Katherine Townsend (379)

Date of Birth: 29 Nov 1861
Date of Death: 18 Feb 1926
Generation: 8th
Residence: Cargo, NSW, Australia
Father: Thomas Townsend [339]
Mother: Gain, Eliza
Spouse:
  1. Sherwin, Arthur Henry Travers
Issue:
  1. Arthur
  2. Frank
  3. Florence
  4. Caroline
  5. Muriel
See Also: Table III ; Scrapbook ; Lineage ; Ancestors' Tree ; Descendents' Tree

Notes for Katherine Townsend

Katherine was born at Whill Station, Wimmera, Victoria.

She married at Cowra, NSW, but nothing is known about her husband, Arthur Sherwin. Katherine died at Cargo (Canowindra), NSW - her brother George Townsend [377] lived there also.

Arthur Sherwin was executor of the will of his father-in-laws, Thomas Townsend [339]. Page 688 of The Calendar of Wills and Administration 1858-1922 in the National Archives of Ireland records that Probate of the will of "Thomas Townsend late of Nyrang Creek Canowindra New South Wales Farmer”, who died on 7 June 1913, was granted at Sydney on 4 July 1913 to "Arthur HT Sherwin”. Resealed at Dublin on 9 December 1913. Effects in Ireland £1,745 4s 7d.

Of the children, Florence Sherwin married Mr A Penfold; Caroline Sherwin married Mr Headley Lawry Coleman and had issue; Muriel Sherwin married Mr T Billingsley.