Mary Salmon - Name Analysis
Mary Salmon has certainly been an interesting person to trace, it has taken many years to sort through the fact from the fiction. Part of the problem in finding details about Mary has been trying to determine what her maiden name actually was. And the addition of "Jemima" to her name certainly didn't help.
According to her death certificate, her father's name was Alfred Austin. This appears to be one of the many "stories" that have been perpetuated about Mary. Her death certificate also states that she spent some time in Queensland and Tasmania. Whilst I have found evidence of her being in Queensland (her daughter Lillian was born there about 1869), I have not found any evidence of her having lived in Tasmania.
Mary's maiden name provided on the birth certificates of her Elliott children was variations on Salmon/Solomon/Sillilome. Her maiden name on the birth certificates of her Watson children was Austin. This appeared to be supported by Thomas Elliott's death certificate, on which Mary's maiden name was given as Mary Jemima Austin Salamay. Evidence has now been found that when Mary married Jonathan, Edward Elliott was still alive. It appears that Mary may have changed some details about her past when she married Jonathan, to hide the fact that she was still legally married. Mary was the informant on Jonathan Watson's death certificate, she gave her maiden name as Salmone. The table below details analysis of Mary's names.
| Date | Source | Name Provided | Birth Place | Age | Informant |
| 1836 | Baptism certificate - Mary Salmon | Mary Salmon | Dublin Ireland | 0 | Parish Priest |
| 1843 | Workhouse entry papers | Mary Salmon | Dublin Ireland | 8 | Rose Salmon |
| 1848 | Workhouse entry papers | Mary Salmon | Dublin Ireland | 13 | Mary Salmon |
| 1850 | Shipping papers | Mary Salmon | Dublin Ireland | 14 | Mary Salmon |
| 1851 | NSW Enquiry | Mary Salmon | Not given | - | |
| 1852 | Court case | Mary Salmon | Not given | - | Mary Salmon |
| 1856 | Birth certificate - Abigail Elliott | Mary Jemima Sililomon | Yorkshire England | 22 | Edward Elliott |
| 1858 | Birth certificate - Jemima Mary Elliott | Jemima Mary Selman | Yorkshire England | 23 | Frederick Ferrier - Shopkeeper |
| 1859 | Birth certificate - William Edward Elliott | Jemima Simman | Leeds England | 25 | Edward Elliott |
| 1861 | Birth certificate - Martha Elliott | Jemima Mary Salomone | Dublin Ireland | 27 | Jemima Elliott |
| 1865 | Birth certificate - Samuel Elliott | Jemima Selemone | Dublin Ireland | 32 | Jemima Elliott |
| 1868 | Birth certificate - Thomas Elliott | Jemima Sillilome | Dublin Ireland | 37 | Jemima Elliott |
| 1872 | Birth certificate - Elizabeth Hannah Elliott | Jemima Mary Solomon | Ireland | 42 | Edward Elliott |
| 1873 | Marriage certificate - Jemima Elliott | Maiden name not given | Not given | - | Jemima Elliott |
| 1874 | Birth certificate - Francis Jonathan Watson | Jemima Austin | England | 44 | Jemima Watson |
| 1877 | Birth certificate - Robert Watson | Jemima Austin | London | 46 | Jonathan Watson |
| 1879 | Birth certificate - Arthur Richard Watson | Jemima Mary Austin | London | 49 | Jonathan Watson |
| 1893 | Marriage certificate - Elizabeth Hannah Elliott | Not given | Not given | - | Elizabeth Elliott |
| 1896 | Marriage certificate - Lillian Lavnia Elliott | Mary Austin | Not given | - | Lillian Elliott |
| 1900 | Death certificate - Jonathan Watson | Mary Jemima Salmone | Not given | - | Mary Watson |
| 1904 | Death certificate - Jemima Mary Watson | Jemima Austin | Not known | 75 | Francis Jonathan Watson |
| 1906 | Marriage certificate - Robert Watson | Jemima Mary Watson | Not given | - | Robert Watson |
| 1907 | Marriage certificate - Arthur Roland Rodric Watson | Jemima Mary Austin | Not given | - | Arthur Watson |
| 1907 | Marriage certificate - Francis Jonathan Watson | Jemima Mary Austin | Not given | - | Francis Watson |
| 1910 | Marriage certificate - Thomas Walter Elliott | Jemima Austin | Not given | - | Thomas Elliott |
| 1936 | Death certificate - Robert Watson | Jemima Mary Austin | Not given | - | Arthur Roland Watson (brother) |
| 1938 | Death certificate - Arthur Richard Watson | Jemima Mary Austin | Not given | - | F J Watson (brother) |
| 1944 | Death certificate - Francis Jonathan Watson | Unknown | Not given | - | Irene Le Earl (sister-in-law) |
| 1944 | Death certificate - Thomas Elliott | Jemima Mary Austin Salamay | Not given | - | Robert McEnallay |
| 1953 | Death certificate - Elizabeth Thomas | Jemima Mary Solmon | Not given | - | John Thomas |
| 1953 | Death certificate - Lillian Lavinia Brooke | Not known | Not known | - | Herbert Brooke |