Andrew Mellor ²

  General Notes:

Sarah Heywood is with Andrew and Elizabeth Mellor in 1851. It seems likely that Andrew is related to Hugh Mellor husband of Sarah Turton based on birthplace and occupation but can find no evidence of Andrew's birth or marriage.

This seems even more likely considering that Andrew and Elizabeth's first child was named Hugh (second Dinah)

[Email 2008] My George Mellor died 31 August 1870 Ballarat West at the age of 63. He had been in the colony of Victoria for 17 years, the cause of death bronchitis. The informant on his Death Certificate was none other than his brother Andrew Mellor, miner of Ballarat West. The parents listed on the Death Certificate for George Mellor (and also the parents of your Andrew) were John Mellor, occupation Cloth Dresser and Ann (no last name given).

  Chronology:

He worked as a Manufacturer of Woollen Yarn in 1851 and resided at Fulstone, Yorkshire. ³ (with wife, children, niece Betty Mellor, 23, and Sarah Heywood)

He immigrated to Melbourne on the Goldfinder in Oct 1853. ⁵ (On the same voyage were his nieces Hannah and Sarah Heywood and with the same page reference a Philip Mellor also 38).

Witness: Informant at Death of George Mellor, 1870, Ballarat. ⁶ (described as George's brother and miner of Ballarat West)

He worked as a Farmer in 1886 and resided at Ballarat East, Victoria. ⁷

Andrew married Elizabeth Turton, daughter of William Turton and Mary Beaumont, Cal 1836 in Yorkshire.¹ (Elizabeth Turton was born on 4 Feb 1819 ⁸, christened on 8 Mar 1819 in Denby, Yorkshire,⁹ died on 24 Jun 1886 in Plank? Road, Ballarat East, Vic and was buried on 26 Jun 1886 in Ballarat Cemetery.)