Thursday, July 8, 2010
More and Better News
Treatment progressed well. Was declared in remission on 21 December, then went straight into stem cell harvesting at New Year followed by stem cell transplant on 23rd February. That all worked a treat, and I appear to be clear of the dreaded affliction now. So maybe I can work on this again in the near future.
Monday, September 7, 2009
News
Some grisly news. I don't know how much longer I will be able to keep up with my researches and the Blogs. I have been off colour for some time, and finally got to see a physician because I wasn't satisfied with the answers I was getting from my GP. Turns out I am suffering from Angioimmunoblastic T-Cell Lymphoma. Today, I have an appointment to be told the final diagnosis and prognosis and to plan chemotherapy treatment. I will let you know how things go.
In the meantime, I have discovered that George and Walter Brightwell (I presume father and son, rather than brothers) signed the third petition requesting that Brisbane be made a municipality.
Later in the day:
Friday 11th - insert Port-a-cath.
Monday 14th - admit to hospital for first doses of CHOP-14 chemotherapy. Need to be monitored because we already know that Prednisolone precipitates painful attacks of gout.
In the meantime, I have discovered that George and Walter Brightwell (I presume father and son, rather than brothers) signed the third petition requesting that Brisbane be made a municipality.
Later in the day:
Friday 11th - insert Port-a-cath.
Monday 14th - admit to hospital for first doses of CHOP-14 chemotherapy. Need to be monitored because we already know that Prednisolone precipitates painful attacks of gout.
Saturday, March 14, 2009
Eliza Jane Brightwell & her descendants
Eliza Jane BRIGHTWELL was born in Essex in about 1838 and died in Brisbane on 24 January 1928. She first migrated to Launceston, Tasmania on the “Whirlwind” in 1855. She married John WALKER on 29th June 1857 in Collingwood, Victoria, and a daughter, Alice Louisa WALKER was born in Launceston in March 1858. John WALKER died in that same year, and Eliza Jane moved to Brisbane soon after with her daughter and nephew, Frederick William BRIGHTWELL. In Brisbane, Eliza Jane remarried to George Francis SMITH on 18th June 1861. Eight children were born of this marriage, seven of which survived infancy. George died in 1891, and was buried in Toowong Cemetery on 1st December 1891.
Alice Louisa WALKER was born on 31st March 1858 in Launceston, Tasmania. Alice married Frederick BENNETT on 5th July 1881 in Brisbane, Queensland.
Children from this marriage were:
Ivy Alice Muriel BENNETT was born on 21st February 1884 in Brisbane, Queensland.
Coralie Vera BENNETT was born on 4th September 1889 in Brisbane, Queensland.
Walter Francis SMITH was born on 13th May 1864 in Queensland. Walter married Charlotte Amelia LEAVER on 24th December 1886, daughter of George LEAVER and Charlotte Martha CECIL. Charlotte was born in 1866 in Queensland.
Children from this marriage were:
Unnamed SMITH was born in 1887 in Queensland and died in 1887 in Queensland.
Edward Cecil SMITH was born on 28th December 1888. Edward married Elsie Waters SMITH in 1912 in Queensland, daughter of William SMITH and Elizabeth POSTLE. Elsie was born in 1887 in Queensland. A daughter, Alma Grace, was born in 1913.
Unnamed SMITH was born in 1891 in Queensland and died in 1891 in Queensland.
Edric SMITH was born in 1893 in Queensland. Edric married Ethel Louisa HEILSCHER in 1915. The 1919 & 1925 Electoral Rolls place this couple at Central Rd., Tinana, near Maryborough, Queensland. In 1936, Edric was farming at Maroochydore Rd, Palmwoods.
Walter SMITH was born in 1895 in Queensland.
Ivy Millicent SMITH was born in 1898 in Queensland.
Norman Colin SMITH was born in 1901 in Queensland. Norman married May BAXTER in 1926.
George William SMITH was born on 23rd June 1866 in Queensland.There are three possible marriages registered, and a number of children; the chronology is such that all three marriages could be this George William. We are still searching for further details of his life.
Ernest Robert Ralph SMITH was born on 29th September 1868 in Queensland. Ernest married Catherine Alice STAEHELI on 17th August 1886 in Queensland, daughter of George STAEHELI and Mary Ann ROY. Catherine was born before 1872 and died in 1891 in Queensland.
Children from this marriage were:
George Ernest SMITH was born on 5th September 1886 and died on 7th October 1886.
Amy Victoria SMITH was born on 3rd September 1887.
Ivy May SMITH was born on 7th March 1889.
Ernest next married Mary Jane WOOD in 1900 in Queensland. They appear to have had no children.
Arthur Henry SMITH was born on 18 May 1871 in Queensland and died in 1873 in Queensland at age 2.
Herbert Edward SMITH was born on 24th October 1873 in Queensland. It is not yet clear who Herbert married but there are two possibilities registered:
1893/C1863:Anning,Cleopatra Ada Florence to Smith, Herbert Edward.
1896/B17988: Battersby, Elizabeth Gloag to Smith, Herbert Edward (There were 3 children registered to this marriage in 1896, 1900, and 1904.)
There are also children (6 of them between 1891 and 1908) registered as being born to Herbert Edward Smith and Eva Florence Margaret Ward. We are still searching for further details of his life.
Percy Marston Charles SMITH was born on 13th December 1875 in Queensland. We are still searching for further details of his life.
Maud Isabel Mildred SMITH was born on 8th October 1878 in Spring Hill, Brisbane, Queensland. We are still searching for further details of her life.
Ethel Florence May SMITH was born on 9th May 1880 in Spring Hill, Brisbane, Queensland. We are still searching for further details of her life.
Alice Louisa WALKER was born on 31st March 1858 in Launceston, Tasmania. Alice married Frederick BENNETT on 5th July 1881 in Brisbane, Queensland.
Children from this marriage were:
Ivy Alice Muriel BENNETT was born on 21st February 1884 in Brisbane, Queensland.
Coralie Vera BENNETT was born on 4th September 1889 in Brisbane, Queensland.
Walter Francis SMITH was born on 13th May 1864 in Queensland. Walter married Charlotte Amelia LEAVER on 24th December 1886, daughter of George LEAVER and Charlotte Martha CECIL. Charlotte was born in 1866 in Queensland.
Children from this marriage were:
Unnamed SMITH was born in 1887 in Queensland and died in 1887 in Queensland.
Edward Cecil SMITH was born on 28th December 1888. Edward married Elsie Waters SMITH in 1912 in Queensland, daughter of William SMITH and Elizabeth POSTLE. Elsie was born in 1887 in Queensland. A daughter, Alma Grace, was born in 1913.
Unnamed SMITH was born in 1891 in Queensland and died in 1891 in Queensland.
Edric SMITH was born in 1893 in Queensland. Edric married Ethel Louisa HEILSCHER in 1915. The 1919 & 1925 Electoral Rolls place this couple at Central Rd., Tinana, near Maryborough, Queensland. In 1936, Edric was farming at Maroochydore Rd, Palmwoods.
Walter SMITH was born in 1895 in Queensland.
Ivy Millicent SMITH was born in 1898 in Queensland.
Norman Colin SMITH was born in 1901 in Queensland. Norman married May BAXTER in 1926.
George William SMITH was born on 23rd June 1866 in Queensland.There are three possible marriages registered, and a number of children; the chronology is such that all three marriages could be this George William. We are still searching for further details of his life.
Ernest Robert Ralph SMITH was born on 29th September 1868 in Queensland. Ernest married Catherine Alice STAEHELI on 17th August 1886 in Queensland, daughter of George STAEHELI and Mary Ann ROY. Catherine was born before 1872 and died in 1891 in Queensland.
Children from this marriage were:
George Ernest SMITH was born on 5th September 1886 and died on 7th October 1886.
Amy Victoria SMITH was born on 3rd September 1887.
Ivy May SMITH was born on 7th March 1889.
Ernest next married Mary Jane WOOD in 1900 in Queensland. They appear to have had no children.
Arthur Henry SMITH was born on 18 May 1871 in Queensland and died in 1873 in Queensland at age 2.
Herbert Edward SMITH was born on 24th October 1873 in Queensland. It is not yet clear who Herbert married but there are two possibilities registered:
1893/C1863:Anning,Cleopatra Ada Florence to Smith, Herbert Edward.
1896/B17988: Battersby, Elizabeth Gloag to Smith, Herbert Edward (There were 3 children registered to this marriage in 1896, 1900, and 1904.)
There are also children (6 of them between 1891 and 1908) registered as being born to Herbert Edward Smith and Eva Florence Margaret Ward. We are still searching for further details of his life.
Percy Marston Charles SMITH was born on 13th December 1875 in Queensland. We are still searching for further details of his life.
Maud Isabel Mildred SMITH was born on 8th October 1878 in Spring Hill, Brisbane, Queensland. We are still searching for further details of her life.
Ethel Florence May SMITH was born on 9th May 1880 in Spring Hill, Brisbane, Queensland. We are still searching for further details of her life.
Great Baddow to Moreton Bay
The MORETON BAY COURIER of 14th February 1857 reported:
“The PARSEE has made a very good passage of 87 days, having left Southampton on the 14th November, and arrived at the anchorage in the Bay on Monday, the 9th instant. She brings 366 immigrants to our shores. There have been several cases of measles on board; and 26 deaths, mostly children, have taken place during the voyage, the last case occurring about a fortnight previous to her arrival. It has not been thought it necessary to place her in quarantine, and it is intended to bring up the passengers on Monday. The Captain complains of the delay which took place in the boarding of the vessel. He arrived in the Bay at one o'clock on Monday, and reported his arrival to the "Pearl" which was also at anchor. He waited until Wednesday for the proper authorities to board; and on that day, finding that no one came near, he proceeded himself in the ships' boat to Brisbane, and reported the arrival of the vessel. He was not allowed to land at Brisbane, and returned the same evening to the ship. It was not until Thursday that he was visited by the parties whose duty it is to be on the look-out for ships arriving in our Port. The case is one which requires investigation.”
This was not an auspicious start to a new life for George BRIGHTWELL, his wife Mildred Maria, and seven children, especially as they had departed Southampton with eight children. The youngest, Clara, about four years old, was one of the 26 passengers who perished on the voyage. The surviving accompanying children, listed with their parents on the passenger list, were George (13), Emma (11), John (10), Ellen Sophia (8), and Robert (6). Another son, Walter (14), was listed as an individual.
George BRIGHTWELL was born about 1812 or 1813 in Hatfield Peverel, Essex, the son of John BRIGHTWELL and Jane GREEN. He married Mildred Maria DACE (b.1815, Witham, Essex, daughter of James DACE and Mildred MALYON) in Chippinghill, Witham, Essex on 18th April 1837.
At the time of the 1841 Census he was living in East Hanningfield Road, Great Baddow, Essex, with his wife and two daughters, Eliza Jane and Mildred Maria. In the 1851 Census, he was still in Great Baddow and the family had expanded with the addition of Walter, George, Emma, John, Ellen Sophia and Robert. On both occasions, George gave his occupation as “carpenter”. Eliza Jane was still living at home in 1851 but young Mildred Maria, aged 11, was working as a general servant in the household of James FINCHAM, a baker in Baddow Lane, Chelmsford, Essex. Little Clara was born in 1853.
The two oldest children, Eliza Jane and Mildred Maria, preceded their parents and siblings to the Colonies, joining a migration scheme to Launceston, Tasmania, and arriving in 1855 on the “Whirlwind”. Eliza Jane would later join her family in Brisbane, but not before marrying and being widowed. She would bring with her not only her own child from that short-lived marriage, Alice Louisa WALKER, but also Mildred Maria’s eldest son, Frederick William BRIGHTWELL.
In 1858, Alice Louisa BRIGHTWELL was born. George and his family settled first in Fortitude Valley, where the 1864-65 electoral roll places George Sr and George Jr in Brunswick Street. In 1887, the rolls have George living in Fortescue Street. George was living at 20 Barker Street, New Farm, at the time of his death in 1900. Early residence in the Valley was probably a result of George’s involvement in bridge building, with the first vehicular bridge across Breakfast Creek possibly being one of his earliest projects. This bridge was commenced in 1858 and would ‘play cupid’ to Emma, as will be explained in due course.
When the writer was young, his grandmother would point out the wooden bridges between Brisbane and Cleveland that had been built by her grandfather. Undoubtedly, many other wooden bridges around Queensland were constructed under the direction of George BRIGHTWELL and it is possible that at least some of them are still in use today. It is certain that his efforts were instrumental in opening much of Queensland to settlement and commerce.
Tragedy struck again in 1866, with the death of Robert at age 16 in a shooting accident. Four years later, in 1870, George was widowed when Mildred Maria died of tuberculosis. She was buried in Paddington Cemetery, and her remains still rest under Lang Park/Suncorp Stadium.
“The PARSEE has made a very good passage of 87 days, having left Southampton on the 14th November, and arrived at the anchorage in the Bay on Monday, the 9th instant. She brings 366 immigrants to our shores. There have been several cases of measles on board; and 26 deaths, mostly children, have taken place during the voyage, the last case occurring about a fortnight previous to her arrival. It has not been thought it necessary to place her in quarantine, and it is intended to bring up the passengers on Monday. The Captain complains of the delay which took place in the boarding of the vessel. He arrived in the Bay at one o'clock on Monday, and reported his arrival to the "Pearl" which was also at anchor. He waited until Wednesday for the proper authorities to board; and on that day, finding that no one came near, he proceeded himself in the ships' boat to Brisbane, and reported the arrival of the vessel. He was not allowed to land at Brisbane, and returned the same evening to the ship. It was not until Thursday that he was visited by the parties whose duty it is to be on the look-out for ships arriving in our Port. The case is one which requires investigation.”
This was not an auspicious start to a new life for George BRIGHTWELL, his wife Mildred Maria, and seven children, especially as they had departed Southampton with eight children. The youngest, Clara, about four years old, was one of the 26 passengers who perished on the voyage. The surviving accompanying children, listed with their parents on the passenger list, were George (13), Emma (11), John (10), Ellen Sophia (8), and Robert (6). Another son, Walter (14), was listed as an individual.
George BRIGHTWELL was born about 1812 or 1813 in Hatfield Peverel, Essex, the son of John BRIGHTWELL and Jane GREEN. He married Mildred Maria DACE (b.1815, Witham, Essex, daughter of James DACE and Mildred MALYON) in Chippinghill, Witham, Essex on 18th April 1837.
At the time of the 1841 Census he was living in East Hanningfield Road, Great Baddow, Essex, with his wife and two daughters, Eliza Jane and Mildred Maria. In the 1851 Census, he was still in Great Baddow and the family had expanded with the addition of Walter, George, Emma, John, Ellen Sophia and Robert. On both occasions, George gave his occupation as “carpenter”. Eliza Jane was still living at home in 1851 but young Mildred Maria, aged 11, was working as a general servant in the household of James FINCHAM, a baker in Baddow Lane, Chelmsford, Essex. Little Clara was born in 1853.
The two oldest children, Eliza Jane and Mildred Maria, preceded their parents and siblings to the Colonies, joining a migration scheme to Launceston, Tasmania, and arriving in 1855 on the “Whirlwind”. Eliza Jane would later join her family in Brisbane, but not before marrying and being widowed. She would bring with her not only her own child from that short-lived marriage, Alice Louisa WALKER, but also Mildred Maria’s eldest son, Frederick William BRIGHTWELL.
In 1858, Alice Louisa BRIGHTWELL was born. George and his family settled first in Fortitude Valley, where the 1864-65 electoral roll places George Sr and George Jr in Brunswick Street. In 1887, the rolls have George living in Fortescue Street. George was living at 20 Barker Street, New Farm, at the time of his death in 1900. Early residence in the Valley was probably a result of George’s involvement in bridge building, with the first vehicular bridge across Breakfast Creek possibly being one of his earliest projects. This bridge was commenced in 1858 and would ‘play cupid’ to Emma, as will be explained in due course.
When the writer was young, his grandmother would point out the wooden bridges between Brisbane and Cleveland that had been built by her grandfather. Undoubtedly, many other wooden bridges around Queensland were constructed under the direction of George BRIGHTWELL and it is possible that at least some of them are still in use today. It is certain that his efforts were instrumental in opening much of Queensland to settlement and commerce.
Tragedy struck again in 1866, with the death of Robert at age 16 in a shooting accident. Four years later, in 1870, George was widowed when Mildred Maria died of tuberculosis. She was buried in Paddington Cemetery, and her remains still rest under Lang Park/Suncorp Stadium.
The Tandridge Yew
The Tandridge YewOn the 5th of July, 1846, William CARR and Mary THORN were married in this church in Tandridge, Surrey. Mary, daughter of Isaac THORN and Mary THOMAS, was from Tandridge, and William, son of John CARR and Hannah, was from the nearby village of Cuddington, Ewell. They were to become my great-great-grandparents. William died in Warwick, Queensland, on 19th January 1862; Mary died in Laidley, Queensland, on 23rd March 1916.
Just over two years after their marriage, on 16th July 1848, William and Mary sailed into Sydney on the "Equestrian". In the meantime, a son, Abel, had been born (on 10 November 1847, in Surrey), christened (26 December 1847, in Tandridge, Surrey) and died (on 13 March 1848, in Plymouth, Devon).
Exactly how and when William and Mary Carr travelled to Queensland is, as yet, unknown but it must have been fairly soon after arrival because a son, William Thorn Carr was born in January 1849 on a property at Merivale/Maryvale near Glengallan Run, between Toowoomba and Warwick, Queensland.
Then followed: Julia, about 1850; Mary and John, about 1852; Robert, about 1854; Thomas, about 1855; Harriett Anna, 1857-1936, my great-grandmother; Reginald, 1859; and Sarah Ann, 1861.
Somehow, the first six Australian born children had their births registered officially in 1854.
Glengallan, now in the process of restoration, has a website: http://www.glengallan.org.au/
Friday, March 13, 2009
Sesquicentary Of Queensland
On the 6th of June 1859, Queen Victoria did the necessary to separate the Colony of Queensland from the Colony of New South Wales. No matter that the papers proclaiming this did not arrive in Brisbane until 10th December of that year, Queensland will officially be 150 years old in June of this year. (I've always wanted Queensland Day to be celebrated on my birthday, December 10!)
Some of my forebears arrived before the magic date of separation; the Brightwell family (arrived 1857) and a young newly married couple, William and Mary Carr (arrived 1848), are on my mother's direct line of ancestry.
Their stories will slowly make their way into this blog over the next few months.
Some of my forebears arrived before the magic date of separation; the Brightwell family (arrived 1857) and a young newly married couple, William and Mary Carr (arrived 1848), are on my mother's direct line of ancestry.
Their stories will slowly make their way into this blog over the next few months.
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