Biography

Algernon Lucadou Wells (1857 - 1913) was the son of Arthur and Elizabeth Wells of Lyttleton Street. Arthur was a well-known merchant in the community and connected to the family of dentists living on the North West Coast.

After a good education Algernon entered the employ of the Launceston Gas Co. as an accountant and worked there for over thirty years.

His first wife was Sarah Jane Cogger, eldest daughter of John Cogger of Horsmonden, not far from Royal Tunbridge Wells, Kent, England. Sarah died on 30^th October 1908.

Algernon married again on 17^th August 1911. His new bride was Eleanor Isabel Bartley, eldest daughter of Charles Booth and Margaret Alicia Bartley of Abbott Street.

As well as being employed at the Gas Co., Algernon was for many years choirmaster at St. Paul's Church, only resigning in 1906 to take up a similar appointment at St. John's Church for the next six years. There he worked in conjunction with the organist, Miss Mabel Evershed, daughter of Alfred Edward and Sarah Evershed.

On 21^st August 1913 Algernon was overcome by a heart attack and died that day, aged 55 years.*** In his memory a brass plaque was placed by the choir vestry door in St. John's. The inscription reads:
IN LOVING MEMORY OF ALGERNON LUCADOU WELLS
LATE CHOIRMASTER OF THIS CHURCH.
DIED AUGUST 21ST 1913

*** Note: The linked Mercury article curiously reports the death of  Algernon Lucadou Wells in 1908, which contradicts the plaque and the biography. A search of  Search - Tasmanian Names Index (sirsidynix.net.au) supports the later date, with no death under that name recorded in 1908.

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