I have recently confirmed that a long lost deceased relative, Elizabeth Jane Mutton, born around 1860 in Redruth, Cornwall to Charles Mutton and Thomasine Hawke, married George Richard Absolom in Queensland in 1876 when she was around 17 years of age. Elizabeth Jane Mutton arrived in Bowen Queensland in Feb 1873 aboard the vessel "John Rennie" out of Plymouth. She was 13 or 14 at the time and was a servant in the family of Solomon and Mary Treloar with whom she emigrated. Her death certificate confirmed her maiden name was Mutton and not Martin as her marriage certificate showed. The name Martin was used in all records listing the births etc of her children but not on her death certificate which recorded her father as Charles Mutton. Interested researchers may contact me if they wish to know something of Elizabeth Jane's ancestry.
Mick Mutton
