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Elizabeth Jane SCOWN

Elizabeth Jane SCOWN CAUSON
(1836-1915)

Inscribed on the back of the original photograph:
The Collins St Yeomans, On the Block, 252 Collins St Melbourne.
The title of the book she is holding is Lead Kindly Light.
Maybe taken around 1900 when she was in her 60s.

2. Edwin CAUSON was born 17 July 1826, chr 17 Sep 1826 St James the Great Church, Cranham, Gloucestershire, England, son of Edwin CAUSON and Sarah (ARKELL) [R/N141]
Edwin CAUSON died 27 Jul 1904, aged 78 yrs, Pascoe Street Smythesdale, Victoria. [Vic 10493] buried 28 Jul 1904 Smythesdale General Cemetery, Methodist Section [7/218 R/N 2791]

An archivist in Gloucestershire said that Banns had been posted in Cranham for the marriage of Edwin CAUSON to Sarah BARNFIELD but the marriage did not take place and later that year Sarah married Edwin's cousin and Edwin left the country for good.

Edwin CAUSON aged 22, left Plymouth, England on 11 May 1849 on the Eliza and arrived Adelaide 25 Aug 1849. He sailed with two brothers, Charles aged 24 and James aged 20. They were all listed as single, agricultural laborers from Gloucester [Passenger nos 7147, 8, 9, Certificate of Final Departure of the Eliza, 49/16 Frame 4]

You can read the shipboard diary of James Menzies of his voyage on the William Money which arrived in 1849 at Money diary
Early views of Adelaide and link to a timeline of South Australia 1834-51 at Bound for South Australia
Read an account by Charles Rule of a five week, 600 mile journey (with map) from the Burra Mine to the Mount Alexander Diggings in 1852. In the early 1850s it seemed that every able-bodied man left South Australia hoping to make his fortune on the goldfields. Thousands joined the trek to the Victorian Goldfields via what was known as the 'Overland Route'. The Overland Route

2. Elizabeth Jane SCAWN chr 23 Nov 1836 St Mary Magdalene, Launceston, Cornwall, England, daughter of John and Susannah SCAWN, Church Street, Launceston [R/N 1572]
Elizabeth Jane SCOWN, aged 4 yrs, arrived South Australia on 13 Dec 1840 on Royal Admiral with her parents and her younger sister Mary Ann SCOWN aged 18 months.

Elizabeth Jane SCOWN aged 16, Spinster married 2 Feb 1852 at the C of E Church at Willunga, South Australia, Edward CAUSON aged 24 yrs, Bachelor. Ceremony performed by SB BURNETT, Curate, in the presence of John SCOWN and Margaret McKEOWN [R/N 252, certificate 35446]

Elizabeth Jane CAUSON died 2 Sep 1915 aged 80 yrs, Pascoe Street, Smythesdale, Victoria, Australia [Vic 1641] Buried 4 Sep 1915 Smythesdale General Cemetery, Methodist Section [7/218 R/N 3226]
Death Notice [Melbourne Argus, Sat 4 Sep 1915, p13]
CAUSON.- On the 2nd of September, at her residence, Pascoe street, Smythesdale, Elizabeth, relict of the late Edward Causon, aged 80 years, a colonist of 60 years. At Rest.

In 1852 Edwin and Elizabeth Jane CAUSON travelled to the goldfields of Victoria in company with Elizabeth Jane's family. Edwin became a goldminer and father of 17 children, the 13th was Blanche Margaret CAUSON, great grandmother of Jennifer Burrell.

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Children of Edwin CAUSON m 1852 Elizabeth Jane SCOWN

Children of John SCOWN m 1832 Susanna Dinnis BRAGINTON

Edwin CAUSON m1. 1797 Sarah ARKELL

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