Sarah Launder (1840-1925)

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4. Sarah Launder (1840 - 1925)

Spouse : William Smith (1840 - 1892)

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
4 Sarah Launder & William Smith

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

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

Death :                1925, May 20 at Brunswick
Age at Death :     85 years

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

2 Lucy Clara Smith, (1860 - 1876)

3 Emma Victoria Anne Smith, (1862-1906)

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

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

Marriage        1881 in Victoria
Spouse          Catherine Dyer

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

Children          1.   Hilda May Smith (1882 - 1962)

Lucy Clara Smith (1883 - 1958)

Married 1907 to Frank Lewis Heritage

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

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 (1864 - 1900)

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

Children         1. William W. 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 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.

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