Biography
Eliza Rebecca Hughes was born on 16th December 1826[1] at Richmond, New South Wales, Australia. She was the ninth of fourteen children of Mathew Hughes and Mary Small.[2]
She married her first cousin, Robert Small, son of William Small and Charlotte Melville on 17th August 1848 at Williamsdale, New South Wales.[3] They had nine children:
- Rebecca Small (1849-1927) married surname Youdale
- Charles Robert Small (1850-1940)
- Lucy Jane (Small) Moore (1853-1935) married surname Moore
- Arthur William Small (1856-1935)
- Edith Annie Small (1858-1949) married surname Scott
- Ada Mary Small (1862-1936) married surname Hambly then Ford
- Harold Henry Small (1864-)
- Ambrose Lambert Small (1867-69)
- Ernest Reginald Small (1873-79)
Eliza passed away on 1st May 1921 at Ashfield, New South Wales.[4]
Notice
Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954), Monday 2 May 1921, page 8. [5] SMALL. — May 1, 1921, at a private hospital, Summer Hill, in her 93rd year, Eliza Rebecca, widow of the late Robert Small (for some years cashier of H.M. Customs). By special request, no flowers.
Sources
- ↑ Entered by Craig Hennessy, Aug 31, 2012
- ↑ New South Wales Birth Index #620/1828 V1828620 13
- ↑ New South Wales Marriage Index #162/1848 V1848162 84
- ↑ - Death Index #6165/1921
- ↑ https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/15958764