Rufus D., eldest son of Capt. David Lyons and Jane B. Dixon Lyons, was also a shipmaster and excelled in his profession. He married Miss Emily Miles, of London, England, in 1855. They had one daughter named Emily. Mrs. Lyons died in 1865, aged 32 years. Capt. R. D. Lyons married for a second wife Miss Janet Thomson, of Liverpool, in 1870. They had two children named Rufus and Henry. Capt. Lyons died at Iquique in the year 1873. After her husband’s death, Mrs. Lyons removed with her family to Beechworth, Victoria, Australia, where she died in September, 1885. Her son Rufus died in childhood.
Rufus married Emily MILES on 5 Dec 1855 in Saint Jude Church, Whitechapel, London, United Kingdom. Emily was born in 1833 in Tower Hamlets Stepney, London, England; died in 1865. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:
- 2. Emily Jane LYONS was born about 1863 in Cheshire, United Kingdom; died in 1957 in Kyabram, Campaspe Shire, Victoria, Australia; was buried in Kyabram, Campaspe Shire, Victoria, Australia.
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Rufus married Janet THOMSON in 1870. Janet (daughter of William THOMSON and Jane RAE) was born in Liverpool, England; died in Sep 1885 in Beechworth, Victoria, Australia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:
- 3. William Hopkins LYONS was born on 14 May 1871; died on 21 Apr 1878 in Victoria, Australia.
- 4. Henry LYONS was born on 3 Jul 1872; died on 13 Jul 1936 in Victoria, Australia.
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