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Eli Abraham LovelockAge: 92 years18901983

Name
Eli Abraham Lovelock
Given names
Eli Abraham
Surname
Lovelock
Birth 16 November 1890 26 19
Birth of a sisterClara Lovelock
13 January 1894 (Age 3 years)
Birth of a brotherWalter Lovelock
1897 (Age 6 years)
Death of a brotherWalter Lovelock
1897 (Age 6 years)
Shared note: Died At Birth
Birth of a sisterElsie Isobelle Lovelock
16 September 1901 (Age 10 years)
Birth of a sisterCharlotte Georgina Lovelock
about 1906 (Age 15 years)
Death of a paternal grandmotherJane Currie
4 February 1906 (Age 15 years)
Occupation
Blacksmith and Farmer

Christening of a sisterCharlotte Georgina Lovelock
16 September 1906 (Age 15 years)
Birth of a sisterHilda Harriet Lovelock
1910 (Age 19 years)
Death of a motherMary Matilda Britt
14 July 1911 (Age 20 years)
MarriageEmma Jane FryView this family
28 January 1915 (Age 24 years)
Text:

Also Declaration of Marriage, both above the age of 21. Also copy of Licence to marry No. 2714

Birth of a daughter
#1
Phyllis Lovelock
8 February 1916 (Age 25 years)
Birth of a daughter
#2
Mary Lovelock
28 April 1917 (Age 26 years)
Birth of a son
#3
Norman Lovelock
17 October 1918 (Age 27 years)
Birth of a daughter
#4
Lorna Lovelock
20 November 1920 (Age 30 years)
Birth of a daughter
#5
Joan Lovelock
31 December 1923 (Age 33 years)
Note: The birth reference on the nsw.gov.au website is 1232/1922, suggesting a birth in 1922.
Death of a fatherGeorge Lovelock
12 January 1954 (Age 63 years)
Death of a wifeEmma Jane Fry
25 July 1962 (Age 71 years)
Cremation of a wifeEmma Jane Fry
27 July 1962 (Age 71 years)

Will
Morrinsville, New Zealand
18 October 1962 (Age 71 years)

Burial of a wifeEmma Jane Fry
29 January 1969 (Age 78 years)
Death of a sisterEva Jane Lovelock
29 August 1969 (Age 78 years)
Death of a sisterElsie Isobelle Lovelock
25 August 1974 (Age 83 years)
Death of a sisterHilda Harriet Lovelock
18 November 1976 (Age 86 years)
Death of a sisterCharlotte Georgina Lovelock
9 February 1978 (Age 87 years)
Death 28 March 1983 (Age 92 years)
Cremation
Waikumete Crematorium
31 March 1983 (3 days after death)

Burial 14 April 1983 (17 days after death)
Religion
Church of England

Family with parents - View this family
father
mother
Marriage: 1 June 1887Victory Hill, Wambrook, New South Wales, Australia
19 months
elder sister
1 year
elder brother
Robert George Lovelock
Birth: 1889 25 18Cooma, New South Wales, Australia
Death: 1889Cooma, New South Wales, Australia
22 months
himself
3 years
younger sister
4 years
younger brother
Walter Lovelock
Birth: 1897 33 26Cooma, New South Wales, Australia
Death: 1897Cooma, New South Wales, Australia
5 years
younger sister
Elsie Isobelle Lovelock
Birth: 16 September 1901 37 30Adaminaby, New South Wales, Australia
Death: 25 August 1974Cooma, New South Wales, Australia
5 years
younger sister
5 years
younger sister
Family with Emma Jane Fry - View this family
himself
wife
Marriage: 28 January 1915Adaminaby, New South Wales, Australia
1 year
daughter
15 months
daughter
18 months
son
2 years
daughter
3 years
daughter

MarriageNSW BDM Reg. Ref: 2302/1915 and Copy of Eli and Emma Jane Lovelock's Marriage Certificate, 1915
Text:

Also Declaration of Marriage, both above the age of 21. Also copy of Licence to marry No. 2714

Marriage

The 'MANUKA' 1903-1929

The ship 'Manuka', registered at the Union Steamship Company of New Zealand in 1903, weighed 4,505 tons and was a passenger ship, which travelled around New Zealand and between New Zealand and Australia. It ran aground at Long Point, near Otago, N.Z. on 16th December, 1929. There were no casualties.

Eli Abraham Lovelock, with his wife Emma Jane, and children, Phyllis 7, Mary 6, Norman 4, Lorna 2 and Joan 1 travelled on the 'Manuka' from Sydney, Australia to Auckland, New Zealand, leaving Sydney on July 31, 1923 and arriving in Auckland on September??, 1923. The Captain's name was W.P. Collins. There were a total of 165 passengers on board, plus crew.

Ladies and Gentleman:AdultsChildren 1-14 Infants 89 6 2

Domestic and Labourers 62 4 2

Eli and family travelled under Domestic and Labourers.


Marriage Witnesses C Pallister and G Tozer?

Shared note

THIS IS A COPY OF A LETTER WRITTEN TO ELI ABRAHAM LOVELOCK IN NEW ZEALA ND FROM HIS FATHER GEORGE LOVELOCK IN AUSTRALIA.

Lockview Fryanpan March 15 1931

Well my dear son Eli just a fue lines to let you no that I ham farely well and I hope this finds you and Jiny and my darling gran children al well and to let you no that I recived your ever welcom letter before Xms that your were all well that time. Well my dear son I got the paper you sent me Xms time also the paper you sent me since that horble earth quake in napier. It was very tring to read about my dear Eli it his a bad country to be in I wish you were out of that as people says that it wil go under sooner or later so I think you aut to shift al your darlings out of that shivery country and come home again to you can git a living hear as wel as the rest of the people. Every one els seems to git a living here so I think you can. I will be pleas I hear of you coming back again I hope it will be soon so as I might see you and dear Jinny and my dearest grand children give my love to them. Everyone of them and Jinney also. I would like Jinny to drop me a line somtimes tel dear philles and Norman I got ther letters thy wrot to me a good wile ago I was pleased to hear from them I cant think of al there names how is that little dears leg that was so sore I hope its better I used paint killer and cast oil on mine wen it was so bad you no my son I had a bad leg fore 30 years now it is al write I nealy lost my leg 8 years ago now it better than ever it was that is al I used on it Wel my darling son I was in Adaminaby last weak I sore Clara an Charlot they were all well Cora and and maks is 3 nice little children I had a letter from dear Hilda a fue days before I whent in and she said she had a letter from you just before she closed it down she sed yous were all well over their I wrote to her last Thursday all so one to dear Elsie Bel the same day wel my son I haven't any news to tell you so I think I will bring this short note to a close for this time trusting to hear from you soon again so tatar my son whit heaps of love from your loving farther with x x x x x x x x x x x x x for all

Bob and Jack wishes to be remembered to you they are well Wel my son this is a little I forgot to tell you Hilda and sharlot is not much like your dear mother I think Hilda was 21 on the fifteen of Janury last She sent a bit of her birthday cak it was very nice Wel my son I have forgot wen yor birthday his also yor age I ham 67 last Xms I feel more then that I lost al my dear sisters ther is only uncle Abe and Jack Tedy and James and myslef left now Cant say any more now I hope you wil be able to read this I cant spell very well tatar


COPY OF LETTER NO 2 FROM GEORGE LOVELOCK Lockview Thursday November 28 1934

Wel my darling son Eli I thought I would drop you a line again as this wi ll bee three times I have wrote to you but got no answer from you I ho pe I wil git a answer to this one Wel my son I hope this finds you and Jin ey and al my darlings real wel as it leaves me farly wel I got a paper fr om you on satday and thank you very much fore it I git one evry month fr om you that tells me al the new from over there but that is not al I wa nt to hear from yous al some times as it is to meny miles away to co me to see yous al I would like to see yous very much I would like to see d ear Norman and al his darling sisters I think I must them a lett er so I mist write one to them some time I no they would like to hear fr om me some times wel Eli I had a good trip to Bathurst wit Syrill and Els ie we went over the Blue mountins to Sydney and seen Hilda She was real w el she said she was coming home about Easter I think she is going to be ma rried then to vinson haywood at Adaminaby I think its time she made a sta rt in life now she soon wil be twenty 5 on the 15 of January wel my dear s on I had a good trip wit Elsie and Syrill and there dear little baby Marle an She is a nice little dear the trip did her good we had a good time in B athurst wit Syrills people as they are so nice and treated us so good wi le we weare there we was away 16 days there was great flowds over there a nd great damidge was don to crops wel Eli dear it was hot hear yesday b ut today is very cold I think it wil snow today Big rain last nite and fry anpan crick is in flood we have had a lot of rain this year and everywea re looks well grass from 2 to 3 feet hie I nevere sore the like for fif ty years Wel my son I came back last Sunday wit Syrill an Elsie We we nt to Adaminaby sore Clarer and al was wel Ever was wel when I left Coo ma I sore her wel my son I think I wil ring of fore this time Wishing y ou and Jinnie and al you darlings a happy Christmas and brite new year wh en it comes so I wil close wit fond Love from yor Loving fath er x x x x x x x x Kiss Jinnie and al my dears fore me x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x I think I will go to Cooma fore Christmas if can I hope you can read this as I cant spel very wel pleas write soon to me tat tar to Hal

this is a spot of my blood just there


COPY OF LETTER NO 3 Fryanpan Cooma road Sunday April 19

My darling son wel Eli I received your nise lett you wrote to me on t he 10 of December and was so pleased to hear thar you and Jinnie a nd al my darlings were real wel and I hops this finds your al real w el as it leaves me wel I received the present you sent to me and it was ve ry nice I liked it real wel and thank you very much fore it my dear s on I would have wrot to you before only Elsie had a letter from Jinnie a nd she read you were al wel and she read it to me and she showed me the ni ce little snap of al my darlings over there I also sore the ones Jinnie se nt to Clarer a ful day back I saw dear Clarer yesday She was OK and al t he rest I sore Ever and Jim thy came up to the show on Friday thy we re OK I dident see Chrlot she was in Cooma fore a fine day wit Elsie thy a re al wel there Clarer told me you had a blood poison finger my dear s on I do hope its al rite by this time I went to the show on Friday it wase nt to bad but it was aful cold but yasday and to day is real nice again on ly there was a frost this morning fore the first one this year we have h ad a lot of rain since nnews day and flood every were and the grass is gre at and stil green I went to Victoria wit Elsie and syrill we had a long tr ip about 7 hundred miles I dident enjoy it on count of poor Elsie been si ck al the way but we were lucky we get home before the flood we got ba ck on new years day so we saw the flood in Cooma it don good lot of dama ge in Cooma to crops in fencing and it cleaned al the bridges away from t he creeks it got in one store and one Bakes shop so you see it was a swi ft flood Eli wasent it wel you ask me if george Mackey was ded he as be en ded 5 years I think hes wife died about a month ago old sam was 91 wh en he died wel my son its very lonely hear on my hone I haven't heard h ow poor John is giting on have you seen anything of over in that pa rt I don't know were went to I think he must went over there well my son C larer had a letter from Hilder a ful days ago she was OK she is stil in Sy dney I wrote to her Fue days ago well my dear son I think I have told al t he new I can think of for this time so I wilclos for this time witt a tra in load of Love to you and Jinnie and my darlings Everyone kiss them al fo re me I would like to see them al so I wil say a fond good by to yo us al x x x x x x x x x x x x x I hope you can read this as I cant spel v ery well

I got to papers from you send new year I was pleased of them to please wri te again soon


[Pike Family Sept 2003.FTW]

[Lovelock Family Sept 2003.FTW]

THIS IS A COPY OF A LETTER WRITTEN TO ELI ABRAHAM LOVELOCK IN NEW ZEALA ND FROM HIS FATHER GEORGE LOVELOCK IN AUSTRALIA.

Lockview Fryanpan March 15 1931

Well my dear son Eli just a fue lines to let you no that I ham farely we ll and I hope this finds you and Jiny and my darling gran children al we ll and to let you no that I recived your ever welcom letter before Xms th at your were all well that time. Well my dear son I got the paper you se nt me Xms time al so the paper you sent me since that horble earth qua ke in napier. It was very tring to read about my dear Eli it his a bad cou ntry to be in I wish you were out of that as people says that it wil go un der sooner or later so I think you aut to shift al your darlings out of th at shivery country and come home again to you can git a living he ar as wel as the rest of the people. Every one els seems to git a living h ere so I think you can. I will be pleas I hear of you coming back aga in I hope it will be soon so as I might see you and dear Jinny and my dear est grand children give my love to them. Everyone of them and Jinney als o. I would like Jinny to drop me a line som times tel dear philles and Nor man I got ther letters thy wrot to me a good wile ago I was pleased to he ar from them I cant think of al there names how is that little dears leg t hat was so sore I hope its better I used paint killer and cast oil on mi ne wen it was so bad you no my son I had a bad leg fore 30 years n ow it is al write I nealy lost my leg 8 years ago now it better than ev er it was that is al I usedon it Wel my darling son I was in Adaminaby la st weak I sore Clara an Charlot they were all well Cora and and ma ks is 3 nice little children I had a letter from dear Hilda a fue days bef ore I whent in and she said she had a letter from you just before she clos ed it down she sed yous were all well over their I wrote to her last Thur sday all so one to dear Elsie Bel the same day wel my son I haven't any ne ws to tell you so I think I will bring this short note to a close for th is time trusting to hear from you soon again so tatar my son whit hea ps of love from your loving farther with x x x x x x x x x x x x x for al l

Bob and Jack wishes to be remembered to you they are well Wel my son th is is a little I forgot to tell you Hilda and sharlot is not much like yo ur dear mother I think Hilda was 21 on the fifteen of Janury last She se nt a bit of her birthday cak it was very nice Wel my son I have forgot w en yor birthday his also yor age I ham 67 last Xms I feel more then th at I lost al my dear sisters ther is only uncle Abe and Jack Tedy and Jam es and my slef left now Cant say any more now I hope you wil be able to re ad this I cant spell very well tatar


COPY OF LETTER NO 2 FROM GEORGE LOVELOCK Lockview Thursday November 28 1934

Wel my darling son Eli I thought I would drop you a line again as this wi ll bee three times I have wrote to you but got no answer from you I ho pe I wil git a answer to this one Wel my son I hope this finds you and Jin ey and al my darlings real wel as it leaves me farly wel I got a paper fr om you on satday and thank you very much fore it I git one evry month fr om you that tells me al the new from over there but that is not al I wa nt to hear from yous al some times as it is to meny miles away to co me to see yous al I would like to see yous very much I would like to see d ear Norman and al his darling sisters I think I must them a lett er so I mist write one to them some time I no they would like to hear fr om me some times wel Eli I had a good trip to Bathurst wit Syrill and Els ie we went over the Blue mountins to Sydney and seen Hilda She was real w el she said she was coming home about Easter I think she is going to be ma rried then to vinson haywood at Adaminaby I think its time she made a sta rt in life now she soon wil be twenty 5 on the 15 of January wel my dear s on I had a good trip wit Elsie and Syrill and there dear little baby Marle an She is a nice little dear the trip did her good we had a good time in B athurst wit Syrills people as they are so nice and treated us so good wi le we weare there we was away 16 days there was great flowds over there a nd great damidge was don to crops wel Eli dear it was hot hear yesday b ut today is very cold I think it wil snow today Big rain last nite and fry anpan crick is in flood we have had a lot of rain this year and everywea re looks well grass from 2 to 3 feet hie I nevere sore the like for fif ty years Wel my son I came back last Sunday wit Syrill an Elsie We we nt to Adaminaby sore Clarer and al was wel Ever was wel when I left Coo ma I sore her wel my son I think I wil ring of fore this time Wishing y ou and Jinnie and al you darlings a happy Christmas and brite new year wh en it comes so I wil close wit fond Love from yor Loving fath er x x x x x x x x Kiss Jinnie and al my dears fore me x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x I think I will go to Cooma fore Christmas if can I hope you can read this as I cant spel very wel pleas write soon to me tat tar to Hal

this is a spot of my blood just there


COPY OF LETTER NO 3 Fryanpan Cooma road Sunday April 19

My darling son wel Eli I received your nise lett you wrote to me on t he 10 of December and was so pleased to hear thar you and Jinnie a nd al my darlings were real wel and I hops this finds your al real w el as it leaves me wel I received the present you sent to me and it was ve ry nice I liked it real wel and thank you very much fore it my dear s on I would have wrot to you before only Elsie had a letter from Jinnie a nd she read you were al wel and she read it to me and she showed me the ni ce little snap of al my darlings over there I also sore the ones Jinnie se nt to Clarer a ful day back I saw dear Clarer yesday She was OK and al t he rest I sore Ever and Jim thy came up to the show on Friday thy we re OK I dident see Chrlot she was in Cooma fore a fine day wit Elsie thy a re al wel there Clarer told me you had a blood poison finger my dear s on I do hope its al rite by this time I went to the show on Friday it wase nt to bad but it was aful cold but yasday and to day is real nice again on ly there was a frost this morning fore the first one this year we have h ad a lot of rain since nnews day and flood every were and the grass is gre at and stil green I went to Victoria wit Elsie and syrill we had a long tr ip about 7 hundred miles I dident enjoy it on count of poor Elsie been si ck al the way but we were lucky we get home before the flood we got ba ck on new years day so we saw the flood in Cooma it don good lot of dama ge in Cooma to crops in fencing and it cleaned al the bridges away from t he creeks it got in one store and one Bakes shop so you see it was a swi ft flood Eli wasent it wel you ask me if george Mackey was ded he as be en ded 5 years I think hes wife died about a month ago old sam was 91 wh en he died wel my son its very lonely hear on my hone I haven't heard h ow poor John is giting on have you seen anything of over in that pa rt I don't know were went to I think he must went over there well my son C larer had a letter from Hilder a ful days ago she was OK she is stil in Sy dney I wrote to her Fue days ago well my dear son I think I have told al t he new I can think of for this time so I wilclos for this time witt a tra in load of Love to you and Jinnie and my darlings Everyone kiss them al fo re me I would like to see them al so I wil say a fond good by to yo us al x x x x x x x x x x x x x I hope you can read this as I cant spel v ery well

I got to papers from you send new year I was pleased of them to please wri te again soon


BURI: CEME Piako