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Elizabeth (Betsy) WAIN (1847 - 1918)

Children	Self + Spouses	Parents	Grandparents	Greatgrandparents
Louisa SHEARS (1864 - 1872) John Henry SHEARS (1866 - 1940) Sarah SHEARS (1868 - 1872) Mary Alice SHEARS (1870 - 1944) Emmeline SHEARS (1871 - 1953) Bethel Betsy SHEARS (1874 - 1940) Lilly SHEARS (1876 - 1940) Beatrice Selina Arrena SHEARS (1878 - 1961) Clara Jane SHEARS (1880 - 1963) Isabella SHEARS (1882 - 1933) Charles Edwin SHEARS (1884 - 1948)	Elizabeth (Betsy) WAIN (1847 - 1918) + John SHEARS ( - 1915)	Charles WAIN (1822 - 1893)	John WAIN
			Catherine ROBINSON (1791 - )
		Susannah Mary DUCKETT (1823 - 1871)	Thomas DUCKETT
			Susannah PERKIN

b. 17 Jan 1847 at Wolston, Warwickshire, England

m. 02 May 1863 John SHEARS ( - 1915) at Brisbane, Queensland, Australia

d. 1918 at Brisbane, Queensland, Australia aged 71

Near Relatives of Elizabeth (Betsy) WAIN (1847 - 1918)
Relationship	Person	Born	Birth Place	Died	Death Place	Age
Grandfather	John WAIN
Grandmother	Catherine ROBINSON	abt 06 Feb 1791
Grandfather	Thomas DUCKETT
Grandmother	Susannah PERKIN
Father in Law	Robert SHEARS
Mother in Law	Susan HAWKES
Father	Charles WAIN	abt 1822	Twycross, Leicestershire, England	31 Oct 1893	Dalby, Queensland, Australia	71
Mother	Susannah Mary DUCKETT	abt 1823	Claydon, Oxfordshire, England	29 Aug 1871	Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia	48
Self	Elizabeth (Betsy) WAIN	17 Jan 1847	Wolston, Warwickshire, England	1918	Brisbane, Queensland, Australia	71
Husband	John SHEARS		Somerset, England	14 Mar 1915
Daughter	Louisa SHEARS	29 Mar 1864		28 Mar 1872		7
Son	John Henry SHEARS	14 Feb 1866		29 Jun 1940		74
Daughter	Sarah SHEARS	25 Apr 1868	Brisbane, Queensland, Australia	29 Mar 1872	Queensland, Australia	3
Daughter	Mary Alice SHEARS	06 Mar 1870	Brisbane, Queensland, Australia	30 Aug 1944		74
Daughter	Emmeline SHEARS	24 Oct 1871	Brisbane, Queensland, Australia	13 Aug 1953		81
Daughter	Bethel Betsy SHEARS	14 Jan 1874	Brisbane, Queensland, Australia	27 Jan 1940		66
Daughter	Lilly SHEARS	06 Mar 1876	Queensland, Australia	21 Mar 1940		64
Daughter	Beatrice Selina Arrena SHEARS	27 Apr 1878	Queensland, Australia	21 Jun 1961	Redland Bay, Queensland, Australia	83
Daughter	Clara Jane SHEARS	20 Oct 1880	Queensland, Australia	20 Jul 1963	Redland Bay, Queensland, Australia	82
Daughter	Isabella SHEARS	18 Sep 1882	Queensland, Australia	01 Jan 1933		50
Son	Charles Edwin SHEARS	30 Sep 1884	Queensland, Australia	31 Oct 1948		64
Brother	John WAIN	abt 1851	Market Bosworth, Leistershire, England
Sister	Sarah Jane WAIN	abt 1853	Market Bosworth, Leistershire, England
Brother	Thomas WAIN	abt 1855	Market Bosworth, Leistershire, England
Brother	Joseph WAIN	abt 1858	Exhall, Warwickshire, England	19 Mar 1909		51
Sister	Mary WAIN	abt 1860	Exhall, Warwickshire, England
Sister	Emma WAIN	abt 1862	England	1862	Queensland, Australia	0
Brother	Charles WAIN	abt 1863		02 Apr 1865	Queensland, Australia	2
Daughter in Law	Ada Bessie MUTTETT	abt Sep 1863	Wandsworth, London, England	09 Apr 1943		79
Son in Law	Benjamin PRESTON
Son in Law	Nicholas THRELFELL
Son in Law	Andreas Heinrich PETERSEN
Son in Law	Edward LANGDON
Son in Law	Daniel William COLBURN	31 Jan 1870	Brisbane, Queensland, Australia	20 Nov 1954	Redland Bay, Queensland, Australia	84
Son in Law	Henry James (Gary) COLBURN	26 Jun 1871	Brisbane, Queensland, Australia	07 Nov 1915	Brisbane, Queensland, Australia	44
Daughter in Law	May Louisa JARRETT	1887	Brisbane, Queensland, Australia	1912	Brisbane, Queensland, Australia	25
Daughter in Law	Ethel ALLWORTH
Granddaughter	Ada Bessie SHEARS	05 Feb 1900	Queensland, Australia	abt 1966		66
Granddaughter	May Lillian SHEARS	19 Nov 1902	Queensland, Australia
Grandson	John Henry SHEARS	11 Jun 1905	Queensland, Australia	20 Mar 1969		63
Grandson	Sydney William COLBURN	1898	Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
Granddaughter	Beatrice Mary COLBURN	1901	Queensland, Australia
Granddaughter	Constance Muriel COLBURN	1912	Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
Grandson	Harold Archibald COLBURN	1914	Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
Granddaughter	Adelaide COLBURN	1903	Queensland, Australia
Grandson	George William COLBURN	1904	Queensland, Australia
Granddaughter	Ivy COLBURN	1908	Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
Grandson	Edward Lancelot Stephen SHEARS	1909	Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
Grandson	Oliver Roy SHEARS	1910	Queensland, Australia
Granddaughter	Muriel Louisa SHEARS	12 Jun 1912	Queensland, Australia	29 Apr 1983		70
Sister in Law	Ellen DALE
Brother in Law	Jeffrey John MADDICK
Sister in Law	Mary BROWN
Sister in Law	Annie QUIGG
Brother in Law	Morris MERRITT

Events in Elizabeth (Betsy) WAIN (1847 - 1918)'s life
Date	Age	Event	Place	Notes	Src
17 Jan 1847		Elizabeth (Betsy) WAIN was born	Wolston, Warwickshire, England
1851	4	Census	Market Bosworth, Leistershire, England
1861	14	Census	Foleshill, Warwickshire, England
01 Nov 1862	15	Immigration	Queensland, Australia	per 'Sultana'	18
02 May 1863	16	Married John SHEARS	Brisbane, Queensland, Australia	1863/B514
29 Mar 1864	17	Birth of daughter Louisa SHEARS			18
14 Feb 1866	19	Birth of son John Henry SHEARS			18
25 Apr 1868	21	Birth of daughter Sarah SHEARS	Brisbane, Queensland, Australia	1868/B8427
06 Mar 1870	23	Birth of daughter Mary Alice SHEARS	Brisbane, Queensland, Australia	18970/B10915
29 Aug 1871	24	Death of mother Susannah Mary DUCKETT (aged 48)	Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia	1871/C85
24 Oct 1871	24	Birth of daughter Emmeline SHEARS	Brisbane, Queensland, Australia	1871/B13254
28 Mar 1872	25	Death of daughter Louisa SHEARS (aged 7)		diptheria	18
29 Mar 1872	25	Death of daughter Sarah SHEARS (aged 3)	Queensland, Australia	diptheria
14 Jan 1874	26	Birth of daughter Bethel Betsy SHEARS	Brisbane, Queensland, Australia	1874/B16881
06 Mar 1876	29	Birth of daughter Lilly SHEARS	Queensland, Australia	1876/C1742
27 Apr 1878	31	Birth of daughter Beatrice Selina Arrena SHEARS	Queensland, Australia	1878/C1887
20 Oct 1880	33	Birth of daughter Clara Jane SHEARS	Queensland, Australia	1880/C2319	18
18 Sep 1882	35	Birth of daughter Isabella SHEARS	Queensland, Australia	1882/C4858
30 Sep 1884	37	Birth of son Charles Edwin SHEARS	Queensland, Australia	1884/C5952
31 Oct 1893	46	Death of father Charles WAIN (aged 71)	Dalby, Queensland, Australia	1893/C1316	18
14 Mar 1915	68	Death of husband John SHEARS
1918	71	Elizabeth (Betsy) WAIN died	Brisbane, Queensland, Australia	1918/B26843

Source References:

18. Type: E-mail Message, Abbr: e-mails general pool, Title: e-mails general pool

- Reference = Patrica Haynes 13 Aug 2010 (Immigration)

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