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Zena - those Ancestry trees have all copied off each other so if one person's got duff info then they all have!

Can't find an Isabella myself.

When and where were David and Ellen born? - the Ellen Townsend that arrived in Australia in 1882 appeared to be from Lancashire.

hi marie
david hatton warwickshire have birth cert david and emma parents
ellen hunslett yorkshire just census also called betley mother mary and father john
australia trek of "a" trees also

Just posting Ellen & David's marriage for background info:

West Yorkshire, England, Marriages and Banns, 1813-1935
Name: Ellen Pallister, spinster of Fleece Lane
Birth Year: abt 1851
Age: 23
Marriage or Bann Date: 6 Jun 1874
Parish: Leeds, Christ Church
Father's Name: John Pallister - Carpenter
Spouse's Name: David Townsend, bachelor age 24 of Mitchil's ?? Court. A moulder
Spouse's Father's Name: David Townsend - Hore keeper

Witnesses: William Clifford Balmforth and Isabella Jane Bradley

(There appears to be a letter missing from David's father's occupation - I hope it's an "S")

its stores keeper its on all the certificates i have for the family for the family
zena

She went to Australia in 1882 but her husband didn't die until 1884?

this is information i found on ancestory
i can only verify their marriage and his death because i have the certificates
zena
sorry i got it wrong i dont have his birth cert i have him off family search . org

Hello - I found this birth record: a possibility?

Civil registration event: Birth


Name: TOWNEND, Priscilla Isabella

Registration district: [?] Leeds

County: Yorkshire

Year of registration: 1879

Quarter of registration: Oct-Nov-Dec

Mother's maiden name: Not available before 1911 Q3

Volume no:[?]9B

Page no:[?]571

NSW assisted imigration

original gives her county of origin as "Lancashire"

Name: Ellen Townsend
Birth Year: abt 1856
Age: 26
Gender: Female
Arrival Date: 22 Apr 1882
Vessel Name: Hereford

another record says occupation domestic servant and origin Meath (ireland)
religion Roman Catholic
also says single

this seems more likely

Name: David Townsend
Age: 24
Birth Year: abt 1851
Ship Name: Clara
Port of Departure: London, England
Port of Arrival: Brisbane
Arrival Date: 22 Feb 1875

Name: Ellen Townsend
Age: 24
Birth Year: abt 1851
Ship Name: Clara
Port of Departure: London, England
Port of Arrival: Brisbane
Arrival Date: 22 Feb 1875

death of david

Name: David Townsend
Death Date: 1883
Death Place: New South Wales
Father's Name: David
Mother's name: Emma
Registration Year: 1883
Registration Place: Sydney, New South Wales
Registration number: 1045

Isabella born in Australia

Name: Isabella Townsend
Birth Date: 1881
Father's Name: David Townsend
Mother's name: Ellen
Birth Place: New South Wales
Registration Year: 1881
Registration Place: Glebe, New South Wales
Registration number: 5492

Australia Marriage Index, 1788-1950
Marriage & Divorce

Name: Isabella Townsend
Spouse: Isaac Bryant
Marriage: 1906 - Burrowa, New South Wales


Name: Ellen Townsend
Spouse: Gad Parkin
Marriage: 1884 - Burrowa, New South Wales

Brilliant
thanks very much vicci
really really grateful to you and other posters
zena