Who was George Tresham?

Vera and Gary have stumbled on a record which has Sparked the idea that Lovell might have taken his surname form a colleague he made friends with... It appears that Lovell worked with a man called George Tresham, and that they may have become friends (based on their militia service records), perhaps Lovell took the surname from him. An interesting idea also in regard to the fact that Stellas' grave has an inscription from a George... I'll need more evidence to be convinced but a fascinating avenue to explore.

The only flaw I can think of off hand is that Lovell met him at work, so unless Sydney water has records for a Lovell Smith as well as a Lovell Tresham, or the two were friends before he took the work at Sydney water then the idea is flawed. Lovells' first use of the Tresham surname is 1930 based on the records I've found. I'm sure that there will be other records to more precisely date the name change but have yet to find them...

Tresham is a very rare surname in Australia; most Treshams are of Burmese decent and are the ancestors of a British Army officer who went "native" and the only other Tresham is a New Zealander living in northern Victoria). I have the Tresham records as I contacted the family some years ago in search of Lovell so once I've dug them out I might find out who George Tresham was.

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