Emily (aka Tot) LAUNDER (1867-1941)

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1. Emily (aka Tot) Launder (1867 - 1941)

Spouse : John Herbert Creese

Nola Irene Warren

2nd Generation -

George Ernest Edward Warren & Iris Ella Ford

3rd Generation

Leonard Leslie Warren and Burdett Launder

George Dixie Ford & Sarah Jane West

4th Generation

Charles James Warren and Elizabeth (Agnes) McNay

Roberts Launder and Mary Burdett Salisbury

Joseph Samuel Ford and Marianette Kingham

Arthur Cornelius West & Anne Eliza Devonshire

5th Generation

John Warren and Elizabeth Manning and Mary Manning

John McNay & Elizabeth Rogerson

George William Launder & Sarah Gardiner (Roberts)

1 Eleanor Ann Launder & John Collings
2 William John Launder & Sarah Moody
3. George Launder & Jane Walker
4. Sarah Launder & William Smith

5. Thomas Howard Launder & Emily Wood

1. Emily Launder & John Herbert Creese
2. Alice Kath Launder
3. Arthur Thomas Launder
4. Herbert Thomas Launder & Ellen Theresa Nolan
5. Ernest Arthur Launder & Ellen Mary Ursula Gissane
6. Horace Percival Launder & Caroline Elizabeth Evans
7. Eva Kate Launder
8. Edith Kate Launder
9. Thomas Howard Launder & Daisy Caroline Ormond
10. Ada Amelia Launder
11. Percy Albert Launder & Jessie Stirton

6. Amy Launder & George Wells

7. Jane Launder & David Douglas
8. Roberts Launder & Mary Burdett Salisbury
9. Harold James Launder & Georgiana Barnes
10. Mary Ann Launder & John Jeffrey
11. Unnamed Female Launder

Emily Launder

Born                 1867, August 16 in Collingwood, Victoria
Baptised           1867, December 21 in Geelong, Victoria
Father             Thomas Howard Launder
Mother             Emily Wood

Married             1924 in Victoria
Spouse             John Herbert (Jack) Creese

Born 1869
Father George Herbert Creese (1832 - 1882)
Mother Elizabeth Joyce (.... - ....)
Death 1945, August 9 in Melbourne
Age at Death 76 years
Burial Fawkner Cemetery, Victoria

Death               1941, October 1 in Kensington, Victoria
Age at Death    74 years
Burial                Fawkner Cemetery, Victoria

Birth and Baptism - 1867

Emily Launder was born on August 16, 1867 in Collingwood, Victoria. She was baptised on December 21, 1867 in Geelong, Victoria

She was often referred to as 'Tot' by the family. She spent most of her adult life at home and assumed care of her mother until her mother died in 1907. Tot then stayed on at home as a house-keeper for her father until he died in 1917. Following the death of her father,
Tot then went to live with her sister-in-law in Victoria Street, West Melbourne where she helped in the management of Nell Launder's sweet shop.

1884 - Intercolonial Exhibition Award

Paper Flowers - First, silver medal, Miss Emily Launder, Blackwood Street, Hotham
Patchwork - First silver medal, Miss Emily Launder, Blackwood Street, Hotham
The Argus newspaper, April 24, 1884

1924 - Marriage

She married an 'old boyfriend', Jack Creese, in 1924 and she and Jack moved into a small cottage in Elizabeth Street. Kensington.

Tot was a very kind person, often holding parties for her nephews and nieces. She had a cockatoo as a pet and she grieved when it died.

1941 - Death

Tot died in 1941 and was buried at Fawkner Cemetery. Her husband, Jack, died in 1945.

1945 - Death Jack Creese

JOHN HERBERT CREESE late of 3 Elizabeth Street, Kensington in the state of Victoria, Gentleman, Deceased. After 14 clear deays Thomas Howard Launder of 60 Christ..... Street, Camberwell in the said State, furniture warehouseman, the executor appointed nby deceased's will dated 8th December 1941 will apply to the Supreme Court for a grant of Probate of the said will.
Source : The Argus, August 15, 1945