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Groom: John LUCAS.
Birth place: Given as Wellington, New Zealand.

Bride: Jessie CARFIELD.
Birth place: Given as Northcote.

Year married: 1872.
Place: Victoria, Australia.

John's death not confirmed at time of posting.
John's last known address in 1917 was Dallarnil, Via Maryborough, Queensland.

Birth note.
Possible birth for John is 1849 in New Zealand.
Parents named as Samuel and Mary Ann. (Maiden name not recorded)

Jessie died 1925 in Cheltenham, Victoria.
Age: 70 years.
Death: Recorded as Elizabeth Jessie LUCAS.
Parents named as James GARFIELD and Margaret BENNETT.

Buried Melbourne Cemetery, Victoria.
Died: 27 June 1925.
Place: Cheltenham Benevolent Home, Victoria.
Service date: 29 June 1925.
Status at time of death not recorded.
Also stated Elizabeth married John LUCAS in North Melbourne, aged 16 years.

With my thanks to Morgan 2409 for Elizabeth's burial details appearing on her death certificate.

Birth note.
Possible birth for Jessie is 1858 in Northcote, Victoria.
Birth: Recorded as Elizabeth Jane CARFIELD.
Parents named as James CARFIELD and Margaret BENNETT.
Elizabeth Jane may have changed her name to Elizabeth Jessie.

Ten children located Victoria for John and Jessie.
Note.
Jessie recorded in the birth records for her children as Elizabeth Jessie CARFIELD.

[1]

Joseph Albert LUCAS.
Born: 1872 Melbourne, Victoria.
Died: 1946 Fitzroy, Victoria.
Age: 73 years.
Death: Recorded as Albert Joseph LUCAS.

[2]

James Henry LUCAS.
Born: 1874 North Melbourne, Victoria.
Died: 1929 Northcote, Victoria.
Death: Recorded as James Henry LUCAS.
Age: 55 years.

Buried: Boroondarra General Cemetery (Kew) Victoria.
Date: 08 June 1929.
Age: 55 years.
Grave Location: C/E C 3798A.
Section: Church of England.
Recorded as John Henry LUCAS cemetery records.

WW1 Embarkation Roll

Name: John Henry James LUCAS.
Age: 44 years.
Residence: Northcote.
Status: Married.
Occupation: Labourer.
Religion: C of E.
Service number: 7518.
Rank: Private.
Roll title: 7 Infantry Battalion - 24-25 Reinforcements.
Conflict: First World War, 1914-1918.
Date of embarkation: 04 August 1917.
Place of embarkation: Melbourne.
Ship embarked on: HMAT Themistocles.
Ship number: A32.
Next of kin: Mrs. S B LUCAS. Wife.
Residence: 73 Brent Street, Northcote, Victoria.

Married: Selina Beatrice Green LOTT.
Year: 1904.
Place: Victoria.
Note.
James married by the name of John Henry James LUCAS.
Also recorded as John Henry James LUCAS in children's birth records.

Selina died 1959 in Bentley, Victoria.
Age: 82 years.
Parents named as Frederick GREEN and Frances Elizabeth MASON.

Buried: Boroondarra General Cemetery (Kew) Victoria.
Date: 07 December 1959.
Age: 82 years.
Grave location: C/E C 3798A.
Section: Church of England.

Birth note.
Selina was born 1878 in Fitzroy, Victoria.
Birth: Recorded as Selina Beatrice GREEN.
Parents named as Frederick GREEN and Frances Elizabeth MASON.

Four children located for John and Selina.

1.
Victor Albert James LUCAS.
Born: 1906 Carlton, Victoria.
Died: 1969 Preston, Victoria.
Age: 63 years.
Parents named as James Henry LUCAS & Selenia Beatrice GREENLOT.

Married: Helen Mary SCHEINER.
Year: 1940.
Place: Victoria.

2.
Percy Reuben LUCAS.
Born: 1908 Carlton, Victoria.
Died: -

Married: Rita Myrtle FLEGG.
Year: 1932.
Place: Victoria.

3.
Ivy Florence LUCAS.
Born: 1912 Footscray, Victoria.
Died: -

Married: Andrew Baxter ALLEN.
Year: 1934.
Place: Victoria.

4.
Leonard LUCAS.
Born: 1916 Northcote, Victoria.
Died: -

[3]

Robert Carfield LUCAS.
Born: 1876 Bell?, Victoria.
Died: -

[4]

Elizabeth Jessie LUCAS.
Born: 1878 Carlton, Victoria.
Died: 1880 not recorded, Victoria.
Age: 01 year.
Death: Recorded as Elizabeth H LUCAS.

[5]

William Henry George LUCAS.
Born: 1880 Footscray, Victoria.
Died: -
Possible death is 1881 in Fitzroy South, Victoria.
Name: William Henry George LUCAS.
Age: 01 year.
Father not recorded. Mother named as Elizabeth JESSIE.

[6]

Victor Emmanuel LUCAS.
Born: 1885 Collingwood, Victoria.
Died: 1885 Carlton, Victoria.
Age: 10 days.

[7]

Victor Emanuel LUCAS.
Born: 1886 Richmond, Victoria.
Died: 1889 Collingwood, Victoria.
Age: 02 years.

[8]

Edith Evelyn LUCAS.
Born: 1889 Collingwood, Victoria.
Died: 1945 Fitzroy, Victoria.
Age: 56 years.

Buried: Fawkner Cemetery, Victoria.
Service date: 23 August 1945.

Married 1: Alfred Hill LARRABEE.
Year: 1906.
Place: Victoria.
Notes.
Alfred gave his birth place as USA.
The name LARRABEE does not come up in the records again and I expect Alfred and Edith left Australia. I also expect they were divorce and Edith returned to Australia and married Clarence BAKER.

Married 2: Clarence Wilbur BAKER.
Year: 1915.
Place: Victoria.
Note.
Edith married BAKER under her maiden name of LUCAS.

WW1 Embarkation Roll.

Name: Clarence Wilbur BAKER.
Age: 27 years.
Status: Married.
Residence: 26 Warwick Street, North Melbourne, Victoria.
Occupation: Optician.
Religion: C of E.
Service number: 3681.
Rank: Private.
Roll title: 7 Infantry Battalion - 9 to 12 Reinforcements.
Conflict: First World War, 1914-1918.
Date of Embarkation: 23 November 1915.
Place of embarkation: Melbourne.
Ship embarked on: HMAT Ceramic.
Ship number: A40.
Next of kin: Mrs. E BAKER. Wife.

One child located for Clarence and Edith.

1.
Allan Wilbur BAKER.
Born: -
Died: 1922 Carlton, Victoria.
Age: 01 year.

Married 3: George OGILVIE.
Year: 1925.
Place: Victoria.
Note.
Edith married OGILVIE under the name of BAKER.

[9]

Alexander George LUCAS.
Born: 1894 Welshpool, Victoria.
Died: 1954 Heidelberg, Victoria.
Age: 60 years.

WW1 Embarkation Roll.

Name: Alexander George LUCAS.
Age: 21 years.
Status: Single.
Residence: 15 Lincoln Square, Carlton, Melbourne, Victoria.
Occupation: Rubber Worker.
Religion: C of E.
Date of enlistment: 23 April 1915.
Service number: 1964.
Rank: Private.
Roll title: 21 Infantry Battalion - 1 to 12 Reinforcements.
Conflict: First World War, 1914-1918.
Date of embarkation: 26 August 1915.
Place of embarkation: Melbourne.
Ship embarked on: HMAT Anchises.
Ship number: A68.
Next of kin: Mrs. Elizabeth Jessie LUCAS. Mother.
Residence: 15 Lincoln Square, Carlton, Melbourne, Victoria.

[10]

Herbert Hector LUCAS.
Born: 1895 Welshpool, Victoria.
Died: 1976 Queensland, Australia.
Age: 82 years.

Buried: Maryborough Cemetery, Queensland.
Service date: 06 January 1976.
Section: Garden of Rest xi.
Plat: 270.

WW1 Embarkation Roll.

Name: Herbert Hector LUCAS.
Age: 23 years.
Status: Single.
Residence: Brisbane, Queensland.
Occupation: Bullock Driver.
Religion: C of E.
Date of enlistment: 16 February 1916.
Service number: 904.
Rank: Private.
Roll title: 41 Infantry Battalion. (May 1918)
Conflict: First World War, 1914-1918.
Date of embarkation: 18 May 1916.
Place of embarkation: Sydney.
Ship embarked on: HMAT Demosthenes.
Ship number: A64.
Next of kin: John LUCAS. Father.
Residence: Dallarnil, via Maryborough, Queensland.

Married: Bertha Mary RHODES.
Year: 1922.
Place: Queensland, Australia.

Bertha died 1968 in Queensland, Australia.
Age: 67 years.
Parents named as William John RHODES and Frances Mary NICHOL.

Buried: Maryborough Cemetery, Queensland.
Service date: 11 September 1968.
Section: Garden of Rest xi.
Plot: 270.

Sources:
Registry of Births, Deaths and Marriages Victoria.
Registry of Deaths and Marriages Queensland.
First World War Embarkation Rolls.
Maryborough Cemetery Records, Queensland.
Fawkner Cemetery Records, Victoria.
Boroondarra Cemetery Records, Victoria.

Also See:
LUCAS marriages (males) 1849-1868 Victoria Australia
LUCAS marriages (males) 1869-1879 Victoria Australia
LUCAS marriages (males) 1880-1885 Victoria Australia

LUCAS marriages (females) 1851-1867 Victoria Australia
LUCAS marriages (females) 1868-1879 Victoria Australia

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