Elizabeth (Lizzie) Wainwright was born in 1874 in Manchester, England and was the sixth child born to James and Ann Maria Wainwright. She married Frank Stubbs in 1895 and the following year had a baby girl, Theresa. Another child, Elizabeth (Betty) followed in 1905. In 1910 Frank Stubbs, at only 37 years of age was killed in an accident involving a tram.
Now living as a widow, we find Elizabeth and her daughters in the 1911 census, along with her father, James, all at the same address in Sale, Cheshire, England. Sometime after this date the family moves to Australia, along with other family members. Elizabeth has tuberculosis and it is hoped the warmer climate will alleviate her suffering.
In 1913 Elizabeth's youngest daughter, Theresa, marries Sidney Broomfield in Australia. Elizabeth's condition worsens and she enters Wooroloo Sanitarium in 1916 to undergo treatment. She dies in Wooroloo on Jan. 18, 1917. She was 43 years old. Her youngest daughter, Elizabeth, is put into an orphanage. Theresa, also suffering from tuberculosis, enters Wooroloo and dies at there in 1919, leaving her husband Sidney with two young children.
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