On 26 June 1858 at Burghclere, Hampshire in a double wedding ceremony Henry married Ellen Bridgman and Ellen's brother, John, married Eliza Parker.  Soon after, the two couples boarded the British Empire  and set off for Australia.   However, Eliza was not impressed and before the year had ended returned to England; the others eventually settled at Hemmant, Queensland. 

Ellen and John's parents, Joseph Bridgman and Catherine nee Baggs, with their other children (Alice, Sarah, Catherine & Joseph) migrated the following year to Western Australia arriving on 20 Oct 1859.  They settled in the Greenough area near Geraldton.  Click here for some photos.

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Unless otherwise cited photos on this page are courtesy of Col Heading and his daughter Debbie McDonald.

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Henry Franklin (1835-1899) and his wife Ellen Bridgman 1838-1908)
Courtesy of A. Dickson & A. Goodchild

Alice Goodchild (nee Franklin) eldest child of Henry & Ellen Franklin with her children.

Standing from left: John Bridgeman Goodchild , William Henry Goodchild, Joseph Franklin Goodchild & Mark Stanley Goodchild
Seated from left: Elizabeth Hibbs Goodchild, Elsie Waves Goodchild, Alice, Ellen Emily Goodchild and Lillian Goodchild. 
Taken circa 1903 in Brisbane

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Sarah Laidlaw nee Franklin (1863-1936) third child of Henry & Ellen Franklin

George Laidlaw (1849-1910), husband of Sarah.
 

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Ellen (Nell) Weeks (nee Franklin) fourth child of Henry & Ellen Franklin with her family.

From left to right: Harold Franklin Weeks (1903), Ellen (Nell) Weeks (1865-1941), Rupert George Weeks (1885-1921) (George's son from his first marriage), Ernest William Weeks (1891-1919), Frank Reginald Weeks (1892?), William George Weeks (1860-1938).  Two daughters sitting in front from left - Alice Maud Weeks (1898-1958) & Vera Kathleen Weeks (1904-1971).
Taken about 1907
Courtesy of H. V. Smith
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Monument to Joseph Bridgman Franklin 1870-1928 (7th child of Henry & Ellen), his wife Rosa nee Mumford 1874-1944, second son Graham known as Chick 1902-1940 and third son Lloyd known as Tom 1904-1954.
Hemmant Cemetery, Q.

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Standing from left: Alma (1920-1966), Leslie Charles (1912-1976), Roy (1907-1972), Gordon Bridgeman (1922-1993).
Seated from left: Esme Ruth (1917-1998), Charles George (1874-1952), Edna Joyce (1910-1980)

Descendants of Joseph Bridgman Franklin and Rosa Mumford

Family of William George Weeks & his first wife Mary Johanna Nicholls

 Family of William George Weeks & his second wife Ellen (Nell) Franklin

Rupert George Weeks (1885-1921) & his wife Violet (nee Rollason) (1885-1957) on the occasion of their wedding 7 April 1909

Headstone of Albert Walter Trost (1905-1976) who married Gladys Evelyn Weeks (1913-1993) daughter of Rupert & Violet Weeks.  They are buried in the same grave, next to her parents.
 

Ernest William Weeks (1891-1919)
Courtesy of H.V. Smith

Inscription on Monument at Toowong Cemetery, Brisbane:
In Loving Memory Ernest William
Late 5th L.H.
Beloved Son of William & Ellen Weeks
Died August 14th 1919
Ages 27 Years
"Thy will be Done"
Also the Above
William George Weeks
Died 11th December 1938 Ages 78 Years
And 
Ellen Weeks
Died 15 Jul 1941 Aged 76 Years

Frank Reginald Weeks (1892) married Evelyn Beryl Daw (1894) on 24 Mar 1917 Brisbane
Courtesy of H.V. Smith

Siblings (& their families) of Ellen Bridgman who migrated to Western Australia

Monument of Alice Bridgman (1833-1909) & her husband  Robert Naopleon Bullen (1820-1888)
Old East Perth Cemetery, WA

Grave of Sarah Smith nee Bridgman (1842-1918) at Midland Cemetery, WA

Catherine Gale Baughan/ Scrivener/ Cowling nee Bridgman (1844-1922)

  
Joseph Bridgman (1846-1914) married Jane Blaney (1854-1931)  1871 Geraldton, WA

Anderson Sisters 
From left:
Ruby, Elsie, Dorothy, Alma and May
Daughters of Thomas Anderson & Alice (nee Smith)

Scrivener/Bridgman Sisters
From left: Annie Gale Oliver (1872-1918), Ellen Franklin Oliver (1883-1944) and Emily Bentley (1870-1952)
Daughters of Richard Scrivener and Catherine Gale (nee Bridgman)

From left: Jane Bridgman (nee Blaney) nursing son Victor (1886-1964,  Catherine Gail Scrivener (nee Bridgman) with her daughter Ellen (1883-144), Kitty Bridgman (1873-1934) and  Joseph Bridgman (most likely to be Joseph Senior)