Elizabeth Roberts, 18671930 (aged 62 years)

Name
Elizabeth /Roberts/
Name
Elizabeth /Murphy/
Type of name
married name
Name
Elizabeth /Daniel/
Type of name
married name
Birth
Birth of a sister
Birth of a brother
Note: Cited in notes from Thelma Weston.
Marriage of parents
Note: Mary Agnes Roberts death cert mentions her marriage to William as being for 16 years. They were married in 1876. She died in 1904. If their marriage was only 16 years then there may be a separation, divorce or death around 1892.

Mary Agnes Roberts death cert mentions her marriage to William as being for 16 years. They were married in 1876. She died in 1904. If their marriage was only 16 years then there may be a separation, divorce or death around 1892.

Qld Divorce records searched:
6242 - Matrimonial Petitions - Northern (Probably the right age range if a divorce occurred.)
5688 - Matrimonial Petitions - Southern.

Also archive search of exact names
William Roberts
Mary Agnes Roberts.

While 23 Feb 1876 appears on the marriage registration, the birth records for there children are earlier than this date. These records also point to other marriage dates. (From Annie Roberts - 27 Dec 1866. From William 17 Dec 1865)

Religious marriage
Address: Park St
Charters Towers
Death of a husband
Cause: Acute hepatitis. Hepatic Abcess. Melaena
Address: Park St
Charters Tower
Note: Also a Death Notice in the Charters Towers Northern Miner 30 April 1892.

Also a Death Notice in the Charters Towers Northern Miner 30 April 1892.

"On 26th April, at his residence Park Street, after a short illness, David Murphy aged 43 years. leaving a wife to mourn her loss."

Note: No hits in Queensland wills.
Birth of a daughter
Address: Park St
Charters Towers
Death of a father
before November 1892 (aged 25 years)
Note: Queensland BDM Index:

Queensland BDM Index:
1896/C2999 Roberts William - - ** born England aged 62 years
Not a match: engineer married in England to Elizabeth Thompson,. Died Tinana 30 Nov 1896

1910/C3140 Roberts William - - ** born England aged 76 years
Not a match: miner born in Holyhead, Wales. Married in Charters Towers but no other info given. Died in Rockhampton 24 Nov 1910

NZ deaths
1885 William Roberts. Aged 52. Register lists Parents as "not known". Married status also "Not known". Place of birth London. Informant was the undertaker. Minister officiating was Presbyterian. (Checked NZ since one of his daughters married NZ'er.)

Religious marriage
Occupation
Domestic Servant
1895 (aged 27 years)
Birth of a daughter
Birth of a daughter
Note: Could be "2nd" or "21" December.
Residence
Address: Kent Lane
Birth of a daughter
Address: Kent Lane
Rockhampton
Residence
Address: 136 West street
Rockhampton
Death of a mother
Address: Vulture St
Charters Towers
Cause: Cancer
Note: According to Thelma Weston research, also known as Victoria Mary Agnes Roberts.
Burial of a mother
Cemetery: Charters Towers Pioneer Cemetery
Residence
Residence
Address: Walker St
Note: Husband is not noted on this page of the electoral roll. Does not appear in other rolls.

Husband is not noted on this page of the electoral roll. Does not appear in other rolls.

Daughters do not appear but would be underage.

Birth
Residence
Address: Allen Street
Ross Island, Townsville
Note: This advert first appears in the Sunday Times of Sydney, 12 Jan 1913. Appears in Queensland in Townsville Daily Bulletin, 6th Feb 1913. Later that week appears in other around the country. Last printing was in 1921.
Residence
from 1914 to 1918 (aged 50 years)
Address: Flinders St West
Death of a brother
Burial of a brother
Address: McLeod Street Pioneer Cemetery
Plot 46917
Site 437
Division SR
Section C
Row CCC
Residence
Address: One of:
1. Queensland Boarding House
2. The Orphanage, Warburton St
Death
Burial
Cemetery: Martyn Street Cemetery
Address: Section: Monumental
Row: V1
Plot: 2051
Monumental East Side
Note: At Cairns Family History - check against their card catalogue doesn't show this inscription. This suggests the plaque was installed after 1983-4. Cairns council's "new" system is about 18 months old. Previous data location unknown. (May need to FUP Brisbane archives)

At Cairns Family History - check against their card catalogue doesn't show this inscription. This suggests the plaque was installed after 1983-4. Cairns council's "new" system is about 18 months old. Previous data location unknown. (May need to FUP Brisbane archives)

Council records (microfiche at Cairns Family History) show she was an Old Age Pensioner and that the plot cost £5.

Discussion with Aileen suggests that the info on the death certificate would be the sort of details that would have been supplied to the hospital on admission.

Research task
[QSA] Details for placement of plaque on Elizabeth Daniels.
November 20, 2016
User: kerryc
Note: Cairns council cemetery records relocated to Qld Archives:

Cairns council cemetery records relocated to Qld Archives:

20348 2138115 File - reserve
Cemetery Files : CAIRNS CEMETERY R274 R264 PSH CAIRNS CTY NARES CNS/009654 - CEM 80 (SL00015)

CEM 80

20/7/1977 18/2/1987 1
20348 2138116 File - reserve
Cemetery Files : CAIRNS CEMETERY R274 R264 PSH CAIRNS CTY NARES CNS/009654 - CEM 80 D/O (SL00015)

CEM 80 DO

Is there any record of Elizabeth Daniels original burial, or any record of subsequent placement of a plaque.

Family with parents
father
18391892
Birth: about 1839 Richmond, Yorkshire, England
Death: before November 1892
mother
18451904
Birth: about 1845 Dublin, Ireland
Death: February 28, 1904Charters Towers, Queensland, Australia
Marriage MarriageFebruary 23, 1876Townsville, Queensland, Australia
-9 years
herself
P_Elizabeth_Daniels_1913.JPG
18671930
Birth: March 11, 1867 28 22 Bowen, Queensland, Australia
Death: January 3, 1930Cairns, Queensland, Australia
2 years
younger sister
18691931
Birth: July 23, 1869 30 24 Townsville, Queensland, Australia
Death: July 29, 1931Charters Towers, Queensland, Australia
3 years
younger brother
18721916
Birth: May 24, 1872 33 27 Townsville, Queensland, Australia
Death: April 2, 1916Cairns, Queensland, Australia
Mother’s family with Frederick Samuel Haslam
stepfather
1829
Birth: about 1829Manchester, England
Death:
mother
18451904
Birth: about 1845 Dublin, Ireland
Death: February 28, 1904Charters Towers, Queensland, Australia
Marriage MarriageJanuary 19, 1864Banana, Queensland, Australia
Family with David Murphy
husband
18491892
Birth: 1849 Cork, Ireland
Death: April 26, 1892Charters Towers, Queensland, Australia
herself
P_Elizabeth_Daniels_1913.JPG
18671930
Birth: March 11, 1867 28 22 Bowen, Queensland, Australia
Death: January 3, 1930Cairns, Queensland, Australia
Religious marriage Religious marriageApril 25, 1892Charters Towers, Queensland, Australia
3 months
daughter
QldPoliceGazette1912Murphy.jpg
18921930
Birth: July 15, 1892 43 25 Charters Towers, Queensland, Australia
Death: after 1930
Family with August Daniel
husband
1855
Birth: calculated 1855 La Roche-Derrien, Côtes-d'Armor, Bretagne, France
Death:
herself
P_Elizabeth_Daniels_1913.JPG
18671930
Birth: March 11, 1867 28 22 Bowen, Queensland, Australia
Death: January 3, 1930Cairns, Queensland, Australia
Religious marriage Religious marriageNovember 8, 1895Mackay, Queensland, Australia
9 months
daughter
1896
Birth: August 12, 1896 41 29 Queensland, Australia
Death:
2 years
daughter
2 years
daughter
1901
Birth: January 25, 1901 46 33 Rockhampton, Queensland, Australia
Death:
August Daniel + Elizabeth O'Brien
husband
1855
Birth: calculated 1855 La Roche-Derrien, Côtes-d'Armor, Bretagne, France
Death:
husband’s wife
Religious marriage Religious marriageMarch 1, 1886Townsville, Queensland, Australia
Birth
Religious marriage
Religious marriage
Occupation
Residence
Residence
Residence
Residence
Residence
Residence
Death
Burial
Residence

Husband is not noted on this page of the electoral roll. Does not appear in other rolls.

Daughters do not appear but would be underage.

Residence

This advert first appears in the Sunday Times of Sydney, 12 Jan 1913. Appears in Queensland in Townsville Daily Bulletin, 6th Feb 1913. Later that week appears in other around the country. Last printing was in 1921.

Burial

At Cairns Family History - check against their card catalogue doesn't show this inscription. This suggests the plaque was installed after 1983-4. Cairns council's "new" system is about 18 months old. Previous data location unknown. (May need to FUP Brisbane archives)

Council records (microfiche at Cairns Family History) show she was an Old Age Pensioner and that the plot cost £5.

Discussion with Aileen suggests that the info on the death certificate would be the sort of details that would have been supplied to the hospital on admission.

Note

August Peter & Elizabeth Daniel are at the same address in the Electoral Rolls for 1903 (136 West street Rockhampton), August Peter only for 1905 (136 West Street Rockhampton), both for 1905 (Bennet street)

Research task

Cairns council cemetery records relocated to Qld Archives:

20348 2138115 File - reserve
Cemetery Files : CAIRNS CEMETERY R274 R264 PSH CAIRNS CTY NARES CNS/009654 - CEM 80 (SL00015)

CEM 80

20/7/1977 18/2/1987 1
20348 2138116 File - reserve
Cemetery Files : CAIRNS CEMETERY R274 R264 PSH CAIRNS CTY NARES CNS/009654 - CEM 80 D/O (SL00015)

CEM 80 DO

Is there any record of Elizabeth Daniels original burial, or any record of subsequent placement of a plaque.

Burial
Media object
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Media object
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Note: Dr Morses Indian Root Pills were a US imported patent medicine. Extensively advertised all over the country, the ads in different localities seem to cite local users. Elizabeth Daniels features in ads placed in the The Northern Miner several times between 1913 and 1915.

Dr Morses Indian Root Pills were a US imported patent medicine. Extensively advertised all over the country, the ads in different localities seem to cite local users. Elizabeth Daniels features in ads placed in the The Northern Miner several times between 1913 and 1915.

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