Archibald Septimus LAUNDER (1874-1926)

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7. Archibald Septimus Launder (1873 - 1926)

Spouse #1 Leonide Marie (aka Lily) Beurteaux (C1870 - 1905)

Spouse #2 Isabelle Marian Lee (1864 - 1934)

1. Nola Irene Warren

2. .... George Ernest Edward Warren & Iris Ella Ford

3. .... .... Leonard Leslie Warren & Burdett Launder

4. .... .... .... Roberts Launder & Mary Burdett Salisbury

5. .... .... .... .... George William Launder & Sarah Gardiner (Roberts)

... Children - 1 Eleanor Ann Launder & John Collins

2 William Launder & Sarah Moody

3 George Launder & Jane Walker
... Children 1. George Launder
2. Walter Henry Launder

3 George Launder

4 Thomas James Launder

                      5 William Launder
                      6 Walter Henry Launder & Crystabel Booth
                      7 Archibald Septimus Launder & Leonide Marie Beurteaux
                      8 Octavius George Launder
                      9 Frederick Aubrey Launder

4 Sarah Launder
5 Thomas Howard Launder
6 Amy Launder
7 Jane Launder
8 Roberts Launder
9 Harold James Launder
10 Mary Ann Launder
11 Unnamed Female Launder

Archibald Septimus Launder

Birth                      1873, November 14 in Hawthorn, Victoria
Father                   George Launder
Mother                  Jane Walker

Marriage # 1         1900, August 16 at St. Albans, Perth, WA
Spouse # 1         Leonide Marie (Lily) Beurteaux

Birth C 1870 in Ceylon
Father Louise Beurteaux
Father’s Occupation Dentist (born Paris 1810)
Mother Hellena Hewtson (born London 1840)
Death 1905, August 3 at 47 Money Street, Perth, WA
Cause of Death Septic Peritonitis
Burial 1905, August 5 at Anglican Cemetery, Perth

Marriage # 2 1907, June 29 at St. Alban’s Church, Perth
Spouse # 2 Isabelle Marian Lee
Birth 1864
Father Samuel Bolton Lee
Father’s Occupation Commercial Traveller
Mother Cordelia Leigh

Death 1934, August 29 at 18 Wilberforce Street, Mt. Hawthorn, Perth
Aged 70 years

Residences 1903-1906 Electoral Roll Lincoln Street, Perth
1910 Electoral Roll 8 Shearer Street, North Perth
1916 Electoral Roll 62 First Avenue, Mt Lawley, WA
1925 Electoral Roll 34 Venn Street, North Perth
Marian & Gladys Isabelle Launder –
1931 Electoral Roll 19 Franklin Street, Balkatta, WA

Occupation       1907 Engraver

Death               1926, December 14 at Hospital for Insane, Perth, WA
Age at Death    53 years
Burial               1926, December 16 at Anglican Cemetery, Karrakatta, WA

Children 1 Frank Launder

Born 1900, December 13 at Beaufort Street, Perth
Father Archibald Septimus Launder
Mother Leonide Marie (Lillian) Beurteaux

Marriage 1924, November 15 at Dungog, NSW
Spouse Mabel Elizabeth Evelyn Ward

Born 1906 Coffs Harbour

Death 1972, February 7 at Lidcombe Hospital, Sydney
Aged 72 years

Children 1. Raymond Launder

Father Frank Launder
Mother Mabel Elizabeth Evelyn Ward

2. Ronald Launder

Father Frank Launder
Mother Mabel Elizabeth Evelyn Ward

3. Marjory Emma Launder (1929-….)

Father Frank Launder
Mother Mabel Elizabeth Evelyn Ward

4. Dorothy Launder

Father Frank Launder
Mother Mabel Elizabeth Evelyn Ward

2 Dora Helena Launder

Born 1902, August 15 at Brookman Street, Perth
Father Archibald Septimus Launder
Mother Leonide Marie (Lillian) Beurteaux

Death 1916, June 4 at 62 First Avenue, Mt. Lawley,
Aged 14 years
Cause of Death Heart disease and exhaustion

3 William Frederick Launder

Born 1903, December at Money Street, Perth
Father Archibald Septimus Launder
Mother Leonide Marie (Lillian) Beurteaux

4 Arthur Frederick Launder

Born 1904, Perth, WA
Father Archibald Septimus Launder
Mother Leonide Marie (Lillian) Beurteaux

Death 1945, May 24
Cause of Death Prisoner of War at Changi, Singapore
of NX65845 Craftsman Frederick Arthur Launder, 84th Light Aid Detachment, Australian Corps of Electrical & Mechanical Engineers.

Arthur Frederick Launder was one of over 2000 Allied prisoners of war (POW) held in the Sandakan POW camp in north Borneo, having been transferred there from Singapore as a part of B Force.

The 1494 POW's that made up B Force, were transported from Changi on 7 July 1942 on board the tramp ship Ubi Maru, arriving in Sandakan Harbour on 18 July 1942.

Craftsman Launder, aged 41, died as a prisoner of the Japanese on 24 May 1945. He was the son of Septimus Archibald and Lillian Launder

5 Gladys Isabelle Launder

Born C 1908
Father Archibald Septimus Launder
Mother Isabelle Marian Lee

Married 1934 in Perth
Spouse Cyril Thomas Sellman
Occupation Seaman

Children 1. Fred Sellman

Father Cyril Thomas Sellman
Mother Gladys Isabelle Launder

2. Frank Sellman

Father Cyril Thomas Sellman
Mother Gladys Isabelle Launder

Death 1956, aged 48 years

1873 – Birth

On November 14, 1873, George LAUNDER and wife Jane had their seventh son, Archibald LAUNDER. He was born in Hawthorn, Victoria. George, Archibald's father, was employed as a builder, probably with other members of his Launder family and was aged 31 years – Jane was aged 28 years.

Baby Archibald was the baby brother to Thomas James Launder aged 4 years and Walter Henry, aged 1 year. Archibald was only the third of the family’s children at this date to have survived.

In later years, Archibald was to adopt the name ‘Septimus Archibald’ LAUNDER.

Name: Archibald Launder
Birth Date: Abt 1874
Birth Place: Boroondara, Victoria
Registration Year: 1874
Registration Place: Victoria, Australia
Father: George Launder
Mother: Jane Walker
Ancestry.com. Australia, Birth Index, 1788-1922

1900, August – Marriage

Archibald married his first wife, Leonide Marie Beauteaux in St. Alban’s Park, Perth, Western Australia on August 16, 1900. Archibald was working as an engraver at the time of their marriage.

Name: Archibald Launder

Spouse Name: Leonide Beurteaux

Marriage Place: Perth

Registration Place: Western Australia

Registration Year: 1900

Registration Number: 1382

Ancestry.com. Australia, Marriage Index, 1788-1950

LAUNDER — BEURTEAUX

At St. Alban's Church, Highgate Hill, by the Rev. F. Price, Archibald Launder to Leonide Beurteaux, youngest daughter of Louise Beurteaux, dentist.

1900 – Birth William Frederick Launder

Soon after the marriage, on December 13, 1900 at Beaufort Street, Perth, Western Australia, their first child, Frank was born. Archibald was working as an engraver and was 26 years of age. His wife, Leonide (also called Lilly or Lillian) was also 26 years of age and was born in India.

1902 - Dora Helena Launder born

In 1902 on April 15, their daughter, Dora Helena Launder was born at Bookman Street, Perth. Dora must have been a frail little girl, probably small and weak, suffering all her life from a congenital heart defect.

1903 - Birth of William Frederick Launder

Their daughter was soon followed by a second son, William Frederick Launder, born December 9, 1903 at Money Street, Perth.

1904 - Birth of Arthur Frederick Launder

Name: Arthur Frederick Launder

Birth Date: Abt 1904

Birth Place: Perth

Registration Year: 1904

Registration Place: Western Australia, Australia

Father: Septimus Archib Launder

Mother: Leonide Beurteaux

Ancestry.com. Australia, Birth Index, 1788-1922

1905, August – Death Leonide Launder, nee Beurteaux

Then, Archibald’s first wife, Leonide Marie Beaurteaux, died on August 4, 1905 at 47 Money Street, Perth . A post mortem examination carried out revealed she had died from Septic Peritonitis. She was 35 years old. Her father was Louis Augustus Bearteaux, a dentist and her mother was Helena Hewtson. Leonide had been born in Ceylon and had lived in Western Australia for 25 years at the time of her death.

Leonide was buried on August 5, 1905 at the Anglican Cemetery, East Perth.

DEATH OF MRS L. LAUNDER
NECESSITY FOR A MIDWIVES ACT
In the Coroner’s Court last week, before an Acting Coroner and a jury of three, an inquest was held, concerning the death of Mrs. Leonide Launder of Perth on August 3.

Inspector Sallinger conducted the inquiry on behalf of the police and Mr. E. Hare watched the proceedings on behalf of the nurse.
The jury returned a verdict that death was due to septic peritonitis and added a rider that all nurses should be certificated, as owing to their calling grave responsibilities rested upon them.
“Western Mail” (Perth), Saturday, 26 August 1905

WESTERN AUSTRALIA, PERTH, August 15
DEATH FROM PERITONITIS.
At an inquest held on the body of Leonide Launder today, Dr. McWilliams said he was called in and found the deceased suffering from peritonitis. Sometime previously, Nurse Pearse had been attending the deceased, and the nurse had not recognised the gravity of the case, or she would have summoned him earlier. He considered that an Act should be passed making it compulsory for ail nurses to be registered under the Midwifery Act.

Nurse Pearse testified that the deceased refused to have a doctor, although the witness had urged on her the necessity of calling one. The deceased confessed that she had attempted to bring about abortion.

Septimus Launder, the deceased's husband, said his wife had suffered severely, when her other two children were born.

The jury returned a verdict that death was due to septic poisoning; and added a rider to the effect that all nurses should be certificated.
Express and Telegraph (Adelaide, SA : 1867 - 1922), Saturday 19 August 1905

FUNERAL – LAUNDER -
The Friends of Mr. Septimus A. Launder are respectfully invited to follow the remains of his late beloved wife, Leonide Marie, to the place of interment, the Church of England Cemetery, East Perth. The Funeral is appointed to leave his residence, 47 Money-street. Perth. at 4 o'clock THIS (Saturday) AFTERNOON.
The West Australian (Perth), Saturday, August 5, 1905

1907 – Marriage, Archibald Septimus Launder & Isabelle Lee

With three young children to care for, it not surprising that Archibald married Isabelle Marian Lee in Perth in 1907, two years after the death of his young wife, Lily.

At the same church in which he had married Lily, he married Isabelle on June 29, 1907. Septimus (as he was now calling himself) was 32 years old and his new wife was 36 years old and previously unmarried.

MARRIAGE
LAUNDER – LEE
On June 29, 1907, at St. Alban's Church. Perth, Western Australia. by the Rev. Canon Hudleston, Septimus Archibald, seventh son of George Launder, of Melbourne, Victoria, to Isabelle Marian, third daughter of Samuel Belton Lee, of Melbourne, Victoria, and late of Neutral Bay, Sydney.
West Australian (Perth, WA : 1879 - 1954), Tuesday 16 July 1907

1908 - Birth of Gladys Isabelle Launder

Gladys Isabelle was the first child born of the marriage between Archibald Septimus and Isabelle Lee.

1916 – Death of Dora Helena Launder

On June 4, 1916 at 62 First Avenue, Mt. Lawley, Archibald’s daughter, Dora, from his first marriage with Leonide Beaurteaux, a school girl, died. The cause of her death was Endocarditis, a vascular disease of the heart and exhaustion which she had suffered most of her life. Her step-mother was Isabelle Marian Lee. Dora was buried on June 5, 1916 in the Anglican Cemetery at Karrakatta, WA.

OBITUARY - THE LATE MISS D. H. LAUNDER.
The funeral of the late Miss Dora Helena Launder, eldest daughter of Mr. and Mrs, S. A. Launder, of 62 First Avenue, Mt. Lawley, took place on Monday afternoon in the presence of a large number of relatives and friends.

The cortege moved from the residence at 2 p.m. and proceeded to the Anglican portion of the Karrakatta Cemetery, where the remains were Interred. The Rev. C. H. D, Grimes officiated at the graveside.

The chief mourners were Mr. and Mrs. S. A. Launder (father and mother), Masters Frank and Frederick (brothers), Miss Gladys Launder (sister), and Mrs. F. Fletcher (a very old friend).

The pallbearers were Messrs C. Hudson, F. Jaggard, T. G, Jacoby, and R. Allen. A large number of wreaths and floral tributes were placed on the grave, and numerous letters and messages of sympathy were received by the bereaved family.
Daily News (Perth, WA : 1882 - 1950), Wednesday 7 June 1916

1926, December – Death, Septimus Archibald Launder

Septimus Archibald LAUNDER died on December 14, 1926, aged 53 years at the Hospital for the Insane in Western Australia. The cause of his death was Dementia and Dysentery. He had suffered from dementia for at least a year before his death, but the dysentery which he had for the last 5 days of his life probably caused his demise.

At the time of his death he had lived in Western Australia for the previous 26 years, having moved there in early 1900 from Victoria, his birth place. He was buried on December 16, 1926 in the Anglican Cemetery at Karrakatta, WA.

Name: Septimus Archibald Launder
Birth Date: 14 Nov 1873
Birth Place: Hawthorn, Boroondara City, Victoria, Australia
Death Date: 14 Dec 1926
Death Place: Claremont, Claremont Town, Western Australia, Australia
Cemetery: Karrakatta Cemetery and Crematorium
Burial or Cremation Place: Karrakatta, Nedlands City, Western Australia, Australia
Has Bio?: N
Father: George Launder
Mother: Jane Launder
Spouse: Leonide Marie Launder
Ancestry.com. Australia and New Zealand, Find a Grave Index, 1800s-Current

On December 14, 1926 at Perth, Septimus Archibald, dearly beloved husband of Isabelle Launder of 34 Venn Street, North Perth, fond father of Frank, Fred, Dora (deceased) and Gladys and beloved brother of F.A. (C.T.A.) and W.H. (New Zealand), aged 53 years.

1934 – Death, Isabelle Launder, nee Lee

DEATH – LAUNDER
On August 29, 1934, at Perth, Isabelle Launder, of 18 Wilberforce-street, Mt. Hawthorn, widow of the late Septimus A. Launder, loved mother of Gladys (Mrs. C. Sellman), fond stepmother of Fred and Frank Launder; aged 70 years
West Australian (Perth, WA: 1879 - 1954), Thursday 30 August 1934