Leonard Horatio Lewis

Leonard came to Australia in 1875 from England when he was about 4 or 5. His family moved to NZ for a year when he was 8 or 9 (They left Melbourne in April 1880 on the Rotomahana going to NZ via Hobart). At 10 his family returned to Corrowa NSW where he later farmed at 'Hillsborough' farm. In 1908 he moved to Western Australia with his wife Hannah and children to farm in Dumbleyung which they named Hillsborough (near the modern Golf course). He later moved to a property in Northcilffe on the Warren River. He retired to Perth in his last years where he died and was buried in the Karrakatta Cemetery. He eloped with his wife and married her in Wangaratta against the wishes of both mothers. Leonard's mother Matilda was a strict English Jewess (though outwardly Church of England) who didn't like the Irish origins of Hannah (Johanna)'s family who were Irish Frankists..

Western Australian Death registration index record for Leonard Horatio Lewis, father James Lewis, mother Matilda, died aged 84, Canning registration district, No. 156 of 1956.

Metropolitan Cemeteries Board record for Leonard Horatio Lewis, died 4 September 1956 at Maddington, aged 84. Buried Karrakatta Cemetery, Anglican area, section WI, grave 329. Grantee of the grave Hannah Lewis.