| [Index] |
| Ellen (Nellie) FRANCIS (1864 - 1945) |
| Children | Self + Spouses | Parents | Grandparents | Greatgrandparents |
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Gilbert Robert MEARS (1892 - 1987) Stanley Edward MEARS (1894 - 1989) Ernest Harold MEARS (1896 - 1977) Ellen (Nellie) Elizabeth MEARS (1900 - 1991) |
Ellen (Nellie) FRANCIS (1864 - 1945) + Robert MEARS (1864 - 1940) |
Joseph FRANCIS (1827 - 1909) | Joseph FRANCIS (1797 - 1855) | Richard FRANCIS |
| Ann (FRANCIS) | ||||
| Ann GREEN (1798 - 1891) | Richard GREEN | |||
| Mary ELDERKIN | ||||
| Ellen HEATHFIELD (1833 - 1886) | James HEATHFIELD (1797 - 1848) | |||
| Elizabeth MERRYWEATHER (1793 - 1862) | ||||
| b. 28 Sep 1864 at Merton, Surrey, England |
| m. 10 Mar 1888 Robert MEARS (1864 - 1940) at Merton, Surrey, England |
| d. 04 Nov 1945 at Toogoolawah, Queensland, Australia aged 81 |
| Near Relatives of Ellen (Nellie) FRANCIS (1864 - 1945) | ||||||
| Relationship | Person | Born | Birth Place | Died | Death Place | Age |
| Grandfather | Joseph FRANCIS | abt 1797 | Campton, Bedfordshire, England | Jan 1855 | Campton, Bedfordshire, England | 58 |
| Grandmother | Ann GREEN | abt 1798 | Thurleigh, Bedfordshire, England | abt Mar 1891 | Biggleswade, Bedfordshire, England | 93 |
| Grandfather | James HEATHFIELD | abt 1797 | Campton, Bedfordshire, England | abt Mar 1848 | Campton, Bedfordshire, England | 51 |
| Grandmother | Elizabeth MERRYWEATHER | abt 1793 | Campton, Bedfordshire, England | abt Jun 1862 | Campton, Bedfordshire, England | 69 |
| Father in Law | Jesse MEARS | 07 May 1828 | England | 12 Sep 1904 | England | 76 |
| Mother in Law | unknown (MEARS) | |||||
| Father | Joseph FRANCIS | 07 Jan 1827 | Campton, Bedfordshire, England | 03 Apr 1909 | Merton, Surrey, England | 82 |
| Mother | Ellen HEATHFIELD | 27 Jan 1833 | Campton, Bedfordshire, England | 01 Feb 1886 | Merton, Surrey, England | 53 |
| Self | Ellen (Nellie) FRANCIS | 28 Sep 1864 | Merton, Surrey, England | 04 Nov 1945 | Toogoolawah, Queensland, Australia | 81 |
| Husband | Robert MEARS | 05 Oct 1864 | England | 14 Sep 1940 | Toogoolawah, Queensland, Australia | 75 |
| Son | Gilbert Robert MEARS | 18 Jul 1892 | Stockwell, England | 18 Mar 1987 | Esk, Queensland, Australia | 94 |
| Son | Stanley Edward MEARS | 14 Dec 1894 | Wimbledon, Surrey, England | 20 Jun 1989 | Esk, Queensland, Australia | 94 |
| Son | Ernest Harold MEARS | 01 Feb 1896 | Wimbledon, Surrey, England | 14 May 1977 | Kingaroy, Queensland, Australia | 81 |
| Daughter | Ellen (Nellie) Elizabeth MEARS | 13 Nov 1900 | Morden, Surrey, England | 09 Dec 1991 | Esk, Queensland, Australia | 91 |
| Brother | James FRANCIS | 29 Aug 1856 | Hampton, Middlesex, England | 03 Aug 1938 | Esk, Queensland, Australia | 81 |
| Brother | John FRANCIS | 16 Feb 1858 | England | 08 Oct 1934 | Wimbledon, Surrey, England | 76 |
| Brother | George FRANCIS | 07 Jun 1860 | Wimbledon, Surrey, England | 10 Aug 1944 | Mortlake, Surrey, England | 84 |
| Brother | Charles FRANCIS | abt 1861 | England | abt 1865 | England | 4 |
| Sister | Eliza FRANCIS | 09 Feb 1862 | Wimbledon, Surrey, England | 11 May 1943 | England | 81 |
| Brother | Joseph FRANCIS | 11 Apr 1867 | Merton, Surrey, England | abt 1901 | England | 34 |
| Brother | William Herbert FRANCIS | 08 Jun 1871 | Merton, Surrey, England | 18 Oct 1947 | Kingaroy, Queensland, Australia | 76 |
| Sister | Elizabeth (Lizzie) FRANCIS | 18 Mar 1874 | Merton, Surrey, England | abt 1949 | England | 75 |
| Uncle | John FRANCIS | abt 1822 | Campton, Bedfordshire, England | |||
| Aunt | Elizabeth (FRANCIS) | |||||
| Aunt | Caroline FRANCIS | abt 1825 | Campton, Bedfordshire, England | |||
| Uncle | Charles FRANCIS | abt 1830 | ||||
| Aunt | Sarah GREGORY | |||||
| Aunt | Ann FRANCIS | abt 1832 | Campton, Bedfordshire, England | abt Jun 1914 | Biggleswade, Bedfordshire, England | 82 |
| Uncle | John HEATHFIELD | abt 1829 | Campton, Bedfordshire, England | abt Mar 1885 | Biggleswade, Bedfordshire, England | 56 |
| Aunt | Mary FRANCIS | abt 1832 | Campton, Bedfordshire, England | |||
| Uncle | George FRANCIS | 11 Feb 1840 | Campton, Bedfordshire, England | |||
| Uncle | George HEATHFIELD | 1817 | Campton, Bedfordshire, England | |||
| Aunt | Eliza HEATHFIELD | 1821 | Campton, Bedfordshire, England | |||
| Aunt | Hannah HEATHFIELD | 1822 | Campton, Bedfordshire, England | |||
| Uncle | James HEATHFIELD | 1824 | Campton, Bedfordshire, England | |||
| Aunt | Sarah HEATHFIELD | 1827 | Campton, Bedfordshire, England | |||
| Aunt | Mary Ann HEATHFIELD | 1829 | Campton, Bedfordshire, England | |||
| Cousin | John FRANCIS | abt 1844 | Campton, Bedfordshire, England | |||
| Cousin | Caroline FRANCIS | abt 1847 | Campton, Bedfordshire, England | |||
| Cousin | Samuel FRANCIS | abt 1850 | Campton, Bedfordshire, England | |||
| Cousin | Jane FRANCIS | abt 1852 | Campton, Bedfordshire, England | |||
| Cousin | Emma FRANCIS | abt 1852 | Campton, Bedfordshire, England | |||
| Cousin | William FRANCIS | abt 1854 | Campton, Bedfordshire, England | |||
| Cousin | Frederick FRANCIS | abt 1857 | Campton, Bedfordshire, England | |||
| Cousin | Martha FRANCIS | abt 1860 | Campton, Bedfordshire, England | |||
| Cousin | Charlotte FRANCIS | abt 1863 | Campton, Bedfordshire, England | |||
| Cousin | Alice FRANCIS | abt 1868 | Campton, Bedfordshire, England | |||
| Cousin | Henrietta FRANCIS | abt 1870 | Campton, Bedfordshire, England | |||
| Cousin | Frederick R HEATHFIELD | abt 1856 | Campton, Bedfordshire, England | abt Sep 1938 | Bedford, Bedfordshire, England | 82 |
| Cousin | Joseph HEATHFIELD | abt 1858 | Campton, Bedfordshire, England | |||
| Cousin | Ann HEATHFIELD | abt 1860 | Campton, Bedfordshire, England | |||
| Cousin | Ellen HEATHFIELD | abt 1861 | Campton, Bedfordshire, England | |||
| Cousin | Caroline E HEATHFIELD | abt 1862 | Campton, Bedfordshire, England | |||
| Cousin | James HEATHFIELD | abt 1865 | Hawnes, Bedfordshire, England | |||
| Cousin | Ellen Emily HEATHFIELD | abt 1868 | Hawnes, Bedfordshire, England | |||
| Cousin | Charles HEATHFIELD | abt 1872 | Hawnes, Bedfordshire, England | |||
| Niece | Ada Maria FRANCIS | 06 Aug 1879 | Merton, Surrey, England | 10 Sep 1966 | Hendra, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia | 87 |
| Nephew | WIlliam Joseph FRANCIS | abt 1880 | Merton, Surrey, England | 14 Oct 1954 | Kumbia, Queensland, Australia | 74 |
| Niece | Ellen Teresea (Nellie) FRANCIS | 19 Nov 1881 | Merton, Surrey, England | 13 Aug 1975 | Kingaroy, Queensland, Australia | 93 |
| Niece | Alice FRANCIS | 02 Nov 1883 | Merton, Surrey, England | 01 Feb 1973 | Esk, Queensland, Australia | 89 |
| Nephew | George FRANCIS | 03 Oct 1885 | Ipswich, Queensland, Australia | 11 Sep 1986 | Kingaroy, Queensland, Australia | 100 |
| Nephew | James FRANCIS | 16 Sep 1887 | Ipswich, Queensland, Australia | 22 Jan 1959 | Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia | 71 |
| Nephew | Charles FRANCIS | 09 Mar 1890 | Esk, Queensland, Australia | 28 Mar 1991 | Esk, Queensland, Australia | 101 |
| Niece | Eliza FRANCIS | 26 Nov 1891 | Esk, Queensland, Australia | 03 Dec 1967 | Brisbane, Queensland, Australia | 76 |
| Nephew | Frank FRANCIS | 14 Sep 1893 | Esk, Queensland, Australia | 12 Aug 1973 | Kingaroy, Queensland, Australia | 79 |
| Niece | Lily FRANCIS | abt 1883 | Canada | |||
| Niece | Ellen FRANCIS | abt 1885 | 1966 | 81 | ||
| Nephew | Henry FRANCIS | abt Mar 1894 | Surrey, England | England | ||
| Niece | Grace Rosalind FRANCIS | 07 Nov 1898 | Wimbledon, Surrey, England | 30 Dec 1954 | Kingaroy, Queensland, Australia | 56 |
| Niece | Elsie Winifred FRANCIS | 21 Oct 1900 | Wimbledon, Surrey, England | 24 Aug 1998 | Normanby, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia | 97 |
| Nephew | Arthur William FRANCIS | 08 Mar 1905 | Wimbledon, Surrey, England | 31 May 1987 | Kingaroy, Queensland, Australia | 82 |
| Brother in Law | Ernest MEARS | |||||
| Sister in Law | Elizabeth YOUNG | Oct 1856 | Chideock, Dorset, England | 24 Mar 1915 | Esk, Queensland, Australia | 58 |
| Sister in Law | unknown (FRANCIS) | |||||
| Brother in Law | Jesse MEARS | 07 May 1828 | England | 12 Sep 1904 | England | 76 |
| Sister in Law | Annie Mary DEXTER | 18 Feb 1870 | England | 24 Jul 1949 | Kingaroy, Queensland, Australia | 79 |
| Events in Ellen (Nellie) FRANCIS (1864 - 1945)'s life | |||||
| Date | Age | Event | Place | Notes | Src |
| 28 Sep 1864 | Ellen (Nellie) FRANCIS was born | Merton, Surrey, England | |||
| 13 Nov 1864 | Christening | Merton, Surrey, England | |||
| 01 Feb 1886 | 21 | Death of mother Ellen HEATHFIELD (aged 53) | Merton, Surrey, England | 17 | |
| 10 Mar 1888 | 23 | Married Robert MEARS (aged 23) | Merton, Surrey, England | ||
| 18 Jul 1892 | 27 | Birth of son Gilbert Robert MEARS | Stockwell, England | 17 | |
| 14 Dec 1894 | 30 | Birth of son Stanley Edward MEARS | Wimbledon, Surrey, England | 17 | |
| 01 Feb 1896 | 31 | Birth of son Ernest Harold MEARS | Wimbledon, Surrey, England | 17 | |
| 13 Nov 1900 | 36 | Birth of daughter Ellen (Nellie) Elizabeth MEARS | Morden, Surrey, England | 17 | |
| 03 Apr 1909 | 44 | Death of father Joseph FRANCIS (aged 82) | Merton, Surrey, England | 17 | |
| 14 Sep 1940 | 75 | Death of husband Robert MEARS (aged 75) | Toogoolawah, Queensland, Australia | ||
| 04 Nov 1945 | 81 | Ellen (Nellie) FRANCIS died | Toogoolawah, Queensland, Australia | ||
| Personal Notes: |
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Nellie was born in England and married Robert Mears at Merton, Surrey in England. Robert was a fourth generation English brickmaker and was managing a brick field at Merton when it was decided to go to Australia to take up a new life of farming, an occupation in which none of the family had any experience.
They emigrated with their four children on the SS 'Rippingham Grange', leaving London on 26 February 1910 and arriving at Brisbane on 24 April 1910. Firstly they went to Esk then to the property of Nellie's brother James Francis at Biarra where they stayed while seeking a suitable farm on which to settle. They soon found one, purchasing it from the former settler. It was originally a portion of 'Cressbrook Station' in the Biarra-Toogoolawah district. The family quickly adapted themselves to their new environment and later added to the initial area. Robert's brother, Ernest Mears, followed them from England with his family in 1912, and settled at Toogoolawah. Robert and Nellie named their farm 'Morden' after the place they came from in England. Nellie contributed considerably to the excellent hospitality offered at this Cressbrook Creek home. They had commenced with farming and dairying, and before long added to their activities by founding a stud of Australian Illawarra Milking Shorthorn cattle. This stud became famous for its quality, cattle being sent to purchasers all over Queensland and as far as Croker Island, 200 miles off Darwin. The quality of their cattle was emphasised by their numerous successes at country and capital city shows. One of their many champions was a cow - 'Tulip of Morden'. After Robert and Nellie, (who suffered a long illness), passed away, their two sons, Gilbert and Stanley, and daughter, Nellie, continued on at 'Morden'. 'Tulip of Morden' The Australian IIIawarra Shorthorn Cow, 'Tulip of Morden', owned by Mr Robert Mears and family of 'Morden' Toogoolawah, was one of the most successful cows owned by the Morden Stud. Her successes included First and Reserve Champion of Toogoolawah Show. At the Royal National Exhibition in Brisbane she was fIrst in the Butter Fat Test under 4 years of age, fIrst in the Show Ring 4 years and under 5 years in Milk, fIrst in the Home Milking Butter Fat Test, and Champion Butter Fat Cow three times - 1923, 1926 and 1927, thereby winning the Courier Cup outright which had to be won by one owner, but not necessarily with the same cow. On the fIrst occasion her herdmate 'Hazel of Morden' was runnerup to 'Tulip', being Reserve Champion ButterFat Cow. 'Hazel' also won the ButterFat Test on the showground at Toogoolawah. 'Tulip's' last show was at the age of 13 years, when she won the Grimstone Shield for Butter Fat production on the Toogoolawah showground. |
| Source References: |
| 17. Type: Book, Abbr: Francis 2000, Title: Francis 2000, Auth: Warwick & Kate Francis, Date: 2000 |
| - Reference = 3 (Name, Notes) |