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32. Elizabeth Henrietta (Ellen Elizabeth) TANNER was born on 25 Sep 1851 in Lyndhurst, Hampshire. Between 1854 and 1865 her mother, father and all but one of her siblings died at Lyndhurst. All but Levina had died of TB. Now she was an orphan with no immediate family. In 1867 she was a Domestic Servant in Winchelsea, Sussex. She was the servant of a Captain Lovell. She emigrated on 3 Dec 1867 from Liverpool to Victoria, Australia. Elizabeth went to Australia on the Queen of the North as passenger 98 and arrived in March 1868. She then went to live with her aunt Flora White Bromfield (nee Tanner) at the Prince of Wales Hotel at Snake Valley, Carngham, Victoria. She died of flooding after childbirth on 26 Apr 1892 in Waterloo, Langi, Kal Kal, Victoria, Australia. Elizabeth died soon after giving birth to her ninth child. This flooding had happened at each of the births. There was enquiry and a magisterial verdict. Charles Douglas' evidence stated "I wanted to go for the doctor earlier but deceased did not wish it." She was buried on 28 Apr 1892 in Beaufort Cemetery, Beaufort, Victoria, Australia.

Elizabeth Henrietta (Ellen Elizabeth) TANNER and Charles Douglas WELSH were married on 6 May 1872 in Beaufort, Victoria, Australia. In 1868, Elizabeth went to Australia under the guardianship of her Aunt Flora White Tanner and Thomas Bromfield. Her parents and siblings had died and she went to Australia for health reasons as she suffered from tuberculosis (TB).
Elizabeth had a bequest from her Grandfather of £10 provided that she "did not go beyond the seas to distant nations". Presumably she did not receive the money as she moved to Australia shortly after the will was made..
At the time of their marriage, both Charles and Elizabeth lived in Raglan, Victoria, Australia. Thomas Bromfield gave his written consent as her guardian. The witnesses were George and Helen Prince. Charles Douglas WELSH (son of William (English Bill) WELSH and Elizabeth MURRAY) was christened on 15 Jun 1845 in St. John's Episcopal Church, Pittenweem, Fife, Scotland. He was born about 1845 in Pittenweem, Fife, Scotland. He emigrated on 9 Jun 1852 from Liverpool, Lancashire. In 1872 he was a Farmer in Raglan, Victoria, Australia. Charles worked as a Boundary Rider for 37 years. He also had 60 acres of bushland which was left to him in his father's will. He died of carcinoma of stomach and exhaustion on 9 Feb 1914 in Ballarat, Victoria, Australia. Elizabeth Henrietta (Ellen Elizabeth) TANNER and Charles Douglas WELSH had the following children:

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Harriet Scammell (Hettie) WELSH.
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George WELSH.
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Charles Douglas WELSH.
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William (Bill) WELSH.
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Helen Elizabeth (Ellen) WELSH was born about 1881 in Langi Kal Kal Station, Beaufort, Australia. She died on 10 Aug 1887.
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Jessie WELSH.
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Henry (Harry) WELSH.
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Florence (Florrie or Flora) WELSH.
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Thomas Sydney WELSH was born on 25 Apr 1892 in Langi Kal Kal Station, Beaufort, Australia. His mother died when he was born. He served in the military in May 1915. He joined the 24th Battalion at Broadmeadows Camp in Victoria. The Battalion was raised in the first week of May and sailed from Melbourne at the end of the week. Training shortfalls were made up in Egypt during July and August and on 4 September 1915 the Battalion went ashore at Gallipoli. For the next 16 weeks it shared duty in the Lone Pine Trenches with the 23rd Battalion. The fighting was so fierce that the battalions rotated each day. In early 1916 the Battalion went to Egypt and went to France in March 1916, taking part in its first major offensive around Pozieres and Mouquet farm in July and August 1916. During the winter 1916-1917 they alternated between the front and labouring tasks. They adopted a unique form of snow camouflage when patrolling no-man's land - large white nighties bought in Amiens!. He died on 8 Mar 1918 in Belgium. He was a Private in the 24th Battalion of the Australian Infantry. He is buried in Grave II.A.12 in the Berks Cemetery Extension near Comines-Warneton, Hainaut in Belgium. "Private TS Welsh of 24th Battalion, Australian Infantry, Service 6423, born at Langi Kal-Kal but chiefly connected with Curlewis, Victoria, was a labourer in civilian life. He had attended school at Trawalla. He was killed in action at Warneton near Messines."

+48	i.	Harriet Scammell (Hettie) WELSH.
+49	ii.	George WELSH.
+50	iii.	Charles Douglas WELSH.
+51	iv.	William (Bill) WELSH.
52	v.	Helen Elizabeth (Ellen) WELSH was born about 1881 in Langi Kal Kal Station, Beaufort, Australia. She died on 10 Aug 1887.
+53	vi.	Jessie WELSH.
+54	vii.	Henry (Harry) WELSH.
+55	viii.	Florence (Florrie or Flora) WELSH.
56	ix.	Thomas Sydney WELSH was born on 25 Apr 1892 in Langi Kal Kal Station, Beaufort, Australia. His mother died when he was born. He served in the military in May 1915. He joined the 24th Battalion at Broadmeadows Camp in Victoria. The Battalion was raised in the first week of May and sailed from Melbourne at the end of the week. Training shortfalls were made up in Egypt during July and August and on 4 September 1915 the Battalion went ashore at Gallipoli. For the next 16 weeks it shared duty in the Lone Pine Trenches with the 23rd Battalion. The fighting was so fierce that the battalions rotated each day. In early 1916 the Battalion went to Egypt and went to France in March 1916, taking part in its first major offensive around Pozieres and Mouquet farm in July and August 1916. During the winter 1916-1917 they alternated between the front and labouring tasks. They adopted a unique form of snow camouflage when patrolling no-man's land - large white nighties bought in Amiens!. He died on 8 Mar 1918 in Belgium. He was a Private in the 24th Battalion of the Australian Infantry. He is buried in Grave II.A.12 in the Berks Cemetery Extension near Comines-Warneton, Hainaut in Belgium. "Private TS Welsh of 24th Battalion, Australian Infantry, Service 6423, born at Langi Kal-Kal but chiefly connected with Curlewis, Victoria, was a labourer in civilian life. He had attended school at Trawalla. He was killed in action at Warneton near Messines."