Thompson / Corporaal Family History

Drucilla Lawton (1849-1896)

 

Family Links Spouses/Children: 1. Thomas Fitzarthur Smythe Evelyn Maude Drucilla Smythe Walter Reginald Gibbons Gympie Smythe+ Percy Everard Sydney Willoughby Lawton-Smythe+ Ethel Beatrice Victoria Smythe William Thomas Charles Ferdinand Smythe+ Harry Smythe Maud Emmerline Mauritius Smythe+ Harry Somerset Smythe Drucilla Lawton 1 Born: 1849, Hanley, Staffordshire, England 1 Marriage (1): Thomas Fitzarthur Smythe on Mar 30, 1875 in Fitzroy, Victoria, Australia 1 2 Died: Jun 27, 1896, Kew, Victoria, Australia at age 47 1   General Notes: Drusilla Lawton had three children by Thomat Fitzarthur Smythe before 1874 while he was still amried to Matilda Smythe (nee Hampton, nee Stratfold) Drusilla had worked for Thomas as a servant 3   Some of her life's milestones were: There is conflicting birth location of Stanley, Staffordshire, England. 4 She was residing at 10 River St owned by Miss Fivey in Richmond, Victoria, Australia on Dec 21, 1892 5 At the time it was the Toorak Ward of the City of Prahan Drucilla married Thomas Fitzarthur Smythe, son of Dr Arthur Smyth and Anna Elizabeth Gibbons, on Mar 30, 1875 in Fitzroy, Victoria, Australia.1 2 (Thomas Fitzarthur Smythe was born on Sep 6, 1839 in Dublin, Ireland 6 and died on Jul 20, 1899 in Port Alfred, Eastern Cape Province, South Africa 7.)

1 David Smyth, <i>Smyth Family History</i> (http://www.zipworld.com.au/~lnbdds/home/davidsmyth/ : accessed 18 Nov 2012), Charmain Robson's information on Thomas Fitzarthur Smythe.

2 Government of Victoria, "Australia, Marriage Index, 1788-1950," database (http://search.ancestry.com.au/ : accessed Mar 31, 2018), Drucilla Lawton & Thomas Fitzarthur Smythe; Registration Number: 1875/1256.

3 Supreme Court, Colony of Queensland, Petition for Divorce, ID2678355, Writ - matrimonial petition, Smythe vs Smythe, Jan 5, 1874; Queensland State Archives, Brisbane.

4 Family Trees by MyHeritage: database, <i>My Heritage Family Trees</i> (http://www.myheritage.com : accessed Jan 13, 2019), Drucilla Lawton; FamilySearch Family Tree.

5 City of Prahan, Victoria, Australia, "Rate Book, 1892-93," p. 45, No 450 - Drucilla Smythe; digital images, Ancestry.com Inc. Provo, UT, USA, <i>Victoria, Australia, Rate Books, 1855-1963</i> (https://search.ancestry.com.au : accessed Sep 29, 2018); citing Image 50 of 737.

6 database, <i>Queensland State Archives</i> (http://www.archives.qld.gov.au/Pages/default.aspx : accessed Nov 22, 2016), Civil servants 1866-1867 (PDF, 41KB); Item ID: 19010; Microfilm Number: Z253.

7 Cape Estates Death Index. Records of the Master's Office, "Cape Province, South Africa, Civil Deaths, 1895-1972," database(https://www.ancestry.com.au : accessed Nov 14, 2018), Thomas Fitzarthur Smythe; FHL Film Number:4532675.