He had arrived  from England in March 1849 on the St Vincent with his wife Sarah and children Thomas, Albert and Alice.

Severn is now known as Dundee, and the Severn River flowing through the village was named by Oswald  Bloxsomes when he took up Rangers Valley in 1838.

Pronunciation is  Seven after the  UK Severn river, the longest river in Britain.

In “Dundee, the Land and its People”, 1977, Eileen Hartmann writes: “The first three hotels to be built in New England were all built in 1847.

“One of these hotels, the Golden Fleece was built by Major Innes at Dundee.

“The Golden Fleece hotel was the first important building to be erected near the shallow [Severn] river crossing.

“The hotel was a large colonial style brick building with servants quarters and livery stables.

“The bricks were handmade on Dundee Station and the accommodation rooms were built side by side around the hotel  with doors of each opening onto spacious verandahs.

“’Bar’ was painted across a large window and a light was erected outside the hotel as required by law.

“The liquor came in wooden casks which were placed on part of the counter.

“In summer time wet bags were  wrapped round the casks to keep the liquor cool.

“At this time a Bushman’s licence could be obtained by the payment of a fee of £15 per annum….”

(If a liquor licence was not deemed appropriate a wine licence could be issued.)

Elijah’s headstone in the Glen Innes cemetery is inscribed with a Masonic symbol and this inscription: “Elijah Loveday Native of Wiltshire England who died 21st Sept 1875 aged 59 years. Brother Loveday was the first of the Glen Innes Lodge who has died since its formation and was also a  Brother of  the Ancient Order of Foresters. May his next meeting be in  the Great Lodge above.”

The lower part of Sarah’s inscription is hard to read but we can see that she ….”Departed this life March 4th 1873 aged 49 years…..

These graves were beautifully restored about 1966 by the Grand Lodge.