Isabella Rebecca Pierce
1846–1891
Born: 1 Jun 1846 · Hobart, Tasmania, Australia
Died: 29 Aug 1891 · Eaglehawk, Victoria, Australia
Family
- Father
- Thomas Pierce
- Mother
- Louisa Jarvis
- Spouse
- William Hopgood
- Children
- Elizabeth Louisa Hopgood
Sources & Records
Documents & Records
William Hopgood and Isabella Rebecca Pierce marriage register, 1864
✅ Sourced from the stored Ancestry media URL. Victorian marriage register/certificate for William Hopgood and Isabella Rebecca Pierce, married 20 December 1864 at Eaglehawk.
Transcription
Schedule C. Marriages solemnized in the District of [Sandhurst/Eaglehawk area]. No. 41. When and where married: twenty seventh [sic/possibly twentieth] December 1864, at the house of Mr Thomas Pierce, Eaglehawk. Parties: William Hopgood; Isabella Rebecca Pierce. Condition: bachelor; spinster. Birth place: Fawthorne, Berkshire, England; North West Bay, Tasmania. Rank or profession: miner; no profession. Age: 20; 17. Residence: California Gully / Eaglehawk. Parents: Benjamin George Hopgood, miner; Elizabeth Hopgood. Thomas Pierce, sawyer; [mother not fully legible]. Married according to the rites of the Primitive Methodist Church. Witnesses include Joseph Bendow and Emma [surname unclear].
Key facts
- William Hopgood married Isabella Rebecca Pierce at Eaglehawk on 20 December 1864 (date handwriting should be checked).
- William was recorded as a miner, bachelor, aged 20, born in Berkshire, England.
- Isabella Rebecca Pierce was recorded as a spinster, aged 17, born at North West Bay, Tasmania.
- William’s father is recorded as Benjamin George Hopgood, miner; Isabella’s father as Thomas Pierce, sawyer.