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Elizabeth was born about 1875, most likely in Wales.
Her parents were William & Harriet Tapp.
In the 1881 census, Elizabeth (age 5) was the daughter of William Tapp in Ardsley, Yorkshire, Yorkshire West Riding, England.[1]
Name | Relation | Status | Sex | Age | Occupation | Birth Place |
William Tapp | Head | Married | M | 37 | Coal Miner | Redport, Somerset |
Harriet Tapp | Wife | Married | F | 37 | Monmouth, Monmouthshire | |
Harriet Tapp | Daughter | Unmarried | F | 16 | Scholar | Monmouth, Monmouthshire |
Mary A Tapp | Daughter | Unmarried | F | 7 | Glamorgan, Glamorganshire, Wales | |
Elizabeth Tapp | Daughter | Unmarried | F | 5 | Glamorgan, Glamorganshire, Wales | |
Richard Tapp | Son | Unmarried | M | 3 | Ardsley, Yorkshire |
It is likely the Tapp family arrived in the Colony of Queensalnd, Australia in 1887, onboard the Jumna.
Elizabeth married William Bilsborough in 1894.
Elizabeth Bilsborough passed away in 1943.
MRS. W. BILSBOROUGH — The death occurred at Maryborough late on Sunday night of a highly respected resident of Howard in the person of Mrs. Elizabeth Bilsborough. The late Mrs. Bilsborough, who was born in Wales, came out to Brisbane in the year 1881 in the ship Devonshire. She resided in Ipswich until her marriage in 1891 to Mr. William Bilsborough, when they moved to Howard where she had resided until her death. The deceased and her husband had one of the best known orchards on the Burrum River. Mrs. Bilsborough is survived by a sorrowing husband, two daughters, Mesdames Geo. Blackley and A. Keene, Howard, and three sons, Messrs. William Henry, Thomas Leslie and Raymond Claude Bilsborough, all of Howard. The funeral moved from the Howard Methodist Church for the Howard Cemetery on Monday and was largely attended. [2]
DoB estimates from death registration and FamilySearch.
Possible immigration:
The details provided in the obituary do not seem to be correct.
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