Individual Details

Elizabeth "Eliza" BARKER

(1833 - 24 Jun 1905)

Events

Birth	1833	Dromore, County Monaghan, Ireland
Immigration	7 Nov 1840	from Liverpool and landed at Sydney on 21 May 1841 with her parents, brother John & sister Anne on the "Argyle"
Immigration (fam)-shared	7 Nov 1840	(John BARKER and Margaret HANNA) with their children Elizabeth (8) & Anne (6) on the "Argyle"on 7 Nov 1840. The voyage must have been a nightmare! In all at least 196 out of 310 immigrants were stricken with serious disease during the voyage. By the time they reached Cape Town 20 adults & children had died of typhoid, dysentery, measles & whooping cough. By the time they reached Port Phillip on 12 Apr 1841 another 25 had died. More than half the 70 children who boarded the vessel in Liverpool died on the voyage. To make matters worse Margaret was pregnant & gave birth to daughter Jane on 25 Feb whilst still at sea. Many migrants disembarked in Melbourne but some, like the Barkers, sailed on to Sydney on the ship when it left on 10 May 1841 & passengers were cleared 21 May in Port Jackson - Liverpool, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom
Marriage	4 Jul 1855	St Michael's Church of England, Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia - William SMITH
Alt name	4 Jul 1855	Elizabeth "Eliza" SMITH
Note	11 Mar 1905	bought a Land Grant plot at Tomerong (sold by son George immediately after her death to son Robert)
Death	24 Jun 1905	of heart failure. The Death Certificate listed William, John, Arthur, George, Alexander & Elizabeth Cutts as her living children with 2 males & 2 females deceased. She was living with son George in Paddington at the time of her death - 22 McDonald St (home of son George Franklin), Paddington, New South Wales, Australia
Burial	27 Jun 1905	Church of England Cemetery, Waverley, New South Wales, Australia

Families

Spouse	William SMITH (1835 - 1892)
Child	William Alfred "Bidgenook" SMITH (1856 - 1924)
Child	Margaret Alison SMITH (1859 - 1869)
Child	John Barker SMITH (1861 - 1926)
Child	Elizabeth SMITH (1862 - 1908)
Child	Thomas Buchanan SMITH (1864 - 1902)
Child	Mary Jane SMITH (1867 - 1923)
Child	Alexander Barker SMITH (1869 - 1937)
Child	Arthur Joseph SMITH (1871 - 1944)
Child	George Francis "Franklin" SMITH (1874 - 1943)
Child	Robert James SMITH (1876 - 1918)

Father	John BARKER (1815 - 1880)
Mother	Margaret HANNA (1803 - 1892)
Sibling	Anne "Annie" BARKER (1835 - )
Sibling	Jane Argyle BARKER (1841 - 1880)
Sibling	Mary BARKER (1843 - 1916)
Sibling	William John BARKER (1846 - 1927)
Sibling	Robert William BARKER (1848 - 1902)

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