Elizabeth Nibbs 1847 - 1883

Elizabeth Nibbs is the second child/daughter of William Nibbs and Mary Ann Timoney.
Born: 23 November 1847 at Westbury, Tasmania.
(LINC Name Index 873308)

Died: 24 January 1883 at Pardoe, Port Sorrell, Tasmania) age 36; following the birth of her son Charles [Rawson]-Howard
(LINC Name Index 1166265; Tas. Death Reg. No. 680)

In: Devon Herald (Latrobe Tas.) Saturday 27 January 1883, page 2
Death:
HOWARD – On the 24th January, at Pardoe, Elizabeth, the beloved wife of Charles Howard, aged 36 years, leaving a sorrowing husband and eight children to mourn their loss.

Marriage: 21 May 1868 at Port Sorrell age 20
At the home of her father William Nibbs, Pardoe. Parish of Templeton, District of Port Sorell - according to the rites and ceremonies of the Wesleyan Church by Visiting
Marriage Act. Charles Howard, farmer. Made his mark. Elizabeth Nibbs, housekeeper.
Witnesses: William Howard and Elizabeth Mawer
Clergy: Andrew Inglis
(Name Index Record 873308; Tas. Registration No. 587)


Spouse: Charles Howard born 25 July1838 (Haverhill Workhouse, Suffolk, England).
He died 11 April 1920 at East Devonport, Tasmania.
Buried at Wesley Vale Cemetery (no headstone)

In: Advocate Burnie Tas. Monday 12 April 1920, page 2
FUNERALS:
HOWARD – The funeral of the late Charles Howard will leave his late residence, East Devonport, this day, at 10.30 am for the Wesley Vale Cemetery. Friends please accept this invitation. – Jeffrey, Undertaker.
Charles was the son of William Howard 1812-1874 and Sarah Ann Stigwood 1819-1895
William Howard was born 30 June 1812, Hockham, Norfolk, England and christened 1819 at Hockham, Norfolk. He died 24 August 1874 (Sassafras, Tas.)
Sarah Ann Stigwood was born1819 Wickhanbrook, Suffolk and was christened 1822 in Wickhanbrook, Suffolk. She died 1 Nov 1895 at Sassafras, Tas.
Charles parents, Wm and Sarah were married 31 October 1838 in Hockham, Norfolk England - C of E Banns
They arrived in Australia as immigrants on the ship Whirlwind in 1855. [Launceston Immigration Aid Society, introduced by Dowling)] with their young family. Charles 17, Elizabeth 16, William 13, Emily 12, Martha 10, Henry 7, Fredrick 5 (died at sea) Caroline 3, George (died at sea).
Ref.: Aust. Immigrant lists, 1841-1884 and Tasmania, Aust. Passenger arrivals 1829-1957.
At the time of their arrival Charles was a 17-year-old farm labourer.
Charles remarried in 1904 to Mary Connor 1844-1920

Children of Elizabeth Nibbs and Charles Howard

Note. After Elizabeth’s death in childbirth, it appears that some of the children lived with and were raised by relatives. The baby Charles, born at her death was raised by a paternal aunt and uncle, Martha and Joseph Rawson, and took their surname.

1. Harriet 15 August,1868 Port Sorell. Informant Sarah Nibbs, farmer’s daughter, Pardoe, Tas.
LINC Name Index 1019627
Several Ancestry Trees confuse her with other Harriet Howard’s including her aunt.

Spouse and Children

In 1885, Harriet had a child - father not named.
Rhoda Howard 10 March 1885 (Port Sorell, Tas.) – Informant for the birth is Charles Nibbs, Grandfather, Pardoe.
No further information found, so she may have been adopted.

In 1887, Harriet had another child.
Amy Elizabeth Casey 30 August 1887 (Port Sorell, Tas.) Name Index. 1129905
The father is named as John Casey, but a Note in the margin of the birth record reads: This is an error as I am not married to John Casey. Signed – Harriet Howard.
Amy married McGregor Findlay on 12 January 1914.They lived at Wesley Vale and had 5 sons.
Kenneth McGregor Findlay, 1914-1991
Peter William Findlay 1916-1976
Ronald Dick Sutherland Findlay 1918-1944
Mervyn Austin Findlay 1920-1996
Maxwell Edward Laurence Findlay 1923-1976


2. Edward 19 September 1869 Forrabury, Tas. [Sassafras] This name appears in several Ancestry trees, but his birth is not validated. An Edward Howard died of TB in Launceston Hospital,19 Jan. 1895. He would have been around the right age, but this this also needs to be validated by the death certificate. Nothing else found.


3. Henry 3 November 1870 Ulverstone, Tas. Birth not validated.
A Henry Howard age 27 died in Launceston 4 Sept. 1894 of TB. This also needs to be validated. (LINC name index no. 1171105)
He had an Uncle Henry Howard and some trees also seem to have the relationships of these two confused.


4. George Edwin 28 August 1872 Sassafras, Tas. died 7 March 1967 (Latrobe, Devon House, Tasmania). Last Will and Testament available online LINC Tas.
Spouse 1:
Elizabeth (Lucy) Brewer 9 Feb1877(Deloraine, Tas.) -16 Aug 1908.
Daughter of William Brewer and Margaret Maxwell
Married: 5 April 1898 (Mersey, Tas.)
Children of George Edwin Howard and Elizabeth Brewer
William George 22 August 1898 (East Devonport) -31 July 1926 Tas.
Married Connie Moore

Elizabeth 3 Sept 1899 (East Devonport) -3 Sept 1899 Tas
.
Hedley Charles 5 Sept1902 (East Devonport) -10 July 1981 (Auburn, NSW)
Married Mabel Florence Hope (Granville, NSW) 1932
Children Brian abt 1933 Sydney and June abt 1936 Sydney
Residence: Auburn, NSW
Military Service WW2 1939-1948

Roy Edwin 20 Mar 1904 (Douglas St, E Devonport) -10 July 1967 (Deniliquin, NSW)
Married Doreen U – 3 Children
Residence: 1949 Lawson Syphon, Deniliquin, NSW
Military Service WW2
Children: Brian, Ian and Jean
Ralph Maxwell 1906-1993 (Perth, WA)
Spouse 1: Violet Holmes 1910-1970
Married 29 Sep 1934 (Kew, Vic.)
Child Gerald Ernest 1936-
Spouse 2: Beth Turton -1994
Married 29 October 1974, Victoria Park, Perth, WA
Residence 1936 Brunswick Street, Fitzroy, Vic.

Walter John Mannix [Jack] Port Frederick, Tas. 31 July 1908 (Devonport)-1991
Christening 3 Sept 1908 Church of England, Latrobe
Spouse and 2 children: U

Spouse 2
Mabel Jane Jamieson1879-1964
Married in 1914

Grandchild mentioned in Will of Geo Edwin Howard dated 1949: Keith Errol Jamieson.



5. Sarah Ann aka Gertrude Annie Howard-Rawson 15 January 1876, The Nook, Tas. d. 13 May,1955 (Tokanui, Te, N.Z.)
Notes:
I think that Sarah Ann was generally known as Gertude but used both names. It seems she was also raised by the Rawsons after her mother died. There is probably a story here which we will never know.
Ancestry Family trees often include both names. Some Ancestry family trees have different birth dates but the same death date and place in N.Z. for both
I cannot find birth records for Sarah or Gertrude.
Elizabeth’s obituary stated that there were eight children, but if we count Gertrude and Sarah separately, it makes nine children.
There are child births registered in both Sarah and Gertrude’s names, some with the father not named and some with Robert Henry Hedge named on the birth registration.
Sarah Ann – Tas. Names index show she had two children. One father not named, and another child with Robert Henry Hedge.

Arranged chronologically, this is their story.

1891 Birth of son:
Arthur Vernon Howard 16 Sept 1891 (Launceston, Tas.) – 20 Dec 1962 (Victoria).
He was born to Sarah Ann Agnes Howard at Hope Cottage Launceston, a home for single mothers. His father is not named. (LINC name Index 939215) There is no record of him having lived with ‘Gertrude’ and Robert Hedge. He may have been adopted as there is a WW1 enlistment for an Arthur Howard/Cootes in Victoria which names his next-of-kin as wife Amy. Arthur Vernon Howard was married to Amy Maud Hutton. They lived in Victoria and had 6 children:
Percy Vernon 1916-1988 - Served WW2. Married Joyce U. Lived in Victoria.
Laura Blanche 1918-1997 - Married Ronald Andrews. Child: Norma Vida
Vida Levinia Grace 1921 – Married John Joseph McInerny. Child: John
Vera Evelyn 1923-1982 - Married William Geo. Asbury. Child: Wm Howard
Thelma Florence 1926 –1989 – Married Richard Tuck
John George Howard. 1928 – 1962 - Served WW2 - Married Elizabeth Davis

1893 Birth of daughter:
Violet May Howard was born at Lefroy, Tasmania on 9 Nov 1893. Mother is Annie Gertrude Howard, single woman. (Tas. Name Index 1051137) Father not named.
However, the baptism record for this child names the mother as Sarah Ann Howard (FHL film no. 992682) Violet died 2 days after her baptism on 5 July 1894 of vomiting and diarrhoea, aged 8 months.

1895 birth of son:
Robert Victor Hedge 8 May1895 (Launceston, Tas.) -1965 (Auckland, NZ)
Baptism 22 Sept 1895 (Parish of Longford, Tas)
Parents: Robert Henry and Sarah Hedge formerly Howard.
Abode: Patience, Tas.: Profession of father – Miner: Celebrant - Henry J Edwards.
1916 - Military Service; NZ Army WW1 Nominal Rolls, Stoker.
1920 - Marriage to Mabel Dorothy Boreham, New Zealand.
They had eight children.
Robert Victor; Kathleen Jane; Patricia Dorothy; Betty Gwen; Coleen May; Margarget Elsie; and Peter John.
1928: Residence: Hamilton, N.Z 46 Colombo Street, Frankton, labourer with Mabel Dorothy Hedge, married.

Spouse: Robert Henry Hedge: b1869 – d 30 Sept.1933 (Hamilton, Waikato, New Zealand)
Robert Hedge was a New Zealander and a miner. He had been married in New Zealand in 1891 and later came to Tasmania.
He married ‘Gertrude’ about 1894 and they moved to New Zealand sometime between 1895 and 1900 where he and Gertrude had another 9 children.
Residences: New Zealand Electoral Roll: 1900 Ohinemuri, Waikato p42
Hedge, Gertrude, Golden Cross, domestic duties and Hedge, Robert Henry, miner.

Other Children of ‘Gertude’ Howard-Rawson and Robert Hedge:

Cyril Hedge Dec 1896 (Waihi, Hauriki, Waikato, NZ) -8 May1938 (Waikato River, Waikato NZ)
Married Alice May Pavreal 1903-1987
Children: Robert Harold 1921-1997
Doreen Alice 1925-1996
Rona Eileen 1926 -
Iona Daphnie 1929-2005 [married U Adair]

Amy Hedge 1897 -1897
Married Charles Matthew Hutchinson 1902-1963
Child: Ivan Hutchinson 1926-1997

Henry Hedge1900 -1969
Married Edna Ellen Turner

Percival Charles Hedge 1902 -1969
Married Gladys Nellie Hopkinson 1904-1949
Children: Howarth Owen 1922-1987
Married 1: Yvette U child Gregory
Married 2: Joy Patricia U
Edna 1926-1969
Douglas 1930-
Dawn Elizabeth 1945-2012 Married U Anderson
Military Service NZ WW2

Lenard Gordan Hedge 1905-17 September 1936 (Hamilton, Waikato, NZ)
Married: Amy Dorothy McCallum 1908-1998
Child: Gwendoline Mary Dorothy 1934 -1994
Married John Keith Clark 1932-2006
New Zealand Herald : Death: Hedge – On September 17 1936 at Hamilton, Lenard Dearly loved husband of Amy Hedge, Frankton Junction and son of Gertrude and the late Robert Hedge; also brother of Bert, Amy, Cyril, Percy, Henry, Maude, Ralph, Phyllis and Allen

Florence Maude Hedge 1 July 1907Waihi, NZ)-1980
Married: Ormond Burnard Meiklehohn 1909-1978

Ernest Ralph Hedge 1908-1967
Married Doris Jenny Harris 1911-1995
Children: Daphne May 1933-2011
Margaret Jean 1940-2011
Glenda - 1969

Phyllis Gertrude Hedge 16 May1913-1997
Married Colin George Dick 1914-1978
Child: Dorathea Jean 1948-2010

Alan James Hedge 6 June 1915-1997
Married: Edith Thelma Grace Eastwell 1914-2015
Child: Barry John 1941-2005


7. Thomas 26 October,1878 Torquay, Tas. died 4 January 1921 (Devonport, Tas.) Plaque in Devonport Church.
Will: Beneficiaries: Mary Howard (wife) and Margaret Jean Howard (daughter). LINC Name Index: 645871; file no. 13181
Spouse: Mary Ann Brewer 9 Feb1883 (Deloraine, Tas.) -3 Jun 1952 (Latrobe, Tas.) Daughter of William Abraham Brewer and Margaret Maxwell.
Marriage: 4 Dec 1913 St. Paul’s C of E, East Devonport, Tas.
Children: U son March1907- 2 March1907 Burnie, Tas.
Jean Margaret 1915 Tas. -
Mary Ann 1916-1920
Cyril Edward 27 March 1918 (East Devonport) -1918 (Devonport, Tas.)



8. Emily born 25 September 1880 (Port Sorrell, Tas.) May have also been known as Emily Rawson

Notes:
An Emily Howard had a daughter, Elizabeth - father not named 25 Nov 1898 at 8 William Street Launceston. Informant was Isa Carter, Matron. The baby died on 2 December 1898.
An Emily Howard died 6 May 1906 (Charitable Institution, Newtown Tas.)
An inquest into the death of an Emily Howard on 26 March 1912 found she died on Monday 25th by misadventure at Glen Leith in the New Norfolk District (Tas) brought about by post-partum haemorrhage.
An Ancestry tree entry records her death in NZ. Spouse as G Hedge and children 3 x private and 1 Maude Hedge d1980.
Only her birth is validated.


9. Charles Howard Rawson 24 Jan 1883 (Pardoe, Tas.) - LINC Name Index 1122467
His mother Elizabeth died shortly after his birth. He was raised by his paternal aunt, Martha Rawson (nee Howard) and her husband Joseph.
Charles H Rawson died 23 March 1966 in Mersey General Hospital and is buried with his wife in Latrobe General Cemetery General Section, Latrobe, Devonport, LT04/0453

Spouse: Lily Hinchmore on 23 April 1908 in York Street Baptist Church, Launceston.
Lily Hinchmore was born 31 July 1886 Barrington, Tas. She died 3 February 1962 at 44 Bradshaw St, Latrobe and is buried in Latrobe Cemetery, Devonport,Tas.
She was the daughter of William Hinchmore 1860 (Franklin, Tas.) -1931 (Latrobe, Tas.) and Louisa Mary Fraser 1862 (Hobart, Tas.) -11 July, 1935 in Royal Womens Hospital, Melbourne, Vic. William and Louisa Hinchmore were married 15 Sept. 1882 (Barrington, Tas.)

Subsequent generations use the surname Rawson.

Children:
Maida Beryl Howard Rawson 10 April1910 Latrobe Tas. - 12 Nov 2001 Launceston
Married 5 March 1932 Vivian Herbert Bellchamber

Maisie Pearl Howard Rawson 10 April 1910 - Married Allan Fydel ‘Tom’ Fergusson. They had 3 children Elizabeth Ann, Markham Francis ‘Mark’ and Alan Charles Fergusson.
Muriel Eileen Howard Rawson 4 Dec 1911-2008 Sydney NSW;
Married 1940 - Duncan Linn. One child – Heather Janet

Vernon Charles Howard-Rawson 1913 Latrobe, Tas.-1981 Innesfree, Hawley Beach, Tas.
Married 1. Ruby Edna Kelb 1918-1974 Wisteria Cottage, Port Sorrell.
Children: John Vernon 1934-1961 Spouse: Shirley Blake
Maxwell Timothy 1941-2001 Spouse and children U. 1 child – Sharen b 1965
Geoffrey Charles 1947-1955 – Sp U. Possibly 2 children
Other children names taken from headstone: Leonie, Barrie, Joan.
Spouse 2. Myra Jean Morgan 1923-1992

Valentine Albert Howard-Rawson 31 October 1915 Latrobe, Tas. - 5 Jun 1995 Latrobe, Tas.
Married 1: Jessie Singh 1917-
Child: Graham Albert Rawson 12 Oct 1936-1972 (Rockhampton, Qld)
Married 2: 11 Aug 1949.
Margaret Eileen Creelman 1923 NSW- 1975 Geelong, Vic.

Richard Hubert Howard-Rawson 3 Nov 1917 Latrobe, Tas. – 10 Sept. 1999 Latrobe, Tas
Married Mona McQuire

Lawrence Arthur Howard-Rawson 4 Apr 1920 Latrobe, Tas. - 4 July 2004 Latrobe, Tas.
Military Service WW2
Married: Linda Mary Lomer 1921 – 16 April 1979 :Latrobe General Hospital. Buried Mersey Vale Lawn Cemetery
Children: (from Headstone)
Lynette
John
Karyn
Norman Howard-Rawson
Grandchildren: (from headstone)
Cameron
Ashley

Marjorie Jean Howard-Rawson 18 Feb 1924 Latrobe, Tas.- 6 Dec 1984 Melb, Vic.
Married Roy Stanley 1915-


Last Will and Testament Charles Howard Rawson 1966 – Only page 2 available on digitized record. (LINC Tas. Names Index 689224, File no. 47672)
Mention of housekeeper to sell, call in and convert said property into money and divide into eight parts and give one to each of my children Maidie Bearl Bellchamber, Maisie Pearl Ferguson, Muriel Eileen Linn, Vernon Charles Rawson, Valentine Albert Rawson, Laurence Arthur Rawson, and Marjory Jean Stanley and as to the remaining part to divide the same… equally between my son Hubert Richard Rawson and my daughter-in-law Mona Rawson … for their own use and benefit