[Index]
Emma Louisa ELWORTHY (1841 - 1920)
Children Self + Spouses Parents Grandparents Greatgrandparents
James George DONALDSON (1862 - 1932)
Emma R DONALDSON (1864 - 1917)
Robert Charles DONALDSON (1867 - 1955)
Amelia Jeanetta (Et) DONALDSON (1869 - 1954)
Alice Mary DONALDSON (1870 - 1923)
Philip A DONALDSON (1872 - 1877)
Ellen Annie DONALDSON (1875 - 1875)
William Knowles DONALDSON (1876 - 1877)
Leslie Sinclair DONALDSON (1879 - 1947)
Emma Louisa ELWORTHY (1841 - 1920)

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Philip DONALDSON (1837 - )
George ELWORTHY (1813 - 1878) James ELWORTHY (1770 - 1837) Thomas ELWORTHY (1720 - 1775)
Mary HODGE (1728 - )
Grace Thirza LEIGH (1771 - 1836) Edward LEIGH (1750 - 1804)
Elizabeth HOLDITCH (1756 - 1828)
Emma BOWCHER (1810 - 1854) John BOWCHER (1762 - 1828) John BOWCHER (1730 - )
Deborah CHOWNE (1727 - 1788)
Elizabeth TOWNSEND (1772 - 1858) William TOWNSEND (1734 - 1817)
Alice ROWE
Emma Louisa ELWORTHY

Emma Louisa ELWORTHY
Emma Louisa ELWORTHY Emma Louisa ELWORTHY
b. 14 Apr 1841 at Exeter, Devon, England
m. 14 Feb 1862 Philip DONALDSON (1837 - ) at Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
d. 1920 at Waverley, New South Wales, Australia aged 79
Parents:
George ELWORTHY (1813 - 1878)
Emma BOWCHER (1810 - 1854)
Siblings (7):
James Baker ELWORTHY (1833 - 1889)
Elizabeth Harriet ELWORTHY (1835 - 1855)
George Gregory Townsend ELWORTHY (1837 - 1905)
Eliza Grace ELWORTHY (1839 - 1922)
Isabella Bowcher ELWORTHY (1842 - 1921)
Charles Henry ELWORTHY (1844 - 1859)
Alice Mary ELWORTHY (1845 - 1854)
Children (9):
James George DONALDSON (1862 - 1932)
Emma R DONALDSON (1864 - 1917)
Robert Charles DONALDSON (1867 - 1955)
Amelia Jeanetta (Et) DONALDSON (1869 - 1954)
Alice Mary DONALDSON (1870 - 1923)
Philip A DONALDSON (1872 - 1877)
Ellen Annie DONALDSON (1875 - 1875)
William Knowles DONALDSON (1876 - 1877)
Leslie Sinclair DONALDSON (1879 - 1947)
Grandchildren (20):
Doris Edith M DONALDSON (1891 - ), Richard Philip DONALDSON (1892 - 1966), Phyllis Marjorie DONALDSON (1895 - 1927), Leslie W DONALDSON (1904 - ), Lelsie Gordon DONALDSON, Florence M S DONALDSON (1893 - ), Victor H D DONALDSON (1900 - ), Philip James Grant MACKAY (1892 - 1945), Clifford Grant MACKAY (1893 - 1921), Marjorie Grant MACKAY (1895 - 1896), Robert Bruce Grant MACKAY (1896 - 1961), Donald Grant MACKAY (1898 - 1949), Amos Grant MACKAY (1901 - ), Francis William Grant MACKAY (1906 - ), Hedley Grant MACKAY (1910 - 1976), Dorothy Donaldson HOWES (1892 - 1980), Jack Donaldson HOWES (1895 - 1917), Noel Donaldson HOWES (1897 - 1959), Jeanette Donaldson HOWES (1900 - 1986), Lindsay DONALDSON (1913 - )
Events in Emma Louisa ELWORTHY (1841 - 1920)'s life
Date Age Event Place Notes Src
14 Apr 1841 Emma Louisa ELWORTHY was born Exeter, Devon, England Note 1
08 Jul 1854 13 Death of mother Emma BOWCHER (aged 43) St Thomas, Exeter, Devon, England Note 2 2
14 Feb 1862 20 Married Philip DONALDSON (aged 24) Sydney, New South Wales, Australia 279/1862
15 Nov 1862 21 Birth of son James George DONALDSON Murrurundi, New South Wales, Australia 10685/1862
1864 23 Birth of daughter Emma R DONALDSON Murrurundi, New South Wales, Australia 11486/1864
1867 26 Birth of son Robert Charles DONALDSON Murrurundi, New South Wales, Australia
1869 28 Birth of daughter Amelia Jeanetta (Et) DONALDSON Murrurundi, New South Wales, Australia 14466/1869
1870 29 Birth of daughter Alice Mary DONALDSON Murrurundi, New South Wales, Australia 13309/1870
1872 31 Birth of son Philip A DONALDSON Murrurundi, New South Wales, Australia 13839/1872
1875 34 Birth of daughter Ellen Annie DONALDSON Murrurundi, New South Wales, Australia 15350/1875
1875 34 Death of daughter Ellen Annie DONALDSON Murrurundi, New South Wales, Australia 8045/1875
1876 35 Birth of son William Knowles DONALDSON Murrurundi, New South Wales, Australia 15830/1876
1877 36 Death of son Philip A DONALDSON (aged 5) Gunnedah, New South Wales, Australia 9018/1877
1877 36 Death of son William Knowles DONALDSON (aged 1) Gunnedah, New South Wales, Australia 9003/1877
24 Feb 1878 36 Death of father George ELWORTHY (aged 64) Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Certificate 2
1879 38 Birth of son Leslie Sinclair DONALDSON Gunnedah, New South Wales, Australia 24027/1879
1917 76 Death of daughter Emma R DONALDSON (aged 53) Paddington, New South Wales, Australia 7879/1917
1920 79 Emma Louisa ELWORTHY died Waverley, New South Wales, Australia 19925/1920
Note 1: FreeBMD Jun 1841 Exeter 10 80?/86?
Note 2: FreeBMD Sep 1854 St Thomas 5b 41
Certificate
Suffered a mental collapse after the birth of her last child and did not go to Australia
Personal Notes:
The George Elworthy family was still at the same address in Exeter when Emma Louise was born in 1841 and she too was baptised at St Stephens. Covering 3.35 acres, St Stephen's was a reasonably large parish, right in the commercial heart of present day Exeter City.
When she married Philip DONALDSON at Sydney in 1862 Emma was not quite 21. Son of Jane nee RIDDLE and architect James Donaldson, Philip was baptised on 07 Oct 1837 at Wakefield in Yorkshire. He was described as an 'iron and line worker' on his marriage certificate but later became a builder and publican. As an extension to the Great Northern Railway, a tunnel was being constructed through the Liverpool Ranges at Murrurundi where they went to live, so Philip probably worked on the line construction.

Emma Louise Elworthy, born on 14 Apl 1841 and baptised at St Stephen's in Exeter, was wed at the lndependent Chapel, Pitt Street, Sydney on 14 Feb 1862 to Philip DONALDSON, bom in the Yorkshire town of Wakefield to Scots parents on O7 Oct1837.
Only sketchy details were given on their certificate of marriage - names, usual place of residence - Gloucester Street for Philip, George Street for Emma, the fact they were bachelor and spinster and that Philip was an "iron and line worker". His sister Margaret Amelia Donaldson and George Elworthy were their witnesses. Family legend says that George Snr did notwant his daughter to marry, so this was possibly brother George.
Following the wedding the young couple went to Murrurundi where Philip's parents, architect James Donaldson and his wife Jean nee RIDDLE lived. There was much activity in the town at the foot of the Liverpool Ranges, 192 rniles n.w of Sydney. The Great North Railway had reached the town and a 528 yard long tunnel which would pierce the range was being built. As an iron and line worker, Philip was most likely employed on this.
In the years 7862-1879 Emma and Philip had nine children, though three of them did not survive infancy - Philip who lived five years from 1872 to 1877; Ellen Annie bom and died in 1875 and William Knowles 1875 who survived for one year.
Source References:
2. Type: Book, Abbr: Devon to Downunder, Title: Devon to Downunder, Auth: Bettie Elworthy, Publ: Bookbound, Date: 1997
- Reference = 95 & 139ff (Name, Notes)

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