Day Dawn Municipal Chambers. Mark Lewis Seated on chair 4th from right 1907.
Murchison Times and Day Dawn Gazette Tuesday 21 June 1904, page 3
Mark Lewis – Mayor of Dawn Dawn
Mayor Mark Lewis
Mayoress Ada Lewis
From: Jewish Herald VIC, Friday 24 January 1908, page 10
Mark Lewis was born in 1874 in Filipow, Poland, Russia. He was the son of Hirsch SHEDLOWSKI and Bailah GILLOND. Mark must have assumed the name of LEWIS when he came to Australia. On 17 Jun 1903 Mark Lewis married Ada BOOK in Melbourne Vic on 17 Jun 1903. The couple had twin sons born in Mt Magnet in 1904. They were Norman Ephraim Lewis and Rupert Joseph Lewis. The mortality rate for twins in the Goldfields at this time was very high, but it seems that both babies survived. However, Rupert was to die aged 11mths in Mt Magnet. Sadly Ada died very young at the age of 35yrs in 1910 and is buried in the Jewish Section of the Karrakatta Cemetery in Perth WA.
Mount Magnet Miner and Lennonville Leader -2 July 1910
The following year Mark re-married to Hettie CAHN and they had one child, a daughter, Melva Esther Lewis born 3 Apr 1912. Hettie was also to die quite young at the age of 47yrs on 3 May 1922 and is also buried in the Jewish Section of the Karrakatta Cemetery Perth.
Westralian Judean – Perth 1 July 1930, page 11
Murchison Times and Day Dawn Gazette Tuesday 22 August 1911, page 4
Matrimonial – MR MARK LEWIS RE-MARRIED.
The marriage of Mr. Mark Lewis, of “Riverview,” Cannington, Perth, and formerly Mayor of Day Dawn, to Miss Hettie Hedwig CAHN, only daughter of Mrs. J. Cahn and the late Benjamin Cahn, of Beechworth VIC, was celebrated at the East Melbourne Synagogue by the Rev. J. Lanzer, on Tuesday, July 11. The bride was given away by her brother, Mr. Chas. Cahn. She wore a beautiful gown of white crepe de chine over satin charmeuse, a short train festooned and embroidered with roses and orange blossom, falling from her shoulders, a shower bouquet of white camellias and roses intermingled with maiden-hair fern, made an effective finish.
Mark married for the third and final time to Leah Rose ROTENBERG in Perth WA in 1923, the couple had no children. Mark himself died on the 8 Jul 1940 aged 66yrs and is also interred in the Jewish section of Karrakatta Cemetery.
Cue-Big Bell Chronicle and Reedy Recorder 19 July 1940, page 4
OBITUARY
The Late Mr. Mark Lewis
DAY DAWN
The funeral took place in the Jewish cemetery, Karrakatta, on Tuesday, July 9, of the late Mr. Mark Lewis, of 28 Melrose Crescent. Mt Lawley, and managing director of Apex Ltd, Manufacturers of Perth. In the presence of a large gathering, the Rev L Rubin-Zacks conducted the burial service. A resident of Western Australia for 45yrs the late Mr. Lewis spent many years on the Goldfields and was for some time the Mayor of Day Dawn. Some years ago he held the position of President of the Perth Hebrew Congregation for two years. he is survived by a widow, two sons, and a daughter. The chief mourners were Mr. Norman Lewis (son) and Mr. A H Kahn (Brother in law).
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