Burial ground of Lewis ancestor: Bar Island Cemetery

1880 Sarah Ferdinand (Granny Lewis nee Wallace) dies and is buried in an unmarked grave in the cemetery on Bar Island, near the entrance to Marramarra Creek.

Related events

c1803 Sarah Wallace is born

1846 Sarah and "John" Lewis live with their seven children in Marramarra Creek

1960s Visits by Christine and Stephen Lewis to house built by Henry Lewis; they row to Lewis farm up Marramarra Creek and burial ground on Bar island

Lewis ancestral burial ground: Bar Island at mouth of Marramarra Creek

Hawkesbury River, Bar Mountain and Bar Island from Marramarra Creek, watercolour, 1882.

Christine and Stephen Lewis return to Marramarra Creek and remember their childhood on Hawkesbury and Bar Island 2014

Christine and Stephen Lewis return to Marramarra Creek and reflect on their childhood. Photograph Jill Barnes  2014

Revisiting house built at mouth to Marramarra Creek by Henry Lewis

House purchased by Lewis family during 1960s. It sits immediately next to the house built by great grandfather Henry Lewis near mouth of Marramarra Creek. Photograph Jill Barnes 2014

Steps from house built by Henry Lewis at mouth of Marramarra Creek to Haswkesbury with view to Bar Island

Steps leading down from Lewis home to Hawkesbury River with view to Bar Island. Photograph Jill Barnes 2014


Dennis Foley, Clair Jackson and Julie Janson at grave of Sarah Lewis 2008

Dennis Foley, Clair Jackson and Julie Janson at the grave of Sarah Ferdinand on Bar Island. Photograph Jill Barnes 2008

Location

Burial ground of Lewis ancestor: Bar Island Cemetery
Australia
33° 31' 35.9904" S, 151° 9' 10.8612" E