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Family Stories
Life in Australia:
Ebenezer, his wife Elizabeth and their children sailed to Hobart on the Raleigh as Assisted Migrants in March 1855. Rebekah, their baby, died at sea early in the voyage in 1854. They worked as farm labourers in Longford near Launceston. Jane, their eldest daughter, worked in Launceston as a housemaid where she met and married Goymer Shorten in 1857. Ebenezer and family moved to Melbourne in 1874 and settled in Lancefield. Ebenezer died at Woodend in 1859. Their son John changed his family name to FOSTER after the birth of his third child Phillip in 1880.
You and Your Family:
Ebenezer's daughter Jane was married to Goymer Shorten in 1857 by Rev Henry Dowling at his home - a painting of Henry Dowling and one of his wife hang in the Adelaide Art Gallery painted by Robert Dowling.
For further information re descendants of Jane Duce please see SHORTEN Goymer.
Life Before Australia:
Ebenezer and Elizabeth lived in a cottage in Dry Drayton, Cambridgeshire, England. He worked as a farm labourer. Ebenezer's parents James and Jane DUCE also lived in Dry Drayton. Ebenezer's four children were born in Dry Drayton and accompanied their parents to Hobart as sponsored immigrants aboard the 'Raleigh'' in 1855..
| Surname: | BLACK |
| Given Name(s): | Norma |
| Email: | mnoir@tpg.com.au |
Children | ||
| DUCE, Jane 1 | DUCE, Mary Selina 2 | DUCE/FOSTER, John 3 |
| DUCE, Rebekah 4 | ||
Grandchildren | ||
SHORTEN, Eliza 1A |
SHORTEN,, Thomas1B |
SHORTEN, Elizabeth1C |
SHORTEN, James1D |
SHORTEN, Mary1E |
SHORTEN, Clara1F |
SHORTEN, George1G |
SHORTEN, Susan1H |
SHORTEN, William1I |
RICHARDS James2A |
RICHARDS Elizabeth2B |
RICHARDS Ebenezer2C |
RICHARDS Selina2D |
RICHARDS Susan2E |
RICHARDS Annie2F |
RICHARDS Joseph2G |
DUCE/FOSTER, John Ebenezer3A |
DUCE/FOSTER, William3B |
DUCE/FOSTER, Phillip3C |
FOSTER, Alftred3D |
FOSTER, James 3E |
| FOSTER, Alice3F |
FOSTER, Charley3G |
FOSTER, Percy3H
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Great Grandchildren |
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PRESTON, William1A1 |
PRESTON, Alice1A2 |
PRESTON, Ethel1A3 |
SHORTEN, Myrtle1B1 |
SHORTEN, Jane1B2 |
SHORTEN, James1B3 |
SHORTEN, Clara1E4 |
SHORTEN, Violet1B5 |
SHORTEN, Alma1B6 |
SHORTEN, Thomas1B7 |
SHORTEN, George1B8 |
SHORTEN, Dorothy1B9 |
SHORTEN, John1B10 |
SHORTEN, Stanley1B11 |
SHORTEN, Thelma1B12 |
SHORTEN, Arthur1B13 |
BEEVER, Euphemia1E1 |
BEEVER, William1E2 |
BEEVER, Robert1E3 |
BEEVER, Cecil1E4 |
BEEVER, Beatrice1E5 |
BEEVER, Amy1E6 |
BEEVER, Benjamin1E7 |
BEEVER, George1E8 |
BEEVER, Miriam1E9 |
SMITH, Walter1F1 |
SMITH, David1F2 |
SMITH, George1F3 |
SMITH, Allan1F4 |
BURGESS, May1H1 |
BURGESS, Amy1H2 |
BURGESS, Ivy 1H3 |
BURGESS, Gladys1H4 |
BURGESS, Olive1H5 |
BURGESS, James1H6 |
BURGESS, Norman1H7 |
SHORTEN, Edward1I1 |
SHORTEN, Ruby1I2 |
SHORTEN, William1I3 |
SHORTEN, Vera1I4 |
SHORTEN, Florence1I5 |
FOSTER, Priscilla3A1 |
FOSTER, Phyllis3A2 |
FOSTER, John Charley 3A3 |
FOSTER, Sybil3A4 |
FOSTER, Arthus3A5 |
FOSTER, Eva3A16 |
FOSTER, Thomas3A7 |
FOSTER, Edith3A6 |
FOSTER, Grace3B1 |
FOSTER, William3B2 |
FOSTER, Glynn3B3 |
FOSTER, Keith3C1 |
FOSTER, Sylvan3E1 |
FOSTER, Florance3E2 |
FOSTER, Eva3E3 |
FOSTER, Richard3E4 |
FOSTER, Geoffrey3E5 |
FURLONGER, John3F1 |
FURLONGER, Alice3F2 |
FURLONGER, Harold3F3 |
FURLONGER, Percy 3F4 |
FURLONGER, George3F5 |
FURLONGER, Dulcie3F6 |
FURLONGER, Dulcie3F7 |
FOSTER, Ronald3H1 |
| FOSTER, Percy A 3H2 |
FOSTER, Nigel3H3 |
FOSTER, Pearl3H4 |
NB: Superscript behind each descendant name represents the
lineage number of that descendant.
This family information was last updated by NORMA
BLACK on the 21 February 2015.