Lavalette Harriet (Smithers) Bates (1870 - 1909)

Born 15 Jan 1870 in Scone, New South Wales, Australia

Wife of James Bates — married 31 Aug 1887 in Wesleyan Methodist Church, Muswellbrook, NSW

Descendants

Died 13 Mar 1909 at age 39 in Muswellbrook, New South Wales, Australia

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Biography

Lavalette (Smithers) Bates was born in the Colony of New South Wales (1788-1900)

Lavlet was born in 1870 at Scone, New South Wales, Australia. She was the daughter of Edwin Smithers and Mary Bartley Hall. ^[1]

Lavlet married James Bates in 1887 at Muswellbrook, New South Wales, Australia.^[2]

Lavlet and James had the following children:

• John born 1889 at Muswellbrook, New South Wales, Australia.
• Catherine E. born 1894 at Muswellbrook, New South Wales, Australia.
• Herbert born 1896 at Muswellbrook, New South Wales, Australia.
• Edith born 1899 at Muswellbrook, New South Wales, Australia.
• Lavlet born 1902 at Muswellbrook, New South Wales, Australia.
• Ettie born 1905 at Muswellbrook, New South Wales, Australia.
• Harriet A. born 1909 at Muswellbrook, New South Wales, Australia.

Lavlet passed away on 13 Mar, 1909^[3] at her residence, Brook Street, Muswellbrook, New South Wales, Australia, aged 38 years.^[4] Her funeral was held on 14 Mar, 1909,^[5] and she was interred in the Church of England section of Muswellbrook Cemetery at Muswellbrook, New South Wales, Australia.^[6]

Sources

1. ↑ Birth Index (NSW Registry of Births Deaths & Marriages : accessed 27 Aug 2023), Index entry for SMITHERS LAVALETTE H; Parents: EDWIN & MARY BARTLEY; District: SCONE; Registration Number: 16868/1870
2. ↑ Marriage Index (NSW Registry of Births Deaths & Marriages : accessed 27 Aug 2023), Index entry for JAMES BATES and LAVLET HARRIET SMITHERS; District: MUSWELLBROOK; Registration Number: 5342/1887
3. ↑ Death Index (NSW Registry of Births Deaths & Marriages : accessed 27 Aug 2023), Index entry for BATES LAVELET; Parents: EDWIN & MARY B; District: MUSWELLBROOK; Registration Number: 2424/1909
4. ↑ Death Notice: "DEATH." The Maitland Daily Mercury (NSW : 1894 - 1939) 17 March 1909: 6. Web. 27 Aug 2023 <http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article124467871>.
5. ↑ Death Notice: "—THE—Muswellbrook Chronicle" The Muswellbrook Chronicle (NSW : 1898 - 1955) 17 March 1909: 2. Web. 27 Aug 2023 <http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article107723554>.
6. ↑ Burial: Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/209089758/lavlet-harriet-bates: accessed 27 August 2023), memorial page for Lavlet Harriet Bates (1871–13 Mar 1909), Find A Grave: Memorial #209089758, citing Muswellbrook Cemetery, Muswellbrook, Muswellbrook Shire, New South Wales, Australia; Maintained by Stombell (contributor 48335209).