| Name | Elizabeth HARVEY [609], F |
| Birth | ca 1853, London, ENG, UK [609] |
| Father | Robert HARVEY, M |
| Mother | Elizabeth TODD, F |
| 1 | Matthew Thomas DURANCE  [608], [609], [560], M |
| Birth | ca Oct 1827, St. George in the East, London, ENG, UK [608], [609], [610], [597], [611], [612] |
| Birth Memo | Born in county (1841 census); On James William's birth cert listed as 33, on marriage cert listed as 22, on death cert listed as 62 |
| Immigration | 22 Sep 1854, Sydney, NSW, AUS [613], [614], [615], [616] Age: 26 |
| Immigration Memo | Martha A., Matthew T., and Thomas Edwin arrived on board the ship "Hanover". (Reel F839) |
| Death | 1 Aug 1890, 10 Durham St, Sth Melbourne, VIC, AUS [610] Age: 62 |
| Death Memo | Mitral regurgitation for 2 months; 38 years in VIC |
| Burial | 3 Aug 1890, St Kilda Cemetery, VIC, AUS [610], [561], [419] |
| Burial Memo | Wesleyan - Monumental grave, Compt B, Grave 401; Susan Cavill indicates that Matthew was buried 2 August 1890 |
| Occupation | Cork-cutter, cooper, draper, House & Land Estate Agent, gentleman [608], [609], [617], [618], [597], [560], [619], [620], [621] |
| Religion | Methodist [561] |
| Father | Benjamin DURANCE, M (1792-) |
| Mother | Elizabeth/Charlotte (?) REID, F (ca1800-) |
Resided at Arbour Place, Stepney, at time of Thomas Edwin's birth (1850). [621]
Resided at 21 Jamaica St (parish of St Thomas), Stepney, Tower Hamlets, at time of 1851 census. [611]
Arrived in Australia 1854, NSW/ship Hanover.
1851 census for London lists:
Matthew T. Durance, Head of Household, aged 23, cork cutter (Jonsney (I guess)), born Middlesex - St George in the East.
Martha Durance, Wife, aged 20, dress maker, born Middlesex - Limehouse
Thomas Durance, son, aged 11 months, born Middlesex - Stepney
Elizabeth Flanders, servant, aged 12, gents servant (I think), born Middlesex - Limehouse
| Marriage | 28 Feb 1883, Sandridge (Port Melbourne), VIC, AUS [609] |
| Marriage Memo | Married after declaration; Matthew a widower 1881, Elizabeth a spinster, both residing at Emerald Hill, VIC at time of marriage; Witnesses were Charles Lanford Chessief(?) and Ann Emma Harvey; Cert#550 |
| Children | George Matthew, M (1884-) |