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Somerset Completed Lookup Requests / Re: *Completed*HARDING brickwall - breakthough appreciated
« on: Monday 22 January 24 22:48 GMT (UK) »
I can put some light on Robert Harding.
Robert married Mary Phillips in 1811. They had 6 children.
Robert was declared bunkrupt in 1831 and the marriage fell apart.
Robert and his youngest daughter Eliza (later known as ELizabeth) went to live with his sister Sarah in Lamyatt, Somerset. Mary and the other children went back to her home town of Mere, Wilts.
Eliza and her eldest brother William immigrated to Australia in 1841 on the Ward Chipman (a whole other story).
They settled in Western Victoria and began a sheep run called Mt Hesse.
In 1845 Eliza, now known as Elizabeth, married Thomas Austin.
Thomas & Elizabeth owned Barwon Park. They had 11 children. Built Barwon Park Mansion in 1871 and Thomas died later that same year. Elizabeth died in 1910. Elizabeth spent her widowhood doing many philanthropic works. Many of her achievements are well known today, including the Austin Hospital which she financed in 1882 and Austin Cottages in Geelong.
Robert married Mary Phillips in 1811. They had 6 children.
Robert was declared bunkrupt in 1831 and the marriage fell apart.
Robert and his youngest daughter Eliza (later known as ELizabeth) went to live with his sister Sarah in Lamyatt, Somerset. Mary and the other children went back to her home town of Mere, Wilts.
Eliza and her eldest brother William immigrated to Australia in 1841 on the Ward Chipman (a whole other story).
They settled in Western Victoria and began a sheep run called Mt Hesse.
In 1845 Eliza, now known as Elizabeth, married Thomas Austin.
Thomas & Elizabeth owned Barwon Park. They had 11 children. Built Barwon Park Mansion in 1871 and Thomas died later that same year. Elizabeth died in 1910. Elizabeth spent her widowhood doing many philanthropic works. Many of her achievements are well known today, including the Austin Hospital which she financed in 1882 and Austin Cottages in Geelong.