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Louisa Kessey

b. 26 January 1861, d. 2 June 1927

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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

FatherThomas Kessey (b. 1833, d. 11 June 1903)
MotherSarah 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)

SonErnest Edward Gardiner+ (b. 8 April 1883, d. 29 June 1937)
DaughterMabel Maud Grace Gardiner+ (b. 1 January 1885, d. 4 July 1958)
DaughterEva Lilly Mary Gardiner+ (b. 27 October 1887, d. 11 May 1951)

Children with William Thomson (b. 1861, d. 18 January 1919)

SonWilliam Thomson (b. 1889, d. 1889)
SonBertie Shadrack Jack Thomson (b. 27 January 1891, d. 4 May 1909)
SonLewis James Thomson (b. 1892, d. 6 August 1967)
DaughterBertha Agnes Blanche Thomson+ (b. 10 July 1895, d. June 1993)
SonOliver Lawrence Thomson+ (b. 10 July 1898, d. 22 September 1983)
SonArthur Warwick Thomson+ (b. 27 August 1899, d. 27 May 1988)
DaughterIvy 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

  1. [S403] "Kessey family facts", circa 1991, Gardiner (303 Birdwood Terrace, Toowong Qld 4006); Fleming Family History Archive, Sydney.
  2. [S611] NSW Registry of Births Deaths and Marriages, Index to NSW Marriages, (Registry of BDM.)
  3. [S871] Birth Certificate 4745/1861, Louisa Kessey, (30 June 1858), NSW Registry of Births Deaths and Marriages.
  4. [S875] Death Certificate, Thomas Kessey, Registry of Births Deaths and Marriages, NSW, 430/1903.
  5. [S612] NSW Registry of Births Deaths and Marriages, Index to NSW Deaths, (Registry of BDM.)
  6. [S866] Beverley Johnson, Louisa Kessey: Beverley Johnson, 2018.
  7. [S873] Death Transcription, Emily Theresa Kessey, Registry of Births Deaths and Marriages, NSW, 7131/1872.
  8. [S874] Death Transcription, Eva Maud Kessey, Registry of Births Deaths and Marriages, NSW, 5045/1877.
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ContextGrady clan
Kessey clan
Last Edited16 October 2018