Richard CLIFTON
(1781-1840)
Clarinda WARREN
(1782-1813)
Edward MILL
(1782-1824)
Mary ROGERS
(Est 1784-After 1851)
William CLIFTON of Beacon
(1810-1869)
Elizabeth MILL
(1811-1849)
Edward Mill CLIFTON
(1835-1893)

 

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Spouses/Children:
1. Grace WILLS
2. Christina McDONALD

Edward Mill CLIFTON

  • Born: 1835, Redruth, Cornwall
  • Christened: 22 Sep 1835, Redruth, Cornwall 3
  • Married (1): 14 Jul 1855, Camborne, Cornwall 1
  • Married (2): 15 Dec 1870, Victoria, Australia 2
  • Died: 20 Jul 1893, Ballarat, Victoria, Australia 4

   Research Notes:

Edward and Grace emigrated to Victoria, Australia, arriving per Shalimur in November 1857.

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Edward Clifton died aged 57 years. The VIC Register of Deaths shows Edward's parents were William Clifton & Mary Neil. However, the mother's name seems to be an error, as there is no marriage record in either Australia or England for said couple.

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Edward Clifton, blacksmith, late of Ballarat, probate 23 Aug 1893, Melbourne, Victoria. 5

   Marriage Information:

Edward married Grace WILLS, daughter of George WILLS and Mary, on 14 Jul 1855 in Camborne, Cornwall 1. (Grace WILLS was born in 1837 in Newton Moor, Camborne, Cornwall and was christened on 1 Apr 1837 in Camborne, Cornwall 6.)

   Marriage Notes:

Edward Clifton, 20, of Union St., bachelor, sawyer, son of William Clifton, sawyer, and
Grace Wills, 18, of Troon Moor, spinster, daughter of George Wills, miner

Married by Banns

Witnesses: John Williams, John Duckham

   Marriage Information:

Edward also married Christina McDONALD on 15 Dec 1870 in Victoria, Australia 2. (Christina McDONALD was born in 1832 and died on 10 Jan 1891 in Sebastapol, Victoria, Australia 7.)

Sources


1 (http://www.cornwall-opc.org/).

2 Indexes for historical Victorian Births/Marriages/Deaths (Australia), 1870/4549.

3 (International Genealogical Index (IGI)), Batch # C05341-2.

4 Indexes for historical Victorian Births/Marriages/Deaths (Australia), 1893/8437.

5 Australia, Victoria, Index to Probate Registers, 1841-1989, 52/661.

6 Camborne Parish Register transcripts, Baptisms, p. 872.

7 Indexes for historical Victorian Births/Marriages/Deaths (Australia), 1891/3933.


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