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Lydia Matthews 1811 – 1904 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1811

Birth Location: Madron, Cornwall, England

Death Date: 28 JUN 1904

Death Location: Merriwa, New South Wales, Australia

Father: Charles Matthews

Mother: Jennifer Pollard

Spouse(s): John Shaw, Robert Webb

Children(s): Mary Shaw, Lydia Shaw, Ann Shaw, John Shaw

Lydia Matthews was born in 1811 in Madron, Cornwall, England, the child of Charles Matthews and Jennifer Pollard. Lydia Matthews married John Shaw, Robert E Webb, and had children including Mary Anne Rachel Shaw, Lydia Shaw, Ann Frances Shaw, John Shaw. Lydia Matthews passed away in 1904 in Merriwa, New South Wales, Australia.

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Biography

  • Lydia Matthews was born in 1811 in Madron, Cornwall, England, the child of Charles Matthews and Jennifer Pollard.
  • Lydia Matthews married John Shaw, Robert E Webb, and had children including Mary Anne Rachel Shaw, Lydia Shaw, Ann Frances Shaw, John Shaw.
  • Lydia Matthews passed away in 1904 in Merriwa, New South Wales, Australia.

Immediate Family

Parents

Charles Matthews
1765 – 1835
Birth Location: St. Just In Penwith, Penwith, Cornwall, England
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Jennifer Pollard
1775 – 1798
Birth Location: Sancreed, Cornwall, England
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Spouses(s)

John Shaw
1796 – 1841
Birth Location: –
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Robert Webb
1804 – 1908
Birth Location: –
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Children(s)

Mary Shaw
1833 – 1899
Birth Location: Mount Vincent, Cessnock, New South Wales, Australia
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Lydia Shaw
1834 –
Birth Location: West Maitland, New South Wales, Australia
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Ann Shaw
1837 – 1859
Birth Location: West Maitland, New South Wales, Australia
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John Shaw
1839 –
Birth Location: West Maitland, New South Wales, Australia
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Lydia Matthews's Ancestors

Self
Lydia Matthews
1811 – 1904
Birth Place: Madron, Cornwall, England
Parents
Charles Matthews
1765 – 1835
St. Just In Penwith, Penwith, Cornwall, England
Jennifer Pollard
1775 – 1798
Sancreed, Cornwall, England
Grandparents
Thomas Matthews
1726 – 1786
Morvah, Cornwall, England
Honor Reynolds
1731 – 1799
St. Just In Penwith, Penwith, Cornwall, England
John Pollard
1747 – 1798
Madron, Cornwall, England
Lydia Nankervis
1744 – 1813
Madron, Cornwall, England
Great-Grandparents
Francis Matthews
1690 –
Cheston Trembath
1695 –
James Reynolds
1689 – 1747
Mary Noy
1696 – 1790
Christopher Pollard
1715 – 1770
Mary Ellis
1726 – 1764
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Ralph Trembath
1659 – 1738
Elizabeth Gilbert
1665 –
James Reynolds
1662 –
Honour White
1659 – 1729
Thomas Noy
1661 –
Dorothy Unknown
1665 –
John Pollard
1675 – 1743
Anne Roads
1684 – 1718

Lydia Matthews's Descendants

1.
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Lydia Matthews (1811 – 28 JUN 1904) m. John Shaw (1796 – 22 SEP 1841) m. Robert (E) Webb (1804 – 1908)
  1. 1. Mary (Anne Rachel) Shaw (24 FEB 1833 – 14 FEB 1899) m. Isaac (John) Lancaster (12 APR 1789 – 16 FEB 1888)
    1. 1. Mary (Ann Rachel) Lancaster (BEF 31 JAN 1849 – 30 AUG 1934)
    2. 2. John Lancaster (17 JUN 1850 – 5 JUL 1850)
    3. 3. Elizabeth Lancaster (20 JUN 1851 – 21 AUG 1939) m. William (Joseph Allen Embleton) Peachey (ABT 1840 – 10 DEC 1914)
      1. 1. George Lancaster (1871 – 1872)
      2. 2. Charles Peachey (1872 – 7 JAN 1960)
      3. 3. Susanna Peachey (1874 – )
      4. 4. William Peachey (1876 – )
      5. 5. Sarah (A E) Peachey (26 MAR 1879 – 27 NOV 1964)
      6. 6. John (Edward) Peachey (1880 – )
      7. 7. Elizabeth Peachey (29 DEC 1882 – 11 AUG 1931)
      8. 8. James (Isaac) Peachey (1885 – 11 JUL 1971)
      9. 9. Herbert Peachey (1887 – )
      10. 10. Ernest Peachey (1889 – 26 SEP 1931)
      11. 11. Amy (Grace) Peachey (1891 – )
      12. 12. May (Pearl) Peachey (1894 – )
      13. 13. Albert (Walter) Peachey (1895 – 1972)
    4. 4. Jane Lancaster (9 DEC 1852 – BEF 1861)
    5. 5. Isaac Lancaster (4 JAN 1853 – 1937)
    6. 6. John Lancaster (4 SEP 1854 – 1858)
    7. 7. UNKNOWN (FEMALE) Lancaster (ABT 1855 – BEF 1888)
    8. 8. William Lancaster (8 JAN 1857 – 22 JUN 1927) m. Emily (Jane) Hatch (14 AUG 1861 – 20 JAN 1929)
      1. 1. Jessie (Aileen) Lancaster (22 DEC 1903 – 13 MAR 1931) m. John (Joseph) Johnson
        1. 1. Heather Johnson (29 JUL 1920 – 19 MAY 2015)
    9. 9. Thomas Lancaster (24 JUN 1858 – 20 SEP 1869)
    10. 10. Sarah (Jane) Lancaster (10 JUL 1860 – 15 JUN 1944) m. Henry (Arthur) Tomlins (1854 – 17 APR 1943)
      1. 1. Frederick (Australia) Tomlins (1882 – 18 OCT 1964)
      2. 2. Herbert (James) Tomlins (1884 – )
      3. 3. Arthur (Ernest) Tomlins (1878 – 19 JUN 1917)
      4. 4. Robert (Edward) Tomlins (1879 – )
    11. 11. Jane Lancaster (1861 – 1862)
    12. 12. Jane Lancaster (1862 – 1863)
    13. 13. Joseph Lancaster (1863 – 15 JAN 1934) m. Laura Spinks (1887 – ) m. Hannah Williams (2 MAY 1858 – 9 AUG 1943)
      1. 1. Dorah Lancaster (1909 – )
      2. 2. Alice (Maude) Lancaster (31 JUL 1881 – 28 MAY 1967)
      3. 3. Everlean ((Eveline) Lucy Nina) Lancaster (19 FEB 1883 – 14 APR 1949)
      4. 4. Ann (Elizabeth) Lancaster (1885 – 9 MAR 1937)
      5. 5. Robert (Williams) Lancaster (18 SEP 1886 – 19 FEB 1965)
      6. 6. John (Isaac) Lancaster (27 JAN 1889 – 15 AUG 1969)
      7. 7. Violet (Mabel May) Lancaster (1 MAY 1890 – 17 AUG 1971)
      8. 8. Joseph (H) Lancaster (1892 – 1894)
      9. 9. May (Victoria) Lancaster (29 MAY 1897 – 30 JAN 1980)
    14. 14. John (Edward) Lancaster (16 JUL 1865 – 2 JUL 1929) m. Jane Brosi (1862 – )
    15. 15. James Lancaster (15 JUN 1867 – 9 DEC 1931) m. Mary (Ann) Allen (1861 – 14 APR 1936)
      1. 1. Mary (Rachel) Lancaster (12 APR 1888 – 10 JUN 1888)
      2. 2. William (Thomas) Lancaster (15 JUN 1889 – 5 NOV 1953) m. Edith Bowles (2 JUN 1885 – 21 MAR 1965)
        1. 1. Doris (Mary) Lancaster (30 JUL 1911 – 13 MAY 1996)
        2. 2. William (James Allen) Lancaster (19 JAN 1913 – 2 FEB 1927)
        3. 3. Lillian (Mavis) Lancaster (24 SEP 1914 – 28 MAY 2006) m. Raymond Bonser
        4. 4. Elsie (Gladys) Lancaster (27 JAN 1917 – 3 DEC 1996)
        5. 5. Ronald (Clive) Lancaster (11 JAN 1920 – 24 OCT 1981) m. Elizabeth (Delsie) Stilgoe (2 AUG 1921 – 19 JAN 1992)
        6. 6. Geoffrey (Raymond) Lancaster (18 MAY 1922 – 1 MAY 2004)
        7. 7. Edna (Gwyneth) Lancaster (18 SEP 1924 – 26 JAN 1972)
        8. 8. James (Maxwell) Lancaster (3 DEC 1927 – 26 MAR 1928)
      3. 3. Elizabeth Lancaster (6 NOV 1891 – 9 DEC 1978) m. Frederick (W) Taylor
      4. 4. Florence (Reynolds) Lancaster (6 OCT 1893 – 13 NOV 1980) m. Leslie (William) Coyle (10 DEC 1891 – 13 NOV 1962)
        1. 1. Dulcie (May) Coyle (26 JUL 1916 – 25 AUG 2008) m. Alexander (James) Maloney (28 SEP 1913 – 23 SEP 1970)
        2. 2. Leslie (William) Coyle (15 OCT 1918 – 4 DEC 1991) m. Muriel (Heather) Weatherall
        3. 3. Jean (Beryl Mary) Coyle (6 JUN 1920 – 8 NOV 2009) m. Colin (Robert) Chadban (16 OCT 1921 – BEF 23 JUN 1988)
        4. 4. Joan (Dora Eliza) Coyle (6 JUN 1920 – 9 JAN 1981) m. Joseph (William) Leary (1921 – 22 SEP 1973)
        5. 5. Daphne (Meryl Mary) Coyle (28 NOV 1921 – 14 AUG 1993) m. Darcy (Leonard) McPhillips (30 JUL 1917 – 17 JUL 1945) m. Edwin (Leslie) Hall ( – 1 APR 1995)
        6. 6. Cecil (John) Coyle (10 SEP 1923 – 9 SEP 2006)
        7. 7. Raymond (Joseph) Coyle (2 OCT 1926 – ) m. Marie (Jean) Renwick
        8. 8. Fay Coyle (2 OCT 1926 – ) m. Darrell (Maxwell) Schofield (8 AUG 1924 – 18 SEP 2009)
        9. 9. Mary Coyle (2 OCT 1926 – )
      5. 5. Mary (Ann Cameron) Lancaster (15 APR 1895 – 1970) m. Edward (N) Quayle
      6. 6. Ruby (Pearl) Lancaster (18 MAY 1897 – 3 SEP 1970) m. Thomas (W) Brown
      7. 7. Sarah (Allen) Lancaster (23 APR 1899 – 1991) m. David (A) Nelson
      8. 8. Evelyn (Harriet) Lancaster (13 SEP 1901 – )
      9. 9. Edna (Grace) Lancaster (19 FEB 1904 – 24 APR 1992) m. William (A) Wallace
      10. 10. Emily Lancaster (1905 – 1929)
      11. 11. Elsie (Blanche) Lancaster (6 APR 1906 – 9 DEC 1978) m. Stanley (Ernest) McEvoy (1905 – 1971)
        1. 1. Desma (Doreen) McEvoy m. Eric Donnelly (28 JAN 1930 – 27 FEB 2009)
    16. 16. Thomas (Henry) Lancaster (1 OCT 1869 – 17 SEP 1947) m. Susan Whyburn (1873 – 31 AUG 1963)
      1. 1. Elizabeth (Sarah) Lancaster (1893 – 9 DEC 1978)
      2. 2. Herbert (Thomas H) Lancaster (1895 – )
      3. 3. James (I) Lancaster (1896 – )
      4. 4. Susan (Whyburne) Lancaster (1899 – )
      5. 5. Edmund (Australia) Lancaster (1901 – 12 JUL 1983)
      6. 6. Walter (W) Lancaster (1902 – )
      7. 7. Ernest (H) Lancaster (1904 – )
      8. 8. Laura (Letitia) Lancaster (1906 – 25 MAR 1968)
      9. 9. Leonard (Lindsay) Lancaster (1908 – 1991)
      10. 10. Edna (E) Lancaster (1910 – )
      11. 11. Norman (Nathaniel) Lancaster (1912 – 15 MAR 1975)
      12. 12. Millicent (Mary) Lancaster (1914 – 23 JUL 1979)
      13. 13. Hilton (Hamilton) Lancaster (1916 – )
      14. 14. Ronald (R) Lancaster (1918 – )
    17. 17. George Lancaster (17 DEC 1869 – 21 JAN 1871)
  2. 2. Lydia Shaw (8 APR 1834 – )
  3. 3. Ann (Frances) Shaw (3 SEP 1837 – 23 MAY 1859)
  4. 4. John Shaw (31 MAY 1839 – )

Lydia Matthews's Timeline

3 Records

1811
1811
Birth of Lydia Matthews in Madron, Cornwall, England
Madron, Cornwall, England
1813
16 OCT 1813
Age 2
Lydia Matthews was baptized in Madron, Cornwall, England
Madron, Cornwall, England
1904
28 JUN 1904
Age 93
Death of Lydia Matthews in Merriwa, New South Wales, Australia
Merriwa, New South Wales, Australia

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1811
    Event Place: Madron, Cornwall, England

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 28 JUN 1904
    Event Place: Merriwa, New South Wales, Australia
    Record Source: Australia, New South Wales Death Index, 1787-1986, NSW BDM: 6076/1904, @N2188@

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Baptism
    Event Date: 16 OCT 1813
    Event Place: Madron, Cornwall, England
    Record Source: FreeReg Parish Records, @N2186@

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Custom Event
    Event Date: 3 AUG 1829
    Event Place: Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
    Record Source: ConvictRecords.com.au, @N2187@

    Genealogy Event 5
    Event Type: Custom Event
    Event Date: 8 APR 1830
    Event Place: Bathurst, New South Wales, Australia
    Record Source: NSW Government Historical Records, @N3432@

    Genealogy Event 6
    Event Type: Custom Event
    Event Date: 30 SEP 1836
    Event Place: New South Wales, Australia
    Record Source: NSW Government Historical Records, @N3426@

    Genealogy Event 7
    Event Type: Custom Fact
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