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Elizabeth Peace McClarning (1814–1871)

Elizabeth Crabtree married John O'Donnell in 1835.  Around the mid-1850s she left him and began a relationship with Joseph Deveson. She married William Adair McClarning in Victoria in 1863.

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'McClarning, Elizabeth Peace (1814–1871)', People Australia, National Centre of Biography, Australian National University, https://peopleaustralia.anu.edu.au/biography/mcclarning-elizabeth-peace-26681/text34343, accessed 11 December 2024.

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Life Summary [details]

Alternative Names
  • Crabtree, Elizabeth Peace
  • O'Donnell, Elizabeth Pearce
  • Deveson, Elizabeth Pearce
Birth

14 July, 1814
London, Middlesex, England

Death

8 May, 1871 (aged 56)
Ballarat, Victoria, Australia

Cause of Death

kidney disease

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