Died
at about age 63
in Coburg, Victoria, Australia
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Biography
Floriene was born in 1888 in Bristol, England. She is the daughter of Jane Trigg and her husband Edward John Box.[1] She was known as Bessie.
With her parents and older brother she migrated to Victoria from England in 1889.[2]
Her father either died or disappeared after they had lived in Melbourne for about 4 years. Her mother remarried to Henry Sherratt a few years after that and she adopted the surname Sherratt.
She married Charles William Elliot at Melbourne on 28 Sep 1910.[3][4]
She died in a private hospital in Coburg, VIC in 1951.[5][6]
Sources
↑ Birth - England & Wales GRO BDM Birth index - BOX, FLORIENE; TRIGG; GRO Reference: 1888 J Quarter in BRISTOL Volume 06A Page 36
↑ Migration to Victoria - "Australia, Victoria, Inward Passenger Lists, 1839-1923", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QGT5-53XS : Fri Mar 08 21:08:05 UTC 2024), Entry for Bessie Box, 3 Jul 1889.
↑ Marriage - Victoria BDM Marriage index - Event: marriages; Registration number: 5593 / 1910; Family name: SHERRATT; Given name(s): Flor Bessie; Personal detail Spouse's family name: ELLIOTT; Spouse's given name(s): Chas Wm
↑ Marriage Notice - Family Notices (1910, October 22). The Age (Melbourne, Vic. : 1854 - 1954), p. 7. Retrieved March 19, 2024, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article179906440
↑ Death - Victoria BDM Death index - Event: deaths; Registration number: 7019 / 1951; Family name: ELLIOTT; Given name(s): Floriene Bessie; Place of event: COBURG, Australia; Personal detail Mother's name: Jane; Mother's family name at birth: NKNOWN; Father's Name: SHERRATT Henry John
↑ Death Notice - Family Notices (1951, June 30). The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1957), p. 19. Retrieved March 19, 2024, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article23068237
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