Individual Details
Elizabeth BENBOW ⛵
(1818 - 3 Jan 1885)
Elizabeth's passage to Australia was paid for by M. Marshall and her occupation was listed as "Nurserymaid" on the ship's records. She left London and Plymouth on board the ship "Lady McNaughton" and disembarked at Sydney, N.S.W. on the 16th of December 1840. She was 22 years old and at this time her mother was still living, and her father deceased. A bounty of 19.0.0d (19 Pound) was paid on her arrival in Sydney (From a copy of her Entitlement Certificate).
Events
| Birth | 1818 | Three Mills, Bromyard, Herefordshire, England | |||
| Christen | 12 Jan 1818 | Bromyard, Hereford, England | |||
| Immigration | 16 Dec 1840 | Ship: Lady McNaughton, Port Jackson, New South Wales, Australian Colonies |  | ||
| Occupation | Dec 1840 | Nurserymaid - Sydney New South Wales, Australian Colonies | |||
| Marriage | 15 Feb 1843 | Windsor, New South Wales, Australia - Edmund MATTHEWS ⛵ | | ||
| Death | 3 Jan 1885 | Dysentery, Debilities Senile - Gladstone St, Sandhurst, Bendigo, Victoria, Australia | | ||
| Burial | 5 Jan 1885 | MGC-BAP-Comp-B-No-146A, Melbourne Cemetery, College Crescent, Parkville, Victoria, Australian Colonies | |
Families
| Spouse | Edmund MATTHEWS ⛵ (1808 - 1874) |
| Child | Elizabeth MATTHEWS (1845 - 1868) |
| Child | Jane Benbow MATTHEWS (1847 - 1942) |
| Child | Sarah Maria MATTHEWS (1854 - 1892) |
| Child | Martha Ann "Annie" MATTHEWS (1857 - 1943) |
| Child | William Edmund MATTHEWS (1860 - 1883) |
| Child | Fanny Ellen MATTHEWS (1863 - 1867) |
| Father | John BENBOW (1777 - 1839) |
| Mother | Elizabeth "Lucy" BENBOW (1782 - ) |
| Sibling | Eliza BENBOW (1809 - 1816) |
| Sibling | Mary BENBOW (1810 - 1849) |
| Sibling | Joseph BENBOW (1812 - 1848) |
| Sibling | Jane BENBOW (1813 - 1848) |
| Sibling | Sarah BENBOW (1815 - ) |
| Sibling | George BENBOW (1817 - ) |
Notes
Immigration
Edmund's wife, Elizabeth, left London and arrived in Sydney, Australia on board the ship "Lady McNaughton" on the 16th September 1840. Her passage to Australia was paid for and her occupation was listed as Nurserymaid.First name(s) Elizabeth
Last name Benbow
Birth year 1818
Age 22
Sex Female
Vessel Lady Mcnaughton
Year 1840
Optional keywords -
Occupation Nursemaid
Nationality/where born Herefordshire
Arrival year 1840
Arrival date 16 Dec 1840
Departure port -
Destination Port Port Jackson
Arrival port -
State New South Wales
Country Australia
Archive State Records Authority of New South Wales
Year range 1840-1841
Passage type New South Wales Assisted Passenger Lists
Record set Australia, Inward, Outward & Coastal Passenger Lists 1826-1972
Category Travel & migration
Subcategory Passenger Lists
Collections from Australasia, Australia
Lady MacNaghten was an English barque of 553 tons, founded in 1825, which made numerous voyages to Australia, but remembered as the "Fever ship" for her 1837 voyage when one in six passengers died of illness either en route or shortly after arrival.
Marriage
In September 1842, Edmund married Elizabeth Benbow at Windsor, NSW. They had six children, the first two, born at St Mary's, South Creek, NSW. The next child, Sarah, was born at Ashby, Geelong, Victoria. (The second wife of my G/G/Grandfather, James SMITH). The fourth and Fifth children were also born at Gelong and the last at Pentland, Victoria.Death
First name(s) ElizabethLast name Matthews
Age 66
Sex Female
Birth year 1819
Death year 1885
Father's name Benbow John
Mother's name Elizabeth Benbow
Death place Sandhurst
State Victoria
Registration number 3244
Record set Victoria Deaths 1836-1985
Category Birth, Marriage, Death & Parish Records
Subcategory Civil Deaths & Burials
Collections from Australasia, Australia
Burial
Victoria, Australia, Cemetery Records and Headstone Transcriptions, 1844-1997Name Jane Benbow Miles
Death Age 95
Birth Date abt 1847
Death Date 7 Jul. 1942
Burial Place Victoria, Australia
Cemetery Boroondara Cemetery
Area Independent A
Grave Number 1144
Page 726
Household membersName Age
Charles Miles
Clara Jane Miles
George Miles
Jane Benbow Miles