Elleanor (Ellen) Cross (1823–1912)
On the 2nd December a large concourse of people assembled at the Wiseman's Ferry cemetery to pay their last tribute to the memory of one of the oldest inhabitants of the district in the person of Mrs Ellen Cross, who died on the 1st instant in her 90th year. The good old lady passed away amongst her relatives and friends in the full faculty of her senses. She was the mother and grandmother of some of the finest residents of the district.
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Related Entries in NCB Sites
- Cross, John (husband)
- Douglass, Mary Ann (mother)
- Douglass, William (father)
- Cross, Charlotte (mother-in-law)
- Cross, David (father-in-law)
- Hobbs, Elizabeth (sister)
- Greentree, Mary Ann (sister)
- Douglass, Christopher (brother)
- Douglass, Thomas Green (brother)
- Douglass, Mary Ann (sister-in-law)
- Cross, Charlotte (sister-in-law)
- Douglass, Mary (sister-in-law)
- Starkey, Mary Ann (sister-in-law)
- Douglass, Ann (sister-in-law)
- Cross, Mary Ann (sister-in-law)
- Preston, Elizabeth Susannah (sister-in-law)
- Cross, Emma Peel (sister-in-law)
- Crawford, Eliza (sister-in-law)
- Starkey, Sarah Hephzibah (sister-in-law)
- Cross, Annie (sister-in-law)
- Seagrott, Elizabeth (sister-in-law)
- Cross, Sophia Jane (sister-in-law)
- Hobbs, Joseph (brother-in-law)
- Cross, David (brother-in-law)
- Cross, Thomas James (brother-in-law)
- Preston, Joseph (brother-in-law)
- Cross, William Alexander (brother-in-law)
- Cross, Alexander George (brother-in-law)
- Starkey, James (brother-in-law)
- Cross, David George (brother-in-law)
- Greentree, Reuben (brother-in-law)
- Crawford, William (brother-in-law)
- Cross, Richard William (brother-in-law)
- Cross, James Jeremiah (brother-in-law)
- Cross, Rose Hannah (grandmother)
- Cross, Charles (grandfather)
- Smallwood, Sarah (niece)
- Cross, Emma Isabella (niece by marriage)
Citation details
'Cross, Elleanor (Ellen) (1823–1912)', Obituaries Australia, National Centre of Biography, Australian National University, https://oa.anu.edu.au/obituary/cross-elleanor-ellen-24862/text33435, accessed 12 July 2025.
Life Summary [details]
Alternative Names
- Douglass, Elleanor
Birth
10 June,
1823
Windsor,
New South Wales,
Australia
Death
1 December,
1912
(aged 89)
St Albans,
New South Wales,
Australia
Cause of Death
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