Lily Euphemia Eveline Nicholson

Date of Birth: unknown

Place of Residence: 'Olive House' 16 Laura Street Launceston Tasmania Australia

Spouse Name: Henry Albert Fooks

Children's Names: No children

Notes:

Lily Euphemia Eveline Nicholson (known as Eveline) was born in June 1878 in Plumbley, Cheshire, England, the only daughter of Donald Nicholson (1834-1924) and Euphemia Scott Gibb (1840-1915). She came to Launceston as a five-year-old with her family in Feb 1884. Her father was a bank manger and her mother was principal of the Launceston Training School.

The family moved to Queenstown about 1902. Eveline was a painter. She married Henry Albert Fooks in 1917 in Victoria. Henry’s sister, Louisa Augusta, was married to Evalina’s brother Charles.. Eveline died on 4 Aug 1918 in the hospital at Queenstown, Tasmania, and is buried with her mother Euphemia in the Queenstown General Cemetery.

Contributors: Prue McCausland Dec 2010 & Tim Hill