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Tom LEWIS

Tom LEWIS
1862-1929

Photo provided by Joan Rudman, Aug 2010

1. Henry LEWIS born abt 1840 Hobart Town VDL according to his marriage certificate, lived most of his life in Victoria according to his death certificate, which would indicate that he came to Victoria as a child in the 1840s with his parents but their deaths have not been found in Victoria.
Possibly the birth of an unnamed male child on 6 Nov 1841 to -/Hannah LEWIS, Registered 17 Nov 1841 at Hobart Town [R/N 535]

Henry LEWIS d 16 Jul 1881 aged 41 yrs Creswick Hospital as a result of injuries in a claim. The Creswick Advertiser reported the accidental death of Henry LEWIS. An inquest was held 18 Jul 1881.
Henry LEWIS mining accident 4 Jul 1881, Killed, Married, 41 yrs, 1 child, Residence: Ballarat, Place of Accident: Creswick [Dave Evans Index of Mining Accidents, CIR, Dig Evans]
Henry LEWIS, age 41, bur 18 Jul 1881 Creswick Cemetery.

Occupations: 1866 Servant, 1866 Splitter, 1866 Miner, 1872 Miner, 1877 Miner, 1878 Brickmaker, 1881 Miner
Creswick Shire Rate Books:
23 Jan 1866 LEWIS Henry, Tenement & Land, Spring Gully, Miner
16 Dec 1873 LEWIS Henry, Tenement & Land, Spring Gully NAV £3, No 46
22 Dec 1874 LEWIS Henry crossed out, Richard PHILLIPS, Miner, new owner, NAV £6, No 45
14 Jan 1881 no LEWIS Henry

Marriage certificate
Henry LEWIS, Bachelor, Splitter, aged 26 yrs, Present and Usual Address: Creswick, Birthplace: Hobart Town, Tasmania, Father: Henry LEWIS, Blacksmith, Mother: Elizabeth ms ROBINS, was married on Wednesday 17 Oct 1866 in the Wesleyan Methodist Church Creswick, by Thomas WILLIAMS, the officiating Minister, to Harriet SEDDON, Spinster, Servant, aged 24 yrs, Present and Usual Address: Creswick, Birthplace: Hobart Town, Tasmania, d/o Thomas SEDDON, Brickmaker and Mary ms HURST. Both signed in the presence of Thomas SEDDON and Ann (HerXMark) ANTCLIFF [R/N 51, Marriage certificate No. 3465]

Harriet SEDDON was born abt 1842 Hobart Town, Tasmania d/o Thomas SEDDON and Mary ms HURST, according to her marriage certificate. Her death certificate states that it was not known how long she had lived in Victoria and I have not found shipping from Tasmania to Victoria.
Harriet LEWIS d 22 Apr 1907 aged 63 yrs, 67 McIvor Road, Bendigo, Victoria d/o Thomas SEDDON/Mary SEDDON ms unknown [Vic 3624]
Harriett LEWIS bur 23 Apr 1907 White Hills Cemetery C of E [Section MON I1, Grave 15386]

Children of Henry LEWIS (from 1866) and Harriet SEDDON:

1. Sophia SEDDON b 1860 Creswick d/o -/Harriet SEDDON [Vic 08260]
Sophia SEDDON d 1860 aged 8 wks Creswick d/o -/Harriet SEDDON [Vic 8290]
Sophia SEDDON age 8wks, Father: Brickmaker, bur 30 Jul 1860 Creswick Cemetery [CofE 12 2252 COM]

2. Mary SEDDON b 1861 Creswick, Victoria, d/o -/Harriet SEDDON [Vic 7986] Natural father was Edmund APPS admitted in a case in the Creswick Police Court on 20 Oct 1863.
Mary Ann APPS was delivered on 13 Nov 1880 of a son Edmund APPS who died two days later. A Magisterial Inquiry found that the baby died of 'debility and want of sufficient strength to take proper nourishment'. [1880/957]
Mary Ann APPS bp Creswick m 1881 Patrick Henry DUFFY bp Dublin, Ireland [Vic 782] (no chn found) Patrick Henry DUFFY stated that he was the son-in-law of the deceased Henry LEWIS at the Inquest held 18 Jul 1881.

3. Michael Thomas SEDDON b 5 Jun 1862 Creswick s/o -/Harriet SEDDON [Vic 13959] Natural father was Edmund APPS admitted in a case in the Creswick Police Court on 20 Oct 1863.
Thomas Edward Michael LEWIS, miner, d 12 Feb 1929 Cuba Street Waihi NZ aged 67 yrs s/o Henry LEWIS, Brickmaker and Harriet SEDDON [97377] bur 13 Feb 1929 Waihi Cemetery NZ.
Thomas LEWIS bp Creswick, Brickmaker, aged 21 yrs s/o Henry Lewis, Miner and Harriett SEDON m 23 Aug 1883 Creswick, Wesleyan Methodist rites, Phoebe Elizabeth SPARK bp Ascot aged 18 yrs d/o John SPARK, Dealer and Catherine SHOMACK. With the written consent of Catherine SPARK, mother. Both made their mark in the presence of George KNIGHT and Harriet LEWIS [Vic 3753]
Phoebe Elizabeth SPARK b 25 Feb 1865 Ascot (not registered) chr 17 Feb 1873 St John's C of E Creswick d/o James SPARK, Hotelkeeper and Catherine (ms SHUMACK) of Ascot [CRES1/260]
Phoebe Elizabeth Myrtle LEWIS d 28 Jul 1929 aged 64 yrs Public Hospital Waihi NZ d/o -/- father, Publican [97232] bur 39 Jul 1929 Waihi Cemetery NZ.

Children of Thomas APPS SEDDON LEWIS and Phoebe Elizabeth SPARK

4. Martha Ellen LEWIS b 1868 Creswick, Victoria, d/o Henry LEWIS/Harriet SEDDON [Vic 15565]
Martha Ellen LEWIS d 1868 no age Creswick d/o Henry LEWIS/Harriet SEDDON [Vic 08549]
Martha Ellen LEWIS age 5 mos bur 29 Oct 1869 Creswick Cemetery.

5. Richard Henry LEWIS b 7 Feb 1872 Creswick, Victoria, s/o Henry LEWIS/Harriet SEDDON [Vic 1899] chr 1 Nov 1872 St John's C of E Creswick, Father: Henry LEWIS Miner, Mother: Harriet, Residence: Spring Gully [CRES1/245]
Richard Henry LEWIS d 1873 aged 1 yr Creswick s/o Henry LEWIS/Harriet SEDDON [Vic 00870]
Richard Henry LEWIS age 1yr bur 24 Feb 1873 Creswick Cemetery.

6. Elizabeth Margaret Ann LEWIS b 3 May 1877 Creswick, Victoria, d/o Henry LEWIS/Harriet SEDDON, chr 1 Feb 1878 St John's C of E Creswick [CRES1/587]
Elizabeth Ann CALLAGHAN d 1911 aged 33 yrs Yallock, Victoria d/o Henry LEWIS/Elizabeth SUTTON (SEDDON) [Vic 3489]
Elizabeth CALLAGHAN bur 5 Jan 1911 White Hills Cemetery [Section MON G6 Grave 15263]
Elizabeth Margaret Ann LEWIS m 21 Aug 1902 Thomas George CALLAGHAN by Benjamin Jacob GOLDSWORTHY, Minister United Methodist Free Church, Garret Street, Bendigo. Witnesses: Alice Amelia McHUGH and Martha FISHER [Vic cert 6024]
Thomas CALLAGHAN (b abt 1875) d 1917 aged 42 yrs Bendigo s/o Edward CALLAGHAN/Mary MOONEY [Vic 3792]
Address in 1907: 67 McIvor Road, Bendigo, 1912: Thomas CALLAGHAN (teacher) 295 McCrae Street Bendigo.
Thomas H CALLAGHAN bur 14 May 1917 White Hills Cemetery [Section MON G6 Grave 15263]

Children of Thomas George CALLAGHAN and Elizabeth Margaret Ann LEWIS
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Thomas SEDDON m1. c1820 Alice SELLERS, m2. 1866 Mary JENKINS (formerly HALL ms COWLEY)

Edmund APPS c1822-1901 and Harriet SEDDON 1842-1907

Henry LEWIS and Elizabeth Ackerly ROBINS

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