LAZARUS Lewis Henry
Name | Lewis Henry LAZARUS |
Country Of Origin | Wales |
Born | 1811 |
Died | 1880 |
Birth/Baptism | Born 17 April 1811, Carmarthenshire, Wales Bapt. 24 April 1811, Carmarthenshire, Wales |
Parents | Jacob and Elizabeth Lazarus |
Apprenticeship | unknown |
Skills | Clockmaker, Watchmaker, Jeweller, Chronometer Maker |
Work Locations | Hobart, Launceston |
Street Address |
Elizabeth Street, Hobart (opposite Police Office) Charles Street, Launceston 46 Liverpool Street, Hobart 62 Liverpool Street, Hobart 78 Liverpool Street, Hobart 51 Liverpool Street, Hobart Franklin Wharf, Hobart |
Marriage/Spouse | Hannah Isaacs |
Trial | 1 and 15 May 1837, Hobart Supreme Court |
Sentence | Two life sentences for forging and uttering a bill of exchange with intent to defraud. |
Arrival | August 1830: New South Wales from London on the ship Wave with his wife Hannah. July 1832: Hobart from Sydney on the ship Marianne with his wife and two children. |
Police Number | 1064 |
Convict Assignment | |
Ticket of Leave | 7 April 1849 |
Conditional Pardon | 4 May 1852 |
Other | 1820s: Recorded as a clock and watchmaker, Carmarthen, Wales.
September 1832: Advertised opening business in Hobart. July 1834: Opened business, Charles Street, Launceston. May 1836: Licensee, Green Gate Inn, Sandhill, Launceston. 1 and 15 May 1837: Hobart Supreme Court, sentenced to transportation for life twice for forging and issuing an order for £145 with the intent to defraud. His wife, Hannah, and three children lived in Hobart Town. Two daughters, Clara (three years old) and Mary Ann (four years old), were admitted to the Orphan School at New Town on 1 July 1837. Lewis was sent to Port Arthur for three years, a place of punishment he was sent back and forth to until about 1846. His convict conduct record shows many instances of misconduct, disobedience, and idleness. November 1840: Falsely represented himself as a solicitor and was punished with six months of hard labour and returned to the government. 1846: Lewis and Hannah’s daughters were discharged from the Queens Orphan School, New Town; Mary Ann on 8 March and Clara on 22 October. 1850: Business, 46 Liverpool Street, Hobart. 1859: Business, 78 Liverpool St. 1861 England Census: Lewis, 48-year-old retired watchmaker, recorded with Hannah and children Clara and Chapman. 1862: L H Lazarus advertised at 51 Liverpool St, Hobart. October 1863: Mr L H Lazarus and his son left Hobart for Dunedin on the ship Isabella. |
Death | 26 April 1880, Dunedin, New Zealand |
References | |
Brian Loomes, Watchmakers & Clockmakers of the World, Complete 21st Century Edition, 2006, p469. John Levi, These are the Names: Jewish Lives in Australia 1788-1850, 2013. TAHO: CUS30/1/1 Arrival 1832; CON31/1/2, CON35/1/1, CON16/1/1, AE764/1/166 Bankruptcy 1836; RGD33/1/2 no2330 Birth 1847 [Chapman Benjamin Lazarus]. Web: Findmypast: Carmarthenshire Wales Birth and Baptism 1811; New South Wales, Australia, Assisted Immigrant Passenger List 1830; Friends of the Orphan School, New Town, Tasmania; Ancestry: 1861 England Census [Louis, Hannah, Clara & Chapman Lazarus]; New Zealand Electoral Rolls 1867-1880; New Zealand Cemetery Records, Jewish Congregation Burial Register, Dunedin 1880. Sydney Gazette & New South Wales Advertiser 7 September 1830, 16 June 1831; The Australian 5 November 1830; The Colonist & Van Diemen’s Land Commercial & Agricultural Advertiser 21 September 1832; Hobart Town Courier 7 June 1833; The Austral-Asiatic Review 6 August 1833; The Tasmanian 20 September 1833; Sydney Herald 10 October 1833; The Independent 8 February 1834, 19 July 1834, 13 August 1834; Launceston Advertiser 12 March 1835, 30 March 1835, 19 May 1836, 1 September 1836; Cornwall Chronicle 10 January 1846; Brittania & Trades’ Advocate 5 April 1849; Colonial Times 25 January 1850, 2 December 1851, 2 April 1857; Tasmanian Colonist 6 May 1852; The Examiner (Launceston) 24 January 1854; The Hobarton Mercury 5 July 1854, 28 October 1854, 21 January 1857; The Courier Hobart 23 May 1854, 11 August 1855, 15 January 1857, 11 March 1857; Hobart Town Advertiser 22 April 1856, 9 May 1859; Argus 22 November 1858; Hobart Town Daily Mercury 13 June 1859; The Advertiser 3 October 1863; The Mercury (Hobart) 16 July 1862, 27 March 1863, 2 June 1864, 27 April 1880. |
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