Henry Melville Lakin

Individual, P185

Biography

Henry Melville Lakin (1858 - 1931) was the son of Frederick and Emily Lakin [linked]. 
Henry married twice - to 27 year old Clara Weymouth in 1883, and to Martha Jane Tomkinson in 1891.
He was Tasmanian agent for the drapery wholesalers, Paterson, Laing & Bruce.
He died suddenly at Toorak Victoria in 1931.
See linked biography for Frederick Lakin for details of memorials to the Lakin family at St. John's Church.

Source
Extract from 'Engraved in Memory' by J.S.Gill. 1988