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SARAH ELLEN BRIGGS 1847 – 1889 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: abt 1847

Birth Location: Belfast, Antrim, Northern Ireland

Death Date: 1889

Death Location: Daylesford, Victoria, Australia

Father: Thomas BRIGGS

Mother: Eleanor Watson

Spouse(s): WILLIAM MARSH, Jared Blain

Children(s): SARAH MARSH, Mary MARSH, Margaret MARSH, Elizabeth MARSH, Thomas MARSH, Isabella Wallis, Sarah Ward, James Blain

SARAH ELLEN BRIGGS was born in 1847 in Belfast, Antrim, Northern Ireland, the child of Thomas BRIGGS and Eleanor (Ellen or Nellie) Watson. SARAH ELLEN BRIGGS married WILLIAM MARSH, Jared (Jeremiah) Blain, and had children including SARAH ELLEN MARSH, Mary Elizabeth MARSH, Margaret MARSH, Elizabeth Mary MARSH, Thomas William MARSH, Isabella Blain or Davies or Wallis, Sarah Blain or Davies or Ward, James Blain. SARAH ELLEN BRIGGS passed away in 1889 in Daylesford, Victoria, Australia.

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Biography

  • SARAH ELLEN BRIGGS was born in 1847 in Belfast, Antrim, Northern Ireland, the child of Thomas BRIGGS and Eleanor (Ellen or Nellie) Watson.
  • SARAH ELLEN BRIGGS married WILLIAM MARSH, Jared (Jeremiah) Blain, and had children including SARAH ELLEN MARSH, Mary Elizabeth MARSH, Margaret MARSH, Elizabeth Mary MARSH, Thomas William MARSH, Isabella Blain or Davies or Wallis, Sarah Blain or Davies or Ward, James Blain.
  • SARAH ELLEN BRIGGS passed away in 1889 in Daylesford, Victoria, Australia.

Immediate Family

Parents

Thomas BRIGGS
1816 – 1898
Birth Location: –
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Eleanor Watson
1819 –
Birth Location: –
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Spouses(s)

WILLIAM MARSH
1836 – 1877
Birth Location: Ryde, Hampshire, England
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Jared Blain
1834 – 1889
Birth Location: –
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Children(s)

SARAH MARSH
1867 –
Birth Location: Creswick, Victoria, Australia
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Mary MARSH
1869 – 1871
Birth Location: Creswick, Victoria, Australia
MM
Margaret MARSH
1871 – 1949
Birth Location: Creswick, Victoria, Australia
MM
Elizabeth MARSH
1874 – 1956
Birth Location: Creswick, Victoria, Australia
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Thomas MARSH
1876 –
Birth Location: Creswick, Victoria, Australia
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Isabella Wallis
1881 –
Birth Location: Victoria, Australia
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Sarah Ward
1884 –
Birth Location: , Victoria, Australia
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James Blain
1886 – 1936
Birth Location: Victoria, Australia
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SARAH BRIGGS's Ancestors

Self
SARAH BRIGGS
1847 – 1889
Birth Place: Belfast, Antrim, Northern Ireland
Parents
Thomas BRIGGS
1816 – 1898
Eleanor ((Ellen or Nellie)) Watson
1819 –
Grandparents
Great-Grandparents
2nd-Great-Grandparents

SARAH BRIGGS's Descendants

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SARAH (ELLEN) BRIGGS (abt 1847 – 1889) m. WILLIAM MARSH (abt 1836 – 8 Sep 1877) m. Jared ((Jeremiah)) Blain (abt 1834 – 1889)
  1. 1. SARAH (ELLEN) MARSH (1867 – ) m. HENRY (JOSEPH) BERRY (1856 – )
    1. 1. HENRY (JOHN JOSEPH) BERRY (1888 – )
    2. 2. VIOLET (AVERRE) BERRY (24 Aug 1890 – ) m. ALBERT (JOHN) MCLURE (14 Nov 1886 – 13 Nov 1956)
      1. 1. WILLIAM (COLIN) MCLURE (23 Aug 1909 – 1 Feb 1972) m. ANN WATT
      2. 2. BETH MCLURE (9 Mar 1917 – ) m. WILLIAM CASTRELLI
      3. 3. JOHN (ALISTER) MCLURE (22 Nov 1919 – ) m. EVA (CONSTANCE) HAYLER ( – 18 Jul 1985)
        1. 1. MARY MCLURE
        2. 2. HELEN MCLURE
    3. 3. WILLIAM (THOMAS) BERRY (1892 – )
    4. 4. SARAH (ELLEN GRACE) BERRY (1893 – ) m. VICTOR (HAROLD) WALL
    5. 5. MARY (JOSEPHINE) BERRY (1895 – )
  2. 2. Mary (Elizabeth) MARSH (1869 – 1871)
  3. 3. Margaret MARSH (1871 – 1949) m. Robert (Edward) Wallis
    1. 1. William (Harold) Wallis (1890 – 1966)
    2. 2. Olive (May) Wallis (1892 – 1971) m. Anderson
    3. 3. Sarah (Edith) Wallis (1894 – )
    4. 4. Annie Wallis (1897 – )
    5. 5. Bertha Wallis (1900 – )
    6. 6. Robert (Edward) Wallis (1902 – 1973)
    7. 7. Thomas (Josiah) Wallis (1905 – 1977)
    8. 8. Arthur (James) Wallis (1906 – 1975)
    9. 9. Ruby Wallis (1908 – 1979) m. Waller
  4. 4. Elizabeth (Mary) MARSH (1874 – 1956) m. Thomas Ward
  5. 5. Thomas (William) MARSH (1876 – )
  6. 6. Isabella (Blain or Davies or) Wallis (1881 – )
  7. 7. Sarah (Blain or Davies or) Ward (1884 – )
  8. 8. James Blain (1886 – 1936)

SARAH BRIGGS's Timeline

3 Records

1847
abt 1847
Birth of SARAH ELLEN BRIGGS in Belfast, Antrim, Northern Ireland
Belfast, Antrim, Northern Ireland
1867
1867
Age 20
SARAH ELLEN BRIGGS was married in Victoria, Australia
Victoria, Australia
1889
1889
Age 42
Death of SARAH ELLEN BRIGGS in Daylesford, Victoria, Australia
Daylesford, Victoria, Australia

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Custom Event
    Event Date: 25 Sep 1852
    Event Place: Melbourne, Australia
    Record Source: Victoria, Australia, Assisted and Unassisted Passenger Lists, 1839–1923

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: abt 1847
    Event Place: Belfast, Antrim, Northern Ireland
    Record Source:
    [1] Australia Death Index, 1787-1985
    [2] Victoria, Australia, Assisted and Unassisted Passenger Lists, 1839–1923

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Custom Event
    Event Date: 1852
    Event Place: Liverpool
    Record Source: Victoria, Australia, Assisted and Unassisted Passenger Lists, 1839–1923

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1889
    Event Place: Daylesford, Victoria, Australia
    Record Source: Australia Death Index, 1787-1985

    Genealogy Event 5
    Event Type: Marriage
    Event Date: 1867
    Event Place: Victoria, Australia
    Record Source: Australia Marriage Index, 1788-1949
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