via the Hobart "Colonial Times" as a consequence of Dr Richardson's immediate departure from the colony.  Furthermore, the "Launceston Examiner" of 26th February 1851 mentions Dr Richardson as having left the colony.  A Sydney newspaper, the "Empire" of 17th March 1851 mentions a Dr Richardson as being a passenger on the ship 'Blackwell' headed for London.  Then the following year (10 months after Elizabeth's death) "The Shipping Gazette & Sydney General Trade List" of 9th October 1852 mentions the brig 'Emma' arrived from Hobart on 2nd October 1852 with a Dr Richardson, and the Sydney newspaper "Empire" of 18th November 1852 mentions the brig 'Golden Spring' on departure for Melbourne with a Dr Richardson.  One year on from Elizabeth's death, a Hobart newspaper "The Courier" of 22 Dec 1852 advertises 'Cottage Green' as still being for sale, and as "the residence of Dr Richardson who is about to leave the colony." again.

So, yes, ships did sale up and down the east coast of Australia.

And, thank you Jamjar for the information on the grave sites.

regards
Ron


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Australia / Re: Anyone got access to "Gravestone Inscriptions Sydney Burial Ground"?
« on: Friday 29 July 16 02:42 BST (UK)  »
Hi Merlin & Johngirl,

Thank you both for the information you have provided and the time taken to research these documents.  Surprisingly, I too have come across these documents.

In response to to Merlin's question as to why I think Elizabeth may have been buried in Sydney is as I have not been able to find any record of her burial in Tasmania.  I have spoken with the Tasmanian Archive service "Linc" and they have confirmed this.  They also hold a book called "Inscriptions in Stone" by Richard Lord which lists all the headstones lined across the wall of St. David's Park in Hobart (formerly known as St. David's cemetery which was one of the earliest cemetries in the colony) and her name is not listed, nor is there any record of her grave being relocated to Cornelian Bay cemetery when the city council took ownership of the land.

'Cottage Green' where Elizabeth and her husband Dr. William Richardson resided had a small cemetery, although, I don't believe Elizabeth may have been buried there as the residence was sold shortly after her death and her husband made a quick exit from the colony bound for Glasgow with their daughter Fanny.  So if anything, Elizabeth may have been buried in Sydney en route to the motherland as their sons resided there; the eldest being William Wright Richardson who worked for the large shipping firm Messrs Gilchrist, Watt & Co. which introduced a lot of Scottish immigrants into the colony before he went on to become a successful grazier with his brother Tottenham Lee Richardson whom I am a direct descendant of.

Also, the trip to the United Kingdom was a long journey so I suspect her body may not have been returned for burial.

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Australia / Re: Anyone got access to "Gravestone Inscriptions Sydney Burial Ground"?
« on: Thursday 28 July 16 01:27 BST (UK)  »
Hi Cass,
I was wondering if you were able to tell me if an Elizabeth Reeves Richardson was mentioned in the "Graveyard Inscriptions : Old Sydney Burial Grounds".
I appreciate any help.
Thanking you
Regards
Ron

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