Elizabeth Gallagher - Dooling - Bones appears to be several people mixed up.
* 1880 - Elizabeth BACKHOUSE - married Joseph Francis Dooling
* 1880 - Elizabeth SMITH - child Private as SMITH
* 1882 - Elizabeth SMITH - child Private as SMITH
* 1884 - Elizabeth SMITH - child Private as SMITH
* 1886 - Elizabeth BACKHOUSE - child Private as BACKHOUSE
* 1888 - Elizabeth SMITH - child Private as SMITH
* 1892 - Elizabeth BACKHOUSE - child Private as BACKHOUSE
* 1898 - Elizabeth DOOLING - married William Bones
* 1898 - Eliza PRIEST - twins William James Bones, twin, infant and Eva Maud Flassman, (Twin)
* 1900 - Eliza PRIEST - triplets Violet Victoria Bones, Triplet, Hilda May Bones, Triplet, infant and Doris Lilian Bones, Triplet
* 1902 - Elizabeth PRIEST - child Wilfred Richard Baden Bones
* 1904 - Elizabeth PRIEST - child Willis Benjamin Mervyn Bones
* 1932 - Elizabeth BONE - died, wife of late William BONE, aged 71, at son in law Mr FLUSSMAN
What evidence supports this being the same person?
There was an Eliza Deborah PRIEST born 22/10/1858 George Town to George PRIEST and Eliza Margaret Ann HINTON who might have become confused.
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In sources it contains "Evidence of name, dates and places of death and burial, name of her third husband, names of her children and her age at death"
"Family Notices" The Mercury (Hobart, Tasmania, Australia) 23 October 1944: page 10.
BONE-GORDON.-On October 21, 1944, at Hobart, Elizabeth Mary Ann, beloved wife of the late William Gordon, of Cygnet, and loving mother of Dennis Bone, Virture (Mrs D. Blegg), Victor, Edgar, Patience (Mrs E. Dillon, deceased), Lucy (Mrs T. Gorman), Lewis, Clement (deceased), Lance (deceased), Ruth (Mrs A. Owen), Olive (Mrs H. Gorman, deceased), Grace (Mrs T. Cowen), Thelma (Mrs E. Gordon), and Thomas Gordon, in her 80th year. At rest.
BONE-GORDON.-Funeral of the late Mrs Elizabeth Mary Ann Bone-Gordon, late of Cygnet, will move from her daughter's residence, Mrs E. Gordon, Cygnet, Monday (This Day), at 3 pm, for English Church and Cemetery, Cygnet. Friends are invited to attend.
Elizabeth Mary Ann Gordon - Bone (Lockley)
Gender: Female
Birth: July 24, 1861
Gordon, Tasmania, Australia
Death: October 21, 1944 (83)
Cygnet, TAS, Australia
Place of Burial: Cygnet, Tasmania
Immediate Family:
Daughter of Robert Lockley, Convict "Sir Robert Peel" 1844 and Catherine Lockley (Hingley)
Wife of Richard Bone (Bones) and William Gordon
Mother of Dennis Henry Bone; Virtue Selina Blegg (Bones); Victor Hobart Bones; Edgar Richard Bone (Bones); Patience Victoria Dillon (Bones / Bone); Lucy Gorman (Bones); Lewis Bones; Clement Oscar Bones; Lance Douglas Percy Bones; Olive Maud Gorman (Bones); Ruth May Cowen (Bones); Grace Angela Cowen (Bones); Eleanor Eunice Clarissa Bone; Thelma Eunice Clarissa Gordon (Bones) and Thomas Gordon « less
Sister of Honor Lockley; William John Lockley; Denis John Lockley; <private> Lockley; James Percival Lockley; Lucy Emma Lockley; Grace Phoebe Isabel Lockley; Mervyn Robert Lockley and Hope Angela Victoria Kelly (Lockley) « less
Shes not the daughter of George PRIEST and Eliza Margaret Ann HINTON, she is the daughter of George/Edward PRIEST and Susan WHITTIMORE BACCUS.
Various Names are:
Eliza's birth was registered as PRIEST. Her father was George/Edward PREECE and her siblings were registered as PREECE.
Elvia PRIEST, Eliza PRIEST [William and Eva's birth]
Elizabeth BACKHOUSE [Mary's birth], Elizabeth's mother later married James BACKHOUSE. (Baccus)
Elizabeth SMITH [John, Elsie and Joseph's births], it has been said that she took the surname SMITH when her mother remarried as she was living with them at the time. She is SMITH on some records but the story is family history.
Elizabeth DOOLING [Susannah's birth], after marrying her husband Joseph DOOLING when she was aged 21.
Widow Elizabeth DOOLING became Elizabeth BONES after marrying William. She gave her age as 39, William's was given as 44.