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Louisa Jane Litchfield

Birthdate:
Death: April 13, 1929 (77-78)
Prospect, City of Prospect, South Australia, Australia
Immediate Family:

Daughter of Frederick Burnett Litchfield and Mary Litchfield
Wife of William Charles Davy
Sister of Maria Anna Litchfield; Frederica Alice Clark; Thomas Henry Litchfield; John Parry Litchfield; William Wells Litchfield and 1 other

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Louisa Jane Litchfield

Mrs. Louisa Jane Davy, who died at Prospect, was 78 years of age. She had been a colonist for that number of years, arriving as an infant. Before her marriage to Mr. William Charles Davy she was Miss Litchfield. She was the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. P. B. Litchfield, who landed in Australia from England with their family in 1851. Dr. John Litchfield, an uncle, was the first medical man at the Adelaide Hospital, and Captain Charles Litchfield, another uncle, was at one time Commissioner of Police in Adelaide. The Hon. Thomas Reynolds, who married Mrs. Davy's aunt, was on two occasions Premier of South Australia. He, with his wife and her sister, were drowned in the wreck of the Gothenburg. The latter lady was a distinguished musical composer, and her compositions were lost in the disaster. Mrs. Davy possessed great musical ability, inherited from her father. She led an active musical life up to her death. Being gifted with a fine soprano voice, she led a church choir at the age of 10, and was actively associated with church work as organist and choir leader for over 20 years. Of recent years she acted as assistant teacher of pianoforte and theory to her only daughter, Dr. Ruby Davy, up to within six weeks of her death. She possessed a kindly nature and was loved by her friends.

[http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article35728244 OBITUARY (1929, May 9). The Advertiser (Adelaide, SA : 1889 - 1931), p. 15. Retrieved October 19, 2016

DAVY— LITCHFIELD.— On the 14th May, at Trinity Church, Adelaide, by the Rev. G. E. Gibbes, William C. Davy, only son of W. Davy, to Louisa J. Litchfield, fifth daughter of F. B. Litchfteld ; both of Salisbury.

Family Notices (1880, July 10). South Australian Register (Adelaide, SA : 1839 - 1900), p. 3 (Supplement to the South Australian Register.). Retrieved October 19, 2016

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1851
1851
1929
April 13, 1929
Age 78
Prospect, City of Prospect, South Australia, Australia