Lucy Symonds (Cook) Bathurst (abt. 1849 - 1928)

Born about 1849 in Falmouth, Cornwall, England, United Kingdom

Wife of Joseph Wilson Fothergill — married 1874 in Victoria, Australia

Descendants

Died 18 May 1928 at about age 79 in Christchurch, Canterbury, New Zealand

Biography

Lucy was born about 1849 in Falmouth, Cornwall, England ^[1]. She was chirstened on the 1st of April 1849 in St Gluvias, Cornwall, England, United Kingdom ^[2].

In 1851, Lucy appeared on a household census in Cornwall, England ^[3].

In 1861, Lucy appeared on a household census in Falmouth, Cornwall, England ^[4].

Lucy Symons Cook and Joseph Wilson Fothergill married at the Congregational Church (Malvern-road) in Victoria, Australia on the 27th of January 1874 ^[5][6], and had at least 5 children:

1. Alice Maud ^[7].
2. John Edward Fothergill (1876-1936)
3. Bessie Marsh ^[8].
4. Lucy Caroline ^[9].
5. Ethel May ^[10].

Lucy remarried to Ernest Chas Bathurst in Victoria, Australia in 1884 ^[11], and had the following children with him in Victoria, Australia:

1. Ernest Cook Bathurst (1885-1960)
2. Horace Cyril Bathurst (1887-1948)
3. Rosina Elizth ^[12]
4. Norman Geo ^[13]
5. Violet Vera ^[14]

Lucy Symonds died at home in Christchurch, New Zealand on the 18th of May 1928 ^[15][16][17], and was buried at Sydenham Cemetery in Canterbury, New Zealand ^[18].

Sources

1. ↑ "England and Wales Birth Registration Index, 1837-2008," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:2NWB-8QR : 1 October 2014), Lucy Symons Cook, 1849; from "England & Wales Births, 1837-2006," database, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : 2012); citing Birth Registration, Falmouth, Cornwall, England, citing General Register Office, Southport, England.
2. ↑ "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JS1V-5X7 : 10 April 2021), Lucy Symons Cook, 1849.
3. ↑ "England and Wales Census, 1851," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:SG25-5WC : 9 November 2019), Lucy Symons Cook in household of Edward Cook, , Cornwall, England; citing , Cornwall, England, p. 19, from "1851 England, Scotland and Wales census," database and images, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : n.d.); citing PRO HO 107, The National Archives of the UK, Kew, Surrey.
4. ↑ "England and Wales Census, 1861," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M7Z7-SC2 : 3 March 2021), Lucy Symons Cook in household of Thomazine Cook, Falmouth, Cornwall, England, United Kingdom; from "1861 England, Scotland and Wales census," database and images, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : n.d.); citing PRO RG 9, The National Archives, Kew, Surrey.
5. ↑ Birth Deaths and Marriages, Victoria, Australia Marriage Registration: 918 /1874 - LILLEY, Ada and WALKER, Jno COOK, Lucy Symons and FOTHERGILL, Joseph Wilson
6. ↑ Family Notices (1874, January 31). The Telegraph, St Kilda, Prahran and South Yarra Guardian (Vic. : 1864 - 1888), p. 2. Retrieved December 7, 2022, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article108981415
7. ↑ Birth Deaths and Marriages, Victoria, Australia Birth Registration: 4695/1875 - FOTHERGILL, Alice Maud - Mother’s Maiden Name: COOK , Mother’s Forename: Lucy Symons - Father’s Surname: FOTHERGILL, Father’s Forename: Joseph Wilson - Place of Birth: PRAH
8. ↑ Birth Deaths and Marriages, Victoria, Australia Birth Registration: 18460/1879 - FOTHERGILL, Bessie Marsh - Mother’s Maiden Name: COOK , Mother’s Forename: Lucy Symons - Father’s Surname: FOTHERGILL, Father’s Forename: Joseph Wilson - Place of Birth: PRAH

   died in 1879

9. ↑ Birth Deaths and Marriages, Victoria, Australia Birth Registration: 18459/1879 - FOTHERGILL, Lucy Caroline - Mother’s Maiden Name: COOK , Mother’s Forename: Lucy Symons - Father’s Surname: FOTHERGILL, Father’s Forename: Joseph Wilson - Place of Birth: PRAH

   died in 1880

10. ↑ Birth Deaths and Marriages, Victoria, Australia Birth Deaths and Marriages, Victoria, Australia Birth Registration: 24431/1880 - FOTHERGILL, Lucy Caroline - Mother’s Maiden Name: COOK , Mother’s Forename: Lucy Symons - Father’s Surname: FOTHERGILL, Father’s Forename: Joseph Wilson - Place of Birth: PRN
11. ↑ Birth Deaths and Marriages, Victoria, Australia Marriage Registration: 1990/1884 - FOTHERGILL, Lucy Symonds and BATHURST, Ernest Chas
12. ↑ Birth Deaths and Marriages, Victoria, Australia Birth Registration: 15129/1889 - BATHURST Rosina Elizth - Mother's Maiden Name: SYMONDS, Mother's Forename: Lucy - Father's surname: BATHURST, Father's Forename: Ernest Charles - Place of Birth: OAKLEIGH
13. ↑ Birth Deaths and Marriages, Victoria, Australia Birth Registration: 35927/1891 - BATHURST Norman Geo - Mother's Maiden Name: COOK, Mother's Forename: Lucy - Father's surname: BATHURST, Father's Forename: Ernest Charles - Place of Birth: OAKLEIGH

    died in 1891

14. ↑ Birth Deaths and Marriages, Victoria, Australia Birth Registration: 15708/1893 - BATHURST Violet Vera - Mother's Maiden Name: COOK, Mother's Forename: Lucy Symonds - Father's surname: BATHURST, Father's Forename: Ernest Charles - Place of Birth: OA KL
15. ↑ New Zealand Department of Internal Affairs : Births, Deaths & Marriages Online (digital index) Death Registration: 1928/2582 - Bathurst Lucy Symonds - Age at Death: 79Y
16. ↑ Star (Christchurch), Issue 18467, 19 May 1928, Page 6
17. ↑ Star (Christchurch), Issue 19072, 17 May 1930, Page 2
18. ↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #161129776