| Eliza Ann Dundas |
| Daughter of: |
Laurence Dundas |
| and: |
Ellen Greene |
| born: |
1794 in Middleton. Co. Cork |
| died: |
27/3/1863 (The Leicester
Chronicle, 4/4/1863) |
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| Eliza Ann Dundas |
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1st, Captain Ryder |
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2ndly, 1812
at Bath, the Rev.
George Calvert, Vicar at Beeby, Leicestershire who died 22/10/1865. (Leicester Journal 27/10/1865) |
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The marriage of Eliza Ann Dundas and the Rev. George
Calvert did not produce issue. However, Caroline
George Colburn, the eldest daughter of Eliza's sister, Ellen and her husband John Colburn lived with the Calverts, and on the
death of the Rev. George Calvert, the majority of his estate was left to
Caroline Colburn. |
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| Rev. George Calvert. |
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| Caroline Colburn. |
| All 3 portraits by kind permission of the Cecil
Higgins Art Gallery |
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Ellen Laurence Dundas
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| Daughter of: |
Laurence Dundas |
| and: |
Ellen Greene |
| born: |
1796 in Janemount, Co. Tipperary, Ireland |
| died: |
28/1/1879 in Cheltenham, England |
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x 14/12/1817 in
Dublin, John Colburn who
was a solicitor and died in 1840 in Co. Cork, Ireland. (Surname was sometimes spelt Colbourne) |
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the following children were born of
this union: |
| 1. |
William Colburn, married 1848 in Cork, Catherine Halburd and died 1851 leaving issue: |
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a. |
Ellen Laurence Colburn, born 7th Oct 1850 in Cork, Ireland, married 1872 in Cork, Doctor William Conner, born 1845, son of Capt. Richard Conner. He practised for many years at Dunsford, Devon and Manningtree, Essex before returning to Cork in 1890. |
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| 2. |
Caroline George Colburn born 1820
in Dublin. Married George Calvert
Higgins of Bedford 18/4/1844 at St. Marylebone Church, Middx. George Calvert Higgins died in 1883. Caroline had been brought
up by her maternal aunt Eliza Ann Dundas afterwards
Calvert. Caroline died 1/8/1867 at Castle Close, Bedford leaving issue: |
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a. |
Frances Colburn Higgins born 1845 Bedford |
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b. |
George Colburn Higgins born 1846 Bedford.
Officer Royal Navy. Married 1896 in London Elizabeth Pengelly Rogers nee Ford (died 2/11/1918) and died 22/11/1918 in Margate, Kent. |
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c. |
Lawrence Read Colburn Higgins born 1849
Bedford died 7th May 1930 in Somerset. Unmarried |
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d. |
Edith Mary Colburn Higgins born 1852 died 5/9/1905 in
Bedford. Unmarried |
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e. |
Cecil Charles Norman Colburn Higgins born 1856 Bedford died 9th April 1941in London. Unmarried |
| 3. |
Ellen Sarah Colburn born 1829 married 1855 Henry Piers staff surgeon Royal Navy (died 30/11/1901) and died 25/12/1926 at Berrow, Burnham on Sea,
Somerset leaving issue: |
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a. |
Henry Octavius Piers born 1856 in Plymouth, Devon.
Married 1886 Lise Josephine Ferguson and died 8/2/1945 in the Isle of Wight leaving issue: |
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i. |
Gwendoline May Piers born 19/2/1889 died 1987 in Devon |
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b. |
Fanny Ellen Piers born 1863 in Ireland died 1942 in Somerset |
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c. |
Caroline Mary Piers born 1865 in Devon married 1896 in Somerset Lt. Colonel James Henry Paine (killed in action 25/7/1918) and died 1924 in Somerset |
| 4. |
Edward Colburn born 1832. R.N. Drowned
7/11/1862 in Japan. |
| 5. |
John Colburn (Capt) born 1832 in Cork,
Ireland. He married 1868 Sarah Margaret Cotton. He died March 18th 1904 in
Bedfordshire. Sarah died 1882 in Bedford. |
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| Son of: |
Octavius Piers, Vicar
of Preston near Weymouth |
| and: |
Jane Tristam |
| born: |
1819 in Weymouth Dorset |
| died: |
30/11/1901 in
Burnham, Somerset. |
| Occupation: |
Naval
surgeon |
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x1854 in Bedford Ellen Sarah
Colburn |
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the following children were born of this union: |
| 1. |
Henry Octavius Piers born 1856 in Plymouth, Devon,
married 1886 Lisa Ferguson and had issue: |
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a. |
Gwendoline Mary Piers born 19/2/1889 |
| 2. |
Fanny Ellen Piers born 1863 in Ireland |
| 3. |
Caroline Mary Piers born 1865 in Devon England
married 1896 in Somerset James Henry Paine |
Henry Piers an Assistant Surgeon had volunteered along with 66 officers and men for McClure’s expedition to search for Captain Sir John Franklin and his crew.They set sail in 1850. What Piers can’t have imagined when he left Woolwich, was that he would not return to England until 1854, after spending three harsh arctic winters trapped by ice onboard the Investigator before abandoning the ship and walking with the remaining crew for fifteen days across the ice to rescue. Although the crew’s original mission to find Franklin had been unsuccessful, during the first year that they were trapped they made several explorations by sledge and on the 31st October an entry in the ships log stated that the existence of a Northwest Passage between the Atlantic and Pacific Ocean had been established.
On his return to England Piers married Ellen Colburne in Bedford and a year later continued his naval career as surgeon on various ships before retiring in 1873.
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| Son of: |
Sir Pigott William Piers, 5th Bart of Tristernagh |
| and: |
Elizabeth Smythe, daughter of John Smythe of Dublin |
| born: |
20 Aug 1792 |
| died: |
23/2/1848 |
| Occupation: |
Vicar of Preston near Weymouth |
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Jane Tristam daughter of Rev
Thomas Tristam (died 20/7/1871 Somerset) |
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the following children were born of this union: |
| 1. |
Octavius Barrington Piers died 11/10/1880 at Burnham, Somerset |
| 2. |
Henry Piers |
| 3. |
Tom Piers |
| 4. |
William Dewe Piers married 1st 14/7/1860 Harriett Soweby and 2ndly 1/11/1871 Letita Ellen Clayton |
| 5. |
Eliza Jane Piers married 22/7/1841 the Rev. Hastings Hawes Harrington |
| 6. |
Captain Shute Barrington Piers born 1828 married 1863 Jane Cunningham |
| 7. |
Helen Clara Piers married 25/6/1850 Hastings Snow |
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