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Can't find anything on the 1851, 1861 or 1871 UK censuses that makes any sense!


sylvia

Have you purchased the marriage certificate from Qld BMD. It may have some additional information.

Reg No. & Year: 1875/C000407
Bridge: Bunnage, Ellen Mary
Groom: Michael O'Hara

Hi Sylvia,
Still no further advanced on my search for Ellen Bunnage. She was 28 when she died in Maryborough Queensland Australia. I cannot even find an entry record into the country. She most probably came out as a young servant to a wealthy family. If she came as a maid they seemed to be treated like the luggage, and often didn't get on the immigration radar. Australia didn't become a county in it's own right until 1901.
Thanks from Katherine

Hi Lew,
I amended my entry as you suggested. Contacted the Maryborough Historical Society who hold the letter about the donation source. Still awaiting a reply.
Thanks from Katherine

Did she say Dear xxxxxx

If so, what was that name?


Where did she marry Michael O'Hara?? Australia or UK or elsewhere?

When did she leave the UK?

Have you any idea how old she was when she died?

Have you got her death certificate? Does that give any information?



sylvia

This is the only Ellen Bunnage pre-1878 that shows on ancestry (haven't yet checked for mis-spellings!)

about Ellen Bunnage
Name: Ellen Bunnage
Age: 12
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1839
Relation: Daughter
Mother's Name: Charlotte
Gender: Female
Where born: Luton, Bedfordshire, England

Civil Parish: Luton
County/Island: Bedfordshire
Country: England

Street address:

Occupation:

Condition as to marriage:

Disability: View Image

Registration district: Luton
Sub-registration district: Dunstable
ED, institution, or vessel: 4o
Neighbors: View others on page
Household schedule number: 132
Household Members: Name Age
Ellen Bunnage 12
Emma Bunnage 12
Harriot Bunnage 3
Mary Ann Bunnage 4
William Bunnage 10
Charlotte Burrage 34




Were any of these names mentioned in the letter or in the address?



sylvia

Who was the letter addressed to? How old was Ellen when she died? Was she born in the UK or Aus?

Trying to find relatives of Ellen Bunnage who died in Maryborough, Queensland, Australia in May 1878. She wrote to her family in England in the March but the letter had no address. The letter was donated to the Maryborough Historical Society but I do not know the relatives contact details. Ellen Bunnage was married to Michael O'Hara. Married in Maryborough Queensland. Probably born in UK.
Ellen Bunnage died aged 26 in 1878. Her March 1878 letter was to her parents (addressed Dear Mother and father) telling them about the death of her two children in Feb.1878 and sending the family "the likenesses [of the children] and one for Aunt Ann".
Queensland death certificate list Ellen Bunnage's parents as Joseph Bunnage and Sarah Basley