Louisa (Robinson) Toms (abt. 1841)

Born about 1841 in Yorkshire, England

Ancestors

Wife of Richard Newberry Toms — married 22 Dec 1877 in Adelaide, South Australia, Australia

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Biography

Louisa was born to Robert Robinson and Martha Johnson in England in 1841. Louisa is the 3rd of 8 children born to Robert and Martha.

Louisa (Robinson) Toms migrated from England to South Australia.

Together with her parents and four siblings, she migrated to South Australia, Australia, arriving at Port Adelaide in 1850. Another brother was born during the voyage to Australia, with a further brother and sister completing the family once settled in their new country.

She married Richard Newberry Toms on 22 December 1877 at her brother's residence in Gilles Street, Adelaide, South Australia ^{[1] [2]}.

Their first child, a son, John Ulverston Selway Toms was born in Buchsfelde, South Australia on 26 October 1878 ^{[3] [4]}.

I have been unable to find records of their lives and additional children in the South Australian records. An article about her late mother, Martha, published in the Mount Baker Courier and Gumeracha Advertiser shortly after Martha's death in 1903 says that she was living in the USA at that time so they possibly remained in the USA.

Sources

1. ↑ Digger – South Australian Marriage Registrations 1842 -1916 © SAGHS (1877 133/1017); downloaded 18 Sept 2015
2. ↑ "Family Notices" The South Australian Advertiser (Adelaide, SA : 1858 - 1889) 28 December 1877: 12. Web. 24 Sep 2019 http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article29597764
   MARRIED. TOMS—ROBINSON.—On the 22nd December, by the Rev. S. Knight, at the residence of the bride's brother, Gilles-street, Adelaide, Richard Newbery Toms, of Callington, to Louise, eldest daughter of Robert Robinson, of Greenhill, near Macclesfield.
3. ↑ Digger – South Australian Births 1842 -1906 © SAGHS (1878 200/420) [downloaded 24 September 2019]
4. ↑ Family Notices (1878, November 2). The Express and Telegraph (Adelaide, SA : 1867 - 1922), p. 2. Retrieved September 24, 2019, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article207583249
   BIRTHS. TOMS.—On the 26th of October, at the public school, Buchsfeldt, Mrs. R. N. Toms, of a son.