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Ellen Mary Elizabeth Green (1874-1965), youngest daughter of of Michael Green and Ellen Murphy, at the age of 24, had moved to Geelong West, and married William Laurance Bryant (1871-1935), a 27 year old labourer/farmer from Cavendish (near Hamilton, Victoria).
The marriage (#4686), in 1898, in Geelong, was witnessed by Bridget Green (my great grandmother) and William Dunn (Ellen's sister's husband).(Church of England)
William Bryant's parents were Richard Bryant (from
Cornwall)
and Margaret Nolan (spelled Nowlen in the listing of their
marriage
in the Pioneers Index) married in 1867 in Cavendish. Their
children
were all born in Cavendish:
Richard, born 1868, William
Laurance 1871, Mary 1874 (died 1879),
and Ann 1876 (#1397).
Richard
married Mary Jane Hongsip in 1888.
Richard senior, William's father,
had had two children previously
to Elizabeth Mulston in Cavendish in 1861
(both died before 12
months)
Ellen Mary Elizabeth and William Bryant, shortly after their marriage, moved to Perth and had three children.
Kathleen Mary 1900 in Perth
Irene Agatha 1901 in Perth (one of these girls married a Raffale)
Richard John 1904 in Perth (#5025) (need a search for a death or marriage certificate)
William Bryant died 28/7/1935
(from Mt. Lawley) aged 64*
Ellen Mary Elizabeth died 11/8/1965 (from
Glendalough) aged 92.*(need to check for death
notices)
* buried in Karrakatta cemetery Perth.