Born in Norfolk Island, Australia
Ancestors 
Daughter of James Thomas Morisset
and Emily Louisa (Vaux) Morisset
Sister of
Janetta Louisa (Morisset) Richards, Edith Eliza Julia Morisset, Edric Norfolk Vaux Morisset, Fleurette (Morriset) Riemanschneider, Otho Bathurst Palmer Morisset, Rudolf Roxburg Morisset, Ronan Kelso Morisset, Aulaire Liddiard Morisset, Ada Gulnare Morisset and Pauline Caroline Morisset
Wife of
Philip Frederic Sellheim
— married
1865 in New South Wales, Australia
Mother of
Victor Conradsdorf Morisset Sellheim CB CMG, Casimir Vaux Sellheim and Leonore Isabel Sellheim
Died
at about age 45
in Maytown, Colony of Queensland
Profile last modified
| Created 13 Jun 2018
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Biography
Laura Therese Morriset was born in 1833 at Norfolk Island, New South Wales, Australia. She was a daughter of James Morriset and Emily Vaux.[1]
She married grazier, Philip Sellheim in 1865 at Balmain, New South Wales.[2] They had a daughter and two sons, the eldest of whom (Victor) became a Major General.
In 1874, the family moved to Maytown on the Palmer River when Philip was appointed Warden for the Palmer goldfield.
Laure died there in 1878.
Sources
- ↑ New South Wales Birth Index #246/1833 V1833246 18; note that name is listed as Nora T
- ↑ New South Wales Marriage Index #1122/1865
See Also:
- Find a Grave, database and images : accessed 05 November 2020), memorial page for Laura Theresa Morisset Sellheim (1833–26 Aug 1878), Find A Grave: Memorial #187216340, citing Maytown Cemetery, Maytown, Cook Shire, Queensland, Australia ; Maintained by klaudekowan (contributor 48841303) .
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