Thomas CROSS 1854-1936
&
Louisa PEVITT 1858-1901

Thomas CROSS b. 1854, Homerton, near Heywood, S-W Victoria, son of ... and ..., married 1878, Victoria to Louisa PEVITT b. 1858 Portland, S-W Victoria, daughter of Henry Charles PEVITT and Harriet HAMBLIN

Thomas CROSS applied to transfer the licence of the "Rising Sun Hotel" at Hotspur to his wife Louisa CROSS in 1890.

Application for Transfer of a Victualler's License from one person to another.
TO THE LICENSING COURT FOR THE LICENSING DISTRICT OF PORTLAND.
I, THOMAS CROSS, the holder of a Victualler's License for the home and premises known as the Rising Sun Hotel situate in Hotspur, do hereby give notice that it is my intention to apply to the Licensing Court for the Licensing District of Heywood, to be holden at Portland on the SIXTH DAY OF June, 1890, to transfer the said license to LOUISA CROSS of Hotspur.
And I the said Louisa Cross hereby apply for the said transfer.
Dated this 28th day of May, 1890.
T. CROSS. L. CROSS. W. T. WILKINSON, Bentinck street, Portland Applicant's Solicitor.

"The Portland Guardian" (Vic.) Wednesday, 28th May 1890.

Thomas CROSS moved to Tahara, near Merino in the 1900s before his wife Louisa died at Heywood in 1901.

Thomas CROSS moved to Horsham c. 1906, remarried in 1927 to Emily SMITH (nee DOCHERTY) in 1927, and died and was buried at at Horsham in 1936.

Thomas CROSS & Louisa PEVITT had the following family...

1. Robert Henry CROSS b. 1880, Heywood, S-W Vic, d. 1932, Horsham, Victoria, m. Flora Wilhelmina HOLE 1887-1981, b. Chetwynd, S-W Vic.;
2. Thomas CROSS b. 1883, Heywood, S-W Vic, moved to Western Australia;
3. William CROSS b. 1884, Merino, S-W Vic, d. 1952, Horsham, Vic., m. 1911 to Flora Dorothea FROST 1883-1968, b, Tyrendarra, s-W Vic.;
4. George Hasting CROSS b. 1886, Heywood, S-W Vic, d. 1908, Heywood, S-W Victoria;
5. Eugene Ernest CROSS b. 1889 Merino, S-W Vic, d. 1969, Horsham, Vic, m. 1911 to Irene Amy Emily Jospephine SMITH 1881-1973, B. Balmoral, S-W Vic.;
6. Louisa May CROSS b. 1893, Hotspur, S-W Vic, d. 1980 Hamilton, S-W Vic, m. 1912 to Albert Clive SMITH 1893-1955, b. balmoral, S-W Vic.;
7. Mary Alice CROSS b. 1896, Heywood, S-W Vic, d. 1981, Horsham, Vic, m. 1919 to Edward WARD 1898-1971, b. Donald, Vic.