THE TREVASKIS FAMILY
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John
Trevaskis of St Erth married Mary Pooley on 3 MAY 1823 in Ludgvan
(Emigrated to Adelaide, South Australia in 1840 aboard the Charles Kerr) (In 1844 the family was living in Lyndoch Valley) |
I have identified eight children
| Name | Date and place Christened | Any other information |
| Henry Trevaskis | 22 AUG 1824 in St Erth [Source = opc database] |
Married Maria Pollard in 1847. |
| William Poole Trevaskis | 29 SEP 1826 in St Erth [Source = opc database] |
Married Julia Follett in 1848 |
| Lavinia Trevaskis | 21` SEP 1828 in St Erth [Source = opc database] |
Married Walter Jacka in 1846 Lavinia died on 24 MAR 1884 aged 55 in Adelaide |
| John Trevaskis | Born around 1830 | None |
| Thomas Trevaskis | Born around 1831 | None |
| Humphrey Trevaskis | Born in Trelease Christened on 13 JAN 1833 in St Hilary [Source = opc database] |
None |
| James Pooley Trevaskis | Born in Trelease Chjristened on 11 JAN 1835 in St Hilary [Source = opc database] |
None |
| Mary Trevaskis | Born around 1836 | None |
I have identified twelve children
| Name | Date and place of birth | Any other information |
| Julia Ann Trevaskis | Born on 5 JUL 1849 | Died on 1 JUN 1850 |
| William Henry Trevaskis | Born on 31 MAY 1850 | None |
| George Frederick Trevaskis | Born on 29 DEC 1851 | Died on 3 JAN 1853 |
| John Algernon Trevaskis | Born on 30 NOV 1854 | Died on 30 OCT 1929 aged 74 in Dunwich, Queensland |
| Robert James Trevaskis | Born on 4 APR 1856 in Salisbury, South Australia | Married Elizabeth Roberts Richards |
| Mary Ann Trevaskis | Born on 11 FEB 1857 | Married William Lay Smith |
| Lavinia Emily Trevaskis | Born on 25 AUG 1859 in Salisbury | Married Robert James Makepeace Lavinia died in DEC 1939 aged 80 in Swan Hill, Victoria |
| Frances Ann Trevaskis | Born on 24 MAR 1861 in Mt Gambier, South Australia | Married John McGillivray |
| Adeline Lucy Trevaskis | Born on 11 FEB 1863 | Died in JUL 1912 aged 49 in Benalla, Victoria |
| Alice Trevaskis | Born on 28 SEP 1864 | Married Claus Edward Gorwell Alice died on 13 JUN 1946 aged 81 in Benalla, Victoria |
| Rosina Trevaskis | Born on 11 JUN 1868 | Married Mr Cherrington |
| Clara Maria Trevaskis | Born on 29 MAY 1870 in Drik Drik, Victoria | Married Henry Kinnell Swann Clara died on 9 APR 1904 aged 33 in Wodonga, Victoria |
I have identified five children
| Name | Date and place of birth | Any other information |
| Alice Trevaskis | Born on 2 NOV 1883 | None |
| Lavinia Frances Trevaskis | Born on 14 AUG 1885 in Swann Hill | Benalla Standard 28 October 1904 ALLEGED MURDER At the Benalla Supreme Court on Tuesday, before His Honor Mr Justice Hodges, Lavinia Frances Trevaskis was presented on a charge of wilfully murdering her illegitimate female child on September 3rd. Mr. Araher appeared for the defence. The following jury was empanelled — F. A. Bird (foreman), Jno. Gawley, Matthew Costello, sen., W. J. Reilly, Evan James, Danl. Kenneally, Andrew Bower, Chas. Smithson, Jno. Carroll, Thos. Ridout, J. G. Ackerley, and S. Sergeant. The case for the Crown was that the accused, who is 19 years of age, was employed by Mrs. Ward, of Tungamah, for 3½ years looking after the children and doing housework. On September 3rd Mrs Ward noticed that the girl was unwell, and it subsequently turned out that she had given birth to a female child. Sometime afterwards she was interviewed by Constables Sullivan and Brook, and she made a statement to them; in which she said, “After it was born I cut the navel string with a pair of scissors, which are on the washstand. It was alive. I put it under the clothes; put my hand upon its throat, and kept it there until it was dead. I then put it in the basket.” Mrs. Alice Ward, after giving evidence of the facts, stated to Mr. Archer that the girl bore a good character. Mr. Archer : Was she keeping company with a man named Macauley ? His Honor : I don't see the use of dragging into this case the names of possible fathers. He is not here to defend himself. Mr. Archer : He is here, and will be called. His Honor : He is not here to defend himself, and that has nothing to do with this case. Mr. Archer: He has promised to marry her. His Honor disallowed the question. Constable Brook gave evidence of the statement being made. To Mr. Archer : She was very ill. She signed the statement while lying on her back; she could not sit up. The statement was in her own language, and was taken down as she spoke the words. The words, "I, Fanny Trevaskis, of my own free will, and without any fear or favor," etc., were written down by Constable O'Sullivan before she began. Mrs. Saunders' nurse, in the course of her evidence, stated that the girl was very ill when she made the statement. The police were not anxious to interview her, but she wanted to be interviewed. Dr. Lyons, who made a post-mortem examination, said he had come to the conclusion that the cause of death was suffocation. To Mr. Archer : Took her temperature on the 7th. It was, he thought, under 100. For a healthy person 72 was normal. He found signs of rupture. That was the case for the Crown. Mr. Archer said that the defence was that the girl was not conscious, and did not know what she was doing. She would tell the jury that she did not remember anything, except Constable Brook coming there, and all the rest was a blank. Dr. Nicholson had examined the accused and found that she had suffered great injury. Wm. T. Jones, Methodist clergyman, at Tungamah, interviewed the accused. She was in a weak and exhausted condition. The accused was then sworn, and stated that previous to September 3rd she was in the employ of Mr. Ward, On Sept. 9th remembered Constable Brook coming in and herself signing a paper, but nothing else. Did not remember seeing the book (produced) before which contained the statement. She was still in a very weak state. To Mr. Leon : Could not say how long it was afterwards that she remembered having had a child. She recollected when she got to Beechworth. After counsel had addressed the jury His Honor summed up, and said that the individual who intentionally took the life of another was guilty of murder. He did not think it was possible to eliminate feelings of sympathy or antipathy in cases of this kind. Justice had to be administered as far as possible in a cold-blooded manner. Was it proved to their satisfaction that the accused took the child's life. First, was the life taken ? Upon that point they had the evidence of the doctor, and he saw no reason to doubt his honesty. He made the usual tests and told them that the child was born alive, and that it died from suffocation. If so, how was that brought about? There was no one else present, and the only person who was likely to have taken it was the accused, whose statement was exactly in accord with the doctor's statement. That was direct proof that the girl in the dock intentionally took the child's life. It was now said that she did not know what she was doing, and if they believed that they would bring in a verdict of not guilty. That she should have forgotten it now was not the question, but what was her condition at the time? Her statements to Mrs. Saunders and Mrs. Ward went a long way to show that she knew what she was doing, and that things were not obliterated from her mind. There were, no doubt, more questions put than the constable in the box admitted. All that about fear was nonsense, and it was nonsense to say that no questions were asked. He did not think that the constable intended to convey a false impression; but at first he did convey the impression that no questions were asked. It was said by the defence that the statement was made by an exhausted person, on her bed, incapable of battling against the statements put to her, and if it had not been for the conversations with Mrs. Ward and Mrs. Saunders those contentions would be entitled to weighty consideration. The jury retired at 12.30 to consider their verdict, and after an absence of half-an-hour returned into court to ask whether there were any marks on the child's throat, and if not, could the child have been strangled without there being such marks. His Honor thought the jury could take it that were no marks on the throat. Dr. Lyons (recalled) thought it very doubtful that the child could have been suffocated without there being marks, and he saw none. The jury again retired, and upon the court being resumed after the adjournment for lunch returned into court with a verdict of not guilty. Married Frederick Macaulay Lavinia died on 13 SEP 1969 in Northcote. Buried in Fawkner Cemetery, Victoria |
| Florence May Trevaskis | Born on 11 JAN 1888 | Died on 5 AUG 1959. Buried in Fawkner Cemetery, Victoria |
| Walter Pooley Trevaskis | Born on 11 JAN 1888 | Married Lily Ethel Goodwin Walter died on 28 OCT 1958. Buried in Griffith, NSW |
| Isla Julia Trevaskis | Born on 18 MAY 1898 | Died on 2 AUG 1982 in Brighton, Victoria |