James Beeston Lemon (1814-1890)

Born: Abt 1814, Winchester, Hampshire, England
Died: 8 October 1890, Tasman Peninsula, Tasmania
Parents: Beeston Henry Lemon and Elizabeth Baverstock

Spouse: Matilda Reid (1828-1892)

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James Beeston Lemon, son of Beeston Henry Lemon and Elizabeth Unknown.

b: abt 1814, Winchester, Hampshire, England; bap: 19 Jun 1814, Winchester, Hampshire, England; d: 8 Oct 1890, Tasman Peninsula, Tasmania.

Spouse - Matilda Reid, daughter of William Reid and Margaret Aldridge.

b: 12 Mar 1828, Bothwell, Tasmania; bap: 18 May 1828, New Norfolk, Tasmania; m: 8 May 1846, Bothwell, Tasmania; d: 9 Jun 1892, Taranna, Tasmania.

Children of James Beeston Lemon and Matilda Reid:

  1. Elizabeth Lemon - b: 9 Mar 1847, Bothwell, Tasmania; bap: 2 May 1847, Bothwell, Tasmania; d: 7 Apr 1930, Hobart, Tasmania; bur: 8 Apr 1930, Cornelian Bay Cemetery, Hobart, Tasmania. Spouse - George James Kirby, b: abt 1841, place unknown; m: 27 Jul 1869, Bothwell, Tasmania; d: 30 Aug 1911, New Town, Tasmania; bur: 31 Aug 1911, Cornelian Bay Cemetery, Hobart, Tasmania.

  2. Lucy Lemon - b: 5 Jun 1848, Bothwell, Tasmania; bap: 26 Dec 1848, Bothwell, Tasmania; d: 29 May 1928, North Hobart, Tasmania; bur: 31 May 1928, Cornelian Bay Cemetery, Hobart, Tasmania. Spouse - John Hanigan,b: abt 1835, place unknown; m: 1 Jan 1866, Bothwell, Tasmania; d: 13 Apr 1917, Hobart, Tasmania; bur: 14 Apr 1917, Cornelian Bay Cemetery, Hobart, Tasmania.

  3. Emmeline Lemon - b: 5 Sep 1849, Bothwell, Tasmania; bap: 13 Jan 1850, Bothwell, Tasmania; d: 28 Jan 1850, Bothwell, Tasmania; bur: aft 28 Jan 1850, Public Cemetery, Bothwell, Tasmania.

  4. Martha Lemon - b: 10 Apr 1851, Bothwell, Tasmania; bap: 25 May 1851, Bothwell, Tasmania; d: 10 Sep 1925, Dunedin, New Zealand. Spouse - William Walter Fisher, b: abt 1834, place unknown; m: 1880, New Zealand; d: 1911, New Zealand.

  5. Ellen Lemon - b: 12 Jun 1853, Bothwell, Tasmania; bap: 26 Jul 1853, Bothwell, Tasmania; d: 16 May 1881, Hobart, Tasmania. Spouse - William Henry Peasgood, son of John Peasgood and Emily Unknown, b: 1844, Barnet, Middlesex, England; m: 28 Apr 1874, New Norfolk, Tasmania; d: 24 Dec 1875, Glenorchy, Tasmania.

Residences and Properties
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Complete maps located on the Property History page. Tasmanian Archives: Bothwell B37, AF819/1/26 (modified)