Lisa Alberta (Allom) Montgomery (1858 - 1931)

Born 4 Dec 1858 in Tobago, West Indies

Wife of Alexander Barr Montgomery MA — married 1887 in New Zealand

Died 6 Dec 1931 at age 73 in Perth, Western Australia, Australia

Lisa (Allom) Montgomery migrated from England to New Zealand.

Biography

Lisa was born in 1858. She was the daughter of Albert Allom and Eliza Horn.

BIRTHS.

ALLOM.— On the 4th ult., at Tobago, West Indies, the wife of Albert James Allom, Esq., Colonial Secretary, of a daughter. ^[1]

UK Census Date 1861: Recorded in the household of her grandfather George Horn, along with her parents, two siblings and three servants in Queens Rd, Richmond, Surrey, England. Aged 2.

Lisa emigrated from England to New Zealand with her parents and two siblings travelling on board the ship Mermaid, departing from London on 4th September 1861, arriving into Auckland on the 16th of December, 1861.^[2]

She married Alexander Montgomery on 20 December 1887, at Parawai, Thames.

They went on to have five children:

1. Alec Marion Payne (b. 1890, d. 1948)
2. Albert Barr (b. 1891, d. 1917)
3. Geoffrey Owen (b. 1893, d. 1957)
4. Stephen King (b. 1895, d. 1950)
5. Lisa Geraldine (b. 1897, d. 1972)

Tragically one of their sons was killed in the 1st World War.

Lisa and her husband moved to Australia where they were based in Tasmania in the late 1800's.

She passed away in 1931 at the age of 73 and was buried on 7 December 1931 at the Karrakatta Cemetery and Crematorium, Karrakatta, Nedlands City, Western Australia, Australia^[3]. PLOT: Anglican ZA 0362D

Sources

1. ↑ Morning Post 05 January 1859, Pg 8, https://search.findmypast.co.uk/ (requires subscription).
2. ↑ http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~ourstuff/Mermaid1861.htm
3. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/205934481/lisa-alberta-montgomery), memorial page for Lisa Alberta Allom Montgomery (1858–6 Dec 1931), Find a Grave Memorial ID 205934481, citing Karrakatta Cemetery and Crematorium, Karrakatta, Nedlands City, Western Australia, Australia ; Maintained by maybe (contributor 49190895)

• NZ BDM Historical Marriage Records: Registration No: 1887/1020 | Bride's Given Name(s): Lisa Alberta | Bride's Family Name: Allom | Groom's Given Name(s): Alexander | Groom's Family Name: Montgomery | https://www.bdmhistoricalrecords.dia.govt.nz/

• Western Australia, Australia BDM Death Records: Registration No: 1856/1931 | Family Name: Montgomery | Given Name(s): Lisa A | District: Perth | https://www.bdmhistoricalrecords.dia.govt.nz/Search

• "Australia Deaths and Burials, 1816-1980," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XTHL-QN1 : 12 December 2014), Lisa Alberta Montgomery, 06 Dec 1931; citing reference 8; FHL microfilm 1,669,310.

Census Records

• "England and Wales Census, 1861," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2MP-Q4LR : 27 September 2016), Lisa Alberta Allom in household of George W Hoen, Richmond, Surrey, England; from "1861 England, Scotland and Wales census,"