NAA: A1, 1904/1765

Eklund, Elizabeth

Digital copy - 671

Details

Occupation as writtenCharwoman
Standardised occupationDS01: Domestic service - Indoor service
Application received1 Mar 1904
Application status Approved
Official
Date of approval or denial18 Mar 1904
If rejected, why?
Birthplace as writtenMaybole, Ayrshire, Scotland
Modern countryUnited Kingdom
Age on application72
Age on arrival in Australia31
Port of DepartureNone
Port of ArrivalMelbourne
Date of arrival16 Dec 1863
Name of shipGresham
VoyageGresham (1863-12-16)

Addresses

Address in Australia119 Inkerman Street, St Kilda
Address StateVictoria
Time at address31 years
Previous address 1Yarrowonga
Address StateVictoria
Time at address9 years, 6 months
Previous address 2Mulwalla
Address StateNew South Wales
Time at address6 months
Previous address 3Kew, Melbourne
Address StateVictoria
Time at address6 months

Family

MarriedWidow
ChildrenYes

2: male. One in South Australia, the other at 119 Inkerman Street, St Kilda.

References

Name of referenceGeorge Connibere
Occupation of referenceJustice of the Peace (Victoria)
Marginalia description

Police report attachedNo
Link to other applicant
LiterateNo

Why are they applying?

ReasonN/A
Other information

Further comments

She is unsure if she entered Australia on the 16th or 17th December1863.
Lived Broadmeadows, Melbourne, Victoria for eight and a half months - no space to put this above.

Elizabeth was born in Scotland but married a Swedish man and was considered to be a "Swede" by the Australian authorities.