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NameGeorge ThornOccupationGrazerDate of Death28th April 1876Date of Burial29th April 1876Age (years, months, days, hours)70 yearsGenderMale
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NameJane ThornDate of Death14th April 1883Date of Burial15th April 1883Age (years, months, days, hours)63 yearsGenderFemale
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NameCharles ThornOccupationGrazerDate of Death18th August 1877Date of Burial19th August 1877Age (years, months, days, hours)32 yearsGenderMale
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NameAlbert Samuel ThornOccupationGrazerDate of Death6th December 1898Date of Burial7th December 1898Age (years, months, days, hours)41 yearsGenderMale
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NameHenry ThornOccupationGrazierDate of Death19th April 1880Date of Burial20th April 1880Age (years, months, days, hours)39 yearsGenderMale
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NameRebecca ThornDate of Death9th June 1916Date of Burial10th June 1916Age (years, months, days, hours)71 yearsGenderFemale
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NameRobert Somerset ThornDate of Death15th May 1927Date of Burial16th May 1927Age (years, months, days, hours)58 yearsGenderMale
Location
Section within Ipswich General CemeteryAnglican BRow Number14
Description
HistoryCharles, Henry, and Albert are the sons of George and Jane Thorn. Rebecca was the wife of Henry and Robert Somerset Thorn was there son.References (online)George Thorn "The Father of Ipswich" A Life, by Richard Thorn, available on Picture IpswichJane Thorn, Australian Dictionary of Biography [accessed 7th October 2022]The Thorns of Ipswich: George and Jane, a pioneering family who arrived in 'Limestone' in 1839, Ipswich, 2015, by Margaret Nicol, available on Picture IpswichGeorge Thorn, Australian Dictionary of Biography [accessed 6th October 2022]
Headstone Inscription
Headstone InscriptionSacred to the memory of GEORGE THORN
Who Departed this life
28th April 176
Aged 70 Years
Death acceptable is thy sentence
Unto the needs and unto him whose
Strength failith thus is now in the last age.
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In loving memory of CHARLES
Third son of the late
George Thorn ESQRE
Of Claremont Ipswich
Died at Toowoomba
18th August 1877
Aged 32 years
And God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes;
and there shall be no more death,
neither sorrow nor crying
neither shall there any more pain
for the former things are passed away.
Who Departed this life
28th April 176
Aged 70 Years
Death acceptable is thy sentence
Unto the needs and unto him whose
Strength failith thus is now in the last age.
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In loving memory of CHARLES
Third son of the late
George Thorn ESQRE
Of Claremont Ipswich
Died at Toowoomba
18th August 1877
Aged 32 years
And God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes;
and there shall be no more death,
neither sorrow nor crying
neither shall there any more pain
for the former things are passed away.
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HeadstoneYesConcretedYesEnclosureYes
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