Ellen May KEIRL

Family/Spouse: Unknown MCCOURTNEY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Stanley married Elizabeth Ann Pearl MCKENZIE in 1914 in Victoria, Australia. Elizabeth died in 1943 in Richmond, Victoria, Australia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Census: 30 Mar 1851, Village, Othery, Somerset, England
• Immigration: 13 Sep 1851, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia

Notes:

In 1917, Sidney was living at 7 Morris St, Ballarat East.
Government Gazette, 10 April 1866:
Bradworthy Sluicing and Gold Mining Co.
I, the undersigned William Ham, hereby make application to register the Bradworthy Sluicing and Gold Mining Co.
The place of operations is at Ross' Creek.
The nominal capital of this company is 750 pounds, in 250 shares at 3 pounds each.
The office of the company is at Cobbler's.
The name of the manager is William Ham.
The names and residences of the shareholders, and the number of shares held by each at this date, is as follows:-
Henry M. Ham, Geelong, 4
Charlotte Ham, Geelong, 3
Mercy Grace Ham, Geelong, 2
Samuel Ham, Geelong, 10
William Ham, Cobbler's, 15
Susan Keirl, Cobbler's, 2
George Keirl, Cobbler's, 2
Sydney Keirl, Cobbler's, 2

Sydney married Ellen TICKELL on 8 Oct 1884 in Sebastopol, Victoria, Australia. Ellen (daughter of James TICKELL and Ellen HOOPER) was born about 1861; died on 8 Nov 1905; was buried in Nov 1905. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 14 Feb 1816, Othery, Somerset, England
• Census: 30 Mar 1851, Village, Othery, Somerset, England
• Immigration: 13 Sep 1851, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia

Notes:

Their first Australian born child was Mary, born in South Geelong in August 1854. The next four children were born in Magpie and Ballarat, between 1856 and 1864. In 1867 when his daughter Frances was born, he was working as a carter on the goldfields. Frances was born at Cobblers Gully in 1867,a goldfield near Sebastopol, Ballarat.

Benjamin became a carter and then a trooper on the goldfields around Ballarat. The main function of the troopers was to maintain and order and to ensure that the goldminers held a miner's licence, which had been introduced by the Victorian Government. The miner's licences were the main reason for the rebellion at the Eureka Stockade. [Kathryn Keirl]

"The Golden Chain: a History of Sebastopol" by Evan Jenkins & Arthur Jenkins:
On one licence hunting excursion through the bush, the troopers came on several parties of diggers in a narrow shallow valley. They must have been in a good frame of mind because one trooper named Benjamin Keirl, observing the number of magpies flying about, idly remarked that this gully should be called Magpie, and the name stuck to the district.

"Early History of Magpie State School", 1922 [film at State Library of Victoria - Collection of Histories of State Schools]:
Magpie is one of the oldest districts in the state of Victoria. It is situated on the Yarrowee Creek, 4 miles south of Ballarat and one mile south of Sebastopol.
In 1851, gold was first discovered 2 miles south east of Magpie by a Mr Hiscock, and the place is marked by a blue stone obelisk with an inscription on it.
The discovery of gold led to a rush of prospectors, but as a greater discovery opened at Clunes, the miners rushed there.
The name Magpie is said to have originated in the following manner:- when the Commissioner of Police visited a certain gully demanding to seetheLicences of the miners, he asked "what is the name of this place?". A Mr Benjamin Keirl is said to have replied, "Oh call it "Magpie". The name was suggested by the great number of magpies found along the creek at that time.

Sebastopol Old Boys Reunion, Souvenir and Official Programme, 21st reunion, Easter 1930. Digitised by State Library of Victoria:
Cobblers’ Hill
The late Benjamin Keirl kept on elf the first dairies, and is said to have carried milk to Ballarat with a wooden yoke on his shoulders.
There is no indication of the date. !860s perhaps.

Government Gazette:
Bradworthy Sluicing and Gold Mining Co.
I, the undersigned William Ham, hereby make application to register the Bradworthy Sluicing and Gold Mining Co.
The place of operations is at Ross' Creek.
The nominal capital of this company is 750 pounds, in 250 shares at 3 pounds each.
The office of the company is at Cobbler's.
The name of the manager is William Ham.
The names and residences of the shareholders, and the number of shares held by each at this date, is as follows:-
Henry M. Ham, Geelong, 4
Charlotte Ham, Geelong, 3
Mercy Grace Ham, Geelong, 2
Samuel Ham, Geelong, 10
William Ham, Cobbler's, 15
Susan Keirl, Cobbler's, 2
George Keirl, Cobbler's, 2
Sydney Keirl, Cobbler's, 2
Government Gazette, 31 July 1868:
Licences forfeited for non-payment of licence fees during quarter ended 31 March 1868.
Smythesdale.
Keirl, Benjamin, Parish of Yarrowee, 40 acres

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Their first Australian born child was Mary, born in South Geelong in August 1854. The next four children were born in Magpie and Ballarat, between1856 and 1864. In 1867 when his daughter Frances was born, he was working as a carter on the goldfields. Frances was born at Cobblers Gully in 1867,a goldfield near Sebastopol, Ballarat.

Benjamin became a carter and then a trooper on the goldfields around Ballarat. The main function of the troopers was to maintain and order and toensure that the goldminers held a miner's licence, which had been introduced by the Victorian Government. The miner's licences were the main reasonfor the rebellion at the Eureka Stockade. [Kathryn Keirl]

"The Golden Chain: a History of Sebastopol" by Evan Jenkins & Arthur Jenkins:
On one licence hunting excursion through the bush, the troopers came on several parties of diggers in a narrow shallow valley. They must have beenin a good frame of mind because one trooper named Benjamin Keirl, observing the number of magpies flying about, idly remarked that this gully shouldbe called Magpie, and the name stuck to the district.

"Early History of Magpie State School", 1922 [film at State Library of Victoria - Collection of Histories of State Schools]:
Magpie is one of the oldest districts in the state of Victoria. It is situated on the Yarrowee Creek, 4 miles south of Ballarat and one mile southof Sebastopol.
In 1851, gold was first discovered 2 miles south east of magpie by a Mr Hiscock, and the place is marked by a blue stone obelisk with an inscriptionon it.
The discovery of gold led to a rush of prospectors, but as a greater discovery opened at Clunes, the miners rushed there.
The name Magpie is said to have originated in the following manner:- when the Commisioner of Police visited a certain gully demanding to see theLicences of the miners, he asked "what is the name of this place?". A Mr Benjamin Keirl is said to have replied, "Oh call it "Magpie". The name wassuggested by the great number of magpies found along the creek at that time.
Government Gazette:
Bradworthy Sluicing and Gold Mining Co.
I, the undersigned William Ham, hereby make application to register the Bradworthy Sluicing and Gold Mining Co.
The place of operations is at Ross' Creek.
The nominal capital of this company is 750 pounds, in 250 shares at 3 pounds each.
The office of the company is at Cobbler's.
The name of the manager is William Ham.
The names and residences of the shareholders, and the number of shares held by each at this date, is as follows:-
Henry M. Ham, Geelong, 4
Charlotte Ham, Geelong, 3
Mercy Grace Ham, Geelong, 2
Samuel Ham, Geelong, 10
William Ham, Cobbler's, 15
Susan Keirl, Cobbler's, 2
George Keirl, Cobbler's, 2
Sydney Keirl, Cobbler's, 2
Government Gazette, 31 July 1868:
Licences forfeited for non-payment of licence fees during quarter ended 31 March 1868.
Smythesdale.
Keirl, Benjamin, Parish of Yarrowee, 40 acres

Benjamin married Susanna HAM on 29 Apr 1848 in Sion Chapel, Bridgwater, Somerset, England. Susanna (daughter of Nathaniel HAM and Susanna PETHICK) was born about 1824 in Launcells, Cornwall, England; died on 3 May 1887 in Albert St, Sebastopol, Victoria, Australia; was buried on 4 May 1887 in Buninyong Cemetery, Buninyong, Victoria, Australia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 4 Jul 1824, Launcells, Cornwall, England
• Census: 6 Jun 1841, Butsbeer, Launcells, Cornwall, England
• Census: 30 Mar 1851, Village, Othery, Somerset, England
• Immigration: 13 Sep 1851, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia

Notes:

were married in the Sion Chapel in Bridgwater, Somerset, in 1848. They were both resident in Othery at the time. Susan gives her fatherNathaniel'soccupation as 'shoemaker".

1851 Census, Othery Village, Somerset:
Benjamin, age 35, farmer's servant, born Othery
Susan, wife, age 26, born Lancells [sic]
Guy, son, age 2, born Othery
Lydia, daughter, age 5 months, born Othery
[Guy and Lydia have obviously been recorded or transcribed wrongly as the children's names were George and Sydney - a son not a daughter. TheCensuswas taken on March 30th so the ages fit the children when they emigrated to Adelaide only a few months later].

Susan was aged 42 when she gave birth to her eighth and last child Frances. Benjamin was aged 50.

Susanna (Susan) died from paralysis of the brain which she had for 2 years before her death.

Ballarat Courier, May 5th 1887:
KEIRL - On the 3rd May, at Sebastopol, Susan, dearly beloved wife of benjamin Keirl; aged sixty-one years. Deeply mourned.

Ballarat Courier, May 4th 1887:
The friends of Mr. Benjamin Keirl are respectfully invited to follow the remains of his late dearly beloved WIFE to their last resting-place,theBuninyong Cemetery. The funeral cortege is appointed to move from his residence, Albert street south, Sebastopol, this day (Wednesday, the 4thMay),at half-past two o'clock p.m.

Monumental inscription at Buninyong Cemetery:
Erected by the family circle.
Sacred
to
the memory of
SUSAN,
dearly beloved wife of
BENJAMIN KEIRL,
died 3rd May 1887, aged 60 years.
Through deep suffering and great tribulation
She entered the Kingdom.
Also their second youngest son
CHARLES
Died 3rd October 1877, aged 21 years.
"Not lost to memory or to love
But come to the Father's home above"
And
FRANCES CHARLOTTE
Died 8th Dec. 1867, aged 7 months.
"Taken from the evil to come"
Also her husband
BENJAMIN
Died 19th Feb. 1898, aged 82 years.
Also GEORGE,
beloved husband of
JEMIMA KEIRL,
Died 26th July 1923, aged 73 years.
Lead Kindly Light.
Drop the anchor! Furl the sail!
We are safe within the veil!
Government Gazette, 10 April 1866:
Bradworthy Sluicing and Gold Mining Co.
I, the undersigned William Ham, hereby make application to register the Bradworthy Sluicing and Gold Mining Co.
The place of operations is at Ross' Creek.
The nominal capital of this company is 750 pounds, in 250 shares at 3 pounds each.
The office of the company is at Cobbler's.
The name of the manager is William Ham.
The names and residences of the shareholders, and the number of shares held by each at this date, is as follows:-
Henry M. Ham, Geelong, 4
Charlotte Ham, Geelong, 3
Mercy Grace Ham, Geelong, 2
Samuel Ham, Geelong, 10
William Ham, Cobbler's, 15
Susan Keirl, Cobbler's, 2
George Keirl, Cobbler's, 2
Sydney Keirl, Cobbler's, 2

James married Ellen HOOPER. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]