Elizabeth Bowden, 18161869 (aged 53 years)

Name
Elizabeth /Bowden/
Given names
Elizabeth
Surname
Bowden
Name
Elizabeth /McDougall/
Type of name
married name
Birth
1816 38 38
Marriage
Note: Elizabeth was reputedly the first white woman to cross Dunolly Ford.
Occupation
Farmer and Brickmaker
1856 (aged 40 years)
Note: Elizabeth's husband James died in 1856. Elizabeth continued to run the farm and brickworks until her death in 1869.
Death
1869 (aged 53 years)
Burial
Cemetery: Glenridding Uniting Church Cemetery
Note: James and his wife Elizabeth were first buried at the old Ptesbyterian cemetery and then reinterred at Glenridding on the Putty Road. Their impressive brick and sandstone vault includes a dedication to his settler father Andrew McDougall (the elder) and is next to brother Andrew and many other members of the family and friends.
Family with parents
father
17781834
Birth: 1778 Devonshire, England, United Kingdom
Death: September 13, 1834Singleton, Hunter, New South Wales, Australia
mother
Marriage Marriageabout 1805England, United Kingdom
2 years
elder brother
18061878
Birth: 1806 28 28
Death: 1878Newtown, Greater Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
2 years
elder sister
18071893
Birth: 1807 29 29
Death: 1893Glebe, Greater Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
3 years
elder sister
3 years
elder brother
18111823
Birth: 1811 33 33
Death: 1823
3 years
elder brother
3 years
elder brother
2 years
herself
2 years
younger brother
2 years
younger sister
3 years
younger sister
Family with James Taylor McDougall
husband
17951856
Birth: May 19, 1795 35 33 Mary-le-bone, London, England, United Kingdom
Death: October 5, 1856Singleton, Hunter, New South Wales, Australia
herself
Marriage MarriageJanuary 14, 1831Parramatta, Greater Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
2 years
daughter
18321913
Birth: 1832 36 16 New South Wales, Australia
Death: April 29, 1913Elizabeth Bay, Greater Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
4 years
daughter
18351930
Birth: August 27, 1835 40 19 Singleton, Hunter, New South Wales, Australia
Death: 1930
2 years
daughter
18371929
Birth: 1837 41 21 New South Wales, Australia
Death: June 11, 1929Chatswood, Greater Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
3 years
daughter
4 years
daughter
18421937
Birth: 1842 46 26 New South Wales, Australia
Death: 1937
2 years
daughter
5 years
son
3 years
son
18491879
Birth: 1849 53 33
Death: March 1, 1879
3 years
son
18511865
Birth: 1851 55 35 New South Wales, Australia
Death: February 1865
3 years
son
18541905
Birth: May 24, 1854 59 38 Singleton, Hunter, New South Wales, Australia
Death: September 8, 1905
Marriage

Elizabeth was reputedly the first white woman to cross Dunolly Ford.

Occupation

Elizabeth's husband James died in 1856. Elizabeth continued to run the farm and brickworks until her death in 1869.

Burial

James and his wife Elizabeth were first buried at the old Ptesbyterian cemetery and then reinterred at Glenridding on the Putty Road. Their impressive brick and sandstone vault includes a dedication to his settler father Andrew McDougall (the elder) and is next to brother Andrew and many other members of the family and friends.