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Elizabeth Ellen COUCHE (1865 - 1946)

Children	Self + Spouses	Parents	Grandparents	Greatgrandparents
Gladys Mary FORBES (1896 - 1964) Donald Couche FORBES (1901 - ) Veronica FORBES (1902 - ) Francis George FORBES (1904 - )	Elizabeth Ellen COUCHE (1865 - 1946) + George Edward Eyre FORBES (1866 - 1924)	William COUCHE (1845 - 1913)	William COUCHE (1811 - 1849)
			Elizabeth (Ellen) CRONE
		Mary Ann MCCARTHY (1845 - 1914)

b. 1865 at Rush, Victoria, Australia

m. 1895 George Edward Eyre FORBES (1866 - 1924) at Victoria, Australia

d. 1946 at Croxton East, Victoria aged 81

Near Relatives of Elizabeth Ellen COUCHE (1865 - 1946)
Relationship	Person	Born	Birth Place	Died	Death Place	Age
Grandfather	William COUCHE	abt 1811		1849	Brigown, Mitchelstown, Co. Cork, Ireland	38
Grandmother	Elizabeth (Ellen) CRONE
Father in Law	Donald FORBES	1819		1906	Freeburg, Alpine Shire, Victoria, Australia	87
Mother in Law	Mary Elizabeth GRIFFITH	1830		1884	Wandiligong, Alpine AShire, Victoria, Australia	54
Father	William COUCHE	abt 1845		1913	Ballarat, Victoria, Australia	68
Mother	Mary Ann MCCARTHY	abt 1845		1914	Ballarat, Victoria, Australia	69
Self	Elizabeth Ellen COUCHE	1865	Rush, Victoria, Australia	1946	Croxton East, Victoria	81
Husband	George Edward Eyre FORBES	1866		1924	Elwood, Port Phillip,, Victoria, Australia	58
Daughter	Gladys Mary FORBES	1896	Yarrawonga, Victoria, Australia	bef 1964		68
Son	Donald Couche FORBES	1901	Yarrawonga, Victoria, Australia
Daughter	Veronica FORBES	1902	Yarrawonga, Victoria, Australia
Son	Francis George FORBES	1904	Yarrawonga, Victoria, Australia
Brother	Edward Browning COUCHE	1866	Melbourne, Victoria, Australia	1888	Victoria, Australia	22
Brother	William Jeffrey COUCHE	1868	Echuca, Victoria, Australia	1946	Victoria, Australia	78
Sister	Letitia Anne COUCHE	1870	Victoria, Australia	1935	Victoria, Australia	65
Brother	Richard Arron Verdon COUCHE	1873	Marong, Victoria, Australia	1950	Melbourne, Victoria, Australia	77
Son in Law	E HOGAN
Uncle	Richard COUCHE	1838	Co Cork, Ireland	1902	Mitchelstown, Co Cork, Ireland	64
Aunt	Margaret CRONE	1844	Co Cork, Ireland	1906	Mitchelstown, Co Cork, Ireland	62
Cousin	Eliza Anne COUCHE	1864	Sunbury, Victoria, Australia	1864	Victoria, Australia	0
Cousin	Christopher William COUCHE	1865	Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Cousin	Thomas COUCHE	1865	Victoria, Australia	1865	Victoria, Australia	0
Cousin	Martha Ethelind COUCHE	1866	Melbourne, Victoria, Australia	1866	Melbourne, Victoria, Australia	0
Cousin	Ellen Constance COUCHE	1869	Cork, Co Cork, Ireland	1869	Mitchelstown, Co Cork, Ireland	0
Cousin	Ethil (Ethie) COUCHE	abt 1870	Australia
Cousin	Caroline Crone COUCHE	29 Apr 1870	Mitchelstown, Co Cork, Ireland	19 Jul 1952	Johannesburg, South Africa	82
Cousin	Adelaide COUCHE	1872	Mitchelstown, Co Cork, Ireland
Cousin	Aphra Crone COUCHE	12 Aug 1873	Mitchelstown, Co Cork, Ireland
Cousin	Emma COUCHE	14 May 1875	Mitchelstown, Co Cork, Ireland
Cousin	Jeffery Crone COUCHE	04 Sep 1876	Mitchelstown, Co Cork, Ireland	1936	Surrey, England	60
Cousin	Victor William COUCHE	1879	Mitchelstown, Co Cork, Ireland	1943	Toronto, Ontario, Canada	64
Cousin	Christine COUCHE	10 May 1880	Mitchelstown, Co Cork, Ireland	1953	Surrey Northern, Surrey, England	73
Cousin	Richard George COUCHE	1882	Mitchelstown, Co Cork, Ireland	17 Apr 1947	Innisfail, Queensland, Australia	65
Cousin	Clara Browning COUCHE	1884	Mitchelstown, Co Cork, Ireland	1956	South Africa	72
Cousin	Clair Patrick COUCHE	1886	Mitchelstown, Co Cork, Ireland	08 Jun 1918	Etretat, France	32
Nephew	Edward Browning MONTGOMERIE	1899	Benalla, Victoria, Australia
Nephew	Albert Richard MONTGOMERIE	1903	Horsham, Victoria, Australia
Niece	Eileen May Emily MONTGOMERIE	1909	Ballarat East, Victoria, Australia	1998	Melbourne, Victoria, Australia	89
Nephew	Geoffrey COUCHE
Nephew	William Vincent COUCHE	1917	Victoria, Australia	1926	Melbourne, Victoria, Australia	9
Nephew	William John (Dinnie) MCKAY	1876	Victoria, Australia	1924	Western Australia, Australia	48
Niece	Marjory Mary (May) MCKAY	1877	Victoria, Australia	1891	Victoria, Australia	14
Nephew	Donald MCKAY	1878	Freeburg, Alpine Shire, Victoria, Australia	1940	Perth, WA, Australia	62
Nephew	John Donald Murray FORBES	1887	Echuca, Victoria, Australia	1937	Mitcham, Victoria, Australia	50
Nephew	Archibald John FORBES
Nephew	Duncan Claughtan FORBES
Niece	Jean FORBES
Nephew	Roy Hugh Donald SHARP	1893	Kensington Hill, Victoria, Australia	1965	Victoria, Australia	72
Niece	Margaret Mary May (May) SHARP	1895	Victoria, Australia
Niece	Muriel Perth SHARP	abt 1900	Possibly at Perth	1949	Rochester, Victoria, Australia	49
Nephew	Archibald George SHARP	1902	Perth, WA, Australia	1970	Cambrian Hill, Victoria, Australia	68
Nephew	Ralph Eric (Eric) SHARP	1905	Perth, WA, Australia	1969	Victoria, Australia	64
Nephew	William Donald Norman HOOPER	1895	Hotham Heights, Alpine Shire, Victoria, Australia	1965	Heidelberg Heights, Victoria, Australia	70
Nephew	George Raymond HOOPER	1899	Hotham, Victoria, Australia	1938	Victoria, Australia	39
Niece	Mary Isabel (Belle) HOOPER	1905	Flemington, Victoria, Australia
Nephew	Archibald Edward HOOPER	1907	Flemington, Victoria, Australia	1972	Park, Victoria, Australia	65
Nephew	Allan Robert HOOPER	1910	Flemington, Victoria, Australia	1941	Flemington, Victoria, Australia	31
Sister in Law	Isabella FORBES	1856		1929	Western Australia, Australia	73
Brother in Law	John Griffith FORBES	1859	Buckland, Victoria, Australia	1887	Echuca, Victoria, Australia	28
Brother in Law	Duncan Donald FORBES	1861	Growlers Creek, Victoria, Australia	1942	Hawthorn, Victoria, Australia	81
Sister in Law	Adeline Mary FORBES	1863		1937	Rochester, Victoria, Australia	74
Sister in Law	Annie Mary FORBES	1871	Growlers Creek, Victoria, Australia	1947	Victoria	76
Brother in Law	Archibald FORBES	1872	Growlers Creek, Victoria, Australia	1926	East Melbourne, Vic, Australia	54
Sister in Law	Margaret WILSON	1869		1943	Melbourne, Victoria, Australia	74
Brother in Law	Edward MONTGOMERIE			1949	Bendigo, Victoria, Australia
Sister in Law	Elizabeth Agnes HOLBERY	1874	Victoria, Australia	1960	Heidelberg, Victoria, Australia	86

Events in Elizabeth Ellen COUCHE (1865 - 1946)'s life
Date	Age	Event	Place	Notes	Src
1865		Elizabeth Ellen COUCHE was born	Rush, Victoria, Australia	Note 1	52
1895	30	Married George Edward Eyre FORBES (aged 29)	Victoria, Australia	Note 2	52, 60
1896	31	Birth of daughter Gladys Mary FORBES	Yarrawonga, Victoria, Australia	Note 3	22
1901	36	Birth of son Donald Couche FORBES	Yarrawonga, Victoria, Australia	Note 4	22
1902	37	Birth of daughter Veronica FORBES	Yarrawonga, Victoria, Australia	Note 5	22
1904	39	Birth of son Francis George FORBES	Yarrawonga, Victoria, Australia	Note 6	22
1913	48	Death of father William COUCHE (aged 68)	Ballarat, Victoria, Australia	Note 7	52, 60
1914	49	Death of mother Mary Ann MCCARTHY (aged 69)	Ballarat, Victoria, Australia	Note 8	52, 60
1924	59	Death of husband George Edward Eyre FORBES (aged 58)	Elwood, Port Phillip,, Victoria, Australia	Note 9	60
1946	81	Elizabeth Ellen COUCHE died	Croxton East, Victoria	Note 10	52, 60
1946	81	Burial	Brighton Brighton General Cemetery, Caufield South, Victoria, Australia	Note 11	90

Note 1: Eliza Couche in the Australia, Birth Index, 1788-1922 Name: Eliza Couche Birth Date: Abt 1865 Birth Place: Rush, Victoria Registration Year: 1865 Registration Place: Victoria, Australia Father: William Couche Mother: Mary Anne Mccarthy Registration Number: 11156

Note 2: Elizth Couche in the Australia, Marriage Index, 1788-1950 Name: Elizth Couche Spouse Name: Geo Edwd Forbes Marriage Place: Victoria Registration Place: Victoria Registration Year: 1895 Registration Number: 533 The Leader (Melbourne) 2 March 1895 FORBES—COUCHE.—On the 20th February, at Benalla, by the Rev. Father Tobin, George E. Forbes, third son of Donald Forbes, Esq., Freeburgh, to Ellen Elizabeth, eldest daughter of William Couche, Esq., Sergeant of Police, Benalla.

Note 3: FORBES Gladys Mary Birth Mother Elizabeth COUCHE Father - Geo Edw Eyrie YARRAWONGA 1896 32182/1896

Note 4: FORBES Donald Couche Birth Mother - Ellen Elizabeth COUCHE Father - Geo Edw Eyre YARRAWONGA 1901

Note 5: FORBES Veronica Mary Birth Mother - Ellen Elizabeth COUCHE Father - Geo Edwd Eyre YARRAWONGA 1902 23000/1902

Note 6: FORBES Fran George Birth Mother - Ellen Elizth CONCHE Father - Geo Edw Eyre YONGA 1904 14583/1904

Note 7: Wm Couche in the Australia, Death Index, 1787-1985 Name: Wm Couche Birth Year: abt 1845 Age: 68 Death Place: Ballarat, Victoria Father's name: Couche Wm Mother's name: Ellen Crone Registration Year: 1913 Registration Place: Victoria Registration Number: 4271 Horsham Time 8 April 1913 Death. COUCHE.--On the 6th April, 1913, at his residence, "Shandon," 217 Vic toria-street, Ballarat East, formerly of Horsham, William Couche, ex- Superintendent of Police, dearly be- loved husband of Mary A. Couche, father of Mrs. Forbes, Mrs. Mont- gomerie, William and Richard; aged 68 years.

Note 8: Mary Ann Couche in the Australia, Death Index, 1787-1985 Name: Mary Ann Couche Birth Year: abt 1845 Age: 69 Death Place: Victoria Father's name: McCarthy Registration Year: 1914 Registration Place: Victoria Registration Number: 12488 Ballarat Courier 17 Oct 1918 COUCHE- The friends of the late Mrs Mary Ann Couche, relict of ex Superintendent William Couche, are re- spectfully invited to follow her remains to their last resting-place in the Ballarat New Cemetery. The funeral will leave her late residence Shandon, 217 Victoria street, Ballarat East, this day (Satur- day) at 3.30 p.m.

Note 9: Burial info The Argus - Wednesday 16th April, 1924. FORBES - On the 15th April, at 131 Ormond road, Elwood, George Edward, the beloved husband of Ellen Elizabeth Forbes, and loving father of Don, Verna, Frank and Gladys (deceased), aged 57 years. R.I.P. (Private interment.)

Note 10: Elizabeth Ellen Forbes in the Victoria, Australia, Death Index, 1836-1988 Name: Elizabeth Ellen Forbes Death Registration Year: 1946 Death Registration Place: Victoria, Australia Father: William Couche Mother Maiden Name: McCarthy Reference Number: 5105 The Argus - Wednesday 29th May, 1946. FORBES - On May 27, at her son's residence, 72 Emmaline street, Croxton, Elizabeth Ellen, relict of the late George Edward Forbes (late of Yarrawonga), and loving mother of Gladys (deceased), Donald C. (Yarrawonga), Veronica (Mrs. E. Hogan, Merundah, N.S.W.) and Francis George (Bruce), aged 80 years. - Requiescat in pace. FORBES - On May 27, Elizabeth Ellen Forbes, dearly loved mother-in-law of Rita, Edward, and Emily, and devoted grandmother of Gladys and Ronnie. - Requiescat in pace.

Note 11: Elizabeth Ellen Couche Forbes Birth 1866 Murchison, Greater Shepparton City, Victoria, Australia Death 27 May 1946 (aged 79–80) Croxton, Southern Grampians Shire, Victoria, Australia Burial Brighton General Cemetery Caulfield South, Glen Eira City, Victoria, Australia Plot Roman Catholic T 284

Source References:

52. Type: Australia Birth Marriage Death Index 1787 - 1985 Record

- Reference = (Birth)

- Notes: Eliza Couche in the Australia, Birth Index, 1788-1922 Name: Eliza Couche Birth Date: Abt 1865 Birth Place: Rush, Victoria Registration Year: 1865 Registration Place: Victoria, Australia Father: William Couche Mother: Mary Anne Mccarthy Registration Number: 11156

- Reference = (Marriage)

- Notes: Elizth Couche in the Australia, Marriage Index, 1788-1950 Name: Elizth Couche Spouse Name: Geo Edwd Forbes Marriage Place: Victoria Registration Place: Victoria Registration Year: 1895 Registration Number: 533

- Reference = (Death)

- Notes: Elizabeth Ellen Forbes in the Victoria, Australia, Death Index, 1836-1988 Name: Elizabeth Ellen Forbes Death Registration Year: 1946 Death Registration Place: Victoria, Australia Father: William Couche Mother Maiden Name: McCarthy Reference Number: 5105

60. Type: Newspaper, Title: Trove, http://trove.nla.gov.au

- Reference = (Marriage)

- Notes: The Leader (Melbourne) 2 March 1895 FORBES—COUCHE.—On the 20th February, at Benalla, by the Rev. Father Tobin, George E. Forbes, third son of Donald Forbes, Esq., Freeburgh, to Ellen Elizabeth, eldest daughter of William Couche, Esq., Sergeant of Police, Benalla.

- Reference = (Death)

- Notes: The Argus - Wednesday 29th May, 1946. FORBES - On May 27, at her son's residence, 72 Emmaline street, Croxton, Elizabeth Ellen, relict of the late George Edward Forbes (late of Yarrawonga), and loving mother of Gladys (deceased), Donald C. (Yarrawonga), Veronica (Mrs. E. Hogan, Merundah, N.S.W.) and Francis George (Bruce), aged 80 years. - Requiescat in pace. FORBES - On May 27, Elizabeth Ellen Forbes, dearly loved mother-in-law of Rita, Edward, and Emily, and devoted grandmother of Gladys and Ronnie. - Requiescat in pace.

90. Type: Web Page, Abbr: Find A Grave, Title: Findagrave.com

- Reference = (Burial)

- Notes: Elizabeth Ellen Couche Forbes Birth 1866 Murchison, Greater Shepparton City, Victoria, Australia Death 27 May 1946 (aged 79–80) Croxton, Southern Grampians Shire, Victoria, Australia Burial Brighton General Cemetery Caulfield South, Glen Eira City, Victoria, Australia Plot Roman Catholic T 284

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