Susannah Ruth Jenkins (1857 - 1918)

Born 29 Oct 1857 in Ararat, Victoria, Australia

Ancestors

Wife of Joseph Richard (Lumley) O'Brien — married 2 Jan 1881 (to 1898) in Hay, New South Wales, Australia

Wife of John Reed — married 1906 (to 1914) in Dapto, New South Wales, Australia

Died 5 Mar 1918 at age 60 in Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia

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Biography

Susannah Ruth Jenkins was born at Ararat, Victoria, on 29 Oct 1857^[1]. She was the daughter of Joseph Jenkins and Mary Ann Hayward.

She married Joseph Richard Lumley at the Presbyterian Church, Hay, on the 2nd of January, 1881. They had eight children together.^[2][3]

Susannah divorced Joseph on the grounds of desertion for more than three years, habitual drunkenness, and cruelty, in 1898 - her divorce papers state that Thomas Quirk, of Wellington NSW, had a man named O'Brien working for him in 1896, and another man who worked with him said that O'Brien's proper name was Lumley and that he'd taken an assumed name because he'd left his wife in Manly.^[3][4]

She remarried to John Reed at his home at Dapto, NSW, in 1906. He was 82 years of age.^[5] John died in 1914.

Susannah died at Wollongong Hospital on 5 Mar 1918.^[6][7] She was buried in the Field of Mars cemetery.^[8][9][10]

Sources

1. ↑ Birth, Deaths and Marriages, Victoria Online Registry. Event: births; Registration number 16083 / 1857; Family name: JENKINS; Given name(s) Susanna Ruth; Place of event: MT ARARAT, Australia; Mother's name Mary Ann HAYWARD; Father's Name: Joseph. https://www.bdm.vic.gov.au/research-and-family-history/search-your-family-history
2. ↑ New South Wales Births, Deaths & Marriages: marriage 2928/1881 LUMLEY, JOSEPH RICH & JENKINS, SUSANNAH RUTH, registration district: CROOKWELL
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1} DIVORCE COURT. (1898, November 23). The Daily Telegraph (Sydney, NSW : 1883 - 1930), p. 8. Retrieved December 5, 2021, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article239467759
   LUMLEY V. LUMLEY. Susannah Ruth Lumley (formerly Jenkins) petitioned for a divorce from Joseph Richard Lumley, laborer, on the ground of desertion for three years and upwards, and habitual drunkenness and cruelty for three years and upwards. The parties were married on January 2nd, 1881, at Hay, there being eight children of the marriage. Mr. Teece (instructed by Mr. Richard Niland) appeared for the petitioner. The decree nisi was granted, returnable in two months, petitioner to have the custody of the children.
4. ↑ Scan of divorce papers viewed on Ancestry.com.
5. ↑ DAPTO (1906, September 1). South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus (NSW : 1900 - 1954), p. 11. Retrieved December 5, 2021, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article141918195
   Mr. John Reed was on Wednesday married to Mrs. Lumley, of Manly, the ceremony being performed by the Rev. W. Pettinger (Methodist) at Mr. Reed's residence. Mr. Reed establishes probably a record in this respect for the district, being 82 years of age, and the present his third marriage.
6. ↑ New South Wales Births, Deaths & Marriages: death 3251/1918 REED SUSANNAH R, father: JOSEPH mother: MARY A registration district: WOLLONGONG
7. ↑ PROBATE JURISDICTION. (1918, August 23). Government Gazette of the State of New South Wales (Sydney, NSW : 1901 - 2001), p. 4296. Retrieved December 5, 2021, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article229538574
8. ↑ Family Notices (1918, March 7). The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954), p. 5. Retrieved December 5, 2021, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article15783317
   REED.—The Relatives and friends of Mrs SUSAN RUTH REED, late of Dapto, are kindly invited to attend her Funeral to leave our Funeral Parlour, 89 Western Road, Rozelle, THIS AFTERNOON at 2. o'clock for Church of England Cemetery, Field of Mars. WOOD, COFFILL, and COMPANY, Ltd.
   REED.—The Friends of Mr and Mrs JOSEPH LUMLEY, Mr. and Mrs. JACK LUMLEY, Mr. and Mrs. ARTHUR LUMLEY, Mr. FRANK LUMLEY, Mr and Mrs ROY and Mr and Mrs GILES are kindly invited to attend the Funeral of their late beloved MOTHER, Susan Ruth Reed...
   REED.—The Friends of Mr THOMAS (on active service) and Mrs LUMLEY are kindly invited to attend the funeral of their late beloved MOTHER Susan Ruth Reed...
   REED.—The Friends of Mr and Mrs. T. THOMPSON, of 56 Merton street, Roselle, are kindly invited to attend the Funeral of their late beloved SISTER, Susan Ruth Reed...
9. ↑ No title (1918, March 8). Illawarra Mercury (Wollongong, NSW : 1856 - 1950), p. 2. Retrieved December 5, 2021, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article132416517
   Mrs. J. Reed, relict of the late Mr. John Reed, of Dapto, died at Wollongong, on Wednesday, at an advanced age. She was the mother of Mrs. Roy, of Wollongong. The remains were conveyed to Sydney on Wednesday night for internment in the Field of Mars cemetery.
10. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (accessed 05 December 2021), memorial page for Susan R Reed (1859–Mar 1918), Find A Grave: Memorial #123698844, citing Field of Mars Cemetery, East Ryde, Ryde City, New South Wales, Australia ; Maintained by III (contributor 47426837).

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