Eliza Gurren (OH's MMMM)
Oh, my. One of OH's mysterious great-great-grandmothers -
Name - "official" name and what they were known as
Eliza GURREN, also spelt GURRAN, GURRIN, GUERIN, , Eliza Dyter, Elizabeth Cardwell
Date and place of birth
abt 1839, Kells, Meath, Ireland
Names of parents
Edward Gurren (as spelt on his migration and death etc) and Mary nee Smyth
Date and place of baptism - if applicable
not known
Details of each of his or her marriages - if any
1) "1861 Sydney" to Frederick Moffatt READ. This claim is made on the birth cert. of her son Frederick Moffatt, who in adult life used the surname GURRIN, but no evidence in BDM indexes. No death registration found for Frederick READ either, although their youngest child Alfred READ died at Parramatta St, Sydney on 2 Feb 1869.
2) 30 Sep 1869, as spinster Eliza GURRIN, at Colly Blue, Liverpool Plains, New South Wales, to John DYTER (who died 13 Jul 1888)
3) 11 Jun 1894 at BDM Registry Office, Newtown, Sydney NSW to John CARDWELL
Occupation(s) - if any
"domestic servant", 1856
Addresses where they lived (including county if in UK) - and please list which censuses you have or haven't found him/her on.
no census records
1856 (age 17) 22 Feb arrived to Sydney NSW on the ship "David McIver" with parents Edward and Mary, siblings Anne, 24, Bridget, 22, Julia, 20 and Edward 17
1861 resided 418 Kent St Sydney, birth of son Frederick
1869 resided Parramatta St, Sydney, death of son Alfred
1869, resided Colly Blue, Liverpool Plains, marriage
1882 - sold up at Colly Blue and moved to Sydney - due to illness of John Dyter ??
1888 - Cavendish St, Stanmore, Sydney NSW
Date, place and cause of death
15 Feb 1898, Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Camperdown, Sydney. COD - Brights Disease (Delerium Tremens) 5 weeks, heart failure.
Date and place of burial / cremation.
16 Feb 1898, Rookwood Church of England Cemetery (FF275) with second husband John Dyter !
Details of will / administration of their estate - if applicable
none known
Memorial inscription - if any
no indication on headstone that she is buried there
Headstone reads
"in loving memory of John Dyter
died 13 Jul 1888 age 51 years
Farewell dear wife, my days are past,
I loved you well while life did last,
But no more sorrow for me now make
But love the Bible for my sake"
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