Husband: Frederick LOMAS #2691
Born: C1860 Died: ? Father: Mother:
Wife: Jane Elizabeth COKER #2257 Married: 1881 in Queensland, Aust (see note 1)
Born: 13 Mar 1859 in 5 Salman Cottages, Ratcliff, Stepney, London, England, UK (see note 2) Died: July 1948 in Rockhampton, Qld, Australia Funeral: 22 Jul 1948 in Funeral notice, Rockhampton Morning Bulletin newspaper Census: 1861 in 4 Church Street, Hackney, London, England (see note 3) Father: James Thomas COKER #1395 Mother: Emily LEE #1396 Other spouse 2 Notes
F Child 1: Emily Lee COKER #1582
Born: 7 Jun 1892 in Gladstone, Queensland, Aust (see note 4)
Died: 24 Jun 1914 in Rockhampton, Qld, Australia (see note 5)
Spouse: George HARVEY #2402 b. 30 Jun 1890 d. 4 Dec 1935
Married: 27 Oct 1913 in Queensland, Aust (see note 6)
M Child 2: Rowland Frank Eugene LOMAS #2957 Born: Aug 1884 in Balmain, New South Wales, Australia (see note 7) Died: 29 Mar 1918 in Gezaincourt, Somme, France (see note 8) Buried: 3 Apr 1918 in Gezaincourt Communal Cemetery Extension, Somme, France Military: 1918 Private 7594A 15th Battalion, Australian Imperial Force (see note 9) Occupation: 1917 Coach builder Spouse: Annie McMurtrie GRAHAM #4886 b. ? d. 1939 Married: 1910 in Queensland, Australia (see note 10)
Event Notes Note (1) Qld State Library marriage: 1881/C001096
Note (2) Elizabeth Jane Coker born Stepney April/June quarter reference Stepney 1c-465 (From Coker London Research group June 2004)
Note (3) 1861 census for Tower Hamlets, Stepney, London, England, 76 Church St: Note (4) Queensland historical index search: 1892/C005212
Note (5) Qld State Library death ref: 14/003611
Emily apparently died 13 days after giving birth to Gordon
Family Notices. (1914, June 26). Morning Bulletin (Rockhampton, Qld. : 1878 - 1954) DEATH. HARVEY.-On 24th June at Rockhampton, Mrs. G. Harvey (nee Emily Lomas*), fond and loving daughter of Mr and Mrs. F. Lomas, West-street, aged 22. *Daughter of Henry Coker and Frances Sugden but raised by Henry's sister Jane and her husband Fred Lomas and was known as Emily Lomas. http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article53338261
Note (6) Queensland historical index search: 1913/C003029
Family Notices. (1913, November 8). Morning Bulletin (Rockhampton, Qld. : 1878 - 1954), HARVEY-COKER.-On the 29th October, at the residence of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Lomas, by the Rev. A. D. Shaw, George, the only son of Mrs. Harvey, to Emily Lee Coker, the eldest daughter of Mr. H. Coker, Rockhampton. http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article53313455
Note (7) On his enlistment form dated 13 Jan 1917, gives his age as 32 years four months born Balmain, New South Wales
Note (8) Death ref: 22/005190 AIF) Commonwealth War Grave Commission website: http://www.cwgc.org/search/casualty_details.aspx?casualty=35454
Note (9) From Commonwealth War Graves Commission website: Name: LOMAS, ROWLAND FRANK EUGENE. Initials: R F E. Nationality: Australian. Rank: Private. Regiment: Australian Infantry, A.I.F Unit Text: 15th Bn. Date of Death: 29/03/1918 Service No: 7594. Additional information: Son of Fred and Jane Lomas; husband of Annie McMurtrie Lomas, of Baree, Mt. Morgan Rockhampton, Queensland. Native of Sydney, New South Wales. Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead Grave/Memorial Reference: I. H. 25. Cemetery: GEZAINCOURT COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION
Note (10) Qld Historical Indexes marriages: 1910/C522 Lomas, Rowland Frank Eugene and Graham, Annie McMurtrie
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