Elms Eliza Ann

1864 - 1941  (76 years)

• Name	Elms Eliza Ann
  Born	18 Sep 1864	Rupert Street,East Collingwood,Victoria,Australia   [1]
  	Dr Sorrell
  Gender	Female
  Occupation	15 Oct 1887
  	Assistant
  Residence	15 Oct 1887	Kay Street,Carlton,Victoria,Australia
  FACT	1889  [2]
  	Travel
  	Travelled from Victoria to NSW
  Name	Eliza Ann Benabo
  Name	Eliza Ann Gowans
  Name	Eliza Ann Tucker
  Residence	11 May 1890	17 Harwood Lane, Pyrmont, NSW,Australia   [3]
  	Co-Habiting with William Gowans and going under the name of Eliza Gowans
  Residence	1930	Mena Eurella Street, Burwood, NSW,Australia   [4]
  Residence	1936	Mena Eurella Street, Burwood, NSW,Australia   [5]
  Died	29 May 1941	22 Eurella Street,Burwood,NSW,Australia   [6, 7]
  	Cause: Toxaemia, acute tonsillitis.
  	Dr. G. C. Harper
  Buried	31 May 1941	Rookwood Cemetery,Rookwood,NSW,Australia   [6, 8]
  	Not in Rookwood index in FMP
  Notes	Could not read or write, uneducated - signed with a cross (DWE Gillespie) Worked as a barmaid in a hotel aroud the rocks - was involved in a baroom scuffle and wounded in a shootout. 1 year in NSW Moved from Victoria to NSW
  Person ID	I29	GeniAus Family Tree
  Last Modified	10 Dec 2022

  
  

  Father	Elms Joseph Benjamin,   b. 15 Jan 1831, ,Poplar,Middlesex,England ,   d. Bef 18 Nov 1921  (Age < 90 years)
  Mother	Nelson Eliza Ann,   b. 21 Jan 1843, St Peter,Dorchester,Dorsetshire,England ,   d. 18 Nov 1921, 96 Ramsden Street,Clifton Hill,Victoria,Australia  (Age 78 years)
  Married	7 May 1861	St Peters Church of England Eastern Hill,Melbourne,Victoria,Australia
  Family ID	F38	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Benabo George Benjamin,   b. 27 Dec 1849, ,Bethnall Green,,England ,   d. 19 Nov 1920, ,Perth,Western Australia,Australia  (Age 70 years)
  Married	21 May 1880	,Melbourne,Victoria,Australia   [9]
  Notes	George Benabo was a bigamist. When his wife found Eliza and George living together she turfed Eiza out. Eliza only got away with a silver spoon.
  Children	1. Benabo Edith,   b. 1 Apr 1886, Clyde Street, St Kilda, Victoria,Australia ,   d. 20 Apr 1919, 17 Springside Street, Balmain, NSW,Australia  (Age 33 years)
  Last Modified	15 Mar 2021
  Family ID	F36	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 2	Tucker John King,   b. 5 Apr 1862, Schnapper Point, Mornington, Victoria,Australia ,   d. 21 Dec 1932, 357 Dryburgh Street, North Melbourne, Victoria,Australia  (Age 70 years)
  Married	15 Oct 1887	Moor Street,Fitzroy,Victoria,Australia   [10]
  	According to the rites of the Free Church of England by Nathaniel Kinsman
  Children	1. Tucker Florence,   b. Abt Jul 1888, ,Melbourne,Victoria,Australia ,   d. 11 May 1890, 17 Harwood Lane, Pyrmont, NSW,Australia  (Age ~ 1 years)
  Last Modified	10 Dec 2022
  Family ID	F35	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 3	Gowans William Purves,   b. 26 Sep 1867, 1 High Street,Hawick,Roxburghshire,Scotland ,   d. 12 Apr 1938, 22 Eurella Street,Burwood,NSW,Australia  (Age 70 years)
  Married	8 Jul 1896	The Registrar's Office 50 Trafalgar Street, Annandale, NSW,Australia   [9]
  Children	1. Gowans William James,   b. 16 Oct 1890, ,Pyrmont, NSW,Australia ,   d. 10 May 1919, ,,NSW,Australia  (Age 28 years)   2. Elms James Scott Purves,   b. 1892, 17 Stephens Street, Balmain, NSW,Australia ,   d. 1 May 1897, 340 Young Street, Annandale, NSW,Australia  (Age 5 years)   3. Gowans Isabella Catherine,   b. 19 Aug 1894, ,Pyrmont,NSW,Australia ,   d. 11 Sep 1994, Gosford Hospital, Gosford, NSW,Australia  (Age 100 years)   4. Gowans Eliza Anne Elms,   b. 15 Feb 1896, 340 Young Street, Annandale, NSW,Australia ,   d. 17 Apr 1962, Blue Mountains District Anzac Memorial Hospital,Katoomba, NSW,Australia  (Age 66 years)   5. Gowans John Stewart,   b. 11 Jun 1898, ,,NSW,Australia ,   d. 23 Jul 1970, ,London,Middlesex,England  (Age 72 years)   6. Gowans Florence Joanna,   b. 3 Nov 1900, ,,NSW,Australia ,   d. 4 Sep 1975, Nursing Home, Wentworth Falls, NSW,Australia  (Age 74 years)   7. Gowans Jean Robinson,   b. 1905, ,,NSW,Australia ,   d. 2 Sep 1955, 22 Eurella Street,Burwood,NSW,Australia  (Age 50 years)
  Last Modified	15 Mar 2021
  Family ID	F29	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 18 Sep 1864 - Rupert Street,East Collingwood,Victoria,Australia Married - 21 May 1880 - ,Melbourne,Victoria,Australia Residence - 15 Oct 1887 - Kay Street,Carlton,Victoria,Australia Residence - 11 May 1890 - 17 Harwood Lane, Pyrmont, NSW,Australia Married - 8 Jul 1896 - The Registrar's Office 50 Trafalgar Street, Annandale, NSW,Australia Residence - 1930 - Mena Eurella Street, Burwood, NSW,Australia Residence - 1936 - Mena Eurella Street, Burwood, NSW,Australia Buried - 31 May 1941 - Rookwood Cemetery,Rookwood,NSW,Australia  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Photos » Slide Show		Eliza and William Purves Gowans This could be a wedding photo
  		Eliza Ann Elms
  		Eliza Ann Elms

  
  

• Sources

  [S23] Birth Certificate. [S24] Death Certificate. Daughter: Florence Tucker [S52] x NSW BDM Indexes, NSW Registry of Births Deaths & Marriages, 702/1890 . TUCKER FLORENCE JOHN K ELIZA A SYDNEY [S48] Ancestry.co.uk, Directories & Member Lists > Australian Electoral Rolls, 1901-1936 > New South Wales > 1930 > Martin > Croydon > G. [S48] Ancestry.co.uk, Directories & Member Lists > Australian Electoral Rolls, 1901-1936 > New South Wales > 1936 > Martin > Croydon > G. [S24] Death Certificate. [S52] x NSW BDM Indexes, NSW Registry of Births Deaths & Marriages, 16330/1962 . PRITCHARD ELIZA ANNE E WILLIAM NOT KNOWN KATOOMBA [S2] Sydney Morning Herald, Funeral Notices 30 May 1941. GOWANS.-The Funeral of the late Mrs. ELIZA ANN GOWANS, will leave her late Residence 22 Eurella Street Burwood on SAT- URDAY, at 2:30 for the Presbyterian Cemetery, Rookwood JOSEPH MEDCALF A F D A 172 Redfern Street Redfern Presbyterian Section 5C 4035. Conducted by A. M. Ferrier In loving memory of/My dear husband and our father/ William Purves Gowans/ Died 12th April 1938 Aged 70 years/ Also Eliza Ann/Beloved wife of the above/Died 29th May 1941/Aged 75 Years [S19] Marriage Certificate. [S57] Victorian BDMs, 1887 Reg 7382 .