Kathleen Jane Levin WALLACE

Notes:

DIVORCE ACTIONS. Undefended Action. Kathleen Jane Horstman, of Mt Morgan, petitioned for a dissolution of her marriage with William Henry Horstman on the grounds of desertion. Mr. E. R. Larcombe, instructed by Messrs. Hobler and Powell, appeared for the petitioner. There was no appearance of the defendant. Formal evidence of serving the writ on the defendant was given by Francis William Tooth, Supreme Court bailiff. The petitioner stated that she wa married to the defendant at Mt Morgan on March 11th, 1918, according to the rites of the Roman Catholic Church. After her marriage she lived and cohabited with her husband at Mt Morgan and Rockhampton. The issue of the marriage was one child, now eight years old. At this stage petitioner tendered the marriage certificate and His Honour remarked: "One of those youthful marriages. The husband was 20 and the girl was 17." Mr. Larcombe: The parents consent is endorsed on the back. His Honour: That's too young to marry. Continuing her evidence, the petitioner stated that her husband commenced to drink after their marriage, and he did not give her enough money on which to live. He left his employ ment in the mine at Mt. Morgan, came to Rockhampton, and secured a position in an orchestra. He was earning three pounds or three pounds 10 shillings, and he only gave her two pounds a week, sometimes less, to keep house, pay rent, and buy clothes for her husband. Towards the end of 1921 they had no clothes and she told her husband there was not sufficient money to clothe herself and the child. Her husband replied that if she wanted any more she could go out and work to get it, as he could not give her any more. Witness then secured a position as a cook and had supported her child and herself ever since. Her husband had not since contributed towards their support. In fact, when he she first started work he came to her for money. She told him that he should be supporing her, but gave him money. About three years ago be met witness in the street and asked her to make it up. She agreed to do so, provided he stopped drinking for a fortnight and straightened himself up. He said he would and asked witness to buy him a suit, as he had no clothes. She paid ?6 for a suit and gave him ?3 and promised to return at the end of a fortnight. When the time had expired she went to him, only to be abused by the defendant, who said all he wanted was the suit and that witness could get along the best way she could. As she was still maintaining the child, she requested His Honour to grant her the custody of it. His Honour granted an order nisi, returnable within three months, ordered the defendant to pay the costs of the action, and granted the petitioner custody of the child.
APA citation: DIVORCE ACTIONS. (1927, May 24). Morning Bulletin (Rockhampton, Qld. : 1878-1954), p. 11. Retrieved March 27, 2011, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article56275009

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Birth:
Australia Birth Index, 1788-1922

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Kathleen married William Henry HORSTMAN on 11 Oct 1918 in Mt Morgan, Queensland, Australia. William was born on 20 Apr 1898 in Mt Morgan, Queensland, Australia; died on 4 Jan 1957 in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Married:
1918/C3083 Wallace Kathleen Jane Horstman William Henry

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1. Madeline Jane HORSTMAN was born on 16 May 1919 in Mt Morgan, Qld, Aust; died in UNKNOWN.

Kathleen married Charles Claude DEVNEY on 10 Jul 1929 in Queensland, Australia. Charles was born about 1900; died in 1977 in Queensland, Australia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Married:
Queensland Historical Indexes, marriages: 1929/C1920 Devney Charles Claude and Horstman Kathleen Jane

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1. Living
2. Living

Other Events and Attributes:

• _FGRAVE: 160692181
• Residence: 1903-1919, Racecourse Road, Mt Morgan, Queensland, Australia
• Residence: 1925, East St, Mt Morgan, Queensland, Australia

Notes:

Obit: Late Mr James Wallace
One of the first 24 men employed in the opening of the Mt Morgan Gold Mine, in tho person of Mr James Wallace, of East Street, Mt Morgan, passed away on Saturday last after a long illness. Born 69 years ago at County Clonmell (Ireland) he came with his parents to Queensland when only five years of age, landing in Rockhampton.
He commenced work with Archer Brothers, of Gracemere, and eventually went to Mt Morgan, where he secured employment from the Morgans, the discoverers and owners of the mine. Married 37 years ago, he reared a family of eight daughters and one son.
He was a foundation member of the Mt Morgan Hibernian Lodge, the members of which followed his remains to the Mt Morgan Cemetery on Sunday last, where the Rev. Father Murtagh conducted the service.
Mr Wallace is survived by his wife, eight daughters, and one son-Mesdames J. E. Hill, C. Deveny, and R Kruger (Bundaberg), S. Weber (Rockhampton), H. Deissler (Yeppoon), Misses Edna and Madeline Wallace (Cairns), Miss Elva Wallace (Mt Morgan), and Mr James Wallace (Mt Morgan). APA citation:
Late Mr James Wallace. (1936, June 25). Morning Bulletin (Rockhampton, Qld. : 1878-1954), p. 14. Retrieved March 27, 2011, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article54962870.
NOTE: Apparently he was known as Joe.

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Residence:
Australian electoral roll

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Residence:
Australian electoral roll

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Died:
https://www.familyhistory.bdm.qld.gov.au/
Death registration: James Wallace Birth year: 1867 Death date: 20/06/1936 Mother's name: Julia Mulcahey Father/parent's name: Thomas Wallace Registration details:1936/C/1927

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James married Agnes Janet GEDDES on 27 Feb 1900 in Mt Morgan, Queensland, Australia. Agnes (daughter of Robert Frederick GEDDES and Jane Sarah LEVIN) was born on 15 Jul 1881 in Bowen Downs, Qld, Aust; died on 26 Jan 1950 in Brisbane, Qld, Aust. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Birth:
Qld State Library birth ref: 81/000019

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Died:
https://www.familyhistory.bdm.qld.gov.au/
Death registration: Agnes Janet O'Connor Death date: 26/01/1950 Mother's name: Sarah Jane Levien Father/parent's name: Robert Frederick Geddes Registration details: 1950/B/25578

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Notes:

Married:
Qld State Library marriage ref: 00/002529

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Thomas + Johanna MULCAHELY. Johanna was born about 1840; died in UNKNOWN. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: Fencer
• Census: 1851, 761/2, Kirk St, Calton, Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland, UK

Notes:

Died while working as a fencer leaving wife destitute. She had to put daughters Agnes and Emily into Rockhampton Orphanage for 15 months.

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Even though his mother is listed on his death certificate as Agnes Pye, he apparently was the son of Alexander Geddes and Elizabeth Rankin, while Agnes was Alexander's second wife. Also may have had a twin sister, Janet.

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Census:
1851 census for 761/2, Kirk Street, Calton, Glasgow Lanarkshire
Piece: 622 Folio: 58 Page: 6 Registration District: Calton
Alexander GEDDES, Head Married M 30 1821 General Practitioner Glasgow Lanarkshire
Agnes GEDDES, Wife Married F 25 1826 General Practitioner Wife Fifeshire
Janet GEDDES, Daughter F 3 1848 Glasgow Lanarkshire
Robert F GEDDES, Son M 3 1848 Glasgow Lanarkshire
Alexander GEDDES, Son M 0 (1 MO) 1851 Glasgow Lanarkshire
Agnes CLARK, Servant Unmarried F 17 1834 House Servant Prestonpans Midlothian

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Died:
Qld Historical Indexes:
1888/C28 Robert Frederick Geddes Alexander Geddes Agnes Pye

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Robert married Jane Sarah LEVINDalby, Queensland, Australia. Jane (daughter of Adolphus LEVIN and Mary Ann CHAMPNESS) was born on 3 Mar 1854 in 39 City Garden Row, St Lukes, Shoreditch, London, UK; died on 13 Oct 1930 in Mt Morgan, Qld, Aust. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Census: 1851, 1 Union Buildings, Mile End Old Town, The Tower Hamlets, London, England, UK
• Occupation: 1851; Jeweller
• Occupation: 1854; Jeweller
• Occupation: 1859; Jeweller

Notes:

Tracing Adolphus Levin through the public record unearths a picture of a complex and interesting man.

There is no record yet found to establish when he arrived in England from Germany and he is first found on the 1851 census aged 58 at 1 Union Buildings, Tower Hamlets, London. He is a working jeweller by trade.

He is presumed to have a Jewish heritage based on his name and the fact that he was a jeweller in an area that included a number of Jewish jewellery shops in 19th century London.

The following transcript for the 1851 census requires some explanation which follows below.

1851 census for 1 Union Buildings, Mile End Old Town, The Tower Hamlets, London, England, UK:

RG number: HO107 Piece: 1553 Folio: 314 Page: 35

LEVIN, Adolphus Head Married M 58 1793 Working Jeweller Germany

*LEVIN, Mary Ann Wife Married F 38 1813 Laundress Feltham Middlesex

#LEVIN, Thomas Son M 13 1838 Scholar Shoreditch Middlesex

#LEVIN, Amelia Daughter F 9 1842 Scholar Bethnal Green Middlesex

LEVIN, Julia Daughter F 7 1844 Scholar St Lukes Middlesex

LEVIN, Mary Ann Daughter F 3 1848 Shoreditch Middlesex

LEVIN, Adolphus J Son M 0 (11 MOS) 1851 Stepney Middlesex

*Mary Ann Champness was previously married to Christopher Harper with whom she had Thomas and Amelia, so either the two children assumed the Levin surname or they were adopted. No record yet to confirm that.

As well, it seems that Adolphus and Mary Ann were living together while the other children, Julia, Mary and Adolphus junior were born. Another daughter, Emily, was born about 1857 as well.

The reasons for above assumptions are because in 1859, Adolphus (aged 66) married Mary Ann Harper (aged 46) in St Phillip's Church, Bethnal Green.

As well, Adolphus took the step to be baptised around the same time which indicates a momentous change in his worldview. The fact that he abandoned his Jewish heritage and embraced both a baptism and marriage in a Christian church suggests that he was born again. The transcript of his baptism follows:

Baptisms in the church of St. John, Bethnal Green, in the county of Middlesex in the Year 1859. No 3381, May 22nd 1859. Adolphus born 13 March 1793, son of Adolphus and Golda Levin, of Posen, Germany, Jeweller.

What transpired in the family thereafter is a little unclear because Adolphus senior is not again found on the census until 1881, about three weeks before he died. While his first name is impossible to decipher on the census entry (it has been transcribed as Matthew - and he may have embraced a new Christian name), the address of 5 Pritchards Rd, Bethnal Green, Middlesex, England, matches his burial record.

Interestingly, Adolphus is not with his wife on the 1871 but she is found in Sewardstone Rd, East, Bethnal Green, London, staying with her daughter Julia (from first marriage) along with two of her children Adolphus junior and Emily. Her first name is given as Margaretta which could be enumerator error.

However, the following transcription from Adolphus's death certificate gives Mary Ann as witness:

1881 death in registation district of Bethnal Green in the sub-district of Hackney Road, Middlesex No 164, 15th April 1881 at 5 Pritchards Row, Adolphus Levin, male, aged 88 years, working jeweller, cause, infirmities of age as certfied by E. Moore. Witness: the mark of Mary Ann Levin, widow of deceased present at death.

Details of burial are:

Buried 20 Apr 1881 Manor Park Cemetery, Sebert Rd, London, England, UK Burial No. 32793, Apr 20, Levin, Adophus, aged 88 years, of 5 Pritchards Row, Hackney. Where buried: Sq 157 Gr 90, Minister G.B.Goulding. Date of death cert, 19 April.

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Census:
1851 census for 1 Union Buildings, Mile End Old Town, The Tower Hamlets, London, England, UK:
RG number: HO107 Piece: 1553 Folio: 314 Page: 35
LEVIN, Adolphus Head Married M 58 1793 Working Jeweller Germany
*LEVIN, Mary Ann Wife Married F 38 1813 Laundress Feltham Middlesex
#LEVIN, Thomas Son M 13 1838 Scholar Shoreditch Middlesex
#LEVIN, Amelia Daughter F 9 1842 Scholar Bethnal Green Middlesex
LEVIN, Julia Daughter F 7 1844 Scholar St Lukes Middlesex
LEVIN, Mary Ann Daughter F 3 1848 Shoreditch Middlesex
LEVIN, Adolphus J Son M 0 (11 MOS) 1851 Stepney Middlesex
*Mary Ann Champness was previously married to Christopher Harper with whom she had Thomas and Amelia. Appears to have cohabited with Adolphus LEVIN before they actually married in 1859.
#Children of Mary Ann Champness and first husband Christopher Harper. Both appear to have assumed LEVIN surname

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Died:
1881 death in registation district of Bethnal Green in the sub-district of Hackney Road, Middlesex
No 164, 15th April 1881 at 5 Pritchards Row, Adolphus Levin, male, aged 88 years, working jeweller, cause, infirmities of age as certfied by E. Moore. Witness: the mark of Mary Ann Levin, widow of deceased present at death

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Buried:
Burial No. 32793, Apr 20, Levin, Adophus, aged 88 years, of 5 Pritchards Row, Hackney. Where buried: Sq 157 Gr 90, Minister G.B.Goulding. Date of death cert, 19 April.

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Adolphus married Mary Ann CHAMPNESS on 28 Mar 1859 in St Phillip's Church, Bethnal Green, London, Middlesex, England, UK. Mary was born on 12 Sep 1812 in Fulham, Middlesex, England, UK; died on 7 Sep 1892 in Bethnal Green, London, England, UK; was buried on 10 Sep 1892 in Manor Park Cemetery, Sebert Rd, London, England, UK. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Census: 1851, 1 Union Buildings, Mile End Old Town, The Tower Hamlets, London, England, UK
• Census: 1871, Sewardstone Rd, East, Bethnal Green, London, England, UK

Notes:

Mary Ann was first married to Christopher Harper. He appears to have died about 1842. On 1871 census, with daughter Julia (from first marriage) and two of her children (Adolphus and Emily) from second marriage to Adolphus Levin. First name written as Margaretta and husband Adolphus not with her on census night.

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Birth:
England & Wales, FreeBMD Birth Indexes

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Census:
In household headed by James Carr who was married to Julia Harper/Levin, daughter of Mary Ann Champness and Christopher Harper.

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Died:
Burial record

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Buried:
No 119566, 10 Sep 1892, Levin Mary Ann, 79 years, of 3 Marian Street, Hackney Road, buried 131, 6, ministers: J.P.Gray & J.W.Oliver. Date of death 7 Sep.

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Notes:

Married:
1859 marriage solemnized at St Philip's Church, Parish of Bethnal Green, Middlesex:
No 11, March 28th, Adolphus Levin aged 66, widower, working jeweller of Teal Street, father Adolphus Levin, working jeweller and Mary Ann Harper, aged 47, widow, of 9 King Street, father James Champness, gardener. Witnesses: John Costin and Phebe Sears.

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