On 23 Apr 1854 when Louisa was 24, she married Thomas BOORMAN (392) , son of Alfred BOORMAN (135) & Elizabeth CROUCH, in Smarden, Kent, England. Born abt 1823 in Headcorn, Kent, England. Thomas died on 6 May 1862; he was 39. Buried abt May 1862 in Headcorn Baptist Church Burial Ground, Headcorn, Kent, England.

- 1841 England Census
Name: Thomas Boorman
Age: 5 [film says 15]
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1836 [1826]
Gender: Male
Where born: Kent, England
Civil Parish: Headcorn
Hundred: Eyhorne
County/Island: Kent
Country: England
Street Address:
Occupation:
Registration District: Hollingbourn
Sub-registration District: Headcorn
Piece: 459
Book: 6
Folio: 23
Page Number: 10
Household Members:
Name Age
Alfred Boorman 45 - Butcher, born Kent
Elizabeth Boorman 45 - born Kent
Alfred Boorman 20 - born Kent
Thomas Boorman 5 [15] - born Kent
Ann Boorman 11 - born Kent
Lavinia Boorman 1 Mo Kent
Source Citation: Class: HO107; Piece: 459; Book: 6; Civil Parish: Headcorn; County: Kent; Enumeration District: 2; Folio: 23; Page: 10; Line: 18; GSU roll: 306853

- 1861 England Census about Thomas Boarman
Name: Thomas Boarman
Age: 37
Estimated Birth Year: 1824
Relation: Head
Spouse's Name: Louisa Boarman
Gender: Male
Where born: Headcorn, Kent, England
Civil Parish: Headcorn
Ecclesiastical parish: Canterbury
County/Island: Kent
Country: England
Street Address: Village
Occupation:
Registration District: Hollinbourn
Sub-registration District: Headcorn
ED, institution, or vessel: 6
Household Schedule Number: 82
Piece: 506
Folio: 72
Page Number: 14
Household Members:
Name Age
Thomas Boarman 37 - head, butcher, b Kent Headcorn
Louisa Boarman 32 - wife, b Kent Ulcomb
Jesse Boarman 6 - son, scholar, b Kent Headcorn
Auselina Boarman 4 - [Anselina] daur, scholar, b Kent Headcorn
Thomas Boarman 2 - son, -, b Kent Headcorn
Source Citation: Class: RG 9; Piece: 506; Folio: 72; Page: 14; GSU roll: 542651.

- 1862 England & Wales, National Probate Calendar (Index of Wills and Administrations), 1858-1966
Name: Thomas Boorman
Probate Date: 6 Jun 1862
Death Date: 6 May 1862
Death Place: Kent, England
Registry: Principal Registry
Transcription of summary:
“BOORMAN Thomas. Effects under 200 pounds
6 June [1862]. The Will of Thomas Boorman late of Headcorn in the County of Kent Butcher deceased who died 6 May 1862 at Headcorn aforesaid was proved at the PRincipal Registry by the oaths of Robert Children of Headcorn aforesaid Farmer and Thomas Burden the Younger of Headcorn aforesaid Miller the Executors.”

RESEARCH NOTES
- Initial information provided by another researcher in 2001 after visiting Headcorn, England.

On 12 Oct 1868 when Elizabeth was 29, she married Caleb SOUTHON in Hollingbourne, Kent, England. Born on 18 Sep 1827 in Capel, Kent, England. Caleb died in General Hospital, Launceston, Tasmania, Australia, on 3 Apr 1901; he was 73.

from  http://boards.ancestry.com/thread.aspx?mv=flat&m=5&p=surnames.southen  

"4. Caleb SOUTHON #2341 b. 18 Sep 1827, Capel, Tonbridge, Kent, England, occupation Not Known, m. (1) Ja/Ma 1850, in, Tunbridge Wells, Kent, England, Louisa Elizabeth HARRIS #2352, occupation Not Known, d. bef 1868, m. (2) in 1868, in, Hollingbourne, Kent, England, Elizabeth BOORMAN #2351, b. 12 Oct 1839,East Sutton, Kent, England,26 (daughter of Thomas BOORMAN #2353 and Sarah SANDERS #2354) occupation Wife and Mother, d. 3 Jan 1918, Deloraine, Tasmania, Australia,26 buried:,Deloraine, Tasmania, Australia. Caleb died 3 Apr 1901, Launceston, Tasmania, Australia.26 Notes on Caleb Southon #2341

He went to the USA as a young man (before 1841) and worked for his Uncle "Colgates" (?). He returned to England to marry his fiance (Mariah ?) in 1853. His wife died leaving him with a son (Caleb junior?). Caleb remarried in 1868 and taking his son (then aged about 12) with them emigrated to Canada in 1869/70. There the couple established a store and bar at an "outpost Station in Ontario, close to a logging site and a river. There they had five other children (four girls and a boy).
When the eldest son (Caleb junior?) grew up he fell into bad ways (drinking and gambling with his father's money) and Caleb sent him back to England (possibly Moat Farm in Headcorn, Kent). There Caleb junior married and fathered a son born before 1882.
The night that Vesta's mother Louisa was born in Sep 1882, the store was burned down and the family lost everything. They were taken in by Uncle "Colgate". Caleb, his wife and five children then moved on to Australia about 1884 to join other members of the family who had settled there.
(Vesta O'Vard letters of Apr 1997.)

Caleb was a lay Minister and is believed to have been a teacher before he left England.
(Vesta O'Vard letter of Apr 1999.)

Assumed that his son Caleb is assigned to first wife, since he is not listed on Vesta O'Vards worksheet.
(Iain Kerr November 1999)

Children by Louisa Elizabeth HARRIS:
11. i Caleb SOUTHON #2339 b. 21 Dec 1853.
Children by Elizabeth BOORMAN:
ii Maria SOUTHON #2343 also known as: May SOUTHON b. 5 Sep 1869, Utica, New York, USA,26 occupation Not Known, m. George PARKIN #2428, b. in 1872, occupation Not Known, d. 22 Jun 1915. Maria died 18 Apr 1945,Warburton, Victoria, Australia.26 Marriage and issue, if any, uncertain. (Iain Kerr November 1999)
George: No issue of this marriage. (Vesta O'Vard).
iii Heber SOUTHON #2357 b., , Canada, occupation Not Known, d.,, Canada. Was he a child of the first marriage? (Iain Kerr November 1999).
iv Elida SOUTHON #2344 also known as: Elizabeth SOUTHON b. 17 Dec 1874, Ontario, Canada,26 occupation Not Known, d. 29 Nov 1942, Warburton, Victoria, Australia.26 Unmarried and no issue. (Vesta O'Vard).
12. v Thomas Francis SOUTHON #2345 b. 21 Apr 1875.
13. vi Zellah SOUTHON #2342 b. 9 Sep 1876.
14. vii Henry SOUTHON #2346 b. 17 Dec 1878.
15. viii Louisa SOUTHON #2358 b. 20 Sep 1882."