Ellen Norris

1839 - 1903  (64 years)

• Name	Ellen Norris  [1, 2, 3, 4]
  Born	1839	Child Okeford, Dorset, England, United Kingdom
  Christened	20 Oct 1839	Childe Okeford, Dorset, England   [3, 4]
  Gender	Female
  Died	19 Apr 1903	Boorowa, New South Wales, Australia   [1, 2]
  Person ID	I9087	So Many Generations
  Last Modified	21 Feb 2021

  
  

  Family	Charles Jeans Weeks,   b. 4 Aug 1837, Camden, New South Wales, Australia ,   d. 27 Jul 1911, Boorowa, New South Wales, Australia  (Age 73 years)
  Married	16 May 1860	Cawdor, New South Wales, Australia   [5]
  Last Modified	21 Feb 2021
  Family ID	F2798	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Ellen's parents Isaac and Mary Arnold (nee Newman) arrived in SydneyNSW AUS on the "Emigrant" on the 8 June 1849. After marriage,Charles first worked for the Cordeaux family on their "Bendooley"property at Berrima. He moved to the Boorrowa area about 1868. Thishas been asertained from the places where the birth of the childrenwere registered. He went to Hovell's Creek, about 35 ks. northeast ofBurrowa. A couple of old timers (brothers) still living there in the1980's recalled their father talking about the days when Charlie Weekslived there. It is likely he left Hovell's Creek in the mid 1880'sbecause he was definitely there when his mother, Frances, died in 1882because he is the "Informant" on her death certificate which giveshis place of abode as Hovell's Creek. He was a carrier betweenBoorrowa and Goulburn and sometimes as far south as Wagga Wagga. Inthose days the main coach road from Wagga Wagga to Goulburn passed tothe north of Boorrowa and from there on to Gunning. When the HumeHighway was constructed between Sydney and Melbourne it continuedsouth from Gunning to Yass, and then Albury, cutting out Boorrowa,Cootamundra, Wagga Wagga and all towns on the original route. Charlesthen took up land near the cemetery at Burrowa, called "Eastwood". In1890 he sold "Eastwood" to Edward Horne and then moved to a biggerproperty called "Killarney" on the Young Road. After his death"Killarney" was broken up and some of these seperate parcels of landwere retained by several of his children. Properties now known as"Beverley", "Gunabol" and a part of the famous "Merryville" plus theCartobe Winery on the Young Road were all part of "Killarney" -according to Charles' granddaughters Evelyn Hancock, nee Weeks, andKathleen (Cassie) Weeks. Because none of the pre 1921 Burrowa Councilrecords have survived, it is not possible to asertain exactly whereand what size "Killarney" was without a very extensive search of theLands Department Records. "Beverley" and "Merryville" are now owned bythe Merriman family and are generally recognised as the best StudMerino properties in the country. It is worth noting that there wasanother property not far from Boorowa that was and may still be named"Killarney". It has been established that Charles and Ellen raisedFrank Weeks, the illegitimate son of Charles' sister Maria Weeks. Itis also very likely he and Ellen helped with the children of hisbrother John after the sudden death of John's wife Elizabeth (neeRumary) at an early age. Sometime in the early 1880's the spelling ofthe name Weeks for Charles' family began to change to Weekes and thatspelling has remained with most of the descendants of this family eversince. There is no obvious reason for the change and it was notchanged through official channels.The Weekes spelling also remainedwith the family of Frank Weeks. It is also worth noting that by thetime of the 1861 English census the "Wicks" spelling of the surnamehad all but disappeared as was the "Weekes" spelling. It is also worthnoting that "Weekes" spelling was very rare in the earlier census andchurch records. However those two spellings seem to have survived herein Australia more so than in England. Descendants of Charles and Ellenfound so far number 267 with 127 spouses. Ellen's parents Isaac Norrisand Mary, formally, Arnold (nee Newman) arrived in Sydney on the"EMIGRANT" on the 8th. June 1849. NOTE: Also on board the "EMIGRANT"were members of the family of Charles' mother Frances (nee Jeans).This Jeans family went north of Sydney to the developing area aroundNewcastle.

  
  

• Sources

  [S1] Australia, New South Wales, Registrar of Births Deaths & Marriages, Index of Births, Deaths & Marriages. Death date: 1903 Death place: Boorowa, New South Wales [S1] Australia, New South Wales, Registrar of Births Deaths & Marriages, Index of Births, Deaths & Marriages. Death date: 1903 Death place: Boorowa, New South Wales [S2263] Dorset, England, Births and Baptisms, 1813-1906, Ancestry.com, (Name: Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations,Inc., 2011.Original data - Dorset Parish Registers. Dorchester,England: Dorset History Centre.Original data: Dorset Parish Registers.Dorchester, England: Dorset History Centre.;;). Baptism date: 20 Oct 1839 Baptism place: Childe Okeford, Dorset, England [S2269] Dorset, England, Births and Baptisms, 1813-1906, Ancestry.com, (Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011.Original data - Dorset Parish Registers. Dorchester, England: Dorset History Centre.Original data: Dorset Parish Registers. Dorchester, England: Dorset History Centre.;). Baptism date: 20 Oct 1839 Baptism place: Childe Okeford, Dorset, England [S1942] Details: Pg. 18.