William Lutherborrow (1838 - 1910)

Born 1 Feb 1838 in Kissing Point, New South Wales (Australia)

Ancestors

Husband of Letitia (Worthing) Lutherborrow — married 9 Oct 1861 in Pennant Hills, New South Wales (Australia)

Descendants

Died 12 Jan 1910 at age 71 in Camperdown, New South Wales, Australia

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Biography

Birth and formative years

William Lutherborrow was born on 1st February 1838 in Kissing Point (now Ryde), New South Wales (Australia). He was the firstborn child of William Lutherborrow and the widowed Mary Holloway nee Pincham. ^[1]

William was christened in St Anne's Church of England, Kissing Point, on 27th April 1838, the church that his paternal grandfather had helped establish a decade earlier.

Kissing Point was the name given from 1800 to 1840 of the area now known as Ryde, on the northern shore of the Parramatta River midway between Sydney and Parramatta. No, it was not a romantic term in the convict era of NSW, but a nautical term because the river began to shallow. The area had previously been known as the Eastern Farms from 1790 to 1800, being east of the Parramatta settlement.

Married life

William married Letitia Worthing, daughter of former convicts Richard Worthing and the late Hannah Worthing nee Wright, on 9th October 1861 in their family church, the Pennant Hills Wesleyan Chapel (now Cherrybrook Uniting Church). William's and Letitia's parents owned adjoining properties in Holly Road and Pogson's Lane, Pennant Hills. They had grown up as good friends. ^[2] Their marriage was officially witnessed by William's half-sister, Mary Ann, and her husband, James Allsop. ^[3]

William and Letitia made their home at Dundas, about ten kilometres south of Pennant Hills, closer to Parramatta. As well as maintaining his own orchard, William was a fruit agent, representing other growers in the district and arranging transport of heir produce to Sydney markets by rail. One product that was seen regularly at market was the Lutherborrow plum, propagated and grown by William Snr. Maria Smith's green apple was another local fruit that was, and is, very marketable.

William and Letitia had eleven children together; five who did not survive infancy, and three sons and three daughters who each married and produced grandchildren:

1. Lavinia Lutherborrow (1862-1863); bur Pennant Hills Wesleyan Chapel
2. Mary Jane Lutherborrow (1866-1867); bur Pennant Hills Wesleyan Chapel
3. Emily Blanche Lutherborrow (1872-1872)
4. Ernest Henry Lutherborrow (1879-1879); bur Chatswood South Wesleyan churchyard
5. Clifton George Lutherborrow (1879-1879); bur Chatswood South Wesleyan churchyard
6. Morton William Lutherborrow (1864-1907)
7. Albert Walter Lutherborrow (1870-1951)
8. Arthur Gladstone Lutherborrow (1882-1948)
9. Violette Annie (1868-1947) married surname Hammond
10. Lilian May (1874-1964) married surname White
11. Ada Louise (1875-1904) married surname Walters

In 1879, the couple moved further from the Pennant Hills district to new areas being opened along the Lane Cove Road (now Pacific Highway) at Chatswood (17 kms east of Dundas). There, they would immerse themselves in the life of the Chatswood South Wesleyan Chapel (now Chatswood South Uniting Church).

Death

Letitia passed away at Chatswood in 1901, following which William lived with one of his children at Clanwilliam Street, Willoughby (1903-07) and then another at 170 Nelson Street, Annandale (1908-10).

William Lutherborrow Jnr passed away in 1910 in Prince Alfred Hospital, Camperdown, New South Wale. He is buried beside his wife in the Wesleyan Chapel graveyard at Chatswood South (now Chatswood South Uniting Church). ^[4]

Research note

The name, Adolphus, has been attributed incorrectly to William. He was named after his father and paternal great grandfather, and carried a single name like they.^[5]

Sources

1. ↑ New South Wales Birth Index #V760-23A/1838
2. ↑ family recollection passed down the generations to Ken Evans
3. ↑ New South Wales Marriage Index #2571/1861
4. ↑ New South Wales Death Index #2484/1910
5. ↑ also, there is no documentation to indicate the dual Christian names Ken Evans

• Family Bible.
• Bruen, Gweneth. Thank You Mother England: Paul Lutherburrow and Families. Self-published. Epping, 1986.
• Evans, Kenneth. Paddle to Australia: The Story of George Patfield. Self-published. Beaudesert, 2001.

Acknowledgments

• Thank you to Les Gilham for creating WikiTree profile Lutherburrow-7 through the import of Les Gilham Family Tree.ged on 25th June 2013. Thank you also to Les, Jennifer Dias, Ros Haywood and Ken Evans for collaborating closely and merging the various profiles to form this profile.