Letitia Rehn

Letitia Lewis

Arrived in South Australia in 1863 with Lettitia Lewis

ship Sir John Lawrence, 700 tons, Captain Ellery, from London 20th August, Plymouth 5th September, 1863 arrived at Port Adelaide, South Australia 14th December 1863

• AP Dyer Christopher 33 Ploughman 446/2 Gloucester (1861 census, Llangattock Breconshire, with wife name indicated as Lydia)
  • * Letitia (Lewis) 29 FreeBMD married 1855 Breconshire, Monmouthshire
    • Mary Ann 5
    • Helen 1

Possible Marriage:

• Name: Letitia Lewis
• Marriage to: Christofer (Christy) Dyer Apr 1 1855
• Parish Church, Hanelly, Brecon, Wales, UK

Second Marriage fathers name a reliable source but death fathers in Australia are often the next of kin

• Name: Letitia Dyer
• Father's name: Thomas Lewis
• Spouse Name: John Rehn
• Spouse's Father's Name: John Rehn
• Marriage Date: 07 May 1890
• Marriage Place: Adelaide
• Registration Place: Adelaide, South Australia
• Page Number: 820
• Volume Number: 163

Extract from Biography of Hon John Lewis, C.M.G., M.L.C Could Christy have gone there because of relatedness via wife Letitia Lewis?

"In 1872, with his brother James and others, Lewis went overland to the Northern Territory. En route, the government commissioned him as a courier between the constructing parties on the north and south ends of the overland telegraph line. At Palmerston (Darwin) he equipped and ran the Telegraph Prospecting and Goldmining Co.In 1876 he returned to South Australia."

http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/lewis-john-599