Sarah Launder (1840-1925)

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4. Sarah Launder (1840 - 1925)

Spouse : William Smith (1840 - 1892)

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
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

Sarah Launder

Born :                   1840, June 15 in Sevenoaks, Kent, UK
Baptised :             1840, July 12 in Sevenoaks, Kent, UK
Father :                George William Launder
Mother :               Sarah Gardiner (Roberts)

Marriage :           June 18, 1857, aged 17 years
Spouse :            William Smith

Birth 1834 at St. Peter's Church, St. Albans, Hertfordshire, UK
Father William Smith (1809 - 1885)
Mother Mary Ann Thompson (1808 - 1879)
Death 1892, May 12 at Essendon, Victoria
Age at Death 59 years
Burial Melbourne General Cemetery, Parkville, Victoria

Siblings 1. Elizabeth Rebecca Smith (1846 - ....)

2. Mary Lucia Smith (1840 - ,,,,)
3. James Tiggell Smith (1838 - ....)
4. Maria L. Smith (1849 - ....)
5. Emma Smith (1845 - ....)
6. Rosannah Smith (1836 - ....)

1841 Census - East Barnet, Hertfordshire, UK
1851 Census - St. Albans, St. Peter, Hertfordshire, UK
1861 Census - Kings Langley, Hertfordshire, UK

Death :                1925, May 20 at Brunswick
Age at Death :     85 years
Burial                   Melbourne General Cemetery, Parkville, Victoria

Children :            1 William Herbert Smith, (1858 - 1946)

2 Lucy Clara Smith, (1860 - 1876)

3 Emma Victoria Anne Smith, (1862-1948)

4 Harold Albans Smith, (1864 - 1940)

5 Annie Mary Lucia Smith, (1867- 1906)

Born - 1840

Sarah was born at Sevenoaks, Kent, UK on June 15, 1840. She was the fourth child of George William Launder and Sarah Roberts (Gardiner). Her father listed his occupation as 'Broker'.

1840 - Baptism

Baby Sarah was baptised at the church in Sevenoaks, Kent on July 12, 1840.

1851 - Migration to Australia

March, 1851 Migration of Sarah Launder and the family from UK to Australia. Their family at this time consisted of Eleanor Ann Launder, William Launder, George Launder, Sarah Launder, Thomas Howard Launder, Amy Launder, Jane Launder and Roberts Launder.

1857 - Marriage

Sarah Launder, married William Smith at the Christ Church in Hawthorn on June 18, 1857.

Name                                     Sarah Launder
Gender                                   Female
Marriage Place                       Victoria, Australia
Marriage Registration Date   1857
Marriage Registration Place Victoria, Australia
Spouse                                  William Smith
Reference Number                1413
Source - Victoria, Australia, Marriage Index, 1837-1962

1858 - Birth of Son, William Herbert Smith

Sarah and William's first child was born in 1858 and he was christened at the Christ Church in Hawthorn on July 25, of that year. His name was William Herbert Smith.

1860 - Birth of Daughter, Lucy Clara Smith

Their second child, a daughter, Lucy Clara Smith was christened at the family church, Christ Church in Hawthorn on May 27, 1860. She was born in Northcote, Victoria

1862 - Birth of Daughter, Emma Victoria Amy Smith

Another daughter, Emma Victoria Amy Smith was born May 17, 1862 in Hawthorn.

1863 - Baptism Emma Victoria Amy Smith

Emma was baptised at the Christ Church in Hawthorn at age 1 year on November 12, 1863.

1864 - Birth of Harold Albans Smith

Born in 1864 in Northcote, Victoria

1867 - Birth of Annie Mary Lucia Smith

Baby Annie was born in 1867 on August 21 in Brunswick, Victoria

1876 - Death Lucy Clara Smith

At aged 16 years, Lucy Clara Smith died in Hawthorn, Victoria

1906 - Death of Annie Mary Lucia Kerr, nee Smith

Name                          Annie Lucia Mary Kerr
Death Place                Balwyn, Victoria
Age                             38
Father's Name            William Smith
Mother's Name           Sarah Launder
Registration Year       1906
Registration No.         330
Source : Australian Death Index, 1781-1985 - Ancestry.com.au

1925 - Death

Sarah, wife of William Smith, daughter of George Launder died in 1925, May 20 at Brunswick. She was buried at the Melbourne General Cemetery.

Name                           Sarah Smith
Maiden Name              Launder
Gender                        Female
Birth Date                    1840
Birth Place                   Sevenoaks District, Kent, England
Death Date                  20 May 1925
Death Place                Brunswick, Merri-bek City, Victoria, Australia
Cemetery                    Melbourne General Cemetery
Burial or Cremation Place    Parkville, Melbourne City, Victoria, Australia
Spouse                                William Smith
Children                               Annie Maria Lucia Kerr
                                            Lucy Clara Smith
URLhttps://www.findagrave.com/memorial/229851854/sarah-smith
Source - Australia and New Zealand, Find a Grave® Index, 1800s-Current

1940 - Death of Harold Albans Smith

At age 80 years, Harold Albans Smith died in Geelong, Victoria.

1946 - Death of William Herbert Smith

Died at Ascot Vale, Victoria, aged 88 years

The Children of Sarah Launder and William Smith

1 William Herbert Smith (1858 - 1946)

Sarah and William's first baby was born in 1858 in Hawthorn, Victoria. He was baptised in the Christ Church in Hawthorn

William Herbert Smith

Born              1858 in Hawthorn, Victoria
Baptised        1858, July 25 in Christ Church, Hawthorn
Father            William Smith
Mother           Sarah Launder

Marriage        1881 in Victoria at 23 years old
Spouse          Catherine Dyer

Birth 1858, Melbourne, Victoria
Father Benjamin Dyer (1816 - 1877)
Mother Elizabeth Phillips (1818 - 1866)
Death 1941, March 10 at Essendon, Victoria
Age at Death 83 years
Cremation - Fawkner Memorial Park, Victoria

Siblings 1. Elizabeth Ann Dyer (1849 - ....)

2. Charles Dyer (1848 - 1901)
3. Benjamin Dyer (1855 - 1923)

Death 1946, October 30 at Ascot Vale, Victoria
Age at Death 89 years
Burial Church of England Plot Plot 41D at Fawkner Memorial Park

1946 - Death - William Herbert Smith

DEATHS - SMITH
On October 28 at his son's residence, 39 Sandown Road, Ascot Vale, William Herbert, dearly beloved husband of the late Catherine Smith, loved father of Hilda, Lucy (Mrs. F. Heritage), and Bert.
Aged 88 years
A wonderful life at rest. Privately interred, Fawkner Cemetery, October 30

DEATHS - SMITH
On October 28 at his son's residence, 39 Sandown Road, Ascot Vale, William Herbert, beloved husband of the late Catherine, loved father of Hilda, Lucy and Bert, dear grandpa of Colin and Allan (dec.), Jack and Joy, loving father-in-law of Frank and Daisy.
In God's Care.

Children 1. Hilda May Smith

Birth 1882 in Richmond, Victoria
Father William Herbert Smith
Mother Catherine Dyer

Death 1962, May 21
Age at Death 80 years
Burial Fawkner Cemetery, Victoria

Probate 1962, August 24
Occupation Designer

1926 - Arrived into San Francisco, California, USA May 14 accompanied by her mother and a friend, N. Muir
Ship was RMS Tahiti.
Description - complexion fair, eyes blue, hair fair, height 5 feet 6 inches.

2. Lucy Clara Smith

Birth 1883 in Frankston, Victoria
Father William Herbert Smith
Mother Catherine Dyer

Married 1907 in Victoria
Spouse Francis Louis Heritage

Birth 1881
Father Francis Heritage (1847 - 1911)
Mother Martha Thompson (1859 - 1943)
Death 1966
Age at Death 85 years

Siblings 1. Mary Elizabeth Heritage (1879 - 1960)

2. James Richard Heritage (1884 - 1946)
3. Caroline Alice Heritage (1886 - 1974)
4. Maud Heritage (1888 - 1983)
5. Samuel John Heritage (1890 - 1968)
6. William David Heritage (1891 - 1926)
7. Edith Annie Heritage (1893 - 1969)
8. Charles Henry Heritage (1896 - 1951)
9. Arthur Edward Heritage (1903 - 1978)

Death 1958, September 9 at Elsternwick
Age at Death 75 years
Burial Fawkner Cemetery, Victoria

Children 1. Allen Gladwin Heritage (twin)

Birth 1911, November 22
Father Frank Lewis Heritage
Mother Lucy Clara Smith

Death 1923, June 12
Age at Death 11 years 6 months

MEMORIUM - HERITAGE
In sad and loving memory of my dear little nephew Allan, who passed away on the 12th June, 1923 at his parents' residence, 126 Glenhuntly Road, Elsternwick.
So deeply loved, so sadly missed.
Inserted by his loving aunt, Hilda

MEMORIUM - HERITAGE
A tribute of love to the memory of Alan Gladwin, who passed away at Elsternwick, June 12, 1923.
Twined round our very hearts he grew,
With a sweet little face so loving and true,
The memory of his little ways
Will linger with us all our days
Auntie Vie and Todd Hughes, Essendon

MEMORIUM - HERITAGE
A tribute of love and affection to the memory of our dear son, Allan, who passed away on June 12, 1923, twin brother of Colin.
In God's Care.
Inserted by his loving parents, F.L. and L. C. Heritage, Elsternwick.
Source : The Argus, June 12, 1924.

2. Colin Francis Heritage (twin)

Birth 1911, November 22
Father Frank Lewis Heritage
Mother Lucy Clara Smith

Death 1928, February 28 at Elsternwick, Victoria
Age at Death 16 years and 3 months
Death 1827, February 20 at Elsternwick, Victoria

DEATHS - HERITAGE
On 18th February at Elsternwick (suddenly), Colin Francis, loved son of Frank and Lucy Heritage, 41 Allison Road, Elsternwick, twin brother of the late Allan, aged 16 years 3 months.
In God's care we leave them.
Source : The Age, Monday, 20 February, 1928

3. Herbert Thomas Stanley Smith

Birth 1898 at Essendon, Victoria
Father William Herbert Smith
Mother Catherine Dyer

Marriage 1916 in Victoria
Spouse Laurenza Iverson

Birth 1894 in Hotham, Victoria
Father John Bertel Iversen (1865 - 1930)
Mother Mary Ann Singleton (1867 - 1938)
Death 1966, November 15 at Carlton
Age at Death 60 years
Burial Keilor Cemetery, Victoria

Siblings 1. Nell Iversen

2. Doreen Violet Iverson (1904 - 1981)
3. Mary Alice Iverson 1897 - 1972)

Death 1962, July 18 at Ascot Vale, Victoria
Age at Death 64 years
Burial Keilor East, Victoria

Children 1. Jack Herbert Smith

Birth 1926, December 12 at Flemington, Victoria
Father Herbert Thomas Stanley Smith
Mother Laurenza Iverson

Marriage 1949 in Victoria
Spouse Wilma Frances Anne McDonald

Birth 1927, July 26 at Clifton Hill, Victoria
Father William Francis McDonald (1885 - 1957)
Mother Hilda Ellen Hough (1891 - 1982)
Death 2017, February 15 at Melbourne
Age at Death 50 years

Siblings 1. Patricia Mary McDonald (1917 - 1997)

2. Gerard William Francis McMahon McDonald (1914 - 1991)
3. Colin Ross McDonald (1919 - 1942)
4. Hilda Hough McDonald (1920 - 1920)
5. Meenah Alicia McDonald (1921 - 1993)
6. Rodney William McDonald (1924 - 1980)
7. Leone Marie McDonald (1925 - ....)

Death 1992, May 4 at Niddrie, Victoria
Age at Death 66 years
Burial Keilor, Victoria

2 Lucy Clara Smith (1860 - 1876)

Born              1860 in Northcote, Victoria
Baptised        1860, May 27 in Christ Church, Hawthorn
Father            William Smith
Mother           Sarah Launder

Death             1876, June 11
Age at Death 16 years
Burial              Melbourne General Cemetery, Parkville

1876 - Headstone Transcription :

In remembrance of Lucy Clara, daughter of William and Sarah Smith, June 1876
Also the above William Smith who died 12 May, 1892, aged 68 years
Also of their youngest daughter Annie M.L. Kerr who died 4 January, 1906 aged 38 years

3 Emma Victoria Anne Smith

Born            1862, May 17 in Hawthorn, Victoria
Baptised      1863, November 12 in Christ Church, Hawthorn
Father          William Smith
Mother         Sarah Launder

Marriage       1884 in Victoria
Spouse         William Clarence Roy Webb

Birth 1864
Father William Walter Webb (1826 - 1891)
Mother Mary Dawson (1837 - 1916)
Death 1900, February 15 at Wonga Park, Victoria
Age at Death 36 years
Cause of Death Accident involving overturned dray
Burial Melbourne General Cemetery, Parkville

Death            1948, December 30 in Melbourne
Age at Death 86 years
Burial              Box Hill Cemetery, Box Hill, Victoria

Children    (scroll down the page for further details of children)

1. William Walter Webb (1885 - 1892)

2. Herbert James Webb (1886 - 1959)

3. Alfred Ernest James Webb (1890 - 1962)

4. Lucy Grace (aka Tweet) Webb (1892 - 1985)

5. William Clarence Roy Webb (1895 - 1917)

Emma was the third child of Sarah Launder,(daughter of George William Launder and Sarah Launder), and William Smith. She was born in Hawthorn on May 17 in 1862 and at 18 months old was baptised at the Christ Church in Hawthorn in 1863.

Emma Smith was a theatrical dresser and she married William Webb, a professional singer in 1884 in Victoria.

Following Emma's uncle George Launder's lease of 91 acres of and at Wonga Park in 1893, Emma and William took possession of one of the plots and eventually built a house on it. Lilydale rate books show that the Webb family occupied 13 acres with a house from at least 1895. William Webb is recorded as the owner of the property for the first time in 1898. The area was known as the Wonga Park Village Settlement.

Emma and William ran a guest house at their Wonga Park property for theatrical friends. The guest house was called Forest Gate then later renamed White Lodge. It has been placed on the Victorian Heritage data base - which describes it -

The former Forest Gate is of local significance as a surviving guest house of the 1890's with turn of the century additions, demonstrating the importance of tourism even at this early date. It has important historical associations with Emma Webb, theatrical dresser, niece of George Launder, carpenter and builder and eight hour pioneer.

Source : Victorian Heritage database online and The Launder Story by Margaret Batten

But early in 1900, William Webb was killed returning home from Melbourne one night. He was found at the side of the road with an overturned dray across his jaw on the Yarra Road, only one and a half miles from home. He was dead. He had been to Melbourne earlier that day with a load of wood and was on his way home when it appears that his horse had swerved off the road. One of the dray's wheels had hit a tree which had capsized the dray. A verdict of accidental death was returned.

The article states that he left a wife and three children and was well-known in musical circles, having been associated at one time with Harry Rickard's Company and that he had been expected to sing at Atheneum Hall on the Saturday night following his death.

Source: Lilydale Express, February 23, 1900

Emma spent some time away from the Wonga Park property, probably at Highgate House in Canterbury leaving tenant at White Lodge. She returned in about 1908 to Wonga Park. Emma died on December 30 in 1948 at the age of 86 years. She was buried at the Box Hill Cemetery, Box Hill.

DEATHS - WEBB
On December 30, Emma Victoria Amy, beloved wife of the late William Webb, and loving mother of William (deceased), Herbert, Lucy, and Roy (deceased), and loved aunt of Doris Kerr, and grandma of Herbert Webb.

FUNERAL - WEBB
The Funeral of the late Mrs.EMMA VICTORIA A. WEBB will leave the chapel of B. Matthews Pty. Ltd., 102 Toorak rd., South Yarra, THIS DAY (Friday), at 3.30 p.m., for the Box Hill Cemetery.

Source : The Age, December 31, 1948

Children of Emma Victoria Ann Smith and William Clarence Roy Webb

1. William Walter Webb (1885 - 1892)

Birth 1885 in Flemington, Victoria
Father William Clarence Roy Webb
Mother Emma Victoria Ann Smith

Death 1892, November 18 at Essendon, Victoria
Age at Death 7 years & 7 months

1892 - Death

DEATHS - WEBB
On the 18th November, at the residence of his grandmother, Mrs. Smith. Canterbury-street, Moonee Ponds, William Walter Webb, the eldest and beloved son of William and Emma Webb, and grandson of the late William Smith, aged 7 years and 7 months.
In Memoriam.

Source : The Age, November 19, 1892

1893 - In Memorium

LAUNDER
In loving remembrance of my dear mother, Sarah Launder, who departed this life at Ascot Vale, 3rd November, 1892;

Also, of my dear grandson, William Walter Webb, who died at Ascot Vale, 18th November, 1892
—inserted by her loving daughter, and his grandmother, Sarah Smith.

1894 - In Memorium

DEATHS - WEBB
In loving remembrance of our dear little son, William Walter Webb, who departed this life on the 18th November, 1892.

With tearful eyes we watched him,
And saw him pass away :
Although we dearly loved him,
We could not make him stay.

—Inserted by his loving father and mother.
Source : The Age, November 19, 1894

2. Herbert James Webb (1887 - 1959)

Birth 1887, February 10 in Flemington, Victoria
Father William Clarence Roy Webb
Mother Emma Victoria Ann Smith

Marriage #1 1913
Spouse #1 Betsy Anne (Bessie) Rotherwood

Birth 1890 in Lilydale, Victoria
Father Wilson Ogle Rotherford (1840 - 1911)
Mother Annie Brown Irons
Death 1922, June 20 at Surrey Hills, Victoria
Age at Death 32 years

Spouse #2 Doris Moore Shaddock
Birth 1906 in Victoria
Father Harry Francis Shaddock
Mother Lucy May Paton
Death 1954, May 13 in Geraldton, WA
Age at Death 48 years
Burial Utakarra Cemetery, Geraldton, WA

Death 1959, January 18 at Geraldton, WA
Age at Death 72 years
Burial Utakarra Cemetery, Geraldton, WA

Children 1. Herbert Wilson Roy Webb

Birth   1917, May 2 in Victoria
Father Herbert James Webb
Mother Betsy Ann Rotherwood

Marriage 1943 in Perth, WA
Spouse

Death   2010 in WA
Age at Death 93 years
Burial   Bentley, WA

2. Bruce William Webb

Birth 1930, September 21 at Malvern, Victoria
Father Herbert James Webb
Mother Doris Moore Shaddock

Death 1971, January 8 at Sandford, Victoria
Age at Death 41 years
Burial Springvale Cemetery, Victoria

Awards - 1944, October 17 - Distinguished Flying Cross, 463 Squadron, RAAF

1913 - Marriage

1922 - Death of Bessie Webb, nee Rotherford

DEATHS - WEBB
On the 20th June, at Surrey Hills, Betsy Anne (Bessie Rotherford), beloved wife of Herbert James Webb. and loving mother of little Herbie.
God's will be done.
Source : The Age June 21, 1922

1954 - Death of Doris Moore Webb, nee Shaddock

DEATHS - WEBB
On May 30, 1954 (suddenly), Doris Moore Webb, beloved wife of Herbert J. Webb and mother of Bruce, Joan, (Mrs. Westney), Anne and Sally
Sadly Missed
Source : Geraldton Guardian (WA), June 1, 1954.

3. Alfred Ernest James Webb (1890 - 1962)

Birth 1890,

Father William Clarence Roy Webb

Mother Emma Victoria Ann Smith

Death 1962, August 3 at Loch, Victoria
Age at Death 72 years
Burial Warragul, Victoria

4. Lucy Grace (aka Tweet) Webb (1892 - 1985)

Birth 1892, Melbourne, Victoria

Father William Clarence Roy Webb

Mother Emma Victoria Ann Smith

Death 1985, at Ringwood, Victoria
Age at Death 93 years
Burial Ferntree Gully Victoria

5. William Clarence Roy Webb (1895 - 1917)

1925 - In Memorium

IN MEMORIUM - WEBB
In loving memory of my dear son, Corporal William Clarence Roy Webb, who died of wounds in France on the 17th October, 1917.
Too dearly loved to ever be forgotten.
— Inserted by his loving mother, E. Webb.

Source : The Age, October 17, 1925

4 Harold Albans Smith

Born              1865, August 17 in Northcote, Victoria
Baptised        1860, May 27 in Christ Church, Hawthorn
Father            William Smith
Mother           Sarah Launder

Marriage        1888
Spouse          Margaret Barber

Death
Age at Death
Burial

5 Annie Mary Lucia Smith

Born 1867, August 21 in Brunswick, Victoria

Baptised 1860, May 27 in Christ Church, Hawthorn

Father William Smith

Mother Sarah Launder

Marriage 1901, November 13 in Adelaide, SA

Spouse Frederick Warren Kerr (1863 - 1950)

Death 1906, January 4

Age at Death 38 years

Burial Melbourne General Cemetery

Children 1. Doris Cora Launder Kerr (1904 - ....)

Married 1957 in Victoria to David Nicholas Smith

Headstone Transcription :

In remembrance of Lucy Clara, daughter of William and Sarah Smith, June 1876
Also the above William Smith who died 12 May, 1892, aged 68 years
Also of their youngest daughter Annie M.L. Kerr who died 4 January, 1906 aged 38 years