Elizabeth Rachel Nevin nee Day (1847-1914)
Original by her husband Thomas J. Nevin ca. 1874
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The Generations
Below is a brief summary of generational levels of the immediate families of photographer Thomas J. Nevin and his wife Elizabeth Rachel Nevin nee Day.
(a) GENERATION ONE: Dickson, Nevin, Pocock, Day and Goldsmith
Mary Ann Nevin nee Dickson (1810-1875) and John Nevin snr (1808-1887) had four children, all born near Belfast, Ireland between 1842 and 1852, prior to arrival as free settlers at Hobart, Van Diemen’s Land (Tasmania) in July 1852. Mary Ann Dickson was the sister of rose grower Alexander Dickson, established at Newtonards, Ireland. John Nevin snr was a former soldier ( Royal Scots First Regiment), a journalist, poet and gardener.
Children of Mary Ann Nevin nee Dickson and John Nevin snr
1. Thomas James (Thos) Nevin (1842-1923) m. Elizabeth Rachel Day (1847-1914)
2. Mary Ann Nevin (1844-1878) m. John Carr
3. Rebecca Jane Nevin (1847-1865)
4. William John (Jack) Nevin (1852-1891)
Children of Rachel Day nee Pocock (ca. 1812-1857) and Captain James Day (1806-1882). Rachel Day nee Pocock died of “consumption” at Hobart in 1857, and Captain James Day died in 1882 at the home of his younger daughter Mary Sophia Axup, Battery Point, Hobart. Photographer Thomas James Nevin married Elizabeth Rachel Day on 11th July, 1871 at Kangaroo Valley, Hobart.
1.Elizabeth Rachel (Lizza) Day (1847-1914) m. Thomas J. Nevin (1842-1923)
2. Mary Sophia Day (1853-1942) m. Hector Charles James Horatio Axup (1843-1927)
Children of Elizabeth Goldsmith nee Day (1802-1875), sister of Captain James Day, and Captain Edward Goldsmith (1804-1869). These were the Goldsmith cousins of the Day sisters, Elizabeth Rachel Day and Mary Sophia Day. Richard died in Hobart, 24 yrs old, in 1854 and Edward jnr died in Rochester (UK) in 1883.
1. Richard Sydney Goldsmith (1830-1854)
2. Edward Goldsmith jnr (1836-1883) m. Sarah Jane Rivers (1835-1926)
(a.1) GENERATION ONE extended: John Nevin’s second marriage: Genge and Chandler families
Mary Ann Nevin nee Dickson (1810-1875), first wife of John Nevin snr (1808-1887) died in 1875. He married his second wife, widow Martha Genge (1833-1925) (formerly Salter), in 1879. There were no children born to Martha Genge and John Nevin, although they acted as step-grandparents to Minnie Carr (1878-1898) daughter of John Nevin’s daughter Mary Ann Carr nee Nevin (1844-1878) who died in Victoria within weeks of giving birth.
Mary Chandler nee Genge (1835-1923), sister of Martha Nevin nee Genge was the second wife of shoe maker William Chandler. Of the three children born in this marriage, the youngest, James Chandler (1877-1945), who would become a professional photographer, was Thomas J. Nevin’s successor to the vocation of photography within the extended family network.
(b) GENERATION TWO: Day, Nevin, and Axup
Mary Sophia Axup nee Day (1853-1942) and Hector Charles James Horatio Axup (1843-1927) had five children between 1878 and 1891.
Children of Mary Sophia Axup nee Day and Hector C. Axup
NB: These dates may not be totally accurate.
1. Rachel Frances Eva Axup (1878-1978) m. P. Baldwin
2. Sidney James Vernon Axup (1882-1975) m. Emily Tyson
3. Edward Harold Leslie Axup (1885-1964) m.
4. Patience Ella Mary Axup (1889-1913)
5. Olive Lilian Ethel Axup (1891- ? ) m. Charles Wilshire, 10 May 1920
Elizabeth Rachel Nevin nee Day (1847-1914) and Thomas James Nevin (1842-1923) had seven children, six surviving to adulthood. Three sons – Sydney, William and George – were born at the Hobart Town Hall during their father’s residency as Office and Hall Keeper. Sydney died four months after birth.
Children of Elizabeth Rachel Nevin nee Day and Thomas J. Nevin:
1. Mary Florence Elizabeth (May) Nevin (1872-1955)
2. Thomas James (Sonny) Nevin (1874-1948) m. Gertrude Tennyson Bates (1883-1958)
3. Sydney John Nevin (1876-1877)
4. William John Nevin (1878-1927)
5. George Ernest Nevin (1880-1957)
6. Mary Ann (Minnie) Nevin (1884-1974) m. James Henry Alfred Drew (1878-1963)
7. Albert Edward Nevin (1888-1955) m. Emily Maud Davis (1891-1971)
Posts about Women in 19th century Tasmania, Australia
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- Thomas Nevin's studio decor: the lady's slipper chair 2024-05-14
- Returned soldiers 1945: from the Nevin and Moran family albums 2024-04-25
- Confusion for the press, 1879: was she/he/they a female or a male "impersonator"? 2024-03-01
- Christmas from our Archives 2023-12-25
- First Mate James DAY on the "Panama" to California 1850-1852 2023-11-12
- Prisoner Charles J. GARFORTH said he would make Superintendent Adolarious H. BOYD pay dearly, 1875 2023-10-20
- "HOPE": John Nevin's poem on slavery 1863 and the U.S. Proclamation of Emancipation 2023-05-31
- Mrs Elizabeth Goldsmith and the saltmarsh known as Lady's Tippett, 1870 2023-05-04
- Preview of new research 2023 2023-01-17
- Indigenous elder Truganini and poet Ann Kearney, 1875 2022-07-11
- Lost originals: the Nevin, Genge and Chandler family photographs 2021-11-28
- NEVIN & SMITH, 1868: the client with white fingernails 2021-10-21
- Captains, emigrants and convicts: the summer of 1842-1843 in Hobart, VDL 2021-10-10
- Best of friends: Emma PITT and Liz O'MEAGHER 1866 2021-09-24
- Lost and found: one day in 1866 and the scientific racism which followed 2021-08-30
- Captain Goldsmith's "private friend" Edward Macdowell 1840s 2021-06-14
- George and Matilda Cherry at Thomas Nevin's studio ca. 1872 2021-04-06
- Reproductions of Charles A. Woolley's portrait of Tasmanian Aborigines 1860s-1915 2021-03-21
- Captain Hector Axup and the French lady of Green Island, 1888 2021-03-04
- The case against Henry Stock (var. Stocks) 1884 for the murder of his wife and her child 2021-02-20
- Clients posing with Thomas J. Nevin's big box stereoscopic viewer 2021-02-17
- Prisoner Joseph WALMSLEY: a "queer-looking man" 1842-1891 2021-02-09
- Thomas J. Nevin at his finest: Camille Del Sarte and family 1860s-1870s 2020-12-21
- John Nevin at inquest for James Thornton 1889 2020-10-10
- Alfred Bock and the Bayles sisters 2020-09-30
- Elizabeth Allport nee Ritchie at Thomas J. Nevin's studio 1876 2020-09-08
- Alfred Hope and his landau with Albert Nevin on horseback early 1900s 2020-08-24
- Elizabeth Rachel Day's album opener 1860s 2020-08-10
- Sarah Crouch at Thomas J. Nevin's studio ca. 1872 2020-07-31
- James McEvoy's fine fabrics ex Captain Goldsmith's "Parrock Hall" Sydney 1845 2020-07-23
- T. J. Nevin's 1870s mugshots the inspiration for 21st century artworks 2020-05-12
- Youngest daughter Minnie Nevin m. James Drew (1884-1974) 2020-01-03
- Rosanna Domeney nee Tilley at Thomas Nevin's studio 1870s 2019-11-07
- Thomas Nevin and Alfred Barrett Biggs 1872-1876 2019-09-11
- Exhibition 2019: T. J. NEVIN's mugshot of prisoner James BLANCHFIELD 1875 2019-07-29
- Prisoner John NOWLAN alias DOWLING 1870 - 1876 2019-06-26
- Prisoner William SAYER or SAWYER 1875 2019-06-21
- Thomas Nevin, Sam Clifford and the Flying Squadron at Hobart, January 1870 2019-06-20
- Joseph Somes, Captain Edward Goldsmith and the "Angelina" 1844-46 2019-04-24
- A distinguished forelock: Henry Dresser Atkinson on board the "City of Hobart" 1872 2019-03-11
- Captain Edward Goldsmith and wife Elizabeth's land deals in VDL 2018-12-09
- Bleak Expectations: Captain Goldsmith's will in Chancery 1871-1922 2018-06-21
- John Nevin snr and family 1851-1854: shipping documents 2018-04-30
- Captain Edward Goldsmith and the conundrums of the Ethiopian Serenaders 1851 2018-02-12
- The Will of Richard Goldsmith snr (1769-1839) 2018-01-31
- Treasures passed down from Captain Edward Goldsmith and Captain James Day 2017-11-14
- Portraits and landscapes from T. J. Nevin's cohort 2017-09-14
- Amy Bock's bid for marriage equality in 1909 in New Zealand 2017-09-06
- One session, two poses at the City Photographic Establishment 2017-08-15
- Marriage breakdown: Elizabeth Amos v Alfred Threlkeld Mayson 1879-1882 2017-03-10
- Tom Nevin and father-in-law bandmaster Walter Tennyson Bates 2017-02-15
- Captain Goldsmith & death at sea of Antarctic circumnavigator Captain John Biscoe 1843 2016-05-27
- The desecration of Minnie Carr's grave 1898 2016-05-20
- Woman with pink ribbons by Thomas Nevin 1870s 2016-05-20
- Captain Edward Goldsmith, the diarist Annie Baxter and a burial at sea 1848 2016-05-12
- Captain & Mrs Elizabeth Goldsmith: Rattler's maiden voyage 1846 2016-04-21
- Captain Goldsmith, the Parrock Hall and playwright David Burn, Sydney 1844 2016-04-08
- Captain Edward Goldsmith's grave at Chalk Church, Kent UK 2016-04-05
- Thomas Nevin and Frederick Stops, right-hand man to the A-G 2015-09-26
- With Jean Porthouse GRAVES 1870s West Hobart 2015-09-03
- Elizabeth Bayley at Runnymede, New Town 1874-1875 2015-08-15
- Elwick House and Elwick Bay 2015-07-15
- Calling the shots in colour 1864-1879 2015-04-20
- Portraits of older women by Thomas Nevin 1870s 2015-01-31
- Thomas Nevin's women clients and their dresses 1870s 2015-01-26
- Our Fourteenth Anniversary 2005-2019 2015-01-17
- The firm of Nevin & Smith stamps and label 1867-1868 2015-01-11
- The concertina player 1860s 2014-12-28
- Thomas Nevin, informant for surveyor John Hurst 1868 2014-10-26
- A few drinks on Christmas Eve 1885 at New Town 2014-10-23
- Thomas J. Nevin at the New Town studio to 1888 2014-10-18
- Captain Goldsmith dines with the Franklins at Govt House 2014-08-11
- Prisoner Henry SINGLETON aka Harry the Tinker who pinches books 2014-04-20
- Miss Nevin and Morton Allport 2014-04-16
- Carnal knowledge of children: convictions 1860s-1880s 2014-04-15
- "Lines on the much lamented death of Rebecca Jane Nevin" by John Nevin 1866 2013-07-18
- Cousins Edward and Elizabeth baptised at St Mary's Rotherhithe 2013-05-17
- Captain Edward Goldsmith and the wreck of the James 1830 2013-04-25
- One of the last portraits by Alfred Bock in Hobart 1865 2013-04-19
- Mary Sophia Axup chair of the WPL 1913 2013-03-10
- Captain Edward Goldsmith and the McGregor family 2013-03-06
- John Nevin snr and the Genge family 2012-10-19
- Thomas Nevin's stereos of sister Mary Ann at New Town rivulet 2012-06-08
- A highly coloured portrait 2012-06-01
- The Photographer's wife at the studio 2010-08-03
- Husbands and Wives NPG Exhibition 2010 2010-05-12
- The Nevin farm burglariously entered 1881 2010-02-18
- John Nevin: "My Cottage in the Wilderness" 1868 2009-09-01
- The early deaths of Thomas Nevin's sisters and niece Rebecca, Mary and Minnie Carr 2009-08-27
- The firm of Nevin & Smith 2009-02-14
- Oral history: Nevin family at Kangaroo Valley 2009-02-06
- Thomas Nevin's portraits of his wife Elizabeth Rachel 2009-01-29
- Prisoners Henry SINGLETON, Richard PINCHES, and Robert BEW 2009-01-19
- The Nevin group portrait and wedding photo 1871 2009-01-06
- The Medical Officer's report of the Fairlie passengers 1852 2008-11-07
- Site Map No.1: Nevin Family 2008-10-05
- Nevins on sick list during voyage out on the Fairlie 1852 2008-08-14
- Prisoner poses: women, children and ticket-of-leave men 2008-07-16
- Thomas Nevin and Robert Smith 1865-1868 2008-04-21
- Elizabeth Nevin's souvenir cruet of the Model Prison 2007-11-28
- Sonny Nevin's American journey with the Bates family 2007-11-22
- First- born child May Nevin and her China trade soapstone vase 2007-11-22
- Nevin & Smith tinted vignette of Elizabeth Rachel Day 1868 2007-11-07
- Elizabeth Rachel Nevin nee Day & children 2007-09-22
- Key dates in Thomas Nevin's life 2007-08-16
- Kangaroo Valley house and school stereographs ca.1868 2007-07-25
- Rocking Stone Parties on kunanyi/Mount Wellington 2007-06-25
- G.T. Stilwell's letter to Mrs Shelverton 1977 2007-06-14
- Mary Ann Nevin, sister of Thomas Nevin 2007-06-09
- John Nevin's marriages to Mary Ann Dickson and Martha Genge 2007-06-09
- Thomas and Elizabeth Nevin's Wedding Photographs 1871 2007-04-13
- Nevin & Smith studio Elizabeth St. 1867-1868 2007-04-09
Emily Maud Davis (standing) with her mother Frances Davis nee Stewart, ca. 1909, married Albert E. Nevin 1917
Photographed at Burrows & Co, the Quadrant. Launceston, blind stamp on recto.
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