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GARLAND, Mary
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Name GARLAND, Mary Birth Abt 1810 Martock, Somerset, England
Gender Female Death 1851 Launceston, Tasmania, Australia
Person ID I3511 Edgoose Last Modified 27 Jan 2026
Family BUTCHER, Elias, b. 1810, Martock, Somerset, England
d. Tasmania, Australia
Marriage 25 Mar 1834 Martock, Somerset, England
Children 1. BUTCHER, Matilda, b. 1834, Somerset, England
d. Yes, date unknown2. BUTCHER, James, b. 1837, Martock, Somerset, England
d. 25 Sep 1924, Tasmania, Australia
(Age 87 years)3. BUTCHER, William, b. 1840, Yeovil Registration District, Somerset
d. Yes, date unknown4. BUTCHER, M., b. Abt 1843, Launceston, Tasmania, Australia
d. Yes, date unknown5. BUTCHER, Elias, b. Abt 1844, Launceston, Tasmania, Australia
d. Yes, date unknown [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]6. BUTCHER, John, b. Abt 1847, Launceston, Tasmania, Australia
d. Yes, date unknown7. BUTCHER, Eliza, b. 1849, Launceston, Tasmania, Australia
d. Yes, date unknownFamily ID F1679 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 27 Jan 2026
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Notes
MARY GARLAND 1811-1851
From the 1841 census of North Street, Martock, Somerset:
*Elias BUTCHER, aged 25, agricultural labourer, born in Somerset;
Mary BUTCHER, aged 25, born in Somerset;
Matilda BUTCHER, aged 8, born in Somerset;
James BUTCHER, aged 4, born in Somerset;
William BUTCHER, aged 1, born in Somerset;
At the age of 29 Mr. (sic) Elias BUTCHER sailed from London on or about 10 June 1842 on the ship Bolivar, arriving in Tasmania on 5 October. With him were his wife Mary (no age given), his 7 year old daughter Matilda, his 5 year old son James, and his youngest son William aged 2.
(Tasmanian Archives CB7/9/1/1 P67)
No trace of the family has been found in the Tasmanian censuses for 1842, 1843, 1851 and 1857 but in early 1848 they were living at Stephenson Farm, Launceston, with three unnamed additions to the family. Elias was described as a farmer living iin a wooden house owned by Mr. STUBBS. The family consisted of 7 persons: one adult male and one adult female aged between 21 and 45, and 5 males and 1 female aged between 2 and 7 years. Three of the male children were stated to have been born in the colony. Their religion was Church of England.
(Tasmanian Archives CEN1/1/103)
The death of Mary BUTCHER is listed under Mary GARLAND, born 1811, died 1851. The record refers to her husband Elias BUTCHER and lists the four children she had by him after their arrival in Tasmania.
(http://portal.archives.tas.gov.au/menu.aspx?detail=1&type=P&id=146550 )
(revised 08.06.2011)

