Harold Lewington ELWORTHY (1872

Harold Lewington ELWORTHY (1872 - 1928)

Children	Self + Spouses	Parents	Grandparents	Greatgrandparents
Marion ELWORTHY (1919 - ) Edith ELWORTHY (1920 - 1940) Gladys ELWORTHY (1923 - 1994) Betty ELWORTHY (1925 - 2005)	Harold Lewington ELWORTHY (1872 - 1928) + Marion Adelaide Alice SHROPSHIRE (1893 - 1990)	James Baker ELWORTHY (1833 - 1889)	George ELWORTHY (1813 - 1878)	James ELWORTHY (1770 - 1837)
				Grace Thirza LEIGH (1771 - 1836)
			Emma BOWCHER (1810 - 1854)	John BOWCHER (1762 - 1828)
				Elizabeth TOWNSEND (1772 - 1858)
		Henrietta Sophia Jane LARGE (1846 - 1915)	William James LARGE (1806 - 1881)	William LARGE
				Martha (LARGE)
			Mary Ann (Marianne) Caroline WRIXON (1819 - 1888)	Arthur J Beecher WRIXON
				Elizabeth BENSON or BENTLEY

b. 20 Aug 1872 at Gundagai, New South Wales, Australia

m. 26 Sep 1917 Marion Adelaide Alice SHROPSHIRE (1893 - 1990) at Grafton, New South Wales, Australia

d. 16 May 1928 at Grafton, New South Wales, Australia aged 55

Near Relatives of Harold Lewington ELWORTHY (1872 - 1928)
Relationship	Person	Born	Birth Place	Died	Death Place	Age
Grandfather	George ELWORTHY	23 Apr 1813	Exeter, Devon, England	24 Feb 1878	Sydney, New South Wales, Australia	64
Grandmother	Emma BOWCHER	18 Aug 1810	St Petrock, Exeter, Devon, England	08 Jul 1854	St Thomas, Exeter, Devon, England	43
Grandfather	William James LARGE	abt 1806	Ireland	21 Oct 1881	Tumut, New South Wales, Australia	75
Grandmother	Mary Ann (Marianne) Caroline WRIXON	bef 1819		03 May 1888	Cootamundra, New South Wales, Australia	69

Father in Law	John Laynton LeBrun SHROPSHIRE	02 May 1861	Corra, Shropshire, England	26 Aug 1929	Sydney, New South Wales, Australia	68
Mother in Law	Lillia PETHER	22 Aug 1865	Beaufort, Victoria, Australia	1946	Ryde, New South Wales, Australia	81

Father	James Baker ELWORTHY	09 Dec 1833	Exeter, Devon, England	03 Mar 1889	Gundagai, New South Wales, Australia	55
Mother	Henrietta Sophia Jane LARGE	21 Dec 1846	Tumut, New South Wales, Australia	05 Jul 1915	Grafton, New South Wales, Australia	68

Self	Harold Lewington ELWORTHY	20 Aug 1872	Gundagai, New South Wales, Australia	16 May 1928	Grafton, New South Wales, Australia	55

Wife	Marion Adelaide Alice SHROPSHIRE	14 Aug 1893	Hay, New South Wales, Australia	02 Jan 1990		96

Daughter	Marion ELWORTHY	22 May 1919		Y
Daughter	Edith ELWORTHY	27 Jun 1920		24 Sep 1940	North Sydney, New South Wales, Australia	20
Daughter	Gladys ELWORTHY	12 Sep 1923	Grafton, New South Wales, Australia	Sep 1994		71
Daughter	Betty ELWORTHY	26 May 1925		04 Dec 2005	Northbridge, New South Wales, Australia	80

Half Brother	Male ELWORTHY	1857	Goulburn, New South Wales, Australia
Half Brother	William (Billy) James ELWORTHY	29 Jan 1857	Goulburn, New South Wales, Australia	08 Jan 1909	London, Middlesex, England	51
Half Sister	Emma Maria ELWORTHY	05 Apr 1860	Adelong, New South Wales, Australia	05 Jun 1861	Tumut, New South Wales, Australia	1
Half Sister	Elizabeth Helena ELWORTHY	22 Nov 1861	Adelong, New South Wales, Australia	06 Aug 1892	Waverley, New South Wales, Australia	30
Brother	Arthur Ernest ELWORTHY	18 Jan 1866	Tumut, New South Wales, Australia	19 May 1935	Cooma, Monaro, New South Wales, Australia	69
Brother	Ernest George ELWORTHY	27 May 1868	Tumut, New South Wales, Australia	11 Apr 1931	Mosman, New South Wales, Australia	62
Sister	Edith Asenath ELWORTHY	17 Sep 1876	Gundagai, New South Wales, Australia	18 Mar 1904	Grafton, New South Wales, Australia	27

Son in Law	John Joseph MELDRUM	06 Jan 1915	Grafton, New South Wales, Australia	08 Jun 1997	Castlecrag, New South Wales, Australia	82
Son in Law	James Joseph HOLLIS
Son in Law	Rex Martin DICKISON	02 Jul 1919	North Sydney, New South Wales, Australia	08 Aug 2005	Northbridge, New South Wales, Australia	86

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Aunt	Elizabeth Harriet ELWORTHY	04 Nov 1835	Exeter, Devon, England	abt 16 Sep 1855	Sydney, New South Wales, Australia	19
Uncle	male DONALDSON
Uncle	George Gregory Townsend ELWORTHY	16 Aug 1837	Exeter, Devon, England	26 Dec 1905	Mt Perry, Queensland, Australia	68
Aunt	Marion (Mary Ann) SUGDEN	18 Jun 1837	Southwark Christchurch, London, Surrey, England	24 Jan 1907	Mt Perry, Queensland, Australia	69
Aunt	Eliza Grace ELWORTHY	26 Jun 1839	Exeter, Devon, England	15 Oct 1922	Paddington, New South Wales, Australia	83
Uncle	John Edmund HOLLOWAY	abt 1832	Whittlesea, Cambridgeshire, England	07 Jul 1906	Paddington, New South Wales, Australia	74
Aunt	Emma Louisa ELWORTHY	14 Apr 1841	Exeter, Devon, England	1920	Waverley, New South Wales, Australia	79
Uncle	Philip DONALDSON	07 Oct 1837	Wakefield, Yorkshire, England
Aunt	Isabella Bowcher ELWORTHY	20 Oct 1842	Exeter, Devon, England	16 Jul 1921	Auckland, New Zealand	78
Uncle	Henry St.John MADDEN	30 Jun 1840	Rollands Plains, New South Wales, Australia	12 May 1922	Balfe's Creek, Queensland, Australia	81
Uncle	Charles Henry ELWORTHY	bef 06 Jun 1844	Exeter, Devon, England	20 Sep 1859	Sydney, New South Wales, Australia	15
Aunt	Alice Mary ELWORTHY	1845	Exeter, Devon, England	14 Jan 1854	New South Wales, Australia	9
Aunt	Maria Elizabeth LARGE	abt 1837	Ireland	27 Jul 1899	Camperdown, New South Wales, Australia	62
Uncle	Charles Frederick SMITH	10 Nov 1834	Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia	21 Oct 1915	Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia	80
Uncle	William LARGE	1839	Ireland	06 Apr 1856	Tumut, New South Wales, Australia	17
Uncle	John Seward LARGE	13 Mar 1842	Melbourne, Victoria, Australia	11 Sep 1923	Cootamundra, New South Wales, Australia	81
Aunt	Emily Vine WHITE	1858	Bethungra, New South Wales, Australia	14 Mar 1935	Cootamundra, New South Wales, Australia	77
Aunt	Marion LARGE	15 Jun 1842	Belfast, Co Antrim, Ireland	05 Aug 1919	Molong, New South Wales, Australia	77
Uncle	Henry Vale LEATHEM	05 May 1843	New South Wales, Australia	09 Jul 1879	Molong, New South Wales, Australia	36
Uncle	Godfrey Bace LARGE	1843	Tumut, New South Wales, Australia	14 Nov 1862		19
Uncle	Richard William LARGE	abt 1844	Tumut, New South Wales, Australia	16 Jul 1882	Tumut, New South Wales, Australia	38
Aunt	Isabella Rhoda RATLIFF	26 Jan 1858	Tumut, New South Wales, Australia	1924	Sydney, New South Wales, Australia	66
Aunt	Cecilia LARGE	02 Oct 1848	Tumut, New South Wales, Australia	14 Jun 1932	Forbes, New South Wales, Australia	83
Uncle	John JENKINS	1847	New South Wales, Australia	19 Sep 1872	Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, Australia	25
Uncle	John Thomas WILLIAMSON	1850	Auckland, New Zealand	27 Nov 1905	Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, Australia	55
Uncle	Thomas George LARGE	1850	Tumut, New South Wales, Australia	1927	Granville, New South Wales, Australia	77
Aunt	Georgina Alice PLUNKETT	1862	Richmond, New South Wales, Australia	1936		74
Aunt	Maria Leonard LARGE	18 Jun 1852	Tumut, New South Wales, Australia	25 Apr 1914	Sydney, New South Wales, Australia	61
Uncle	John Stanley LOWE	1854
Aunt	Matilda Wrixon LARGE	1854	Tumut, New South Wales, Australia	1933	Griffith, New South Wales, Australia	79
Uncle	Thomas Ascott BASSETT			04 Dec 1916	Hay, New South Wales, Australia
Aunt	Alice LARGE	21 Mar 1858	Tumut, New South Wales, Australia	1924	Griffith, New South Wales, Australia	66
Uncle	William Henry GLOVER	1853	Co Cork, Ireland

Cousin	Adelaide Elizabeth (Ada) ELWORTHY	03 May 1868	Calliope, Queensland, Australia	08 Aug 1933	Brisbane, Queensland, Australia	65
Cousin	Ellen Augusta (Nellie) ELWORTHY	abt Oct 1869	Calliope, Queensland, Australia	06 Apr 1950	Brisbane, Queensland, Australia	80
Cousin	George Gregory Townsend ELWORTHY	abt Oct 1869	Calliope, Queensland, Australia	04 Oct 1929	Mt Perry, Queensland, Australia	60
Cousin	Alice May Mary Maud ELWORTHY	23 Aug 1872	Gladstone, Queensland, Australia	09 Nov 1957	Rockhampton, Queensland, Australia	85
Cousin	Charles Henry (Charlie) ELWORTHY	18 Nov 1874	Mt Perry, Queensland, Australia	30 Aug 1953	Mackay, Queensland, Australia	78
Cousin	Olivia Marion ELWORTHY	16 Dec 1879	Mt Perry, Queensland, Australia	15 Aug 1958	Bundaberg, Queensland, Australia	78
Cousin	Henry St.John (Harry) Boucher ELWORTHY	26 May 1882	Mt Perry, Queensland, Australia	09 Oct 1969	Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia	87
Cousin	Florence Louisa (Dolly) SIMMONDS	1861	Sydney, New South Wales, Australia	01 Feb 1944	Mt Perry, Queensland, Australia	83
Cousin	Alfred William SIMMONDS	11 Jan 1864	Queensland, Australia	05 Mar 1897	Queensland, Australia	33
Cousin	Edmond Searle HOLLOWAY	20 Jan 1860	Sydney, New South Wales, Australia	11 Apr 1860	Sydney, New South Wales, Australia	0
Cousin	Martha Emma (Patty) HOLLOWAY	1861	Sydney, New South Wales, Australia	1924	Lambton, New South Wales, Australia	63
Cousin	Charles Edmund HOLLOWAY	1864	Maitland, New South Wales, Australia	29 Sep 1935	Hamilton, New South Wales, Australia	71
Cousin	Alexander William HOLLOWAY	1866	Maitland, New South Wales, Australia	1930	Sydney, New South Wales, Australia	64
Cousin	Helen HOLLOWAY	1868	Maitland, New South Wales, Australia	1868		0
Cousin	John Robert HOLLOWAY	1868	Cungewoi, New South Wales, Australia	11 Dec 1917	West Maitland, New South Wales, Australia	49
Cousin	Edith L HOLLOWAY	1869	Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, Australia
Cousin	George Elworthy HOLLOWAY	1870	Maitland, New South Wales, Australia	15 Mar 1872	Maitland, New South Wales, Australia	2
Cousin	James Sextus HOLLOWAY	01 Jul 1871	Maitland, New South Wales, Australia	24 Nov 1911	Ipswich, Queensland, Australia	40
Cousin	Grace HOLLOWAY	Apr 1873	Maitland, New South Wales, Australia	06 May 1873	Maitland, New South Wales, Australia	0
Cousin	Asenath Elworthy HOLLOWAY	1875	Maitland, New South Wales, Australia	1950	Auburn, New South Wales, Australia	75
Cousin	Harold Septimus Pierce HOLLOWAY	1877	Maitland, New South Wales, Australia	1885		8
Cousin	Nina Florence HOLLOWAY	1879	Maitland, New South Wales, Australia	1915	Newtown, New South Wales, Australia	36
Cousin	Elsie Maud HOLLOWAY	1881	West Maitland, New South Wales, Australia	1907	Newtown, New South Wales, Australia	26
Cousin	James George DONALDSON	15 Nov 1862	Murrurundi, New South Wales, Australia	1932	North Sydney, New South Wales, Australia	70
Cousin	Emma R DONALDSON	1864	Murrurundi, New South Wales, Australia	1917	Paddington, New South Wales, Australia	53
Cousin	Robert Charles DONALDSON	1867	Murrurundi, New South Wales, Australia	1955	Boorowa, New South Wales, Australia	88
Cousin	Amelia Jeanetta (Et) DONALDSON	1869	Murrurundi, New South Wales, Australia	1954	Burwood, New South Wales, Australia	85
Cousin	Alice Mary DONALDSON	1870	Murrurundi, New South Wales, Australia	1923	Manly, New South Wales, Australia	53
Cousin	Philip A DONALDSON	1872	Murrurundi, New South Wales, Australia	1877	Gunnedah, New South Wales, Australia	5
Cousin	Ellen Annie DONALDSON	1875	Murrurundi, New South Wales, Australia	1875	Murrurundi, New South Wales, Australia	0
Cousin	William Knowles DONALDSON	1876	Murrurundi, New South Wales, Australia	1877	Gunnedah, New South Wales, Australia	1
Cousin	Leslie Sinclair DONALDSON	1879	Gunnedah, New South Wales, Australia	1947	Newtown, New South Wales, Australia	68
Cousin	Isabella Honora MADDEN	16 Jul 1860	Port Macquarie, New South Wales, Australia	05 Dec 1860	Surry Hills, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia	0
Cousin	Henry St John MADDEN	12 Jun 1862	Sydney, New South Wales, Australia	14 Apr 1863	Sydney, New South Wales, Australia	0
Cousin	Adelaide Louisa MADDEN	28 Apr 1864	West Kempsey, New South Wales, Australia	1864	West Kempsey, New South Wales, Australia	0
Cousin	Alice Evelyn MADDEN	28 Dec 1866	Cape River, Queensland, Australia	05 Mar 1926	Charters Towers, Queensland, Australia	59
Cousin	Julian John Edward MADDEN	16 Jun 1869	Cape River, Queensland, Australia	25 Aug 1954	Ayr, Queensland, Australia	85
Cousin	Florence Amelia MADDEN	23 Mar 1873	Millchester, Charters Towers, Queensland, Australia	24 Oct 1929	Chilligoe, Queensland, Australia	56
Cousin	Lillian May MADDEN	27 Sep 1875	Millchester, Charters Towers, Queensland, Australia	28 Apr 1889	Charters Towers, Queensland, Australia	13
Cousin	Henry George MADDEN	09 Feb 1878	Millchester, Charters Towers, Queensland, Australia	03 Sep 1942	Brisbane, Queensland, Australia	64
Cousin	James MADDEN	11 Sep 1880	Charters Towers, Queensland, Australia	16 Sep 1880	Charters Towers, Queensland, Australia	0
Cousin	Ernest Charles MADDEN	29 Nov 1881	Charters Towers, Queensland, Australia	07 May 1928	Charters Towers, Queensland, Australia	46
Cousin	Ida Eleana MADDEN	05 Dec 1883	Millchester, Charters Towers, Queensland, Australia	14 Mar 1938	Townsville, Queensland, Australia	54
Cousin	Eva (Ivy) Rosina MADDEN	10 Apr 1887	Charters Towers, Queensland, Australia	10 Nov 1927	Auckland, New Zealand	40
Cousin	Mary Ann SMITH	1862	Tumut, New South Wales, Australia	25 Jul 1948	Gadara, New South Wales, Australia	86
Cousin	Charles Frederick SMITH	1863	Tumut, New South Wales, Australia	25 Oct 1874	Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia	11
Cousin	Godfrey William SMITH	1865	Tumut, New South Wales, Australia	1942	Liverpool, New South Wales, Australia	77
Cousin	Philip Thomas SMITH	1866	Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia	1956	Ashfield, New South Wales, Australia	90
Cousin	Archer Broughton SMITH	1868	Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia
Cousin	Ernest SMITH	31 May 1870	Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia	1940	Bulli, New South Wales, Australia	70
Cousin	Arthur Wrixon SMITH	1873	Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia
Cousin	Mabel Edith SMITH	1874	Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia
Cousin	Clarence Hamilton SMITH	1876	Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia	1962	Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia	86
Cousin	Fanny Clayton SMITH	1878	Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia	1902	Penrith, New South Wales, Australia	24
Cousin	Frederick SMITH	1879	Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia	1961	Sydney, New South Wales, Australia	82
Cousin	William Seward LARGE	1887	Cootamundra, New South Wales, Australia	1967	St Leonards, New South Wales, Australia	80
Cousin	Myra LARGE	1889	Cootamundra, New South Wales, Australia
Cousin	Stephen Oscar LARGE	1891	Cootamundra, New South Wales, Australia	1961	Cootamundra, New South Wales, Australia	70
Cousin	Emmeline LARGE	1893	Cootamundra, New South Wales, Australia
Cousin	John Jack (Juggler) LARGE	11 Jul 1895	Cootamundra, New South Wales, Australia	20 Jul 1966	Cootamundra, New South Wales, Australia	71
Cousin	Lillian (Lillie) LARGE	1900	Cootamundra, New South Wales, Australia	1953	Sydney, New South Wales, Australia	53
Cousin	Reginald LARGE	1904	Cootamundra, New South Wales, Australia	1982		78
Cousin	Alice Vale LEATHEM	1867	Tumut, New South Wales, Australia	18 Apr 1947	Parkes, New South Wales, Australia	80
Cousin	Grace LEATHEM	1867	Tumut, New South Wales, Australia	abt 1867	Tumut, New South Wales, Australia	0
Cousin	Charles James Vale LEATHEM	1869	Tumut, New South Wales, Australia	1936	Molong, New South Wales, Australia	67
Cousin	William Herbert LEATHEM	1870	Tumut, New South Wales, Australia	27 Jun 1953	Blaney, New South Wales, Australia	83
Cousin	John (Jack) Henry Vale LEATHEM	1873	Gundagai, New South Wales, Australia	17 May 1924	Molong, New South Wales, Australia	51
Cousin	Helen Isabel (Nellie) LEATHEM	1875	Gundagai, New South Wales, Australia	1944	Coonamble, New South Wales, Australia	69
Cousin	Frederick Percy LEATHEM	11 Jan 1878	Molong, New South Wales, Australia	24 Mar 1953	Molong, New South Wales, Australia	75
Cousin	Richard William LARGE	May 1882	Tumut, New South Wales, Australia	10 Jan 1967	Taree, New South Wales, Australia	84
Cousin	Frances Lillian JENKINS	1873	Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, Australia	30 Nov 1890	Cootamundra, New South Wales, Australia	17
Cousin	Ethel Mary WILLIAMSON	1879	Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, Australia
Cousin	Gertrude Alice WILLIAMSON	1880	Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, Australia	1957	Forbes, New South Wales, Australia	77
Cousin	Lillian Annie WILLIAMSON	1882	Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, Australia
Cousin	John Stanley WILLIAMSON	1883	Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, Australia
Cousin	Arthur Osmond WILLIAMSON	1885	Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, Australia
Cousin	Percy William WILLIAMSON	1888	Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, Australia	1959	Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, Australia	71
Cousin	Cecil Wrixon WILLIAMSON	1890	Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, Australia
Cousin	Norman Barre WILLIAMSON	1894	Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, Australia
Cousin	William Godfrey LARGE	1886	Junee, New South Wales, Australia	1958	Ashfield, New South Wales, Australia	72
Cousin	Frederick C Plunkett LARGE	1888	Junee, New South Wales, Australia	1959	Ashfield, New South Wales, Australia	71
Cousin	Cyril John LARGE	20 Dec 1893
Cousin	Edith Murial GLOVER	25 Mar 1894	Narrandera, New South Wales, Australia

Nephew	Charles Baldwin ELWORTHY	04 Oct 1887	Glebe, New South Wales, Australia
Nephew	Frederick Arthur ELWORTHY	31 Jan 1891	Gundagai, New South Wales, Australia	23 Jan 1967	Parramatta, New South Wales, Australia	75
Niece	Eileen Christian ELWORTHY	19 Oct 1892	Gundagai, New South Wales, Australia	10 Sep 1956	Canberra, ACT, Australia	63
Nephew	James Baker ELWORTHY	07 Jul 1894	Gundagai, New South Wales, Australia	01 May 1965	Balmain, New South Wales, Australia	70
Niece	Doris Henrietta (Dobbie) ELWORTHY	17 May 1896	Gundagai, New South Wales, Australia	21 Nov 1975	Gunnedah, New South Wales, Australia	79
Nephew	John Douglas ELWORTHY	15 Jun 1898	Gundagai, New South Wales, Australia	01 Mar 1942	Gundagai, New South Wales, Australia	43
Niece	Merlyn Edith ATTWATER	14 Jun 1901	Grafton, New South Wales, Australia	28 May 1989		87
Nephew	Leicester Charles Wrixon ATTWATER	10 Mar 1904	Grafton, New South Wales, Australia	14 Aug 1972	Katoomba, New South Wales, Australia	68
Niece	Alice Percival S SAVAGE	05 Feb 1920	Kempsey, New South Wales, Australia

Sister in Law	Lillia Eloise E SHROPSHIRE	24 Oct 1887	Gundagai, New South Wales, Australia	23 Sep 1970	Kempsey, New South Wales, Australia	82
Sister in Law	Celeste Irene S SHROPSHIRE	1889	Moama, New South Wales, Australia	1971	Cessnock, New South Wales, Australia	82
Sister in Law	Clarice N V SHROPSHIRE	1890	Moama, New South Wales, Australia	1894	Hay, New South Wales, Australia	4
Sister in Law	Grace Elaine Viola SHROPSHIRE	1897	Hay, New South Wales, Australia	1974	New South Wales, Australia	77
Sister in Law	Leah Christian ISAAC	15 Aug 1865	Gundagai, New South Wales, Australia	03 Feb 1930	Gundagai, New South Wales, Australia	64
Brother in Law	Charles Edward ATTWATER	1865	Grafton, New South Wales, Australia	1940	Grafton, New South Wales, Australia	75

Events in Harold Lewington ELWORTHY (1872 - 1928)'s life
Date	Age	Event	Place	Notes	Src
20 Aug 1872		Harold Lewington ELWORTHY was born	Gundagai, New South Wales, Australia	10951/1872
03 Mar 1889	16	Death of father James Baker ELWORTHY (aged 55)	Gundagai, New South Wales, Australia	9866/1889	2
05 Jul 1915	42	Death of mother Henrietta Sophia Jane LARGE (aged 68)	Grafton, New South Wales, Australia	11474/1915	22
26 Sep 1917	45	Married Marion Adelaide Alice SHROPSHIRE (aged 24)	Grafton, New South Wales, Australia	12593/1917
22 May 1919	46	Birth of daughter Marion ELWORTHY
27 Jun 1920	47	Birth of daughter Edith ELWORTHY
12 Sep 1923	51	Birth of daughter Gladys ELWORTHY	Grafton, New South Wales, Australia	Army record
26 May 1925	52	Birth of daughter Betty ELWORTHY
16 May 1928	55	Harold Lewington ELWORTHY died	Grafton, New South Wales, Australia	7737/1928

Personal Notes:

The Elworthy family and the Gundagai Times was well established by the time Harold Lewington was born on 20 Aug 1872. Two days later the Overland Telegraph Line was completed and a couple of months later the Holterman Nugget was discovered - the greatest mass of gold ever found.
Harold gained his early education at Gundagai then went into the Australian Joint Stock Bank which later amalgamated with the Bank of NSW. In 1907 he was at Forbes and later was manager at Dunoon near Lismore. Never fond of routine clerical work, he would have preferred farming, so when the opportunity arose Harold retired from the Bank, becoming partner in a stock and station agency at
South Grafton.
Some time after the death of Harold's mother Henrietta in 1915, her sister and niece Cecelia and Lillian Williamson moved to Grafton to take care of the bachelors, Ernest and Harold.
In 1984, Harold's eldest daughter Marion told me how her future father and mother first met. John Laynton SHROPSHIRE, a new magistrate, had recently been appointed to Grafton - where his five beautiful daughters with their French chaperone made quite a stir in the country town.
One of Cecelia Williamson's sons was also in the bank at Deniliquin between Hay and Moama, where the Shropshires had previously lived. He asked his mother to 'pay her respects' to the Shropshires. They would have been acquainted with Harold from their days in Gundagai where Lillia, their eldest daughter was born when Harold was 15. As both fathers were magistrates, they were bound to have known each other.
Many receptions were held to entertain the new magistrate and his family. At a euchre party for Mr & Mrs Shropshire, Harold was captivated by the fourth daughter, Marion Adelaide Alice. Although he was a tall, fine-looking man, he was almost twice Alice's age and the lovely young Alice didn't pay him much attention, totally ignoring him when next they passed in the street. Alice told me how mortified poor Harold was, later chiding her "Miss Alice, you cut me dead".
Previous acquaintance with the family didn't give him an advantage and although Harold made every endeavour to encourage friendship, her parents were not sympathetic and Alice was sent off to stay at Kempsey. By then a partner in the auctioneering firm of Campbell & Elworthy, Harold was not to be put off and strongly 'pressed his suit'. Eventually his persistence won the day and their engagement was announced in February 1917.
They had much in common; both were enthusiastic golfers, active in the Church of England where they sang in the choir. Harold was a good tennis player and like his brothers, had a splendid voice. Alice said he also danced beautifully!
On 26 Sep 1917, 45-year-old Harold and 24-year-old Alice were married in a morning ceremony at Christ Church Cathedral. The Examiner reported "The bride was dressed in white duchesse satin and cream georgette trimmed with side panels and finished with a court train. She wore a wreath and veil and carried a shower bouquet of azaleas and lilies." Ernest Elworthy was best man and H. Marshall Jones was groomsman.
Harold was lavish with his gifts to the ladies: a 'handsome' diamond brooch for Alice; a circle pearl brooch to chief bridesmaid Stella Shropshire; Nellie Stewart gold bangles to Harold's cousin Lil Williamson and to Alice's friend Marjory Baldock and an amethyst ring to her sister Grace Shropshire. Alice gave Harold a set of military brushes.
The wedding breakfast for 'a large number of guests' was held at Harold's house, 3 Fitzroy Street and more than 70 years later, Alice could still remember there were flannel flowers and sweet peas decorating the table. The local paper reported the wedding festivities were continued in the evening, with Mr and Mrs Shropshire entertaining many friends.
Harold with Alice "smartly dressed in a travelling dress of saxe blue and a grey motoring bonnet" set off by car for the honeymoon but only got as far as Harold's home town of Gundagai when he was overcome by a severe attack of rheumatism. The poor chap was confined to bed for two whole weeks before the honeymoon could continue.
They stayed with the family of Constable Hansen whose daughter Viola was engaged to Harold's nephew Fred Elworthy. Alice had been born at Hay, NSW on 14 Aug 1893 - and was four months younger than the girl who was to become her niece!
Four little girls were born to Harold and Alice - Marion 1919; Edith 1920; Gladys 1923 and Betty 1925 but they had only a few short years to enjoy family happiness. With a bad heart and kidney trouble, Harold had been ailing for some time.
When Harold entered the stock and station business he paid his share in cash but when his partner died of pneumonic flu, Harold found his share consisted of mortgaged lands!
On 16 May 1928, just ten days before his baby's birthday and not quite 56, Harold died of chronic nephritis and uraemia. His wife felt that financial worries hastened his death.
"Mr Elworthy was a much respected resident of the town and although he was not conspicuous in public life, he had a very wide circle of friends and acquaintances who will sincerely regret his passing."
Harold was interred at Grafton Cemetery the following day after a service in the lovely Grafton Cathedral. Alice was only 35 and had the daunting task of raising the four little girls herself. The Fitzroy Street house was in her name. Harold owned 422 acres in Lanitza Parish and another 175 acres at Ulmarra, run by a share farmer.

Obit from SMH 19 May 1928 " DEATH OF MR. H. L. ELWORTHY. GRAFTON, Friday.

The death has occurred at the age of 55 of Mr. Harold L. Elworthy. a well-known resident. For some years Mr. Elworthy was a partner in the auctioneering firm of Messrs, Campbell and Elworthy, South Grafton, but he retired several years ago. A widow and four young daughters survive Mr. E. G. Elworthy, of South Grafton and Sydney, and Mr. Harry Elworthy, proprietor of the "Times," Gundagai, are brothers."

Source References:

2. Type: Book, Abbr: Devon to Down Under, Title: Devon to Down Under, Auth: Bettie Elworthy, Publ: Bookbound, Date: 1997

- Reference = 114, 188-192 (Name, Notes)

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