Elizabeth Jane Baxter

1862 - 1899  (37 years)

• Name	Elizabeth Jane Baxter
  Birth	3 Apr 1862	Penshurst, Victoria, Australia
  Gender	Female
  Death	7 Nov 1899	Buangor, Victoria, Australia
  Person ID	I1015	SmithTree
  Last Modified	18 Jan 2000

  
  

  Father	Patrick Duncan Baxter,   b. 3 Mar 1827, Aberdeen, Scotland d. 30 Apr 1897, Penshurst, Victoria, Australia (Age 70 years)
  Mother	Jane Barnes
  Marriage	14 Feb 1861	Presbyterian Church, Hamilton, Victoria, Australia
  Family ID	F338	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Eugene John O'Halloran
  Children	1. Michael Patrick O'Halloran,   b. 1882, Crowlands, Victoria, Australia   2. James Edward O'Halloran,   b. 1884, Buangor, Victoria, Australia d. 5 Aug 1916, France. KIA 1st AIF (Age 32 years)   3. Mary O'Halloran,   b. 1886, Crowlands, Victoria, Australia d. 24 Jan 1953 (Age 67 years)   4. Catherine Erin O'Halloran,   b. 7 Mar 1889, Shirley, Victoria, Australia d. 3 Sep 1953, Ararat, Victoria, Australia (Age 64 years)   5. Eugene John O'Halloran,   b. 1891, Raglan, Victoria, Australia d. 10 Oct 1915, Gallipoli, Turkey. 1st AIF (Age 24 years)   6. Irene Ellen O'Halloran,   b. 1893, Buangor, Victoria, Australia d. 18 Sep 1902, Shirley, Victoria, Australia (Age 9 years)   7. Margaret O'Halloran,   b. 1895, Crowlands, Victoria, Australia   8. Danial Duncan O'Halloran,   b. 1897, Buangor, Victoria, Australia d. 23 Jul 1912, Elmhurst, Victoria, Australia (Age 15 years)
  Family ID	F376	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	4 Nov 2015

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 3 Apr 1862 - Penshurst, Victoria, Australia Death - 7 Nov 1899 - Buangor, Victoria, Australia  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Notes

  Elizabeth Jane O'Halloran nee Baxter Elizabeth was the first child born to Patrick Duncan and Jane Baxter and was born on 3 April 1862 in Penshurst Vic where her father was the local PostMaster. Elizabeth grew up in Penshurst and attended the local school. While still in her teens she met Eugene John O'Halloran, a labourer who was also living in Penshurst. Eugene was born at sea while his Irish parents were on their way to Australia. Although her parents were against the union, Elizabeth and Eugene were married in the Catholic Church at Hamilton Vic. in January I882. After the marriage Elizabeth and Eugene moved to the Ararat district where Eugene worked as an itinerate farm labourer and shearer. They had eight children who were all born in various settlements in the Ararat area. When Elizabeth died in November 1899, at the early age of 37 years, Eugene moved from of the district leaving the children with various members of the O'Halloran family to care for them. In 1918 Eugene married Mary Francis Lamerton. He died in at Northcote Vic, in December 193 1, aged 77. Comment: It would appear that because Elizabeth married a Roman Catholic, her father, who was apparently, a very bigoted Presbyterian banned Elizabeth from the family home forever. So complete was this ban, that his Grand daughter Beatrice Millicent Baxter now (Trixie Jasper) had no idea that she had an Aunt Elizabeth. Trixie was thirteen when she left Penshurst for W.A.