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Founding Families of Ipswich Pre 1900: F-L

Name Arrival Date Biographical details

Fad, Catherine

1855 – 26 April 13.04.1888. Lived at Newtown. Married Franz Ludwig Schled. Occupation:

Carpenter.

Farrell, Mary (Irish Orphan Girl)

Fish Owned home in Foote Lane 1880s.

Fish, Thomas & Mary 1858 Occupation: Carter. Lived in Ipswich.

Fichtner, Christian & Elizabeth

Source: Picture Ipswich

Photo taken between 1878-1882.

Follett, Mary 1855- Nov (Moreton Bay &

Ipswich) on board the

‘Ramilies’

D. 1894 from heart failure. Mary was married to Thomas Follet Snr.

Follett (nee Marsh), Sarah

1856 – 6 June (born in Ipswich) D. 1926. Sarah’s obituary in the Queensland times claims that she may have been the

oldest native born resident of Silkstone, being born on what was then known as the

‘Ploughed Station’, Limestone, which was part of the original convict establishment of

the late 1820s. She spent her last years in a wheelchair after falling from a chair in a

local grocery store and injuring her spine. She had been well known and respected as

a midwife over many years in the local area. Sarah was the daughter of a pioneer

family of Raceview – William and Lucy Marsh who arrived in Ipswich in early 1856.

Thomas and Sarah were married at the old slab cottage belonging to his parents on

Station Road, Silkstone. They lived there all their married lives, eventually buying the

property in 1890. 6 of Thomas Jnr and Sarah’s children remained in Ipswich to

establish their own homes and families. Tom at Raceview, Henry at Silkstone, Jim

who had a shop at Dinmore and who was well known as a poultry judge around the

shows, Mary Smith at Silkstone, Elizabeth George at Silkstone, Sarah Pysden whose

husband was the proprietor of a large boot factory in East St and John whose family

were raised at Raceview.

Follett, Thomas Snr

1855- Nov (Moreton Bay &

Ipswich) on board the

‘Ramilies’

B. 15.06.1831 in Somerset, England. D. 13.11.1881 in Ipswich. Lived at Booval Estate.

Occupation: Agricultural Labourer and drayman. Thomas and Mary Follett with their

daughters Elizabeth (4) and Mary (an infant), arrived at Moreton Bay on the barque

‘Ramilies’ on 22 November 1855, after an arduous four month voyage from England.

They were country folk from the small ancient village of South Petherton, Somerset,

in an area that was noted at that time for ropemaking and glove making. Thomas’

ancestors had lived there for centuries as the records of the village church dating back

to 1574 testify. Shortly after their arrival they moved to Ipswich, where Thomas

found work on the cotton plantations which prospered in the area until after the end

of the American Civil War. Their first employer, George Faircloth, owned Booval

Estate with 260 acres of cotton fields and this was where they commenced their life

in Ipswich. Faircloth had a mansion built around 1857 called Booval House still stands

today. In 1857 they suffered the tragic loss of their 2 year old daughter, Mary, who

was accidently scalded to death with boiling water. On 24 May 1858 they were

blessed with the birth of a son, Thomas, the first of their four Ipswich born children,

the others being Henry 1860, Fanny – 1865 and William – 1866. In the 1860s they left

Booval Estate and Thomas took up employment with Joshua Peter Bell, a prominent

figure in early Ipswich and a member of the local squattocracy who owned the

Grange Estate at Raceview, another large cotton plantation of that time. Here

Thomas’ work was mainly connected with the horses and driving drays. Bell’s horses,

well-bred animals, some imported, were the pride of the district and their harnesses

had to be kept immaculate, with the brasses highly polished. One of Thomas’ duties

was the delivery of the bales of cotton to the wharves in Brisbane and he eventually

became a familiar figure on the Ipswich-Brisbane Road, which incidentally followed

much the same route as the present day road. In the words of his daughter in-law,

Sarah, reminiscing in the 1920s, ‘with a team of six to ten horses, and Mr Bell kept

beautiful horses, he would start for Brisbane just after moonrise with a load of six or

seven bales of cotton and arrive in the metropolis just before daybreak.” Bell had his

own cotton ginnery at Raceview to where the cotton was taken, ginned and packed

into bales by being placed in a press built in the earth and rammed down by a heavy

log suspended on wooden levers, resulting in a bale of cotton as hard as a board.

With the decline of the cotton industry in the 1870s, Thomas became a coal carter,

using his dray to transport the coal from the mine at Blackstone to chutes on bank of

the Bremer River at Ipswich, where it was loaded onto barges which were towed to

Brisbane by the paddle steamers. Thomas Jr also became a drayman and they both

worked for the man who was to become the ‘Coal King’, Lewis Thomas. Thomas Snr

was working around the Blackstone mine on 12 November 1881 when he suffered a

stroke or heart attack. Taken home, a doctor was called but he could do nothing for

him. He died the following day aged 50. By coincidence, his old employer, Sir Joshua

Peter Bell died around five weeks later from the same cause.



Follett, Thomas Junior

Elizabeth & Sarah

(daughters of Thomas and Sarah

c1904

1858 – 24 May (born in

Ipswich)

The Follett children, including Thomas Jr, were expected to help in the fields at Bell’s

property as soon as they were big enough to be able to pick the bolls. Picking was

paid for at the rate of one and a half pence per pound of cotton. Thomas jr’s duties

eventually were to comprise ploughing, preparing the land for crops, cotton picking

and bringing in the cotton at the end of the day’s work. The girl he would one day

marry, Sarah Frances Marsh, also worked these same fields and at the age of 14 was

earning three shillings per week picking cotton or working in the ginnery. In 1877

Thomas Jnr married his childhood sweetheart, Sarah Frances Marsh. Thomas Jnr

continued on in the mines, working at Lewis Thomas’ Coolgardie mine and when that

closed, at the Walkers Extended mine until he retired around 1924. Subsequent

generations of the Follett’s have been coalminers. Thomas and Sarah Follett were to

rear eight children in the slab cottage on Station Road, adding another section joined

by a walk-way around 1893. This old house was home to four generations of Follett’s

until it passed from family ownership in 1946. It was demolished to make way for a

brick bungalow at that time.

After retiring from the mines in 1924 Thomas did many things including growing crops

on the 2 acre house property at Station Rd and other property further along at

Raceview, breaking in pit ponies for the mines and cutting and delivering loads of

firewood with his dray. He was engaged in this pursuit in 1934 out in the bush by

himself collecting firewood when wind blew a tree branch down which struck him and

knocked him unconscious. Later regaining consciousness, he crawled to the dray and

the horse took him home. He never fully recovered and died 6 months later in

Ipswich Hospital. His obituary in the Queensland times stated that in his younger

days he was noted for his horsemanship, had a wealth of information on early Ipswich

and could relate many interesting experiences he had with the aboriginals 60 years

ago.

Foote, Arthur & Sarah

Source: State Library QLD

1889 – 17 Jan (Brisbane)

(Ipswich) on board ‘Taroba’

Arthur: B. 03.08.1850 at Compton Pauncefoot, England. Baptised 15.09.1850. Arthur

left school at age 10 on the premature death of his father, George, in 1860, and

worked for a time in a bakery to help the family finances. At age 14, he became

apprenticed for 7 years as a wheelwright and carpenter. But nothing else is known of

him until his marriage to Sarah Ann Pope in 1874 at Radipole In Dorset. Sarah was

born on 16.02.1852 in Wilton, Wiltshire. She died at 100 Chermside Rd, East Ipswich

on 02.01.1913. Arthur, Sarah and their children migrated to Australia in 1889 on the

ship ‘Taroba’, leaving London on 17.01.1889. They were nominated migrants,

possibly sponsored by a second cousin, Fred Foote (already in Ipswich), and they

settled in Ipswich, living first in South St, then maybe Thorn St, before building the

family home at 100 Chermside Rd, East Ipswich. When Arthur and his family left

England, their name was ‘Foot’. When they arrived in Australia, it had become Foote.

Arthur found employment at Hancock Brothers, timber merchants, Ipswich, first as a

journeyman, then as leading hand for £1-25 per day, but after about 5 years, he

started his own Joinery business, first in Bremer St, on the town side of the Bremer

River, at the place locally known as ‘The Devil’s Gully’, where he was burnt out, then

in Lowry St, North Ipswich were he was burnt out again, but he rebuilt and continued

trading. The Lowry St premises extended over the whole block bounded by Pine St,

Flint St, Downs St and Lowry St. He began with the assistance of one man and a boy,

in a shed 34 feet by 22 feet. In 1916, he had over 50 employees and was making

trams for Brisbane and Melbourne, furniture for offices, school and Churches (most of

the pews in Methodist Churches in South East Queensland came from Arthur Foote’s

Joinery). All the ornate furniture of the Treasury Building in Brisbane (now the

Casino) was built by Arthur Foote. Arthur Foote was a member of the Ipswich

Chamber of Commerce, and conductor of the Ipswich Vice-Regal Band. He founded

the Society of St George, and was Vice-President in 1916. *No relationship to Cribb

and Foote family of Ipswich.

Foote, Arthur George Oldest son of Arthur and Sarah Foote. B. 09.09.1875. d. 14.10.1953. Married

Elizabeth Watson at the Congregational Church in Windsor, Brisbane 10.03.1909.

Arthur George was known as George. He came to Australia with his parents in 1888

and he became a pupil teacher with the Education Department. He worked for a

while in his father’s Joinery, and then joined the firm of Cribb and Foote Ltd, Ipswich

Department Store and Merchants, eventually becoming Cashier. After their marriage,

George and Lil lived at Bellmore, 14 York St, East Ipswich (the same name as

Elizabeth’s parents’ home in Windsor, Brisbane). After obtaining his accountancy

credentials in 1923 with the Federal Institute of Accountants and a final diploma with

the Australian Institute of Secretaries, George and the family moved to 15 Munro St,

Indooroopilly in 1924 and George commenced business as a Public Accountant and

Tax Agent, with his premises in the Roma Street Markets.

Foote, Fred 1874 – 9 June A second cousin to Arthur, Fred Foote (married to Hannah) came out on the ‘Ramsay’

14 years earlier than the Arthur Foote Family and settled at Booval, Ipswich. Fred

commenced a general store where he was well known for his horehound and hop

beer which he delivered by horse and cart, and which blew the corks out of the

bottles from time to time. Fred and Hannah had 6 children: Walter (unmarried), Ada

(unmarried), Alice (unmarried), Emily (unmarred), George, and Louis. After their

father’s death, Alice and Ada converted the shop into a dressmaking business, later

bought by Spall’s Glass. Emily worked for Cribb and Foote ltd. George (married

Dorothy) started a Joinery at Booval. Louis worked in the Railways.



Foote, James

1850 (Moreton Bay) B. 10.11.1829 in England. He came to Australia with his mother, three sisters, brother

(the Hon. J. C. Foote, M.L.C.) and sister in-law aboard the ‘Emigrant’, arriving at

Moreton Bay on 12 August 1850. He first worked at Cribb and Foote and later

became a grocer and an ironmonger, occupations that he occupied until his death.

James married Catherine Keith Cramb (1st married James Keith) on 21 July 1863. In

1875 they lived in Brisbane St and by 1876 were living at ‘Bleak House’ located at

Olmai Avenue, Eastern Heights. James owned a large area of land that bordered

Logan Lagoon later known as Swanbank and was responsible for building ‘Frampton

Villa’ located on the corner of Whitehill and Rose Streets, Eastern Heights. This house

stood on four acres and was sold to Mr T. Rose in October 1895. James Foote was an

Alderman of Ipswich City Council in 1866-1869, 1871 and was Mayor of Ipswich in

1870.

Forsyth (nee McLeary), Catherine

1862 – 4 Nov (Moreton Bay)

1863 (Ipswich)

B. c1838 in Glenoughty, Donegal, Ireland. D. 05.07.1914 in Harrisville. Married James

Forsyth on 27.10.1859 in Ireland. Occupation: Housewife. Children: John b.

18.08.1860, William b. 08.09.1862, Margaret Jane b. 06.07.1864, Robert Henry b.

1866, Catherine b. 01.03.1868, Samuel b. 27.11.1869, James b. 09.06.1872, Francis b.

27.06.1874 (died in 1875), Francis b. 27.10.1876, Alexander Stevenson b. 14.03.1881.

Forsyth, Francis 1863 – 20 Dec (Moreton Bay)

on board ‘Norman Morrion’

Youngest child of John and Catherine (nee McNutt) Forsyth/e. B. 1847 in Donegal,

Ireland. D. 19.06.1928 at the Diamantina Hospital in Brisbane. Occupation: Labourer.

Religion: Presbyterian.

Forsyth, James


1863 (Ipswich)

Third child of John and Catherine (nee Mc Nutt) Forsyth/e. B. c1835 in Ardidnganny,

Donegal, Ireland. D. 21.06.1911 at Harrisville. James came to Australia on the

‘Rajasthan’ wife his wife Catherine nee McCleary and their son John who was 1 year

old. Their second son William was born on the ship on the way to Australia. They

first settled at Greenmount on the Darling Downs but then made their way to the

Flinders area. Their 11 children went to School at Peak Crossing and Harrisville from

1871 onwards. Lived at Lot 181 Faulkners Quarry Rd, Peak Crossing. Occupation:

Farmer. Religion: Presbyterian.

Forsyth, Robert Henry 1860 (Moreton Bay) on board

‘Hannah Moore’

Fourth child of John and Catherine (nee McNutt) Forsyth/e. B. c1840 in Ardigany,

Donegal, Ireland. D. 18.04.1911 and is buried in the Greenmount Cemetery. Settled

in the Flinders Area then moved to Mt Sibley. Married Mary Ann Cowan on

18.07.1871 and had 9 children: Margaret b. 15.05.1872, Katherine b. 21.09.1873,

John Henry b. 11.02.1875, Elizabeth Edith b. 29.09.1876, Euphemia b. 07.06.1879,

Jessie Lillian b. 20.12.1880, Annie May b. 11.12.1882, William Donald b. 19.05.1886,

Francis Stuart b. 21.09.1889.

Forsyth, Samuel 1875 – 20 Sep (Moreton Bay)

on board ‘Renfrewshire’

Samuel was the eldest child of John and Catherine (nee McNutt) Forsyth/e. He was

born in Donegal, Ireland and died on 23.11.1902 at Flinders, Fassifern. He married

Mary Toppins on 03.04.1849 in Conway, Donegal, Ireland. Mary was born c1829 in

Ireland. D. 06.03.1914 in Harrisville. Samuel and Mary had 8 children: Eliza Jane b.

24.03.1830, John b. 30.05.1852, William b. 06.08.1854, Samuel b. 30.06.1857, Richard

b. 03.07.1859, Robert b. 28.10.1861, James b. 07.10.1864 and Francis b. 21.08.1867.

Forsyth, William 1863 – 20 Dec (Moreton Bay)

on board ‘Norman Morrion’

Fifth child of John and Catherine (nee McNutt) Forsyth/e. B. 1843 in Letterkenny,

Ireland. Married Martha Jane Given in Ipswich on 14.05.1879. D. 14.12.1923 and is

buried in the Moore Cemetery. Martha was born on 13.02.1852 in Newtown,

Limavady, Ireland. She died on 19.01.1919 and is buried in the Toogoolawah

Cemetery. William and Martha had 7 children: George Given b. 12.06.1880, William

John b. 15.05.1882, Norman Alexander b. 03.12.1883, Alfred Ernest b. 15.05.1884,

Herbert Victor b. 13.09.1888, James Maurice b. 01.10.1892, Robert Henry Francis b.

02.02.1897.

Fox (nee Russell),Barbara Jean B. 10.05.1908 in QLD. D. 22.09.1996. Occupation: Milliner.

Fox, Alfred 1869 Son of Isaac and Lydia Fox. Lived at Goodna.

Fox, Harold Bertram B. 13.08.1904 in QLD. D. 06.02.1985. Occupation: Carriage builder.

Fox, Isaac

1874 B. 04.12.1874 in Ipswich. Died in 1948. Lived at Pine Mountain Road, Brassall.

Occupation: Wood Machinist (Railway).

Francis (nee Hooper), Ada Florence

Left: Ada c1888 Right: in the garden at

Haeremai c1917.

Ada was born in Ipswich on 26.11.1864. D. 30.05.1950. Ada lived in Martin Street,

Ipswich and married Henry Alfred Francis at the Wesleyan Church in Ipswich on 23

May 1888.

Francis (nee Dunstone), Elizabeth c1861 B. 19.09.1831. D. 25.03.1910

Married Josiah Francis in Burra, South Australia in 1849. Elizabeth and Josiah Francis

lived at ‘Belmont’, 11 Burnett Street, Sadliers Crossing.



Francis, Josiah (Senior)

c1861 B. 07.03.1825 D. 11.05.1891. Josiah Francis emigrated to South Australia from

Cornwall England c1846 before settling in Ipswich in 1861 or 1862. Josiah established

a drapery shop that changed location several times, being housed in Limestone and

Nicholas streets at different times. Josiah represented the Ipswich district as a

member of Sir Thomas McIlwraith’s Government during the 1880’s. In 1871 Josiah

rented ‘Belmont’ which he later purchased in 1876. Josiah’s occupation was that of

Draper – Josiah Francis and Sons Draper was located in Brisbane Street, Ipswich.

Josiah was an Alderman of Ipswich Council in 1876-1877, 1880-1883, 1887; Mayor of

Ipswich in 1878-1879 and 1884-1886

Francis, Josiah (Junior)

Left: Lt J. Francis in France 1916

Right: The Honourable J. Francis c1955

B. 28.03.1890 in Ipswich, Queensland. Josiah was the son of Henry Alfred

Francis and Ada Florence (nee Hooper). He attended the Christian Brothers

College and in 1908 joined the Queensland Department of Justice as a clerk.

He 1916 he joined the Australian Imperial Force and was appointed the second

lieutenant. Josiah was the president of the Ipswich sub-branch of the RSSILA

in 1920. From 1922 to 1955 he was the candidate for Moreton in the House of

Representatives. In recognition of his services, he was presented with a

Knighthood on his retirement which was granted by Her Majesty, Queen

Elizabeth II in 1956. Josiah married Edna Clarke Cribb on 26 April 1927 in

Ipswich. Source: Australian Dictionary of Biography online.

Francis, Henry Alfred

Left: Henry c1888

Right: in his garden at Haeremai July

1917

1861 B. 10.08.1861. D. 08.07.1933. Henry and his wife Ada lived at Haeremai, 14

Woodend Road, Woodend. The house was built in 1888 on the occasion of the

marriage of Henry and Ada Hooper. They had seven children, all of whom were born

and raised in that home and educated in Ipswich. Sir Josiah Francis was the grandson

of Josiah Francis, former Mayor of Ipswich and the son of Henry and Ada Francis.

Frank, Emma (nee Kleier) 1872 Emma was one of the immigrants who arrived on a ship from Germany in 1872. She

had travelled with her brother and his family. The immigrants moved up the river to

the Immigration Depot at North Ipswich arriving on 1 August 1872. On 3 August 1881

Emma gave birth to her daughter Maria Johanna Frank at Woodend Pocket, Ipswich.

Frank, Wilheim Adam 1852 The Frank family arrived in Ipswich and went to work on Cressbrook station. Wilheim

was about 15 years of age at the time. He was naturalized in Ipswich on the 21 May

1860 by John Murphy who was the first Mayor of Ipswich. On the 26 December 1861

William (Wilheim) married Barbara Berg who died just nine years later c1870 leaving

Frank with two young children and a property to run. William visited the Immigration

Depot at North Ipswich in 1872 looking for a new wife and there he met a young

woman named Emma Kleier. On 10 August 1872 (10 days after Emma arrived in

Ipswich) William married Emma in the Lutheran Church in Ipswich.

Fullekrug, Heinrich 1859 Lived at Grey’s Plains (Mt Mort area), Rosewood, Rosevale.

Fullekrug (nee Weber), Maria 1860s. Worked in a shop in Ipswich.

Fullelove (nee Starkey), Sarah

1864 – 20 June (Moreton Bay)

1864 (Ipswich)

B. 1827. Occupation: store keeper.

Fullelove, Thomas

1863 – 9 April B. 1823. D. 30.12.1891. Lived at Blackall Street, Basin Pocket. Occupation: Road

Builder.

Gardner, Richard 1864 (Queensland) D. 08.08.1903 at the Ipswich Hospital and was buried at the Ipswich General

Cemetery. His eulogy read: ‘Mr Gardner who was 78 years of age at the time of his

death, came to Queensland in the year 1864. He was born at Ashbrook, Cirencester,

Gloucestershire, England, and was one of the four men who put down Messrs.

Hooper and Robertson’s first shaft at Tivoli. After working there for a few years he

made his home at Redbank Plains where he carried on farming till his end came. Mr

Gardner was a widower when he came to Queensland, having one daughter, who is

now Mrs George Steele of Glamorganvale, but he married again and had a large

family’’.1

Garner, John 1857 (Sydney)

1860 (Queensland and Ipswich)

B. c1833 in Birmingham. D. 14.02.1901 in Ipswich and was buried at the Ipswich

General Cemetery. John was the son of Thomas Garner (master tailor) and Martha

Fenney. At age 24, John arrived in Sydney with his sister Eliza who was 17 on the

“Monica” in 1857. Their relatives, George and Maria Garner were already in the

colony. In 1860, John left Sydney and commenced work in Ipswich as a butcher for

Walter Grieve, a Scottish pastoralist, who ran a butcher shop in Ipswich.

Garner (nee Crotty), Mary 1863 (Queensland and Ipswich) B. 1846 at Belturbet Country Cavan in Ireland. D. 20.06.1928 in Ipswich and was

buried in the Ipswich General. Mary was the daughter of James Crotty and Mary

(nee Cassels), farm labourers. She arrived c1862/63. Mary and John had eleven

children, three died in 1875 in an epidemic and eight children survived to adulthood:

Thomas Henry b 1868, Frederick Charles b. 1871, John William b. 1876, Mary Jane

b. 1878, Emily Martha b. 1880, Elizabeth b. 1882, George William b. 1885 and Francis

b. 1886. All of the Garner children were christened at St Paul’s Anglican Church,

1 Men of Steele, p44. Researched by Stuart Steele, written and published by Colin R Seccombe.



Ipswich between 1868 and 1886 and they all attended local Ipswich state schools.

Fred worked at the railway workshops at North Ipswich. Francis and John worked at

the Ipswich Woollen Mill. Thomas was a black smith and he married Annie Louise

Ward in 1893. George was a crane operator and married Ethel Fairley in 1918. Mary

was a tailoress and she married George Turner in 1900. Elizabeth married James

Barclay in 1914. Emily (Emma) married Charles Bergman in 1911. The family lived in

various locations at central Ipswich, and after 1900 at North Ipswich, at Pine and

Lowry Streets. Mary’s occupations were: servant, a dressmaker and home duties.

Gehrmann (nee Law), Christina Sophia 1856 – 8 March B. 10.06.1835 D. 30.05.1923. Occupation: House wife (had a shop on Pine St).

Gehrmann, August Frederick

1856 – 8 March B. 1831. D. 18.04.1879. Lived in Pine St, Nth Ipswich. Occupation: Cabinet

maker/Tischler (German word for carpenter).

Given, Thomas Thomas Given, an Alderman of Ipswich in 1863 and 1865 was appointed by the

Government to fill the vacant Mayoral position in Ipswich after the death of Francis

North in 1864. He occupied this seat until the next election when John Pettigrew was

elected as Mayor. “The intersection of Brisbane and Nicholas Streets was known in

the early days as ‘Given’s Corner’.

Glode (nee Braur), Marie 1866 – 14 Feb B. 1837. D. 31.03.1889. Lived at Rosewood. Occupation: Housewife.

Glode, Wilhelm Fredrick 1866 - 14 Feb (Moreton Bay) B. 06.09.1825. D. 22.02.1908. Lived at Rosewood. Occupation: Farmer.

Glynn (nee Scally), Jane 1862 approx (Moreton Bay)

1864 (Ipswich)

B. 1832. D. 04.05.1912. Arrived in Ipswich 1864. Occupation: Home duties.

Glynn, Thomas 1862 approx (Moreton Bay)

1864 (Ipswich)

B. 1833. D. 19.10.1899. Lived at Warwick Rd (Goolman). Occupation: Farmer

(freeholder)

Godber, Elizabeth

1855 (Ipswich) B. 1802 D. 14.09.1876. Lived at Bell St, Ipswich. Occupation: Mantle Shop in Bell St.

Married Robert Willis.

Goebel, Catherina (nee Fett). 1863 – aboard the La Rochelle B. 19.08.1827 in Nieder Asphe, Hesse Cassel, Prussia. D. 20.06.1884 in Mutdapilly.

Catherina married Johann Michel Goebel on 10.05.1846 in Wetter, Unter Aspe,

Hesse-Cassel, Prussia, Germany. She was the daughter of Wiegand Fett and Catherina

Aufmucker. Children of Catherina and Johann were: Hermann Goebel –

B. 13.10.1846, D. 25.10.1846 in Germany. Elizabeth - B. 1848 in Germany,

D. 20.08.1936 in Brisbane. Hermann - B. 1850 in Germany, D. 15.12.1865 – drowned

aged 15 at Redbank Plains. Johann Heinrich (Harry) – B. 1852 in Prussia,

D. 27.12.1923 Sherwood. Catherine – B. 1855 in Germany, D. 01.04.1924 in Ipswich.

Johann Jost (John) – B. 12.08.1856 in Prussia, D. 19.03.1925 2 miles from Churchbank.

Accidently thrown from his horse. Johannes (John) – B. 1859, D. 15.09.1915. Johann

Herman – B. 1862, D. 08.12.1952. Wiegand (William) – B. 25.04.1866, D. 01.08.1922.

Wilhelmina Friederike Auguste – B. 13.12.1868, D. 20.07.1934.

Goebel, Johann Michael 1863 – aboard the La Rochelle B. 31.10.1822 in Untersimtshausen, Kurhessen, Prussia. D. 11.02.1889 in Leg of

Mutton Waterhole, Mutdapilly. Johann’s first wife was Elizabeth and they had a

daughter named Elizabeth Goebel born in 1844 in Prussia. She died on 03.11.1917 at

Holland Park, Brisbane. Johann and his 2nd

wife Catherina arrived in Australia with

their 8 children. They had a further 3 children in Australia.

Goleby, Frederick

In 1881 Frederick opened a store in Ipswich in a small timber shop and by 1895 his

business was located in a new two-storey brick building located on the corner of

Brisbane and West Streets. The store stocked a range of items that included shoe

leather; boomerangs; boot tacks and sporting goods. Frederick lived at 61 Roderick

Street. He was an Alderman of Ipswich City Council in 1901-1905, 1907-1909; Mayor

of Ipswich in 1906; elected an officer of the Chamber of Commerce in 1907; was

President of the Chamber of Commerce from January-August 1907 due to the ill

health of the president Mr M. Foote; a member of the Technical College Committee; a

member of the School of Arts Committee in 1905; and a Member of the Blackstone

and Ipswich Eisteddfod Committee.

Goleby, James 1866 – Jan (Moreton Bay &

Ipswich)

First lived on the Riverbank near Leslie’s sawmills. Occupation: Bricklayer for S & W

Railways.

Goleby (nee Beecroft), Mary Ann 1866 – Jan (Moreton Bay &

Ipswich)

First lived on the Riverbank near Leslie’s sawmills.

Gorry, Christopher B. 25.12.1819 in Ireland. D. 1893. Arrived in Sydney in 1841 and in Moreton Bay

(Ipswich) in 1844. Christopher opened the first saddlery shop in Ipswich. He was

elected a member of the first Council of Ipswich in 1860.

Grant, Alexander 1855 – 3 May (Moreton Bay &

Ipswich)

B. c1811. D. 10.04.1881. The 1859 Electoral Roll for the District of West Moreton

reveals that Alexander Grant was a freehold resident of Jebropilly. Married to

Margaret Grant. Alexander was a farmer.

Grant (nee Stewart), Margaret 1855 - May B. c1848. D. 24.01.1905. Married to Alexander Grant. Occupation – House wife.

Gray, Walter

1873 (Moreton Bay)

1874 (Ipswich)

B. 1847. D. 1930. Lived at Mutdapilly. Occupation: Farmer.

Greenham, John The 1859 Electoral Roll for the District of West Moreton reveals that John Greenham

was a freehold resident of in the Parish of Ipswich. He was a Councillor of the Ipswich

Municipal Council from 1880 to 1882.

Greenway (nee Femister), Elizabeth Married Earnest Greenway in 1886. Elizabeth's father was Alexander who came to

Australia in 1859. Alexander was an upholster and paper hanger and his shop was

where the current Coles carpark is located.

Greenway, Ernest 1882 D. 05.01.1934 in Ipswich. Lived in York Street, East Ipswich. Occupation: Sculptor?



Grieve (nee Gordon), Ann


1850 (Moreton Bay) appro

1853 (Ipswich)

B. 28.11.1824 in Aberdeenshire, Scotland. D. 16.05.1908 at Glenhowden at

Toogoolawah. Along with her younger sister and brother they were Bounty

Immigrants who were sponsored by their uncles, the Reverend James, Donald and

John Coutts, from Rosewood Station, Moreton Bay. She married Walter Grieve in

1851. All of their children were born in Ipswich. Occupation: companion to her

Uncles wives at Rosewood Station which was owned by Donald & John Coutts from

1848 to 1854.

Grieve, John


1850s John Grieve was the second son of Walter and Ann (nee Gordon) Grieve and lived in

Mortimer Street, Ipswich with his family from 1856. It is believed he attended the

John Scott School in Ipswich. At eleven he left school and worked as a shepherd. He

worked for George Thorn as a shepherd on Normanby Station, near Harrisville. He

also worked for the Bell's at Pine Mountain. He left Ipswich in the late 1860's and

worked for Major North on Wivenhoe Station and Bellevue Estates. He did a variety of

bush work and went droving on the Darling Downs. In 1876 the government opened

up resumed land for selection. He selected land in the Brisbane Valley which he

developed. He married Jessie Gordon in Rockhampton in 1887. They raised seven of

nine children born at 'Glenhowden', Toogoolawah. He died in 1929 at Toogoolawah

(Information from family documents).

Grieve, Walter 1841 (Moreton Bay)

1853 (Ipswich)

B. 30.11.1813. d. 08.04.1896. Lived at Mortimer Street, Ipswich. Occupation:

Butcher, farmer and owner of rental houses.

Griffiths, Edward 1852 (Moreton Bay) on board

the ‘Parsee’

Edward Griffiths, Farmer and Grazier, was born in North Wales in 1818. D. April 1898

at his residence at Redbank Plains. Edward married Amelia Owens on 27.09.1851and

in 1852 they emigrated to Queensland. He gained some experience on Doctor

Dorseys station, near Ipswich, and for nearly three years remained with R.J. Smith, at

Town Marie boiling-down establishment. In 1856 he purchased a block of twenty-five

acres, the nucleus of his farm at Redbank Plains, which comprised 468 acres good

agricultural land. Amelia died 12.09.1865 leaving 6 sons behind. On 15 May 1866 at

the age of 38, Edward married 21 year old Mary Jane Buchanan at Goodna. Edward

was a member of the Purga Divisional Board in 1884. At the time of his death he had

11 sons, 6 daughters and 36 grandchildren.

Griffiths Eliza Ann

B. 24.08.1881 in QLD. D. 11.10.1963. Lived at Redbank Plains. Occupation: Home

Duties. Married Joseph William Rice.

Griffiths (nee Buchanan), Mary Jane B. 1845. D. September 1928. Mary was the 2nd

wife of Edward Griffiths.

Haenke, Martin William B. 1875 in Walloon. D. 13.01.1952 in Ipswich. Martin William Haenke was articled to

the Ipswich architect Henry E. Wyman in 1891. He moved to Melbourne but returned

to Queensland, in 1900.

Hallam (Willis), Frances c1846 (Ipswich) B. c1828. D. 26.04.1901 in Longreach. Lived at 1 Mile & 7 Mile. Occupation – House

wife. Married Peter Hallam.

Hallam, George Hollingsworth Born in Queensland B. 29.12.1844. D. 10.10.1910. Born in Queensland and married in Ipswich on

26.09.1864 to Margaret Rachel Grant. George lived at Seven Mile and was a carrier

by profession. George and Margaret rode overland with a child each on the saddle to

Eidsvold Station in 1869.

Hallam (nee Grant), Margaret Rachel 1855 – May (Moreton Bay &

Ipswich)

B. c1848. D. 24.01.1905. Lived at Jebropilly. Occupation – House wife. Married

George Hollingsworth Hallam on 26.09.1864 in Ipswich.

Hallam, Peter c1844 (Moreton Bay & Ipswich) B. c1812. D. 22.05.1882. Peter was a time expired convict. The ‘family oral history’

says that Peter arrived in Queensland with the Leslie Brothers. The family have not

found any records to prove this claim but dates and numerous circumstances point to

the fact that he may have arrived with one of the early Downs settlers. Peter married

Frances Willis (Frann) and they lived at 1 Mile and 7 Mile. Peter was a farmer and

carrier. There is a Hallam Lane officially signposted outside Rosewood in the vicinity

of the land that Peter Hallam owned.

Hancock family

Josias Hancock


1863 Thomas Hancock arrived in Australia in 1863 with his 3 sons Josias, Thomas and John.

It seems they arrived in Qld, joining Thomas Senior’s brother William Hancock (a

builder) in the early 1860’s. Thomas Snr and his sons started a timber business.

Thomas Jnr married Louisa Hayne in 1878. They lived in Fairy Knoll on the corner of

Chermside, Robertson and Whitehill Roads and was build in 1901. Thomas and Louisa

had 11 children.



Handcock, William

1846 B. 1815 in Castletown, West Meath, Ireland. D. 1890 in Dunwich. William opened a

store in Limestone in 1846. He stayed in Ipswich until 1848 and then moved to

Drayton, near Toowoomba where he became the driving force behind Drayton

Township. He established a store there in 1848 and became the town’s first Mayor.

In 1859 he became the first and last member for the Darling Downs in the NSW

Parliament. Thereafter, he seems to have had a chequered career and died at

Dunwich in 1890.

Hargreaves, Ebenezer Watson 1862 (Moreton Bay) on board

the ‘Ocean Chief’.

Ebenezer arrived at Moreton Bay Settlement accompanied by his wife Sarah, and

three young children: Joseph, John and Susannah. After failing to find work in

Brisbane, Ebenezer took his family by coach to Ipswich and settled in North Ipswich.

Immediately upon his arrival, Mr Hargreaves got work at his trade with the Late Mr

Louis Heitz, of Bell Street. After working with Mr Heitz for a time he entered into

business for himself in Brisbane Street. The business did eventually flourish and

Ebenezer built two of the fine houses till standing in York Street – ‘Merton’ and

‘Eastcourt’. Ebenezer was a tall scholarly looking man with a wide forehead, fair hair

and a bushy beard. He was an enthusiastic lay preacher with the Congregational

Church and travelled extensively throughout Queensland in this capacity. Ebenezer

was first asked to stand for election as an Alderman in the Ipswich City Council by Mr.

Benjamin Cribb, but declined as he was then a comparative newcomer. He later

acceded to a similar request from Mr. Thomas Foreman and other railway employees,

and took his seat in the Council in 1872. He was elected three times. Being a total

abstainer, Ebenezer was one of the instigators of the Temperance Society, one of the

foundation members of the Rechabites and a member of the Hospital Board of

Management for many years. He died at the age of 78 in 1918.

Hargreaves, Joseph 1862 (Moreton Bay) on board

the ‘Ocean Chief’.

Joseph Hargreaves was one of three children of Ebenezer and Sarah Hargreaves. He

attended the Ipswich Grammar School and was Dux in 1875. By 1889 he was a

qualified Barrister and Registered Surveyor. He practised all over Queensland, but

eventually returned to Ipswich were he combined his law and surveying practices.

Following in his father’s footsteps, Joseph was elected an alderman of the Ipswich

City Council from 1891-1894 when he resigned. He was also a foundation member of

the Institute of Surveyors of Queensland. He was elected President of this Institute in

1906. Joseph was a member of the Board of the Bank of Queensland, and a trustee of

the Ipswich Girls Grammar School from 1893 until his death in 1928. He was

Chairman of the Board at that time. The contribution of 35 years to the school was

formally recognised, when a wing of the new Boarding House, ‘Cribb House’ (after the

many members of the Cribb family who served on the Board) was named ‘Hargreaves’

in his honour (and also in honour of his son Ernest, who was a trustee for many

years). In reporting Joseph’s death (16.10.1928) the Queensland Times said “He was

a citizen of the highest integrity, was very popular and, being a far-seeing keen

business man, his advice on Public matters was very much sought after and keenly

appreciated”. In October 1930, the Memorial Font in the Ipswich Congregational

Church was dedicated to the Glory of God and in Memory of Mr and Mrs Joseph

Hargreaves. Mr Hargreaves did outstanding work as Sunday School Superintendent

for 30 years. He also served as a deacon.

Harris, George

Source: Picture Australia

1848 (Moreton Bay) George Harris opened a store in South Brisbane, and a whare house and wharf in

Short Street. He married Jane Thorn (daughter of George Thorn) at St. Paul’s Church

in Ipswich on the 3 October 1860. After their marriage the couple lived at Newstead

House, Brisbane. In partnership with his brother John he established a store and a

ginnery in Harrisville in the 1870’s. ‘When Queensland’s first Parliament was

constituted in 1860, George Harris was one of the Life Members of the Legislative

Council, appointed by Sir George Bowen.

Hart (nee Fletcher), Ada Marion 1883 – 24 Feb (Moreton Bay &

Ipswich)

Lived at ‘Blandford’, 105 Brisbane Rd, Booval. Married to Walter S. Hart.

Hart, Walter Sherry 1883 – 24 Feb (Moreton Bay &

Ipswich)

Lived at ‘Blandford’, 105 Brisbane Rd, Booval. Occupation: Gardener.

Hastie (nee Bell), Elizabeth 1883 August (Queensland and

Ipswich)

B. 06.03.1851. D. 14.02.1931. Lived at Hastie Street, Tivoli. Occupation – Domestic

Duties.

Hastie (Sinton), William

1883 August (Queensland and

Ipswich)

B. 14.01.1849. D. 13.05.1932. Lived in Hastie Street, Tivoli. William was a carpenter,

joiner and builder. His father was James Sinton, a shepherd in Roxburghshire,

Scotland. His mother Mary Ann Hastie was a servant-housemaid for a local farmer. It

is possible that Mary Ann found she could not support the baby (William), because he

was soon taken in by his widowed grandmother, his bachelor uncle and his two

maiden aunts. William took the name ‘Hastie’ as his surname.



Harvey (nee Handcock), Elizabeth 1849 B. 1829 in Castletown, West Meath, Ireland. D. 1892 in Ipswich. Elizabeth was one of

the eight Handcock sisters who emigrated to Sydney on the Duchess of

Northumberland with their father Robert and brother William in 1836. She married

Richard Harvey in Sydney and came to Ipswich with him in 1849, joining her sister,

Jane Thorn (nee Handcock), who was already established in Ipswich with her husband

George Thorn.

Harvey, Richard

1826 (Moreton Bay)

1849 (Ipswich)

B. 1817. In 1826, Richard (aged 9) arrived in Morton Bay Penal Settlement with his

parents, Robert and Catherine Harvey. His family went to Sydney due to his father’s

poor health. Richard was educated in Sydney, married Elizabeth and came to Ipswich

in 1849 with his wife and the first four of their thirteen children. He immediately

began his business as a blacksmith/wheelwright in Brisbane Street, Ipswich. In the

bullock driving days, the various shops comprised in this large establishment were the

scene of continuous busy activity. It is noted in his obituary “Queensland Times”

March 6, 1891. “Richard is well known to every resident in Ipswich as well as to the

numerous teamsters plying to and fro. Although of a modest and retiring disposition

few men in Ipswich were more liked and respected than he, for Richard Harvey was a

true and warm hearted friend.”

Harvey (nee Morgan), Mary 1883 (Moreton Bay & Ipswich) B. 21.05.1854. D. 21.01.1943. Lived at Dinmore. Occupation: Home Duties.

Hawkins, Edward

1884 (Moreton Bay)

1889 (Ipswich)

B. 31.07.1852. D. 21.03.1934. Lived at Dinmore.

Hawkins (nee Cuell), Emma 1884 (Moreton Bay)

1889 (Ipswich)

Lived at Dinmore.

Hawkins, Selina Rose

1884 (Moreton Bay)

1889 (Ipswich)

B. 18.08.1877. D. 17.05.1968. Lived at Dinmore. Married Sydney Nunn (son of David

& Rachel Nunn).

Heiner, Carl Wilhelm Louis

B. 26.07.1867. D. 1919. Louis' obituary in 1919 said that when he was Mayor of

Ipswich he was, along with others, responsible for the Bremer Bridge being

constructed across the entire width of the thoroughfare and that he was the trustee

for many years of the North Ipswich Recreation Reserve. Louis married Adeline

Hooper, daughter of Harry Hooper (former Mayor). Louis was a solicitor by trade at

Heiner and Hooper. Upon the death of John MacFarlane, Louis purchased the

property at 1 Deebing Street, Denmark Hill. He was a keen bowler; a foundation

member of the Ipswich Bowling Club and was Director of the first Ipswich bus

company. Louis Heiner was an Alderman of Ipswich City Council in 1900-01, 1903-

1905; and Mayor of Ipswich in 1902.

Heit (nee Weber), Albertine Caroline 14.02.1866 – Queensland

aboard Caesar Godeffroy

1866 – Ipswich

B. March 1844 in Prussia. D. 15.07.1922. Albertine married George Peter Heit. They

had 8 children: George Peter, Marie Emelie, Johann August, Wilhelm August, Martha

Emilie, Alfred Herman, Herman August and Rudolf Gustav.

Heit, George Peter 05.09.1863 – Queensland

aboard Beausite

1866 – Ipswich

B. February 1835 in Germany. D. 08.09.1902. On arrival in Ipswich the family lived at

Newtown. They lived at Mutdapilly on 13.05.1887 and later moved to Roadvale.

George was a farmer.

Hogan, Winnie


Photo taken between 1878-1882.

Hooper, John Baker 1856 (Brisbane)

1857 (Ipswich)

Occupation: Victualler/Soft Drink Maker.

Hooper, Harry

1855 (Moreton Bay) B. 01.07.1832 in Devan. D. 26.12.1896. Harry Hooper migrated to Ipswich from

Britain with his brother . Harry married Charlotte Ann Smith on 3 September 1855

and they had eleven children.

Harry established a wholesale merchants business that traded under the name of

Ginn and Hooper. In 1866 he went into partnership with John Robinson who was a

soda-water manufacturer. John Robinson purchased Portion 68 (Old Tivoli Pit area)

and by 1867 when it was visited by a reporter of the ‘Queensland Times’ Hooper &

and Robinson’s mine was in full operation. Harry lived at The Palms in Ellenborough

St, Denmark Hill. He was an Alderman of Ipswich in 1867-1868 and he was the Mayor

of Ipswich in 1869 when his son, Sydney Smith Hooper was born.

Family of Harry Hooper, Ipswich c1900

The lady in the middle was Harry’s wife, Charlotte Ann.



Horne, Charles 1863 – Queensland aboard

Ocean Chief

1864 – Ipswich

B. 05.04.1841 in Idle, Yorkshire. D. 18.02.1925. Charles arrived in Queensland with

his sister and brother in-law, Ebenezer and Sarah Hargreaves. He married Sarah

Watson in 1864 in Ipswich. He lived at Park Hill (farm) at Grandchester/Lanefield in

1871. He was a free hold farmer and in 1902 he retired in Ipswich.

Horne, Charles Albert B. 21.01.1872 in Lanefield, Queensland. D. 28.04.1947 in Ipswich. Lived at Park Hill,

Lanefield and was a farmer. Married Miriam Coulson in 1893.

Horne (nee Coulson), Miriam B. 1873. D. ca 1934. Miriam travelled to Australia with her parents in 1877. She

married Charles Albert Horne. They had 6 children: Violet b. 1890 in Lanefield, Harold

Moses, Daisy, Lorimer Errington, Thelma and Jean.

Horne (nee Watson), Sarah 1864 – Queensland

1864 – Ipswich

B. 04.12.1839 in Idle, Yorkshire. D. 01.07.1904 in Ipswich, Queensland. Lived at 9 The

Terrace, North Ipswich. Sarah married Charles Horne on 27.12.1864 in Ipswich. They

had 9 children: Joseph b. 30.04.1865, Ruth Amena b. 1867, John Watson b.

22.09.1869, Charles Albert b. 29.01.1872, Maria Ann b. 09.08.1874, William Ezra b.

08.04.1876, Frederick James b. 07.03.1879, Harry Joseph b. 11.08.1880 and Susannah

Mary b. 10.05.1883.

Houston, Elizabeth

1858 B. 1826. D. 1917. Occupation: Dispenser/ Teacher.

Houston, Janet Neil

1852 – 18 Jan (Moreton Bay)

1866 (Ipswich)

B. 31.01.1835. D. 19.01.1931. Lived at Coochin Coochin (1866) and Warrill Creek

near Peak Crossing (1867 to 1874). Her father Joseph Houston, lived at Flinders and

ran a store and post office there. Occupation: School teacher and wife of a cotton

farmer for 7 years in the Ipswich district. Married John Daniel Edwards Glanville.

Houston (Nee Beecroft), Mary Ann 1866 – Jan (Moreton Bay &

Ipswich)

Howitt, Eliza (Elizabeth)

1885 approximately B. 07.02.1858 in Scotland. D. 15.01.1935 in Ipswich. Lived at Campbell Rd Woodend

(Residence of daughter, Mrs Percy Armstrong). Occupation: Home Duties. Married

William Cairns.

Hunt, Charles William 1861 (Ipswich) B. 31.01.1822 at Parramatta in the Colony of New South Wales. On 8 April 1841 he

married Julia Jeffcoat at Parramatta and the couple arrived in the Ipswich District in

1861 at Redbank Plains. Charles was the first chairman of the Goolman Divisional

Board (Boonah Shire Council). He owned a farm at Milora and gave land for the

Milora State School and Methodist Church.

Ihle, Amelia & John


1880s

Imhoff (nee Horn), Augusta

B. 1850. D. 29.08.1919. Occupation: Domestic.

Imhoff, Jacob


on board ‘San Francisco’ ex

Hamburg, Germany.

B. 1842. D. 03.10.1919. Occupation: Farmer.

Ironmonger, F.W. 1854 (Sydney)

1855 (Moreton Bay)

B. 1831. He arrived in Sydney aboard the clipper ship ‘Aberdeen’. Carrying a letter of

introduction from a Mr Tooth who had been to Australia, Mr Ironmonger introduced

himself to the Tooth brothers in Sydney. In 1855 upon their advice he went to

Moreton Bay and worked at the ‘Aberdeen boiling-down works’ near for a period of

approximately six months. It was here that he met Mr Thomas Foreman and Mr

George Livermore with whom he went into the sawmill business with at Pine

Mountain. The partnership dissolved with George Livermore being the first to leave

the business. Mr Ironmonger and Mr Foreman accepted a fencing contract at

Coochin Coochin Station. After which Mr Ironmonger left the Moreton Bay district for

New South Wales. He returned to Ipswich in late 1859 again joining Mr Foreman in

the timber trade at Pine Mountain. Early in the 1860s Mr Ironmonger married a sister

of the late Mr John Norris, who resided at North Ipswich and was a well known

bricklayer in the sixties.



Ivory, James


1840 (Sydney) B. 10.06.1820. D. 11.03.1887 in Ipswich.

In October 1840 he arrived in Sydney with a friend, David Graham, and in January

1843 they took out a squatting licence for Eskdale run near Ipswich in Queensland.

They slowly acquired more land until about 1848 when the partners separated,

Graham taking up the Tabragalba run leaving Ivory with Eskdale. In 1853 Ivory was

joined by his brother, Francis Jeffrey, and in September 1854 left for Scotland where

in 1855 he married a cousin Harriette Jane Oakley Laurie at Burntisland, Fife. He

returned to Queensland in July 1856 without his wife and infant son. His affairs

prospered and he took up land at Bundamba where by 1879 he held over 18,000

acres (7284 ha). He experimented with pastures, began to grow sugar cane and other

tropical crops and invested heavily in the cotton boom of the early 1860s. He sailed

again for Scotland in August 1862 and returned in August 1864. In February 1868 he

bought the valuable Bremer Mills property and soon went to Scotland for his wife and

family.

Jackson, Joseph 1844 (Moreton Bay & Ipswich) B. 1810. D. 30.05.1884. Lived at Warril Creek? Occupation: Farm hand.

Jackson (nee Londsdale), Mary 1844 (Moreton Bay & Ipswich) B. 1815. D. 1884. Occupation: House wife.

Jackson, Thomas

1862 (Moreton Bay) B. 1841 in Essex, England. D. 22.03.1928. Married Jane Yarrow (daughter of Charles

and Jane Yarrow) on 28.02.1869 at Redbank Plains. They were the first couple to be

married in the new Redbank Plains Methodist Church. Occupation: Thomas worked in

Brisbane, Sydney and Melbourne before working at Opossum Creek near Goodna for

some time. After a period of time timber cutting at Pine Mt, Thomas travelled over

Milora Hill in the Fassifern. In 1867 he selected land at Dinner Camp Creek near the

main stopover for the bullock teams travelling from Ipswich to Warwick. Thomas

took up property at Milora and with his wife raised a family of 7 daughters and 6 sons.

Thomas passed away in 1928 and his wife Jane died 17 months later. They were

buried in the Harrisville Cemetery.

Jeffrey (nee McDonald), Margaret 1855 – 10 May (Moreton Bay)

May (Ipswich)

B. 27.06.1827. D. 09.01.1866. Margaret and Robert lived at Lowry Street, North

Ipswich. Margaret’s occupation was Domestic Duties.

Jeffrey, Robert 1855 – 10 May (Moreton Bay)

May (Ipswich)

B. 02.01.1824. D. 13.05.1883.

Robert lived at Lowry Street, North Ipswich. He was a coal and timber merchant and

from 1860 to 1865 he operated the ferry across the Bremer River.

Jenkins, John Ventris 1864 (Australia) D. 07.10.1918. Occupation: Carpenter with John Macdonald, one of the city’s

foremost contractors, and subsequently he opened business as a cabinet-maker and

undertaker, and later started as an auctioneer in premises in Nicholas-street. John

was an alderman of the Ipswich Municipal Council, filling a term during the years

1874, 1875, and 1876, and was also a member of the old Purga Council for 8 or 9

years.

Johnson, Charles August B. in Sweden. D. 1935 and is buried in Brisbane. Occupation: Charles had a Tailor’s

shop in Ipswich. Several of the family worked with him in the shop. The Johnson

family were Salvation Army people who played musical instruments and were often

mentioned in the Queensland times when concerts were held in town.

Johnson (nee Luder), Marie Auguste

Caroline

1865 B. 1860 in Germany. D. 1906 and is buried in Ipswich Cemetery. Marie arrived in

Moreton Bay with her parents Wilhelm and Ernestine Luder. She married Charles

August Johnson in Ipswich on 23.02.1878. They lived at 22 Murphy St, Denmark Hill

and became the parents of nine children: Anne Steina b. 06.01.1879, Charles John b.

28.06.1880, Mary Matilda b. 28.05.1883, Lillian Augusta b. 03.12.1884, William

Herbert b. 10.03.1887, Henrietta Caroline b. 10.10.1888, Frederick Walter b.

21.03.1890, Rosina Louisa b. 29.08.1892, Alfred Ernest b. 17.10.1894.

Johnson , F. A. Johnson Motor Works 1880s.

Johnson, Frederick William


1884 (Ipswich) B. 21.03.1860 in Melbourne, Victoria. He arrived in the Ipswich district in 1884 and

married Sarah Ann Catlow on 28 April 1886 at Ipswich. His occupation was that of

Coachbuilder and undertaker. He lived at 'Belmont' in Burnett Street and 'Cremona'

in Chermside Road. The firm of F.W. Johnson and Sons was founded in the year 1884

by F.W. Johnson. It was then carried on as a Coach Building establishment. When the

late F.W. Johnson passed away in 1919, the sons took over joint control of the

business.

Johnston, John

John Johnston was the second Mayor of Ipswich in 1862; an Alderman of Ipswich City

Council in 1860-1861; and a representative for Ipswich in Queensland Parliament.



Jones, Daniel 1860 (Moreton Bay) B. 1851 in NSW. Occupation: Sawmill Owner and Farmer. He was educated at the

Grammar School, Ipswich, and afterwards went into coal-mining pursuits at Redbank

and North Ipswich, afterwards following sugar-growing at Redbank Plains. He was

engaged for eight years in the fuel business, but in 1884 relinquished this to become

an agriculturalist, and soon afterwards opened sawmills at Goodna. Mr. Jones owned

a farm at Redbank Plains. He was a member of the Purga Divisional Board.

Jones, Henry Lewis B. 25.12.1865 at Mel Borum, Redbank Plains. The Jones home at Redbank Plains

named ‘Oakleigh’ was built for Daniel (brother) but was purchased by Henry who

lived there until his death in 1932. Henry was President of the Queensland

Beekeeper’s Association from 1904-1920; produced the ‘Apicultural Journal’ in

association with his daughter Queenie; started a saw-mill in Mill Street, Goodna; was

a Councillor of Purga Shire; and was the First Chairman of Moreton Shire.

Jones (nee Melmer), Martha

B. 08.01.1834. D. 17.07.1897. Married William in Ipswich 27.02.1854. Occupation:

Housewife.

Jones, Robert ca1837 (Moreton Bay) Robert obtained a job with G.H. Wilson who was a produce agent in Ipswich. His job

put him in charge of a boat which plied between Brisbane and Ipswich. He married

young and had four children: Annie, Walter H. (born in Devil’s Gully), Edward J., and

Thomas. When Annie was 11, their mother died and Robert moved his family by boat

to Brisbane. While living in Ipswich, Robert became great friends with Louis Thomas,

a fellow Welshman who lived at Blackstone.

Jones, William

1852 (Moreton Bay)

1854 (Ipswich)

B. 17.01.1831. Lived at Racecourse (Wildey St, Raceview). Occupation: Dairyman.

Josey (nee Harris), Harriett

1844

(Moreton Bay & Ipswich)

1st

wife of James Josey. B. 29.05.1832. D. 15.01.1889.

Josey, James


1841 (Moreton Bay)

1859 (Ipswich)

B. 12.08.182. D. 21.02.1903. Lived at O’Possum Creek, Redbank Plains. Occupation:

Farmer, Grazier.

Keach, Sarah

1851

B. 1821. D. 06.12.1913. Lived at Redbank Plains. Occupation: farmer. Married

George Verrall.

Kelly, Margaret 1849 - approx

Kelly, Patrick

1847

B. 1810. D. 1880. Occupation: Farmer.

Kerrigan (nee McGrory), Catherine 1852 – July 09 (Moreton Bay)

1852-1855 (Ipswich)

B. 1825. D. 26.06.1919 in Brisbane. Occupation: Home Duties.

Kerrigan, John 1852 – July 09 (Moreton Bay)

1852-1855 (Ipswich)

B. 1824. D. 07.02.1890 in Brisbane. Occupation: Labourer/Farmer.

Kerwin, Michael 1858 (Ipswich) Purchased 180 acres of land at Redbank Plains. Michael was a member of the Purga

Divisional Board.

Krause, August

1866 (Moreton Bay)

1889 (Ipswich)

B. 1847. D. 1936. Lived at Marburg. Occupation: Farmer.

Krause, Christian

1866 (Moreton Bay)

1889 (Ipswich)

B c1823. D. c1905. Lived at Marburg. Occupation: Farmer.

Kruger, Ernest Wilhelm Frederick


1865 (Moreton Bay)

1888 (Ipswich – approx)

B. 1858. D. 08.09.1917. Arrived in Moreton Bay on 07.08.1865. Lived in Brisbane

Street, West Ipswich. Occupation: Coachbuilder & general Blacksmith at West

Ipswich.

Pictured is the second wife of Ernest with children Ernest, Pauline (front) and Lillian.

Kruger, Sarah 1888 (Moreton Bay & Ipswich) B. 23.03.1858. D. 06.12.1901. Married to Ernest W.F. Kruger. Occupation housewife.

Larsen Lived at Walloon.

Laver, Hienricke

Lawrence One of the Lawrence family operated the ferry that crossed the Bremer River at

Ipswich.

Lee, Charles & Jane 1852 (QLD?) Charles and Jane Lee had twins in 1855 (birthplace not known), and a child who was

born in Ipswich in 1858. The family lived at Rosemount (Rosemont) Villa near the

Basin. They moved to Gympie, possibly in the Gold Rush years.

Lenehan (nee Gavan), Sussanna

1868 (Ipswich) B. 24.06.1843 D. 12.08.1926. Lived at Mt Prospect, Nth Ipswich. Occupation:

Weaver.



Lenehan, Patrick

1868 (Ipswich) B. Feb 1841 D. 23.09.1918. Lived at Mt Prospect, Nth Ipswich. Occupation: Miner.

Leslie, James Lived at Goodna.

Linning (nee Lorenzen), Johanna

Margretha

1866 D. 03.12.1897.

Linning, Frederick William


1864 (Moreton Bay)

1872 (Ipswich)

B. 25.03.1840 D. 16.11.1927. Lived at Kirchheim (Haigslea). Fredrick opened the 1/2

Way (Half Way) Cafe in Marburg, Ipswich, in 1947. He lived at Lining’s Road, Haigslea

(originally known as Walloon Scrub then Kirchheim). Frederick married Johanna

Lorenzen on 26.01.1867. They had 6 children: James/Jacob Henry b 1867 m Elsie

Mengel, Carl Frederick b. 1869 m Mary Lutz, Frederick William b. 1871 m Wilhelmina

Clem, Ferdinand Detloff b. 1876 m Louisa Zerner, Ludwig Wilhelm b. 1878 m Violet

Shale and Eenora Amelai b. 1881 m Frederick Sakzewski.

Lowe (nee Darker) Emma Louisa

1882 - 16 Nov (QLD) aboard the

Compta.

1882 (Ipswich)

B. 14.08.1865. D. 13.06.1943. Occupation: Home Duties.

Lowe, Frederick

1874 – 25 Sep (QLD) aboard

the Zoroaster.

1874? (Gatton)

1878 (Ipswich)

B. 22.12.1858. D. 18.11.1938. Lived at 15 Omar St. Frederick worked for Cribb &

Foote as an Ironmonger. Fred and his brothers were very keen cricketers and played

for Gatton, making up about half the team. Fred later played for the Cribb & Foote

team.

Cribb & Foote Cricket Team. F. Lowe seated 2

nd from left

Lowe (nee Pearce), Mary


the Zoroaster.

1874? (Gatton)

1878 (Ipswich)

Born before 05.05.1816. D. 04.12.1898. Lived in Clay St, Ipswich. Occupation: Home

Duties.

Lowe, William


the Zoroaster.

1874? (Gatton)

1878 (Ipswich)

Born before 24.10.1813. D. 05.10.1894. Lived in Clay St, Ipswich and worked as a

contractor - gardening and fencing.

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