Ellen Sanderson ³

   Cause of her death was Liver cancer.

  General Notes:

Ellen was born seven months and 18 days after her parents arrived in N.S.W..
She was baptised twice, first when four months old at Narellan (with the father recorded as Samuel Sanderson) and again at East Maitland when she was eight and a half years old (with the father recorded as Lancelot).
Although the name Samuel on the first baptism raises the question of her paternity a calculation back from her birth date shows she must have been conceived on the ship her parent emigrated on (the Caroline), and been within 3 months of them leaving Durham to get married in London, which in turn was just 3 weeks before boarding ship. The passenger list for the Caroline does not list any Samuel. It may be that this was a name Lancelot went by or simply be a recording mistake.
Ellen married, just before her 17th birthday, in the same church at East Maitland where she had been baptised, St Peters Church of England. The Rev G K Rufden officiated and four witnesses names appear on the marriage record: her father Lancelot Sanderson, her sister Jane Sanderson, Thomas Smith and Mary Jennings.
Two years after her first husband's death (John Ballard) Ellen remarried in 1889 at Boggabilla on the Queensland border to Thomas Hamilton.
She returned to Maitland and was staying with her sister and brother in law, Jane and Alexander Wilkinson, in High Street West Maitland.
She died three years later, (1892) aged 63, after being ill with cancer of the liver for two years. (Lancelot is recorded as her father in her death record).

  Birth Notes:

She was born at "Elderslie'.

  Death Notes:

She died of liver cancer at her sister and brother-in-law's house.
136738 Sanderson Lancelot - 1892 2 July
Died at the residence of Alexander Wilkinson MM Death of Mrs. Ellen Hamilton on 24th June 1892 age 68 after a long and painful illness. Eldest daughter of the late Lancelot Sanderson of Morpeth

  Noted events in her life were:

• Baptism, 9 Aug 1829, Narellan, New South Wales, Australia. ⁸

• Christening Adult: St Peters, Church of England, 1 Nov 1837, Maitland, NSW. ⁹ First name(s) Ellen Last name Sanderson Gender Female Residence New South Wales, Australia Birth year 1828 Baptism year 1837 Baptism date 01 Nov 1837 Baptism place MAITLAND, NEW SOUTH WALES, AUSTRALIA State New South Wales Country Australia Father's first name(s) Lancelot Father's last name Sanderson Mother's first name(s) Elizabeth Mother's last name -
159751 Sanderson Ellen - 1837 1 November Maitland Australian Births and Baptisms - Family Search Historical Records Baptism of Ellen, daughter of Lancelot and Elizabeth Sanderson (born 27 March 1828) Sanderson Ellen - 1837 1 November Maitland Australian Births and Baptisms - Family Search Historical Records Baptism of Ellen, daughter of Lancelot and Elizabeth Sanderson

Ellen married John Ballard, son of Robert Ballard and Sophia Hawkins, on 13 Mar 1846 in Maitland, NSW.¹ The marriage ended in separation on 17 Jul 1852. (John Ballard was born on 10 Jan 1825 in Northiam, SSX, England, UK ¹⁰, christened on 6 Mar 1825 in Northiam, SSX, England, UK, died on 21 Feb 1887 in Newcastle, NSW. ¹¹ and was buried on 22 Feb 1887 in Maitland, NSW.). The cause of his death was Typhoid fever.

  Marriage Notes:

James was baptised at age three months and for some unknown reason, Elizabeth was baptised again.
Mary Ann and Lydia Ellen were both baptised in St James Church at Morpeth. No father's name was recorded in the baptism register only that of the mother, Ellen Ballard a laundress, abode Morpeth.
Lydia Ellen died young at Morpeth in 1867 and was buried in Morpeth cemetery.
In 1870 another daughter, Emma, was born and baptised by the Methodist minister at Tamworth. The parents names, John and Ellen Ballard appear in the baptism record and the place of abode was Bendemeer in the Tamworth district. Emma died the same year, 1870. In the following year, 1871, Louisa Jane, married at Bendemeer.
It appears Ellen and John with their two daughters, Louisa Jane and Mary Ann, moved to the Peel River area between 1867 and 1870. It is not known what prompted the Ballard family to move but their 18 years old son, James, had taken a position with the post office in 1867 at Tamworth and this may have had some bearing on their decision.
Ten years later, in 1880, they were joined by their eldest daughter, Elizabeth, her husband and children.
Elizabeth and her family returned to Newcastle sometime before 1888 and perhaps Ellen and John did too, as John died aged 62 years in 1887 and was buried at Maitland.
91294 Ballard (Sanderson) Ellen - 1852 17 July Morpeth MM John Ballard giving notice that he would not be responsible for debts in the name of his wife Ellen Ballard (Sanderson)

Ellen next married Thomas Hamilton in 1889 in Boggabilla.²