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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Henry Franklin (1835-1899) and his wife Ellen Bridgman 1838-1908)
Courtesy of 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
 

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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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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

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

Siblings of Ellen Bridgman who migrated to Western Australia