A Coroner's Inquest was held into the death of Catherine Mary CANVERT on 14 Jun 1928. The finding was that she died on the 7th of June 1928 at the Victorian Homes Royal Park, having been admitted the previous day from the Melbourne Hospital. Cause of death was a cerebral haemorrhage, partly natural and partly resulting from injury. There was not sufficient evidence to determine how the injury was caused. Catherine Mary CANVERT had been found injured in Curzon Street, North Melbourne on 29 May 1928 and was removed to the Melbourne Hospital. Her residence was 33 Grant Street, East Brunswick. Her husband, Thomas Canvert of 33 Geelong Road Footscray testified that they had been living apart since 1921 and that he had last seen her on the 31 May 1928. [Inquest No. 628/1928 provided by Peter Spark]

Catherine Mary LEWIS, Spinster, bp Wycheproof, Domestic Duties, aged 17 yrs, Residence: Italians, d/o Thomas M(ichael) E(dmund) LEWIS, Miner and Phoebe SPARK m 11 Jan 1904 Mr Lewis' House, Italians, Bernard HARPER, Bachelor, bp Beechworth, Miner, aged 25 yrs, Residence: Italians, s/o Bernard HARPER, Railway Employee, and Jane DALGLEISH, with the written consent of Thomas ME LEWIS, father of Katherine Mary LEWIS, both signed as Bernard HARPER, Catharine Mary LEWIS, Methodist Church rites. Witnesses: George CARLE and Ella Isabel HARVEY (sister-in-law of Catherine Mary) [Certificate 749]

Bernard Donald HARPER b abt 1879 Beechworth Victoria s/o Bernard HARPER/Jane SMITH (not found in Vic Index) His mother Jane HARPER (ms SMITH) birthplace Bay of Biscay, was widowed in 1890, and m2. 1892 John Palmer DALGLEISH bp Newtown, Vic [Vic 2453]

Ballarat Base Hospital Admissions Register 1956-1913
Bernard HARPER aged 41 yrs (b abt 1849), Residence: No 3 Railway Gate, Married, Occupation: Gatekeeper, Religion 11 RC, Admitted 9 Sep 1890, Discharged 10 Sept 1890, Dead: Yes, Birthplace: Cavan, Ireland, 25 yrs in Victoria, Recommender: Accident.
Bernard Peter HARPER d 1890 aged 41 yrs Ballarat s/o Peter HARPER/Margaret CAIR [Vic 10566]
Bernard HARPER aged 17 yrs (b abt 1879), Residence: Newtown, Single, Occupation: Labourer, Religion 10 Anglican, Admitted 1 Oct 1896, Discharged 12 Oct 1896, Birthplace: Victoria, Accident, Relieved.

The signature of Mary HARPER, Sister, of Italian Gully, appears as the Informant at the birth of Clarence Bernard Raymond Harold LEWIS 12 May 1905 Italian Gully, s/o of Thomas Michael Edmund LEWIS/Phoebe Elizabeth LEWIS formerly SPARK. The midwife was Mrs DALGLEISH.

Sometime between 1907 and 1911 this marriage broke up and by 1911 Catherine Mary HARPER had formed a relationship with Denis KEYS. A death of Bernard HARPER has not been found in Victoria 1906-1985 or NSW 1906-1977.
Catherine M(ary) LEWIS m2. 1918 Sydney, NSW, Thomas M(ichael) CANVERT [NSW 609] (separated 1921)
Thomas CANVERT b 1889 Hotham West s/o Victor CANVERT/Mary REID [Vic 22811]
Thomas Michael CANVERT d 1951 aged 62 yrs Footscray s/o Victor CANVERT/Mary REED [Vic 11708]
Victor CANVERT bp France m 1882 Mary REID bp Geelong [Vic 615]

Children of Bernard (Donald) HARPER and Catherine Mary LEWIS:

1. Melma Thomas George HARPER b 1904 Scarsdale s/o Bernard HARPER/Catherine Mary LEWIS [Vic 13343]

2. Bernard Raymond Donald Harold HARPER b 1906 Scarsdale s/o Bernard HARPER/Catherine Mary LEWIS [Vic 6205]
Bernard HARPER d 1906 aged 23 days Daylesford s/o Bernard Donald HARPER/Catherine Mary LEWIS [Vic 1267]
Bernard HARPER bur 21 Mar 1906 aged 3 wks Smythesdale Cemetery.

3. Phoebe Elizabeth Myrtle HARPER b 1907 Scarsdale d/o of Bernard Donald HARPER/Catherine Mary LEWIS [Vic 6046]
Phoebe Elizabeth ELLIOT d 1957 aged 49 yrs Ballarat d/o Denis KEYS/Katherine Mary LOWIS [Vic 19013] (may be adoptive father's name, mother's name a variation in spelling)
Phoebe was living at Trentham before her death in the 1950s.
Phoebe Elizabeth KEYS m 1937 Norman James ELLIOT [Vic 1367]
Poss Norman ELLIOTT b 1898 Natte Yallock s/o Thomas ELLIOT/Elizabeth Margaret ASTBURY [Vic 5366]
Norman ELLIOTT d 1967 aged 68 yrs Heidelberg s/o Thomas ELLIOTT/Elizabeth Ma(rgaret) ASTBURY [Vic 1911]

4. Ethel May HARPER (also known as 'Maisie' and 'Dolly') b 1911 Ballarat d/o -/May LEWIS [Vic 351]
Also registered as Ethel May KEYS b 1911 Ballarat d/o Denis KEYS/May LEWIS [Vic 351R]
Ethel May KEYS m 1928 Vincent Leo Stephen CARVILL [Vic 11289]
'Dolly' married Vin CARVILL and lived in Richmond Victoria. (family)
Vincent Leo CARVILL b 1903 Bendigo s/o John CARVILL/Ellen CARROLAN [Vic 8122]
Vincent Leo CARVILL d 1956 aged 53 yrs Fitzroy s/o John Thomas CARVILL/Ellen Cecel CARROLIN [Vic 7618]
Son Terrence Joseph CARVILL b abt 1942, d 1976 aged 34 yrs Sand(ringham?) s/o Vincent Leo CARVILL/Ethel May KEYS [Vic 3454]