Brief Life History of Joseph
When Joseph Lomas was born on 17 March 1852, in Dover, Tasmania, Australia, his father, John Lomas, was 32 and his mother, Elizabeth Kittelty, was 27. He married Mary Harriett Short on 14 August 1877, in Victoria Huon, Tasmania, Australia. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 4 daughters. He died on 29 September 1930, in Hobart, Tasmania, Australia, at the age of 78, and was buried in Huonville, Tasmania, Australia.
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- Joseph Lomas, "Australia Births and Baptisms, 1792-1981"
- Joseph Lomas, "BillionGraves Index"
- Joseph Lomas in entry for Maud Lomas, "Australia, Tasmania, Civil Registration, 1803-1933"
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World Events (8)
1856
Port Esperance Post Office opened on 6 February.
1867
End of transportation to Western Australia.
1877
Australia and England play the first-ever cricket Test match in Melbourne.
Name Meaning
Some characteristic forenames: Spanish Manuel, Raul, Angel, Miguel, Guadalupe, Jorge, Pedro, Ana, Armando, Baldo, Esteban, Jesus.
Spanish: habitational name from any of several places called (Las) Lomas, named with the plural of loma ‘hillock, mound’ (see Loma ), or a topographic name for someone who lived by hillocks.
English: variant of Loomis .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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