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Early Settlers 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, 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

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


Name Arrival Date Biographical details

Elizabeth & Sarah

(daughters of Thomas and Sarah c1904

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

1862 – 4 Nov (Moreton Bay) 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.


Name Arrival Date Biographical details 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.

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. Married to Frances Willis. 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.


Name Arrival Date Biographical details 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.

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


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


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


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


Name Arrival Date Biographical details 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.


Name Arrival Date Biographical details 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

1863 – 30 Nov (Moreton Bay) 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.


Name Arrival Date Biographical details 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


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



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


Name Arrival Date Biographical details 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


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

Krause, Christian


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



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 2nd from left


Name Arrival Date Biographical details Lowe (nee Pearce), Mary


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

Lowe, William


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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