Meredith Bowman found this information with help from Susie Longmire, daughter of Meredith’s cousin Ian Longmire.

Sarah Lewis ( nee Palmer) was Lucy Morton’s grandmother Her life was in Echunga, South Australia.

Sarah died: 25 APRIL 1897 • Echunga, South Australia, Australia. She was one of Meredith’s great-grandmothers

Echunga, April 29.—In the death of Mrs. R. Lewis, which occurred at Echunga last Sunday, another of the colony’s pioneers has passed away. With her husband (the late Mr. Robert Lewis) she arrived in the colony 57 years ago in the ship Sir William Mitchell. After a few years’ residence in Adelaide they removed to Echunga in 1849, where Mr. Lewis entered into the business of a blacksmith. Communication with the city was so difficult in the early days that Mrs. Lewis had frequently to walk to Adelaide through the bush, a distance of 21 miles, transact her business and return, walking the whole distance. Of her nine children six are living. There are 55 grandchildren and 23 great-grandchildren. Mr. Peter Lewis, of Kanmantoo, Mr. Stephen Lewis, of Jamestown, and Mr. David Lewis, of Broken Hill, are sons. The daughters are Mrs. McKnight, of Kalgoorlie, W.A., Mrs. James Moreton, of Snowtown, and Mrs. J. Meadowcroft, of Wentworth, N.S.W. The deceased was in her 84th year, having been born in Bristol in 1813. Despite her advanced age she was wonderfully active, and enjoyed the best of health up till within a few days of her death. She also enjoyed the highest esteem of all who knew her. The interment took place last Tuesday in the St. Mary’s churchyard, when many relatives and old acquaintances were present. The Rev. John Warren, of Mount Barker, was the officiating clergyman.