Sarah Constance Lodge (née Leake)

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Sarah Constance Lodge (née Leake)
(1860–1939)
1886, the year she married Tom
Birth:
Death:
Parents: Rose Ellen Leake (née Gliddon)
    1823–1888
George Walpole Leake
    1825–1895
Siblings: Jessie Rose Ellen Skinner (née Leake)
    1853-04-02 –
Sarah Constance Lodge (née Leake)
    1860–1939
Blanche Edith Kelsall (née Leake)
    27 September 1866 – 5 May 1950
George Leake (1856–1902)
    3 December 1856 – 24 June 1902
Partners: Thomas Soutter Lodge
    1852–1938
Children: Helen Rose Hall (née Lodge)
    1888–1967
Joan Soutter Martin (née Lodge)
    1892–1990
Robert John "Jack" Lodge
    1894–1971
Keywords: H.M. Wilson Archives
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Permalink: archives.org.au/SCL
Wikidata: Q76372232
Wikitree: Leake-547
FamilySearch: K41K-WK5

Sarah Constance Lodge (née Leake, known as Connie) was christened on 1 February 1860 in Perth.[1][2] She was educated in Perth (possibly for a time at The Cloisters) and later in Adelaide (where her mother was from).[3]

She married Thomas Soutter Lodge on 15 September 1886[3] (her granddaughter Helen Margaret Wilson (née Hall) married her first husband Peter Innes Donegan exactly fifty years later, to the day[4]). After they were married, they lived on various farms in the wheatbelt, including Yangedan and Seaton Ross[3] (the latter near Beverley). Their first two children, Joan and Jack, were born at Yangedan.[3]

The homestead of one farm had a thatched roof, and was burned to the ground. The only surviving items were a crayon portrait of Thomas Soutter Lodge ("a lovely study of a serious young man") and a crested fork and spoon with no bowl. These two were joined together as a memorial to the fire.

Lived in Grass Valley, near Northam.[5] (Sarah Constance Lodge advertising for a general servant just prior to the birth of Helen Rose Lodge.)

In about 1900 the family moved to Strelly in Busselton, where the children grew up.[3]

Other siblings: Jane Adam, Jessie Skinner, Lady Parker, Mary Parry, Rose Clifton.

Advertised for a general servant three weeks before the birth of their daughter Helen in 1888.[5]

Two other children: Joan and Jack.[6]

Connie, seated with Tom, at Strelly in 1934.

Known as Constance (and 'Gag' by her grandchildren).

1938, Adelaide, with her daughter, granddaughter, and great-granddaughter.

The notice of her death, published in the West Australian, was as follows:[6]

LODGE.—On May 15, 1939, at her residence, 130 Broome-street, Cottesloe, Sarah Constance, beloved wife of the late Thomas Soutter Lodge, late of Strelly, Busselton, and loving mother of Helen (Mrs. Aubrey Hall, Carnarvon), Joan (Mrs. Norman Martin, Cottesloe), and Jack (Capel); forth daughter of the late George Walpole Leake, Q.C.; aged 79 years.

References

  1. "Australia Births and Baptisms, 1792-1981", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XTDV-8HD : 28 January 2020), Constance Sarah Leake, 1860.
  2. Western Australian Registry of Births, Marriages, and Deaths (birth in 1860). Perth district, registration number 5153.
  3. 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 C.B. Berryman family history, p.1
  4. H. M. Wilson, date unknown. Children of George Walpole Leake and Rose Ellen. https://archive.org/details/ChildrenOfGeorgeWalpoleLeakeAndRoseEllen
  5. 5.0 5.1 Classified Advertising. The West Australian 15 March 1888, p. 3. Retrieved 4 November 2014 from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article3117302
  6. 6.0 6.1 Family Notices. The West Australian 16 May 1939, p. 1. Retrieved November 16, 2014, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article46390957.

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