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Louisa Kessey
b. 26 January 1861, d. 2 June 1927
Person Exhibits
Louisa Kessey (1861-1927)
Family surname
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Birth
Louisa Kessey was born on 26 January 1861 in Mount Tamar.1,2,3,4 She witnessed the birth of Emily Theresa Kessey on 13 April 1872 in Wellington, NSW, Australia.5,6,7 Louisa Kessey witnessed the birth of Eva Maud Kessey in January 1876 in Dubbo, New South Wales, Australia.8,2
Parents
| Father | Thomas Kessey (b. 1833, d. 11 June 1903) |
| Mother | Sarah Ann Grose (b. 7 June 1838, d. 24 January 1889) |
Family life
Thomas Gardiner and Louisa Kessey were married on 4 June 1882 in Brewarrina.1,6 William Thomson and she were married on 1 April 1889 at St Stephen's Church of England at Bourke in Bourke.6
Children with Thomas Gardiner (b. about 1858, d. 2 May 1888)
| Son | Ernest Edward Gardiner+ (b. 8 April 1883, d. 29 June 1937) |
| Daughter | Mabel Maud Grace Gardiner+ (b. 1 January 1885, d. 4 July 1958) |
| Daughter | Eva Lilly Mary Gardiner+ (b. 27 October 1887, d. 11 May 1951) |
Children with William Thomson (b. 1861, d. 18 January 1919)
| Son | William Thomson (b. 1889, d. 1889) |
| Son | Bertie Shadrack Jack Thomson (b. 27 January 1891, d. 4 May 1909) |
| Son | Lewis James Thomson (b. 1892, d. 6 August 1967) |
| Daughter | Bertha Agnes Blanche Thomson+ (b. 10 July 1895, d. June 1993) |
| Son | Oliver Lawrence Thomson+ (b. 10 July 1898, d. 22 September 1983) |
| Son | Arthur Warwick Thomson+ (b. 27 August 1899, d. 27 May 1988) |
| Daughter | Ivy Myrtle May Thomson (b. 14 May 1906) |
Residence information
Louisa Kessey lived in Wellington, NSW, Australia, in 1871.6
Death
Louisa Kessey witnessed the death of William Thomson on 18 January 1919 at Kulki Station in Thargomindah, Qld, Australia.6 She died from cancer of the rectum, obstruction of the bowel and toxaemia syncope on 2 June 1927 at age 66 at Boundary Road in Brisbane.1,6 She was buried on 4 June 1927 at Toowong Cemetery in Toowong. She was buried in grave 19, portion 7, section 87.6
Citations
- [S403] "Kessey family facts", circa 1991, Gardiner (303 Birdwood Terrace, Toowong Qld 4006); Fleming Family History Archive, Sydney.
- [S611] NSW Registry of Births Deaths and Marriages, Index to NSW Marriages, (Registry of BDM.)
- [S871] Birth Certificate 4745/1861, Louisa Kessey, (30 June 1858), NSW Registry of Births Deaths and Marriages.
- [S875] Death Certificate, Thomas Kessey, Registry of Births Deaths and Marriages, NSW, 430/1903.
- [S612] NSW Registry of Births Deaths and Marriages, Index to NSW Deaths, (Registry of BDM.)
- [S866] Beverley Johnson, Louisa Kessey: Beverley Johnson, 2018.
- [S873] Death Transcription, Emily Theresa Kessey, Registry of Births Deaths and Marriages, NSW, 7131/1872.
- [S874] Death Transcription, Eva Maud Kessey, Registry of Births Deaths and Marriages, NSW, 5045/1877.
| Context | Grady clan Kessey clan |
| Last Edited | 16 October 2018 |