Nell and Edna Henderson emigrated to Australia.

Question

Nell Henderson (b.Elizabeth Ellen Trafford in Netherton Lancs) emigrated to Australia with her daughter Edna (b 13 Nov 1919 in Anfield, Lancs). They emigrated shortly after the death of Nell's husband George Frederick Henderson on 08 Aug 1945.

I believe they ended up in Melbourne and Edna might have married someone called Cox.

Any help would be much appreciated, particularly by my mother who used to holiday with Edna in Bangor, North Wales, when they were children

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added Australia tag to help bring it to the attention of out Oz cousins :)

Billy

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Thanks, Billy, much appreciated

Answer 1

Australia Death Records 1787-1985

Elizabeth Ellen Henderson dies March 22 1948 , South Australia. There is another

dies Sept 28 1948 South Australia. There is an Elizabeth Ellen that was born in

Australia.I am leaing towards the on died March 22 1948,because no where do

i see where born.You can look at them and make your own judgement.

Regards Wayne.        By the way what was your mother relationship to her.

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Took a few minutes to get back to you, Wayne, because I was watching Wales v. Australia rugby. Wrong result, great game.

This fits in with rumours that have circulated. I can remember my Mum saying that she didn't think Nell lasted very long. March 22 it is, then (with a biographical note).

Now I start the search for Edna!

Edna's father, George Henderson, was the brother of my maternal grandfather Harry Henderson, so Nell was my mother's aunt by marriage.

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Found Edna.

Elizabeth Edna Cox, daughter of Elizabeth Ellen Trafford, (her maiden name) died 1971. I do not have detailed access to the Australia Death Records so if you know someone who has then I would love to know any further details.

Answer 2

England Select Births & Baptisms, Elizabeth Ellen Trafford born June 27 1897,

Baptised July 18 1897,Croston,Lancashire, Father Joseph Trafford wife Mary.

Does not give Elizabeth Ellen birth place.

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Thank you very much, Wayne. I had this information. I am trying to find out the Australian end of things. I am sorry if my original post was not clear to you.

Answer 3

It may be difficult to locate them, privacy laws in Australia mean that very few records are available inside of the last 100 years.  I have the Victorian marriage indexes up to December 1945 and she is not showing there.  I had a look in the newspapers too but didn't spot her.  You may have a better idea of keywords to search for, so here is the link to the papers:

http://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper

There are eight Edna Hendersons listed in the Victorian electoral roll in 1946, about double that for NSW and six in Queensland. I didn't check the other states.  There are several Ellen Elizabeth Hendersons and two Elizabeth Ellen Hendersons but nearly all were Home Duties and none were with an Edna.  The electoral roll does not give ages. 

I used Findmypast to look for the electoral rolls which is free this weekend so if you wish to look there you could.  If you know what Edna did for a living you may find her here.

Cox and Henderson are both common names in Australia. 

I'm not seeing much else, but take a look through Trove.  It's a good resource, although for privacy reasons again there is not much digitized for recent decades. Also, if you think they might have passed away in a particular city, many cemeteries indexes are online but not in one place.  Generally this is a service by the cemetery authority so if you know the town you can find their website.  Melbourne has a very good one if you think they might have stayed in the city:

http://mgc.smct.org.au/deceased-search-help/

With a bit of fossicking you might find something.  Trove might get you to a town or suburb, after which you can use electoral rolls and cemetery records. 

Also, each state of Australia looks after their own records and which records are kept can be different state by state, so you need to work out the state they lived in to take the next step.  Just because a particular year is the cutoff for public records in one state, doesn't mean that it will be the same in another.