George Lazenby (cabinetmaker)

George Lazenby (October, 1807 – June 9, 1895) was an early settler of Western Australia, known for his cabinetmaking business and for being a Methodist preacher.[1] A native of Spaldington in the north of England,[2] he visited the Swan River Colony on his brother's ship in 1831 (travelling to benefit his health) and emigrated there soon after, arriving on the Cygnet in January 1833.[1] He was superintendent of the first sunday school in the Colony.[3] In the 1860s he built a house at Cardup, and established a flour mill[4] and brick works—the latter continued in operation until the 1990s.[5]

George Lazenby
1930 reprint of an earlier photo.
BornOctober 1807
Spalding, Lincolnshire, United Kingdom
DiedJune 13, 1895(1895-06-13) (aged 87–88)
Perth, Western Australia
Occupation(s)Cabinetmaker, Methodist preacher, public servant
ChildrenHannah Boyd Hall (née Lazenby)
Jane Wesley Rowe (née Lazenby)

His elder daughter (of ten children[2]) Hannah Boyd Lazenby married William Shakespeare Hall on 2 November 1868,[6] and his younger daughter Jane Wesley Lazenby married Samuel John Rowe (son of Sub-Inspector of Police Thomas Rowe) on 21 January 1883;[7] one of their sons was J. P. Durack.[8] Another daughter married W. T. King.[9]

Lazenby died in June 1895[2] at his residence in Lake Street, Perth, and he was buried in the East Perth Cemeteries on 13 June.[9]

References
  1. Erickson, Dorothy (2010). "George Lazenby". Design and Art Australia Online.
  2. "GENERAL NEWS". The Inquirer and Commercial News. Vol. LV, no. 3035. Western Australia. 14 June 1895. p. 15. Retrieved 26 February 2019 – via National Library of Australia.
  3. "CENTENARY OF METHODISM IN WESTERN AUSTRALIA". The West Australian. Vol. XLVI, no. 8, 708. Western Australia. 21 May 1930. p. 16. Retrieved 10 July 2021 – via National Library of Australia.
  4. "Water-powered floor mills in Australia". Morawa District Historical Society. Archived from the original on 23 April 2010.
  5. Erickson, Dorothy (2005). "Lazenby, George (1807–1895)". Australian Dictionary of Biography. Vol. Supplementary. National Centre of Biography, Australian National University. ISSN 1833-7538. Retrieved 21 November 2016.
  6. "Marriages and Deaths. Marriages". The Inquirer and Commercial News. Perth, Western Australia. 11 November 1868. p. 2. Retrieved 19 November 2014.
  7. "Family Notices". The West Australian. Vol. V, no. 329. Western Australia. 26 January 1883. p. 2. Retrieved 21 November 2016 – via National Library of Australia.
  8. Harold Aubrey Hall (31 July 1947), Letter, Aubrey Hall to Margaret Hall, 1947-07-31, Wikidata Q117792350
  9. "MASRULLAH KHAN IN ENGLAND". The Inquirer and Commercial News. Vol. LV, no. 3035. Western Australia. 14 June 1895. p. 1. Retrieved 26 February 2019 – via National Library of Australia.



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