Joseph Abbott LEWIS [580]

  General Notes:

1844 SA Birth LEWIS Joseph Abbott Joseph LEWIS Elizabeth NEWMAN Adelaide 1/79
1924 SA Death 473/517 LEWIS Joseph Abbott undefined Adelaide

West Terrace Cemetery: 10 Flinders Lane 38 East

Mr & Mrs Joseph Lewis (Snr) arrived in colony on 'Fairfield' taking 6 mths duration.
Joseph & Charlotte called their home 'Fairview' (now listed National Trust).
Joseph was a successful farmer. As an exhibitor at a local Agricultural Show, he won a coloured print of fruit & vegetables, which hangs on a wall at Allan Lewis' home.
Both Joseph and his brother Caleb Lewis were foundation members of the local branch of the Agricultural Bureau which was an excellent organization of progressive farmers, peculiar to South Australia.
Joseph & Charlotte Lewis retired in 1922 to live in Adelaide with their youngest daughter Vera Rawnsley, where they subsequently died. (History of Cherry Gardens & its Early Families published 1936)


The Advertiser (Adelaide, SA : 1889 - 1931) Mon 13 Oct 1924
Funeral Notice:
LEWIS. -The FRIENDS of the late Mr. JOSEPH ABBOTT LEWIS are respectfully informed that his Funeral will leave his late residence, 67 John's street, Prospect, MONDAY, at 2 o'clock, for the West-terrace Cemetery. J. W. BOWERING, Undertaker, Peterborough, and Barker street, Prospect.


The Register (Adelaide, SA : 1901 - 1929) Tue 14 Oct 1924
Death Notice:
LEWIS.- On the 12th October, at the residence of his son L. R. Lewis, 67 Johns road, Prospect, Joseph Abbott, beloved husband of Jane Lewis, late of Cherry Gardens, aged 80 years.


The Register Monday 27 Oct 1924
OBITUARY
Mr. Joseph Albert[sic] Lewis, whose death occurred on October 12 at his son's residence, John's road, Prospect, was one of the first settlers at Cherry Gardens, and much respected throughout the district. He was born at Little Para, in August, 1844, being the elder son of Mr. Joseph Lewis, who arrived in South Australia by the ship Fairfield in December, 1839. At an early age he came to Cherry Gardens with his parents, and, with the exception of a short period spent at Coromandel Valley, remained here until two years ago, when he retired to Prospect. With his parents he was present at the opening of the Cherry Gardens Methodist Church in 1872, which was the first Methodist church built in the State south of Adelaide, and he has been an earnest supporter ever since, being present also at the jubilee services held in 1922. Mr. Lewis was keenly interested in all branches of sport, and for some years was a member of the local cricket club. He was one of the foundation members of the local branch of the Agricultural Bureau, which was inaugurated in 1892, and was made a life member of the society in 1913 in recognition of his valuable services and his success as a competitor in home industry, farm and dairy productions, in the various Shows held in connection with the society. In 1872[sic] he married Miss C. Jane Smart, daughter of Mr. William Smart, of Baker's Gully, who survives him. He leaves a family of seven:- Mesdames P. Hughes (North Adelaide), E.E. Strange (Cherry Gardens), F.L. Terrell (Prospect). H. Rawnsley (Torrensville), Messrs. J.N. Lewis (Cherry Gardens), L.T. Lewis (Parkside), L.R. Lewis (Prospect); also 21 grandchildren.


News (Adelaide, SA : 1923 - 1954) Sat 8 Nov 1924
Other People's Money
The Mercantile Trade Protection Association reports that probate has been granted in respect to the following wills, the amounts
stated being gross value of the estates:
PROBATE.
. . . . .
Lewis, Joseph Abbott, Prospect: £121.
. . . . .

  Other Records

• Occupation: Farmer: Cherry Gardens, South Australia. Still managing farm without assistance at age 78yrs.
Retired to Adelaide 1922.

• Joseph Abbott Lewis: Burial, 1924, West Tce Cemetery, Adelaide.
Plaque for Joseph Abbott & Charlotte Jane Lewis (image courtesy Ancestry/Rootsweb)

John married Charlotte Jane SMART [690] [MRIN: 202], daughter of William SMART [585] and Ann BUDDEN [682], on 14 Nov 1876 in Wesleyan Church, Kangarilla, South Australia. (Charlotte Jane SMART [690] was born on 14 Oct 1853 in Eyers Flat, South Australia, died on 7 Jul 1929 in New Mile End, Adelaide, South Australia and was buried in West Terrace Cemetery, Adelaide, South Australia.)

  Marriage Notes:

1876 SA Marriage 109/492 LEWIS Joseph Abbott SMART, Charlotte Jane, Morphett Vale

South Australian Register Monday 20 Nov 1876
Marriage Notice:
LEWIS-SMART.-On the 14th November, in the Wesleyan Church, Kangarilla, by the Rev. J. Allen, Joseph Lewis, of Cherry Gardens, to Charlotte Jane, youngest daughter of the late W. Smart, Kangarilla.