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Stories Behind the Tombstone by John Rossiter

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[...]s stored
in the vast library of headstones in the Ipswich
General Cemetery. Life has moved on but th[...]
[...]he West Moreton district, but mainly in the North Ipswich and Bundamba
fields. When Hooper and Robinson first inaugurated mining in the North Ipswich area and set
up their "Tivoli Pit", he was appoin[...]ay on 14th September 1863.
They soon moved to the Ipswich area and set up
their home in the Tivoli district[...]he family
home.

An advertisement appeared in the Ipswich Observer in 1877, calling miners to a meeting to[...]rt Archibald. The first meeting was held at North Ipswich near the State School, in the
open air. Fo[...]
[...]s married
Anne Hennessy at the Catholic Church in Ipswich, with Fr. William McGinty performing the
ceremony[...]on was shown as a carrier
and they were living in Ipswich.

He was probably better known as
the host of the[...]otel coincided with the visit of Prince Alfred to
Ipswich in February 1868. He was granted special permissi[...]1885 at his home in Dinmore and was buried in the Ipswich
General Cemetery. His property was transferred to[...]f land in that vicinity. Other
parcels of land in Ipswich, Esk and Southport were left to other memb[...]
[...]One of the well-known businesses in Ipswich in days
go[...]announced that Mr Berry had taken over the "Ipswich
Handy Food[...]n
Toowoomba, via the Western Transport Company to Ipswich. Berry's preferred local carrier
was Henry Whitta[...]arked in front of Henry Whittaker's home in North Ipswich (where the
radio station stands today). The goods[...]nd the two storied brick premises occupied by the Ipswich Gas and Coke
Coy., Ltd.; and Mr J. W. Berr[...]
[...]erry's Smallgoods" - another business
that helped Ipswich grow.

In mid 2018 a family member eng[...]
[...]Died at Seven Mile Creek near Ipswich from[...]the early re-erected tombstones in the Ipswich
Cem[...]Richmond and Windsor in N.S.W.,
before coming to Ipswich to accept the position of governess for the famil[...]infancy. J. C. Foote was the partner in the early Ipswich firm of Cribb & Foote.

On Thursday afternoon, 4t[...]Benson Mather, minister of the Wesleyan Church in Ipswich, and his brother, Samuel
Augustus Mather. The group were riding from Seven Mile Creek back towards Ipswich. They
had just started into a canter, when[...]
[...]been ridden by a lady. (Ipswich Observer 6,10,13 December, 1873 )[...].




ROPES AT THE IPSWICH CEMETERY
(Letter to the E[...]indly allow me, in the interests of the people of Ipswich, who have
reverence and respect for the dead, to[...]uch marred.

Now, sir, I ask the humane public of Ipswich, is this a desirable state of affairs - only one[...]that the incident I have related is a disgrace to Ipswich, and especially to those
responsible for t[...]
[...]ted to
Ipswich where he remained for much of his life.[...]The news spread through the town of Ipswich on
27t[...]was an aiderman on the Ipswich Municipal[...]al business premises in the town,
including:- the Ipswich & West Moreton Permanent Benefit and Building Soc[...]some of the railway workshops buildings at North Ipswich
and the Sandy Gallop Lunatic Asylum, later known[...]d advance the town, having been involved with the Ipswich
Gas Company from its beginnings; a director of the Ipswich & West Moreton Permanent
Benefit and Building Soc[...]ammar School; and chairman of the
trustees of the Ipswich General Cemetery. He was also on the committee of[...](Q. T. 28-6-1900 p.5)

The public park at North Ipswich, between Down and Pine Streets, was originally kn[...]our of this townsman who had given so much to the Ipswich community.[...]
[...]1874 -1878

The old section of the Ipswich General Cemetery was closed to further burials on 26th
February, 1972. Due to the lack of funds, the Ipswich Cemetery Trust, which was the
controlling body at[...]years. Following a clean-up, it was given to the
Ipswich Historical Society for their guidance as to what[...]nt was commenced, using local records held by the Ipswich
Genealogical Society and followed up with reports[...]spapers of the day - The
Queensland Times and The Ipswich Observer.[...]
[...]gineer employed at the Railway Workshops at North Ipswich and residing at
Omar Street, Little Ipswich, took her two small daughters and a neighbour's s[...]on the following
Wednesday and was buried in the Ipswich Cemetery."

A cast-iron cross was made and placed[...]f the cross a signature
appears ... "H. Bruckner, Ipswich". It is presumed that Mr Bruckner, being a skille[...]twenty pounds and a grant of land. They moved to Ipswich where he started work in the
Railway Workshops on[...]n a ten month period. The family later moved
from Ipswich to the Fassifern district and operated the[...]
[...]ey. The family settled at Wyndham Street in North Ipswich before
moving to Pine Mountain Road at Brassall,[...]Bethume, the early Ipswich contractor. When[...]the Brassall and North Ipswich areas.[...]St Thomas's Church of England, North Ipswich.[...]s a member of
Scots' Presbyterian Church at North Ipswich and a long-time member of the Brassall School
Wel[...]ll Shire Council, prior to its merger with of the Ipswich
Shire Council in 1917. Due to the confusion between the two names - Ipswich City Council
and Ipswich Shire Council - the name was
changed to Moreton S[...]umphrey Byers - centre back row (Courtesy Picture Ipswich)[...]
[...]. After landing in Brisbane the family came on to Ipswich.

James did shearing work for some years and during the off seasons he worked on the Ipswich
railway line. He also worked in the tin mines at[...]his death, the body was brought from Brisbane to
Ipswich by road. The funeral took place at the Ipswich Cemetery with Rev, Fr Concannon
officiating at th[...]who had been a highly respected identity of early Ipswich.

" I miss you from my hom[...]
[...]store in Brisbane prior to setting his sights on Ipswich. An advertisement in the
Moreton Bay Courier on 1[...]r that year announced the opening of his store in
Ipswich, naming it 'London Stores'. This early building w[...]f Brisbane; and all the clergy and medical men in Ipswich were in
attendance. Large numbers of stran[...]
[...]ose
Ipswich for his home, and entering into public life[...]ous material, and against
many adverse interests. Ipswich and the whole West Moreton district owe mu[...]
[...]ohn Clarke Foote, who later became
manager of the Ipswich store of Cribb & Foote.

Following his schooling at the Ipswich Grammar
School, Thomas entered into the business[...]mas married Marian Lucy Foote on 3rd June
1874 at Ipswich and they had a family often.

The firm of Cri[...]as closely
associated with the development of Ipswich.
His father represented Ipswich in the New
South Wales Parliament before the days[...]o the various
organizations of his interest - the Ipswich Girl's Grammar School, of which he was chairman
o[...]devout follower and a
deacon; and the Blackstone-Ipswich Cambrian Choir, of which he was chairman.

He had[...]urs later. That afternoon the body was brought
to Ipswich by a special train, and taken to the family home[...]6th September 1913, moving from "Goolawan" to the Ipswich
Cemetery, was exceedingly long. Leading the procession, in front of the hearse, was the
Ipswich Troop of Boy Scouts. They were followed by[...]
[...]d more on public transport. The Sunday afternoon 'hospital and cemetery run'
was a popular 'bus service. On[...]k and picked up along the way.
Those going to the hospital were easy to identify, as they usually had a smal[...]rown paper bag, to give a treat to someone in the hospital. However, those going to the
cemetery were[...]ay and it was the thing to do.
Those going to the hospital would be let off and the 'bus continued on[...]
[...]With the passing of Miss Viva Grace Cribb, Ipswich lost a passionate stalwart for
Ipswich history. Her collection included photographs, pap[...]te ledgers saved from the fire, and all manner of Ipswich related material.

Viva was born on 31st January,[...]uch as the 'National Trust of Queensland', the
‘Ipswich Historical Society', the 'Ipswich Genealogical Society', and the 'Heritage, Monumen[...]home.

To honour the work Viva had contributed to Ipswich history, the City Council named a room
at the Ipswich Library, the "Viva Cribb Local History Room" where anything relating to Ipswich
is housed. They also instituted an annual bursary for the publishing of material on Ipswich.
They named it "The Viva Cribb Bursary Awa[...]
[...]He arrived in Ipswich between three and four[...]
[...](Ipswich Observer 15th June 1870.)

'The father, Eugene Daly, appeared in the Ipswich Police Court on Friday 24th June to answer
a charge of unlawfully entering the enclosed land of the Ipswich Cemetery. Charles Salisbury
deposed that he was sexton of the Ipswich Cemetery; on the 12th instant, when he came to
co[...]osed that he was secretary to the trustees of the Ipswich Cemetery; about
the 14th instant defendant[...]
[...]e and Ellen Gee's home in Liverpool
Street, North Ipswich, to the Ipswich Cemetery.

Also buried in the same grave and incl[...]on and Co., at the new Railway
Workshops at North Ipswich, for the erection of which they have the contract[...]and made arrangements for his admission into the hospital. Having been removed from
the scene of the[...]t the new railway workshops recently, died in the
hospital at about midnight on Sunday, from the effe[...]
[...], aged 12 months and 3 days. Her tombstone in the Ipswich cemetery is written in
Hebrew and English. The Davis family were part of the Jewish sector in Ipswich at that time.[...]Coleman Davis, came to Ipswich about 1860. He[...]Xxxx...



THE IPSWICH CEMETERY

'Will you permit me to[...]
[...]1854 destined for Adelaide, and soon moved on to Ipswich. He married Bridget Kerwin at St
Mary's, Ipswich on 17th February, 1857 with Rev William McGinty o[...]cabinet maker in Ipswich. His advertisement in[...]business in Brisbane Street, Ipswich, as a[...]may be seen at the Ipswich Art Gallery.[...]ume his seat on the hearse and was rushed back to Ipswich by Mr John
Carroll of Redbank Plains. On t[...]
[...]Jane
Ann and Bridget, died and were buried in the
Ipswich Cemetery in 1886. Then on 4th August
of th[...]
[...]ack
to Queensland and buried with his aunt in the
Ipswich Cemetery. This was recorded in the
Cemeter[...]
[...]y
George Holt. This brought them up the Bremer to Ipswich. From here they went straight to
'Tarampa Station[...]at Tarampa for about 2% years before returning to
Ipswich, where George resumed his trade as a wheelwright[...]Paul's Church of England in Ipswich. They went on to have[...]recall memories about the way Ipswich used to be when[...]
[...]ointed to the
position of the new school at North Ipswich and in July 1867 he was promoted to 'Class II
Tea[...]ur more children were born after their arrival in Ipswich.

Then, at the age of 31, on 31st January 1874, S[...]Samuel and Sarah Jane gave their all to the North
Ipswich community, shaping the young lives of thos[...]
[...]gh a few weeks ago.
Since then he has been in the Ipswich District Hospital. He died early yesterday morning.

Mr Feath[...]
[...]ighting had been too much
for him. He was sent to hospital in Allahabad, and was taken back to England on a hospital
ship. His health soon recovered and he purchased[...]rgeant in 1880. He was there 14 years
and came to Ipswich, back to the engineering again. He supervised var[...]ghter, Mrs A. Goodall,
lived in Clay Street, West Ipswich. His son, Charles, was well known in musical affairs in Ipswich
before he went to Geelong, Victoria.'

What is thought to have been the first car in Ipswich was owned by David Featherby.[...]Gordon Street in Ipswich. An entry in the[...]
[...]7th November 1924, aged
62. He was buried in the Ipswich Cemetery in the Jewish section, with arran[...]
[...]s.

On 20th August 1909 he was transferred to the Ipswich Asylum which in those days was known
as "Sandy Ga[...]eldmanns, but with the age
of the Moses buried in Ipswich, it could well be that Abraham and our Moses were[...]"A collection will be made at the Scots' Church, Ipswich, on Sabbath next, 21st instant,
for putting the Presbyterian Burying Ground at Ipswich, in a state of decent repair, when the
Rev Dr. Ne[...]Scots' Church, Ipswich."

(North Australian, 16th June 1857)[...]
[...]John Flynn came as a great blow to the
people of Ipswich. Dr Flynn was a native of Ipswich having been born on 27th March, 1870 at
Woodend -[...]ctims of the epidemic which had travelled through Ipswich at that time. He
too then became a victim of the[...]d the positions of
Government Medical Officer for Ipswich and City Health Officer.[...]Mr J. Sydes, gaining a scholarship to attend the Ipswich
Boys' Grammar S[...]medicine. After this period he returned to Ipswich where he
spent six months at the Ipswich Hospital under Dr P.
Tho[...]in practice. He recognised the need for a private hospital in the Ipswich area
and on Saturday 28th April, 1906 Ipswich helped him celebrate the opening of his 'St Mary's
Private Hospital' on the corner of Roderick and Murphy stre[...]
[...]this tombstone lies the mortal remains of one of Ipswich's highly esteemed
former citizens. This monument[...]accustomed. They soon moved to the Ipswich area
a[...]scheme to build a tramway between Ipswich and
To[...]s and for many years was time-keeper at the North Ipswich
workshops.

He was highly respected in local mili[...]our Gates" - now known as Brown's Park - in North Ipswich.

Thomas was a strong churchman and in his early[...]urch. In his later years when he moved into
North Ipswich, he was a strong supporter of St Thomas's[...]
[...]uneral left
from his home in Lowry Street for the Ipswich Cemetery.

In November 1909, the youngest son of[...]to tb? wtomi participant in the Ipswich branch of the Royal Society of St

40[...]parade, led by the Ipswich City Vice-Regal Band, from the[...]
[...]n 19th July 1919, Peace Celebrations were held in Ipswich and at Brown's Park, once more,
this gun was in p[...]getting both his young sons conveyed to the Ipswich General Hospital, where
David was found to be suffer[...]an, who, when the 12-pounder guns of the old No 2 Ipswich Field Battery of
Artillery were removed fr[...]ho again around the hills and valleys surrounding Ipswich."

This is the reason why the gun no longe[...]
[...]erected in many of the newly developed areas. At Ipswich, even before the first
land had been offered for[...]eet. The 1846 Census shows that the population of Ipswich was
109. By the end of that year there were six h[...]Wesleyan Church, in Ipswich, on 10th October[...]building business, under the name of 'Ipswich
C[...]til 1876. That
property, like so much more in the Ipswich business area, was owned by William Horton[...]
[...]led to her son George Waters. The other Givens in
Ipswich were also from Limavady, but a family link has no[...]made the arrangements for James's funeral in the Ipswich Cemetery.

How and when James arrived into Austra[...]stery, but a letter he wrote to the
Editor of The Ipswich Herald in April 1861 answered some of those queri[...]to correspondence
which had appeared in the other Ipswich newspaper of that time, the North Australian. The[...]s Heitz, who later was the well-known tinsmith in Ipswich.
One of his fellow passengers on the Peyto[...]
[...]low to his head.

He was urgently conveyed to the Ipswich
Railway Station where an ambulance wagon
transported him to the Ipswich Hospital. On
admission he was suffering a great dea[...]as well as could be
expected.

He remained in the hospital for about a
month, during which period he[...]
[...]r factory. He later moved to WarriII View outside
Ipswich where he combined dairying with farming.

A creek[...]nstantly at 49 years of age. He was buried
in the Ipswich General Cemetery on 8th December.

The sud[...]
[...]eat Victoria." He
received his early education in Ipswich schools, and
was afterwards apprenticed to the sa[...]ate Mr Thos. King a
former well-known resident of Ipswich. The late Mr Goleby was an aiderman for many year[...]as curate. He was an energetic worker for several Ipswich
organizations including:- Ipswich Technical College, Cemetery Reserve Trustees and the
Ipswich General Hospital. Deceased was a foundation member of the Ipswich Chamber of
Commerce and Industry, having the hono[...]c bowler,
and was one of the first members of the Ipswich Bowling Club.

He and Mrs Goleby took a tr[...]
[...]te in
Ipswich, one of the two leading towns of what was[...]a town such as Ipswich was run almost single
handed by the Police Magist[...]jor part in all manner of civic affairs,
from the hospital and School of Arts to managing the police force.[...]sition only to the end of that year, returning to Ipswich by popular request and
continuing as Police Magis[...]nteer Rifles movement in Queensland was formed in Ipswich, in which he held
the rank of Captain.

He died in 1873 and was afforded the largest funeral held in Ipswich up till that time. The
funeral procession[...]
[...]The party of fifteen men left Ipswich on the Sunday[...]
[...]s
owned Hancock's Sawmill on The Terrace at North Ipswich. William, his wife Jane, and three
of their child[...]ughter, Viva
Cribb, on William's work and life in Ipswich.

'He was a brick-mason and later became a contra[...]s working for John Petrie in Brisbane
he moved to Ipswich and later bought land at Lowry
Street in North Ipswich [ allot. 3 of sect. 5 ] costing him
£25, on 8th[...]e first manager of the Bank of New
South Wales in Ipswich). He then built 'CoIlinton
Station'. Other buildi[...]tions for the original Railway
Workshops at North Ipswich; the 'Lands Office' in East
Street; the Wesleyan[...]also involved with the construction of the early Ipswich Waterworks - water playing such an
important role[...]the concrete culverts on the railway line between Ipswich
and Brisbane were built for the Government and he[...]tion.

His daughter, Elizabeth, was born at North Ipswich in June 1857 and claimed that she was the
first white child born in North Ipswich. He built 'Orangefield' at Salisbury Road[...]
[...]erious accident occurred at the new drill shed in Ipswich, during a parade of the
Moreton Fiel[...]hegan. Both were very soon on the spot, while the hospital
stretcher arrived shortly aft[...]
[...]Xxxx ...




IPSWICH CEMETERY

"A deed of grant of a piece of land, to be used as a general cemetery for South Ipswich,
will be ready for issue in four weeks, to[...]
[...]HEITZ Louis c.1813-1876

The Ipswich Observer, published on 5th December 1876, carried[...]the death of the well-known early tinsmith in the Ipswich area - Louis Heitz.

'About 10 o'clock on[...]Dr Dorsey arrived, and
deceased was taken to the hospital, but expired just as he was entering the b[...]up his own tin-smithing business in Bell Street, Ipswich, under the name
of 'The Iron House'. His f[...]
[...]8, died on 27th April, 1873 and was buried in the Ipswich Cemetery. His
wife, Harriet, died on 29th[...]
[...]son of Mr John Henry Ingram, the librarian
of the Ipswich School of Arts, died on 9th January 1893. He was[...]was admitted to the hospital and despite[...]Church - first at Ipswich and then in centres in[...]in the North Ipswich field. The marriage was
celebrated by Rev P. Robe[...]six months. Enoch and the children then moved
to Ipswich to be nearer to family who could help with caring[...]a
mother or father.

The funeral was held at the Ipswich Cemetery with the burial service being con[...]
[...]of his
life, due to ill health, he had moved into Ipswich to be nearer to medical help. He passed away
at t[...]h, and was buried by the Rev. P. Robertson in the Ipswich Cemetery.

The Brisbane Courier, on 21st M[...]
[...]rose 6ft in his
house), when he sought refuge in Ipswich. When he first came to what is now the town of
Ipswich it was comprised only of one house. As a s[...]
[...]eton Bay Courier in July 1861 reported:-

'IPSWICH . . . The number of persons of the Jewish persuas[...]ock, for the purpose of electing Trustees for the
Ipswich Burial Ground.' (Coleman Davis was the nom[...]
[...], John Johnson, was well-known in the early North Ipswich coalfields. On 12th
November, 1874, he married Ca[...]ho was also a well-
known proprietor in the North Ipswich field. He had been working at the Waterstown Coll[...]resident in the neighbourhood of Ipswich where he was well[...]to alleviate his sufferings. The deceased came to Ipswich with his
father when he was a mere boy, and when[...]resident of the Limestone Cricket Club and of the Ipswich
Amateur Racing Club and was president of the Ipswich Rifle Club and he periodically contributed[...]
[...]d possibly
unique, specimen of a headstone in the Ipswich Cemetery.

The "Light Brigade", one of the London[...]Bowen" and headed south. He then
travelled on to Ipswich where he, in a short time, became very well known to the Ipswich
community.

In June that year he applied f[...]
[...]ning, the 22nd February 1874, he
was taken to the Ipswich Hospital where he died a few hours later. The cause of dea[...]orn at
Rio de Janiero, February 27, 1830; died at Ipswich
February 22, 1874. Second son of Edward and Harri[...]SEA OF BENT BACKS

With the Ipswich Burial Ground measuring more than 36 acres and fa[...]signed and the trusteeship was then passed to the Ipswich City Council. The
Queensland Government Ga[...]
[...]building in the Ipswich area.[...]'free'.
They were married by Rev John Wallace at Ipswich, and together they had 17 children. Harriet
died[...]nk Plains, aged 83.
His funeral took place at the Ipswich Cemetery, when apart from relatives, there were m[...]ribution to the city and the
surrounding areas of Ipswich.[...]
[...]Ireland
who died at The Grange,
Ipswich
14th July, 1881
Aged 83[...]midst. Still, he was well and favourably known in Ipswich and West
Moreton and there are very many w[...]
[...]still has a story to tell of
those early times in Ipswich's history.

Fr[...]ralian which was the first newspaper
published in Ipswich in 1855. In July 1859 another paper set up operations in Ipswich under
the title of the Ipswich Herald. Then, in October 1861, Francis Kidner in[...]ensland Times. Other newspapers were published in
Ipswich over the years but the 'Q. T.' stood the test of[...]the major
communication for the people living in Ipswich and the West Moreton areas. Francis Kidner
helped[...]In 1879 he sold the Western Star and returned to Ipswich where he lived in
retirement. He maintaine[...]
[...]After about a year in Brisbane they moved on the Ipswich
where Thomas was employed as a mechanic at the Railway
Workshops at North Ipswich, setting up for the start on the
first railway sy[...]link Shopping Centre stands
today.

They lived in Ipswich for thirty-four years. During twenty-
five of these Thomas was employed by the Railways at the
North Ipswich Workshops until his retirement. They had a
family[...]e of Frederick Goleby, the popular
businessman of Ipswich. Another two daughters died when they were[...]
[...]te link with the establishment of motor 'buses in Ipswich was broken with the
death of Mr John James Little[...]rs J. J. R. Little. The funeral took place at the Ipswich Cemetery yesterday. Rev J.
Hardman, of St Thomas'[...]xXxxx...



* Little's early 'buses were built in Ipswich at Roberts's Coach Works, who for several[...]
[...]Macarthur, who was the first Police
Magistrate in Ipswich, died at their home "Woodend" on 1st September 18[...]ate
at Ipswich and his appointment was confirmed in[...], the
licenced victualler at the 'Red Cow Inn' in Ipswich and commenced updating the living area.
Stone fro[...]on 1st September that year and was
buried in the Ipswich Cemetery. Her marble tombstone
would be one of th[...]not completed the entry, showing only
[Mcarthur, Ipswich, 59, J. Wallace]. There was no Christian
n[...]
[...]The Macarthur involvement in the history of early Ipswich, though brief, was significant.[...]a could be used as the site for a Crematorium for Ipswich. The
Council did not proceed with that sug[...]
[...]town. There were few, if any, of the
residents of Ipswich so entirely without an enemy - none whatever more[...]sia at Launceston, in Tasmania; whence
he came to Ipswich in March, 1858. He soon
gained the universal good[...]numerously attended that has ever
taken place in Ipswich.

The only particulars known with regard to Mr
Ma[...]rived of life.

Mr Maughan, being a member of the Ipswich Volunteer Corps, he was interred with military
ho[...]uest was held at Mr Robert Raymond's house, North Ipswich, where the verdict of
"Accidental Death" w[...]
[...]around the world after death, to be buried in the Ipswich Cemetery. The
tombstone was of granite from a fri[...]set out on the journey. It took two days to
reach Ipswich; next day they reached Wivenhoe Station which was[...]sbane - a
nightmare trip in rain. They stopped at Ipswich and spoke to a German doctor, but having
great fa[...]g and would be dead by
morning. David returned to Ipswich to seek the German doctor's help, only to find th[...]id to bring Mary to him. McConnel brought Mary to
Ipswich on a steamer. At first, the doctor, when h[...]
[...]ipple children, and found that
the Royal Brisbane Hospital, then called Bowen Hospital, had no special facilities for sick
childr[...]art and soul into the fight to get them their own hospital. Her
enthusiasm fired others in the community.

On March 11, 1878, the Children's Hospital was opened. The McConnel Ward, ensures that
the n[...]were brought back to Australia and buried in the Ipswich Cemetery, in the early Presbyterian
ground, on 29[...]Moreton Bay Courier on 17th August 1850, read ;-

IPSWICH BURIAL GROUND - 'Heads of famil[...]
[...]William McCoombes was a sexton with the Ipswich Cemetery for over twenty years
and on the occasio[...]? ‘1W8 TT DEO AUG.9 - |
Ipswich General Cemetery. You have
done your utmost to ca[...]his retirement from the position of sexton
at the Ipswich Cemetery. "As you look back to the West of Life I[...]ecalled some interesting historic facts
about the Ipswich Cemetery, of which there had been six sext[...]
[...]ly 1918, for the Church of England section of the Ipswich[...]
[...]rangements were made to ship their heavy goods to Ipswich on the
steamer Experiment, from where they were t[...]of their station holdings, the McDonalds moved to
Ipswich where John McDonald took over the lease of the re[...]e of 48. Annie then lived on The Terrace at North Ipswich
and died there on 12th July 1918, aged 92.

Two o[...]Susannah Kent, the ancestor of the Kent family in Ipswich.

What a colourful life Annie McDonald had[...]
[...]During the month of February 1893 the Ipswich[...]May with a procession through the streets to the Ipswich Cemetery where he was buried
with his fath[...]
[...]and Dr Webb arrived when she was conveyed to the hospital
at Woogaroo. She received every attention[...]
morning, her body was taken to Ipswich by train for burial in the Ipswich Cemetery. The
funeral took place on the Saturday[...]ut one of the largest funeral processions seen in Ipswich up to that time. Over
100 children from the Middle Ipswich Primary School - of which Miss Merideth was a
tea[...]Ipswich Observer 11.11.1876; 15.11.1876[...]
[...]ulian died
on 1st June 1864 and was buried in the Ipswich Cemetery. He was eight years old and a
headstone,[...]forgotten to mention the services rendered by the Ipswich Volunteers as a body
to whom may be attributed th[...]been otherwise seven eighths of the buildings in Ipswich would have been burned to the ground,
and[...]
[...]dowing a cot in perpetuity in
the Royal Alexandra Hospital for Children, such cot to be known as the 'David[...].. xxxXxxx...



IPSWICH HOSPITAL BURIALS
(Snippets from the Min[...]ceived from the Secretary to the Committee of the
Ipswich Hospital, requesting some reduction to be made in c[...]repared for the
interment of persons dying in the Ipswich Hospital. The Secretary was instructed to
communicate same to the Hospital Committee by letter.[...]
[...]ct as the funeral left her late
residence for the Ipswich Cemetery. QT 2[...]
[...]r appointed to the Church of England community at Ipswich was Rev John
Wallace. This was in 1850. He oversa[...](Ipswich Observer 1st April, 1879)[...]
[...]4, he was admitted
to priest's orders and sent to Ipswich. His appointment took place from 1st January, 185[...]y through his interest and efforts that the first Ipswich Choral Society was
established. During their fina[...]64, it was decided to ask Rev
Mosely to return to Ipswich as their rector. He accepted, commencing h[...]
[...]ferred to
steamers which brought them straight to Ipswich.

At this time the Government offered Land Orders[...]w arrivals to purchase land. The
Muirs resided in Ipswich for a number of months before buying land in the[...]n 1884, when the railways were spreading out from Ipswich, the Brisbane Valley Railway
went straight[...]
[...]ans and strongly supported St Stephen's Church
in Ipswich at which they were regular attendants.

The Muirs[...]eral cortege moved from “Fairfield
Farm" to the Ipswich Cemetery. As a mark of respect and the high estee[...]d
91. Descendants from their family remain in the Ipswich area.

John Muir (jun) married Jane Ann Oldham, a[...]illiam Oldham who had a boot­
making business in Ipswich. John worked as a butcher, first in North Ipswich and later at
Watson Bros' shop in Brisbane Street[...]wtown, Emu Vale, Townsville, Brassall, Blair, and Ipswich Boys' Grammar
School. He was also a strong suppor[...]died on 18th November 1930 and was buried in the Ipswich Cemetery. David died on 14th April
1942 an[...]
[...]had remained un­
marked in a family plot in the Ipswich General Cemetery. Then - things were about to cha[...]on was shown as a Fitter's Assistant at the North Ipswich
Railway Workshops and he had no previous training[...]travelled back to his home in Pine Street, North Ipswich.

His elder brother, John, who was married, also[...]e died at his parent's home in Pine Street, North Ipswich, on
18th July 1919, aged 27. He was accorded a mi[...]were made by the Ipswich Railway Sub Branch of[...]
[...]a remarkable pioneering
family, was buried at the Ipswich Cemetery yesterday, on the 81st anniversary of hi[...]his brother's share, and Francis came to live in
Ipswich, where he became Mayor in 1863 and 1864.

LAND DI[...]suits, and eventually returned south to settle in Ipswich about 30 years ago. For a
number of years[...]
[...]hn Panton played a large role in the formation of Ipswich. He was born in Scotland
in 1815, and arrived in[...]His funeral cortege left from 'Claremont' for
the Ipswich Cemetery. The memory of John Panton will c[...]
[...]into Ipswich and gave information to the police.[...]
[...]ed 31, died on 8th May 1868 and was buried
in the Ipswich Cemetery. John decided to erect a
monument to her[...]ery was. He believed it could be the
one at North Ipswich.

The Police Magistrate decided that it would be[...]t Case report in the newspaper mentioned the "Old Ipswich Cemetery". This would
have been referring[...]
[...]died on 10th November 1878 and was buried in the Ipswich
Cemetery. The Queensland Times reported on his de[...]r the
town, that he had come to be regarded as an Ipswich identity - one without whose broad
Doric speech a[...]ther, however, and he left in 1852 and came up to Ipswich, where he
started a general store. In this, with[...]rs and was, for some
time, one of the aidermen of Ipswich, and for a few months, Mayor of the town.[...]
[...]in Queensland Figaro
on 14th January 1904, under 'Ipswich News", told
the story of his death.

"General sym[...]blic interest, a replica statue was unveiled. The
Ipswich City Council along with a private contribu[...]
[...]the extended Raymond family in the early days of Ipswich.

RAYMOND F[...]Each played a significant role in the progress of
Ipswich. Robert, John and James were in demand as builders; Thomas, for a short time was
a publican in Ipswich and then moved to Gympie where he was associated[...]the colony; and Ellen was the first Matron of the Ipswich Hospital. She was
held in high regard by the Hospital Board and was regularly praised for the efficient manner
in which she managed the hospital. She died from typhoid which she had contra[...]
[...]F:- Aw A.1871 • 8»8 Until, L- I
Ipswich for several years, as 'J. & L.[...]ended Raymond family may not have all
occurred in Ipswich, they all had their roots in this early fa[...]
[...]rd Creek to Helidon and then come by train to the
Ipswich area. They became delayed by the bad roads and mi[...]ed. The decision was then made for all to meet in Ipswich.

With their son, they had arrived at Booval at a[...]from the Booval police station and Dr. Crowe from Ipswich arrived
soon afterwards. Resuscitation was[...]
[...]ed. His sister,
Margaret, was a school teacher at Ipswich. He tried
cotton growing for a while, but found t[...]cipients. In his will he bequeathed £1000 to the Ipswich General Hospital, £500
to St Stephen's Presbyterian Church[...]he 3rd May at the residence of his mother, Little Ipswich, Andrew Thomas,
the younger and beloved so[...]
[...]ane General
Hospital and had discharged himself earlier in the day,[...]against the advice of the hospital staff. He made his way
back to Ipswich by the train which arrived at the[...]
[...]s 'Old Ned."

Local historian, and at the time an Ipswich City Councillor, Paul Tully, had the unusu[...]
[...]ach to the Chairman of the Works Committee
of the Ipswich City Council was left in the hands of the[...]
[...]is patented Air Closets had been installed at the Ipswich hospital, the railway station, the
Ipswich School of Arts, the Chinchilla railway station, a[...]rict had to be sold and the family moved to North
Ipswich where Alf completed his education at the North Ipswich State School.[...]ween two shops,
directly opposite what is now the Ipswich Art Gallery. This location was for many ye[...]
[...]as a foundation member and first treasurer of the
Ipswich and District Motor and Social Club. This o[...]
[...]ies to two other workers.

Mr Sharpe, a native of Ipswich, had worked in the quarry
for about 35 years. He[...]arpe
and Gedge were admitted later to the General Hospital. Hillard was able to return home after
havi[...]
[...]Samuel Shenton's influence on the buildings of Ipswich was enormous and he was a
great supporter of the[...]he emigrated to Moreton Bay in
1850. Arriving in Ipswich in March 1851, he began work as a carpenter and b[...]significant improvements to central Ipswich by
con[...]practiced only as an architect in Ipswich until he[...]member of the Ipswich Subscription Library, on the
committee of the Ipswich School of Arts, chairman
of trustees of the Ipswich Cemetery and for many
years a member of the Licencing Board for Ipswich.
A suc[...]he was an aiderman
for several years and Mayor of Ipswich in 1871-72 and 1889. Shenton was also an astute
businessman and was chairman of the Ipswich Gas and Coke Co., a director of the Queensland
Woollen Manufacturing Co. and the Ipswich Flour Milling Co. His health deteriorated after he
was injured in a buggy accident in March 1891. He died in Ipswich on 3rd July 1893.'

Two tombstones in the Congregational section, each for notable people in Ipswich's past,
stand close together. The one on t[...]
[...]r.

He was appointed to the teaching staff of the Ipswich Grammar School in June 1906 where he
remained unt[...]ers, he became involved with the Senior Cadets in
Ipswich and was generally referred to as Capt. Shuttlewoo[...]ader, and during that
period was Secretary of the Ipswich Branch of the Printers' Union.

Aubrey was a keen[...]ridge. For about 20 years he was President of the Ipswich and West Moreton Cricket
Association and i[...]
[...]ould be moving to a site
on the Bremer River near Ipswich. The land, Portion 4 in the Parish of Chuwar, mea[...]ed insolvent.

He became the Crown Land Agent for Ipswich and the job grew. At the time of his death, he
wa[...]beral supporter of St Paul's Church of England in Ipswich; took an
interest in the Grammar School and was c[...]and he
contributed generally to the formation of Ipswich.

He married Maria Susannah Stutchbury (nee Taylo[...]15th November 1883, aged 64, at the Lands Office, Ipswich.[...]
[...]the Ipswich General Hospital being the[...]many Ipswich homes.

^4[...]He became an aiderman on the Ipswich City[...]. Two councils were involved - Brassall Shire and Ipswich City. This was
war-time when materials and labour[...]d Harlin Roads. He was an active supporter of the Ipswich Show and was a member of the
Manchester Un[...]
[...]not still in existence to
add to the treasures of Ipswich and to
acknowledge the hard work of our pioneers.[...]actor of any organisation of a cultural nature in Ipswich. It
was through his efforts, that the music lovin[...]one on New Year's Day in 1887. The
Blackstone and Ipswich Cambrian Choir and the Welsh community in general[...]as
a liberal supporter of both Grammar Schools in Ipswich, and the Technical College; supported
the Congregational Churches in the Ipswich area, and much more. His generosity was
un[...]
[...]"the Father of Ipswich". Born on 12th October, 1838 in[...]
[...]rley School and the Three-Mile Bridge on the main Ipswich-Rosewood Road. Mr J.
Kerslake, whose residence wa[...]ner, heard a car rounding the curve on its way
to Ipswich, and was alarmed at the series of
crashes which f[...]of Sub-Inspector, and made the first head of the Ipswich Police District."[...]
[...]he Lands Office building.

In 1863 the doctors in Ipswich were Drs. Henry Challinor, Thomas Rowlands, James[...]t. The
Queensland Times reported that he had left Ipswich for Telamon Station on the Logan which
was about[...]d the operation,
he essayed the return journey to Ipswich by himself His first difficulty occurred w[...]
[...]ut that gentleman and his family were all away in Ipswich attending the annual June races
of the North Aust[...]C. Collins and his family who were returning from Ipswich en route for
Maroon Station. A jolly evening was[...]r me, as my long absence had caused
uneasiness in Ipswich. A policeman discovered me at Mr Watkins' Peak Mo[...]ved with the beginnings of the Lutheran Church in Ipswich. He
had been expected to be present at the openin[...]T. Heiner in Germany had
been invited to come to Ipswich to be the preacher for that
church. He and Mrs He[...]erg had a long and valued practice of 53
years in Ipswich - both in the town and in his work at the
General Hospital. Doctors at the Ipswich Hospital in those
days were there in an honorary capacity. In 1887 he was
appointed Government Medical Officer for Ipswich and held
that position until his death on[...]
[...]elled north via Cunningham's Gap, arriving in
the Ipswich area on 5th October 1842. It was not
until 17th J[...]in constructing the
first wooden building in the Ipswich district and
were the pioneers in the timber trad[...]organizations which included the formation of the Ipswich Hospital and the
Ipswich Agricultural and Horticultural Society.

He was r[...]ember 1894 at the age of 79 and was buried in
the Ipswich Cemetery. The funeral service was conducted by th[...]e - William Vowles - has gone into the history of Ipswich as a valued and respected
citizen of the t[...]
[...]is tucked away
in the newspapers of the day. The Ipswich Cemetery contains many graves which do not have
a[...]bout the end of the week, when she was brought to Ipswich by train. On arrival
at the station, on Saturday morning, she was conveyed to the hospital on a stretcher. The poor
girl was attended to by[...]urs
after admission. The deceased was a native of Ipswich, and gave promise of being a fine looking[...]
[...]n in Sydney on St Patrick's Day, 1841 and came to Ipswich two
years later with his parents. After spending most of his life in the Ipswich area he died on 9th
September 1927, at the age of[...]ommissioner for Lands for Wide Bay which
included Ipswich. Dr Simpson was residing at
Woogaroo and it was t[...]er finished
working for Dr Simpson, they moved to Ipswich
where his father started a small dairy at Little
Ipswich, at the corner of Brisbane and Keogh
Streets, on[...]ttle breeder. In the mid 1880s he settled down in Ipswich, where
he established the very successful butcher[...]volved with so many things in those early days of Ipswich and was
referred to as the city's "Grand O[...]
[...]ate, Harry Wheeler, set off on
foot and walked to Ipswich to find work. They were both
brick-makers and fou[...]hat time, John Wright, whose
works were at Little Ipswich. They were engaged to
make 100,000 bricks, 30,000[...]did not go his way and
he was forced to return to Ipswich. He had to work his passage as a cook's mate from[...]Woodend Road.

In 1870 he set his sights on North Ipswich and operated possibly his most successful[...]
[...]1943

Francis Arnold Whitehead was born at Ipswich to Samuel Francis Whitehead and
Caroline (Souther[...]December 1888 at the Wilson family home in North Ipswich.
The ceremony was celebrated by Rev Joseph Walker[...]Photographs taken by the Ipswich firm of 'F.[...]in Brisbane Street. When B. S. Pochee moved from
Ipswich in 1878, G. A. Tissington ("Frisco Studios") open[...]construction period, they moved into part of the Ipswich & West Moreton Building
Society's building on the[...]ic glass plates and negatives were donated to
the Ipswich Council by the Whitehead family. These images recorded the progress and history
of Ipswich and the surrounding areas over the years. Many of these have been scanned and
may be viewed on the Ipswich Library website - "Picture Ipswich".[...]
[...]ssengers were destined to make their new
homes in Ipswich. Among the passengers on the Clifton was Samuel F[...]ry 1853, he was married to Caroline Southerden in Ipswich by Rev John Wallace,
who was the first resident minister in Ipswich for the Church of England.

On 15th January 1853,[...]nd of
January, 1879. From his early beginnings in Ipswich he had taken an active part in the
Congreg[...]
[...]which continued to
produce quality photographs in Ipswich for over 120 years
involving four generations of[...]and placed before the Board - one from
Scotts of Ipswich, 5/6d per peg, and the other from Mr A. G.[...]
[...]ph Simpson. The Simpsons and young Joseph
came to Ipswich where in March 1865, Joseph Simpson purchased at auction, Portion 113 in
Albert Street, North Ipswich. It was on this land that Simpson set up his bric[...]ade bricks
for some of the early buildings around Ipswich. It was this land which was later sold to the
Cat[...]aged
at Seymour's Sawmill on The Terrace at North
Ipswich which was opposite the current Strand
Hotel. He t[...]fm.

Joseph was a foundation member of the North Ipswich Congregational Church and served
terms as treasur[...]eensland Woollen Manufacturing Company and of the Ipswich Gas and Coke Company.

Sadly, there is no[...]
[...]"The late Mrs Jane Yarrow, of Thorn Street, Ipswich, who passed away on 10th July
1915, was born in t[...]places. On his return journey he brought wool to
Ipswich.

The late Mrs Yarrow was predeceased by her husb[...]being crowned. The late Mrs Yarrow had resided in Ipswich with her son (Mr John Yarrow) for
the past[...]
[...]tory also for the stories
behind their lives. The Ipswich Cemetery, dating back to
1844, is no exception. T[...]bit of dirt, the estimated 36,000
burials in the Ipswich General Cemetery all have a story -
their[...]
[...]30, at a meeting of the R.S.S.I.L.A. (Ipswich sub-branch), a
recommendation was put forwar[...]'One of the most sacred ceremonies performed in
Ipswich in several years, was performed in the
cem[...]
[...]ne
used in the Ipswich memorial is white Helidon Freestone and[...]
[...]tsworth, Sydney. Their remains were buried in the Ipswich Cemetery on 18th August. Two
others were seriousl[...].1945; 19.09.1945.)


They were all buried in the Ipswich Cemetery and
each has a similar headstone,[...]

MD

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