Individual Details
Elizabeth "Eliza" SWEETMAN
(1810 - 10 May 1864)
Events
| Birth | 1810 | Sedlescombe, Sussex, England, United Kingdom |  | ||
| Baptism | 7 Oct 1810 | St John the Baptist, Sedlescombe, Sussex, England, United Kingdom | | ||
| Marriage | 13 Feb 1831 | St Mary of the Assumption and St Nicholas, Etchingham, Sussex, England, United Kingdom - William HARMER | | ||
| Alt name | 13 Feb 1831 | Elizabeth "Eliza" HARMER | |||
| Census (family) | 1841 | together with children Mary (9), Sarah (8) & Charlotte (5) - Silver Hill, Salehurst, Sussex, England - William HARMER | | ||
| Census (family) | 1851 | Duke William (Hotel), Cranbrook, Kent, England, Great Britain - William HARMER | | ||
| Emigration (fam) | 12 Oct 1852 | on board the "Tamar" (a barque of 557 tons), arriving Botany Bay on the 29th January 1853. They were accompanied by all 7 of their children. "The Tamar arrived on Saturday morning, with 230 immigrants, after a fair passage of 100 days. Only one death, an infant occurred during the voyage. Too much praise cannot be awarded to the Surgeon-Superintendent & captain for the cleanly condition in which this vessel has arrived in port. She rounded Van Diemans Land on the 12th instant, since which time she has had nothing but adverse winds." Sydney Morning Herald January 31st, 1853. William paid 7 pounds to secure passage for himself & his family - Plymouth, Devonshire, England, United Kingdom - William HARMER | | ||
| Education Level | 29 Jan 1853 | read & write, unlike her husband who was illiterate | | ||
| Death | 10 May 1864 | Redfern, New South Wales, Australia | | ||
| News Pub (ind) | 12 May 1864 | the following Death Notice appeared in The Sydney Morning Herald: "On the 10th instant, at her residence, No. 12, Wattle-street, Chippendale, Eliza Harmer, relict of the late William Harmer, of Sussex, England, in the 54th year of her age, leaving six children to lament their loss. Her end was peace" | |
Families
| Spouse | William HARMER (1808 - 1858) |
| Child | Mary Ann HARMER (1831 - 1861) |
| Child | Sarah Jane HARMER (1833 - 1912) |
| Child | Charlotte HARMER (1836 - 1870) |
| Child | William HARMER (1842 - 1909) |
| Child | Godfrey George HARMER (1845 - 1891) |
| Child | James Cornelius HARMER (1850 - 1916) |
| Child | Gertrude Florence HARMER (1852 - 1882) |
| Father | James SWEETMAN ( - ) |
| Mother | Mary SHEPHEARD ( - ) |
Endnotes
1. Research by the Harmer Family History Association
2. 1851 Census of England 1851
3. Sussex Family History Group (SFHG) Database
4. Sussex Family History Group (SFHG) Database
5. Sussex Family History Group (SFHG) Database
6. 1841 Census of England 1841
7. 1851 Census of England 1851
8. NSW Assisted Migration, "Tamar" 1852 Reel 2136, [4/4790]
9. NSW Assisted Migration, "Tamar" 1852 Reel 2136, [4/4790]
10. NSW BMD Index: 1864/2086
11. Harmer Family History Association , 2010
12. The Sydney Morning Herald