Eliza EVANS

1838 - 1890  (52 years)

• Name	Eliza EVANS
  Birth	1838	Tooting, Surrey, England   [1, 2]
  Baptism	07 Jan 1838	Tooting, Surrey, England   [3]
  Gender	Female
  Death	23 Mar 1890	Portland, Victoria, Australia   [4, 5]
  Burial	Portland, Victoria, Australia   [5]
  Person ID	I17569	NZ Genealogy Project
  Last Modified	11 Aug 2020

  
  

  Father	James EVANS,   b. 1803, Merton, Surrey, England
  Mother	Eliza HORTON,   b. 1813, Wallington, Surrey, England
  Marriage	11 Dec 1836	Chelsea, Middlesex, England   [2, 6]
  Census	30 Mar 1851	Beckenham, Kent, England   [1]
  Census	07 Apr 1861	Beckenham, Kent, England   [7]
  Family ID	F5890	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Johann Nicolaus WIRTH [Nicolaus],   b. 27 Jul 1833, Rothselberg, Rhine-Westphalia, Germany d. Aft 1898 (Age 65 years)
  Marriage	06 Jun 1858	Geelong, Victoria, Australia   [8, 9, 10, 11]
  Children	+ 1. Nicholas James WIRTH,   b. 1859, West Geelong, Victoria, Australia d. 1926, Perth, Western Australia, Australia (Age 67 years)   2. Charles Henry WIRTH,   b. 1861, Geelong, Victoria, Australia d. 1865 (Age 4 years) + 3. Thomas William WIRTH,   b. 1863, Portland, Victoria, Australia d. 05 Oct 1942, Fremantle, Western Australia, Australia (Age 79 years)   4. Arthur Fredrick WIRTH,   b. 1864, Portland, Victoria, Australia d. 1865, Portland, Victoria, Australia (Age 1 year) + 5. Frank WIRTH [Frank OAKLEY],   b. 17 Jun 1867, Portland, Victoria, Australia d. 13 Jun 1938, Nedlands, Western Australia, Australia (Age 70 years) + 6. Anne Maria Oakley WIRTH [Anne Maria OAKLEY],   b. 1869, Portland, Victoria, Australia d. 21 Nov 1937, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia (Age 68 years) + 7. Amanda Malvina WIRTH [Amanda Malvina OAKLEY],   b. 1871, Portland, Victoria, Australia d. 25 Jul 1943, Portland, Victoria, Australia (Age 72 years) + 8. Alice Louisa WIRTH [Alice Louisa OAKLEY],   b. 1873, Portland, Victoria, Australia d. 18 May 1956, Nedlands, Western Australia, Australia (Age 83 years) + 9. Eliza Ann WIRTH [Eliza Ann OAKLEY],   b. 02 Nov 1874, Portland, Victoria, Australia d. 30 Jan 1968, Kew, Victoria, Australia (Age 93 years) + 10. Horace WIRTH [Horace OAKLEY],   b. 1877, Portland, Victoria, Australia d. 07 Jul 1959, Portland, Victoria, Australia (Age 82 years) + 11. Charles WIRTH [Charles Lewellyn OAKLEY],   b. 1879, Portland, Victoria, Australia d. 12 Oct 1958, Portland, Victoria, Australia (Age 79 years)
  Family ID	F5887	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	31 Dec 2024

  
  

  Family 2	Thomas OAKLEY,   b. 1840, Dudley, Staffordshire, England d. 14 Jun 1918, Portland, Victoria, Australia (Age 78 years)
  Marriage	24 Dec 1883	Hamilton, Victoria, Australia   [2, 4, 9]
  Family ID	F5885	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	31 Dec 2024

  
  

• Event Map		Birth - 1838 - Tooting, Surrey, England Baptism - 07 Jan 1838 - Tooting, Surrey, England Marriage - 06 Jun 1858 - Geelong, Victoria, Australia Marriage - 24 Dec 1883 - Hamilton, Victoria, Australia Death - 23 Mar 1890 - Portland, Victoria, Australia Burial - - Portland, Victoria, Australia  = Link to Google Earth
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  BIOGRAPHY Eliza EVANS was born in Tooting, London about 1838. She emigrated to Australia and married Nicolaus Wirth, a German musician, at Geelong, Victoria in 1858. Eliza's first two children were born in Geelong and the second two after they moved to Portland about 1862. Nicolaus was unable to find employment in Portland and in 1862 it was reported he was away seeking employment and Eliza was destitute with two young children and she was pregnant with a third child. The Portland Benevolent Asylum provided funds for Eliza until April 1863. In August 1863 Nicolaus appeared in the Portland Police Court because he owed money for goods provided on credit. He was guilty and required to pay the money or, on default, spend a month in prison. Two of the children died in 1865. The couple had another six children at Portland between 1867 and 1879 according to VIC birth registration records. Nicolaus may have abandoned his family about 1869 due to difficulty finding employment in Portland and he was imprisoned in 1898 in Melbourne for begging. No record has been found of his death. Thomas Oakley, Eliza's second husband arrived in Portland in 1863 from England. It is possible that Thomas was the father of the six children born between 1867 and 1879, despite not being named as the father when they were registered by Eliza. When Thomas and Eliza married in 1883, Eliza indicated on the marriage registration that she had only four children with her deceased husband (two living and two deceased). All six children born between 1867 and 1879 used the surname OAKLEY when they married. The two boys from the first marriage used the surname WIRTH all their lives. Thomas and Eliza lived in Portland, Eliza dying there in 1890 and Thomas in 1918. The surname OAKLEY has caused confusion for many genealogists, as evidenced by family trees published on ancestry.com. For example, the father of Alice Louisa OAKLEY (born 1873) is listed as Thomas OAKLEY in ten family trees. There are no family trees for Alice Louisa WIRTH (born 1873). I have used the surname WIRTH for all the children as this was the name registered at birth. I have also noted that the surname OAKLEY was used. Sources include: Portland Guardian and Normanby General Advertiser: 18 Oct 1862, Page 3; 1 Aug 1863, Page 2; Victorian marriage and birth registrations; Births Deaths and Marriages Victoria website. BENEVOLENT ASYLUM. Saturday, October 18th, 1862. The case of Mrs. Wirth was brought under notice. Her husband was away seeking employment; and she was quite destitute with two young children and was near her confinement. Resolved that she be allowed 5s. Source Portland Guardian and Normanby General Advertiser, 18 Oct 1862, Page 3.

  
  

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