Elizabeth Wickett

- 1874

• Name	Elizabeth Wickett
  Gender	Female
  Death	16 May 1874	Ceres, Victoria, Australia
  Burial	Barrabool Hills Cemetery, Highton, Geelong, Victoria, Australia
  Person ID	I2065	FHC006 - White Tree
  Last Modified	10 Aug 2024

  
  

  Family	John Walter   d. 4 Dec 1862, Barrabool Hills, Geelong, Victoria, Australia
  Marriage	16 Oct 1823	Launcells, Cornwall, England
  Children	1. Charlotte Walter,   b. Abt 1832, Bradworthy, Devon, England d. 10 Feb 1895, 'Glen Devon', Pannoomilloo, Victoria, Australia (Age ~ 63 years)   2. Josiah Walter,   b. 1835, Bradworthy, Devon, England d. 22 Sep 1914, Geelong, Victoria, Australia (Age 79 years)   3. John Walter   4. Nathan Walter   5. Titus Walter   6. Sarah Jane Walter   7. Richard Walter   8. Lewis Walter   9. Elizabeth Ann Walter   10. William Walter   11. Emma Walter   12. Susan Walter
  Family ID	F269	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	29 Nov 2018

  
  

• Notes

  Elizabeth wrote a letter to her sister back in Devon, dated 15th May, 1854, Hill Park, Barrabool Hills. She describes how good life is in thenewland of Australia and talks about various members of the family and how wekll they have done "Then ... the Water Wheel Turned" by Fae Stevens & Elizabeth O'Brien: The children of Ian Ham, now living in Lockington, are the fifth generation of this family to live in the district, their great-greatgrandfatherHenery [sic] Ham coming with his two brothers Richard and William about the year 1874. [sic] Going back still another generation, the following letter was written by the mother-in-law of Henery Ham, Mrs Elizabeth Walter, to her sisterinEngland. 1854, May 15th Hill Park, Barnabool [sic] Hills, Australia Felix. Dear and loving sister, (the following are extracts from the letter) Charlotte is married to Mr Richard Ham's son Henery, a very nice young man, and hath been very successful on the gold diggings. A thousandpound'sworth fell to his share. John is married to his uncle Roger's daughter Fanny Ann and the rest of the children are living with us and enjoyinggoodhealth. (the letter goes on to list prices of goods and how good life is in Australia).