Gower

DESCRIPTION

NameGowerDescriptionCharles Gower Snr was born in 1829 in Sussex, England, to Richard and Martha Gower. When he was 19, he set out for Australia aboard 'Agenoria', arriving in 1849.

Charles Snr married Lavinia Pearson age 21, at Wollongong in 1860. Lavinia, also from Sussex, had arrived in the country the previous year, 1859, with her parents Robert and Anne, and siblings Isaac 17 and Alice 14.

Charles and Lavinia had several children;
Alfred b.1860
Angelina b.1862
Alice b.1863
Elizabeth Ann b.1865
Archiles b.1867
Levina b.1869
Ellen b.1871
Clara b.1872
Charles b.1874
Laban b.1876
Annie Maria b.1877
Herbert James b.1879
Edward Daniel H b.1881
Godfrey b.1883

Charles Gower Jnr married Henrietta Raison in 1905.

Henrietta's parents were Levi and Susan Raison (nee Hazelton). They farmed at Yellow Rock.

The Dudgeon's purchased the farm from Henrietta Gower after the death of her husband Charles in 1921. She acquired the lease of the adjoining farm that was later owned by Roy O'Gorman.

Charles and Henrietta had four children;
Charles Hazelton b.1906 (died 1906)
Ivy Gladys Isabel b.1908 (died 1925)
Edith Mabel b.1910, and
Hessell G b.1911

Charles Gower was a well-respected judge of the Australian Illawarra Shorthorn breed of cattle, and was engaged in breeding and AIS herd on what later became Dudgeon's farm 'Parkview' at Calderwood.

The Dudgeon family purchased the Gower farm from Henrietta Gower after the death of her husband Charles in 1921. Henrietta acquired the lease of the adjoining farm that was later owned by Roy O'Gorman.

Charles and Henrietta's daughter Edith Mabel Gower married Keith Grey who went on to become Mayor of Shellharbour.

External LinkOrange Blossoms - Wedding 1905South Coast Fodder - Mrs Gower's Achievements 1930Obituary Mr Charles Gower 1921Obituary Mr Charles Gower 1921Death of Mr Charles Gower 1921Death of Ivy Gladys Isabel Gower 1925Funeral Miss Ivy Gladys Isabel Gower 1925Obituary Mrs HE Gower 1945

Family

Prior

Hazelton

Grey

Person

Raison, Levi

Picnic at Shellharbour c.1930.

The Gower Family at Shellharbour's Little Park about 1931. Keith Grey is in the foreground wearing a hat, Edith Mabel Grey is nursing their son, Don. The boat store and Norfolk pines are visible in the background.

CONNECTIONS

CollectionFamiliesFamilyPearsonGreyHazeltonLocalityCalderwoodPersonGrey, KeithGrey, Robert (Bob)Grey, Theodore JamesRaison, LeviPlaceParkviewThe MeadowsRelated ItemHeadstone of Charles and Lavinia Gower, All Saint's Church of England, Albion ParkCattle grazing under the cabbage-tree palmsEdith Grey 1910-1998Picnic at Shellharbour c.1920

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