Insurance policy for boarding house run by Eva & Ellen Queensland Insurance Company Fire Policy
Expires 1st November 1916
Sum Insured £140/-/- Premium £4/18/-
NAME:- Mary A. Marshall and Ella Laura Catlin as Owners for their respective interests
SITUATION:- Sticht Street, Queenstown, TASMANIA
Thanks to Joanne Macdonald
BUSHRANGERS AT CIRCULAR HEAD
Source: The Cornwall Chronicle (Launceston, Tas. : 1835 - 1880), Wednesday 28 September 1853, page 2 http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article2242400
Contains excerpts from the inquest held at Stag Farm into the death of Alfred Philips.
The Hobart Courier of the 28th September reported the victim of the murder was a young man named Alfred Philips a former letter carrier in Hobart and that he was on the “eve of marrying a respectable and amiable young lady“, which I have reason to believe was Ellen, the eldest daughter of John and Eliza.
HORRIBLE MURDER AT CIRCULAR HEAD Source: http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article2242400
On the evening of 14 Sep 1853 two ex Norfolk Island convicts determined to find the home of John Stagg House and rob him. They first went to the home of his brother Jonathan House, perhaps confused by the names.
THE CIRCULAR HEAD MURDERERS .- A reward of £200 and a conditional pardon has been offered for the capture of Henry Bradley and Patrick O'Connor, the ruffians who committed the cow- ardly murder at Circular Head. Of this sum, £100 is offered by the Crown, and £100 by the inhabitants of the District.
Three days later the schooner 'Sophia" with the culprits on board landed in the Western Port District of Victoria from whence they commenced to commit "many diabolical outrages in different parts of the colony" which included the shooting near Brighton of a ploughman and the theft of two plough horses as well as the shooting of a gardener near Kilmore. On the 27th September they were finally caught, having in an exchange of gun fire, shot a policeman the previous day.
They were tried in Melbourne on October 19 for the shooting of the policeman and hanged on the 24th in front of Melbourne goal.
O'Connor was 23 years of age and Bradley 21
Post Script
Joyce Davison, wife of George (grandson of Matilda House) recalled one of her husband's aunts telling of how her mother recounted bush rangers coming to the house when she was young. Apparently the old woman was unable to talk about the incident without crying.
Lottie and Bill reunited circa 1959
Source: Wisby Family Tree by Dave Wisby on Ancestry.com
Note from Barbara Stirling: Lottoe returned the visit the following year and visited all her nephews & nieces. Lottie & Bill died within 6weeks of each other.
Gravestone of William SH. & Alfred H. SMITH & parents John & Susannah SMITH IN LOVING MEMORY
OF
WILLIAM STAGG HOUSE SMITH
DIED 24TH DEC 1937, AGED 83 YEARS
ALSO
ALFED HOUSE SMITH
DIED 8TH NOV 1897. AGED 49 YEARS
ALSO LOVING PARENTS
JOHN SMITH
DIED 4TH JULY 1852. AGED 55 YEARS
SUSANNAH SMITH
DIED 31ST MARCH 1887. AGED 76 YEARS
ETTIE(Rosetta) & FREDERICK THORP In Loving Memory
of
ETTIE & FREDERICK THORP
DEARLY BELOVED MOTHER
AND FATHER OF
GEORGE THORP
WHO DEPARTED THIS LIFE
16TH AND 24TH AUGUST 1925
AGED 51 AND 53 YEARS
PEACE, PERFECT PEACE
Albert & Ina House
In Loving Memory
of
ALBERT E. HOUSE
CALLED HOME MARCH 26TH 1955
AGED 71 YEARS
ALSO
INA E. HOUSE
CALLED HOME DEC 15TH 1970
AGED 76 YEARS
FOREVER WITH THE LORD.
Francis (Frank) George House
IN LOVING MEMORY
FRANCIS (FRANK) GEORGE
STOKES
17.9.1909 - 25.5.1998
LOVING HUSBAND OF
ETHEL FRANCES STOKES (DEC)
2.5.1908 - 22.7.1981
FATHER OF
GEORGINA, FRANCES, NEIL AND KEITH
Frederick J. & Leonard W. House In Loving Memory
of
MY DEAR BROTHERS
FREDERICK JOHN HOUSE
AGED 71 YEARS
AND
LEONARD WILFRED HOUSE
AGED 29 YEARS
THY WILL BE DONE
Fredrick Henry Wells IN LOVING MEMORY
OF
FREDRICK HENRY WELLS
LOVING HUSBAND OF
MINNIE ELIZA WELL
LOVED FATHER OF EILEEN, ERNIE
DAPHNE, GEORGE, DOLLY, ROY AND JOY
PASSED AWAY 13-5-4
AGED 58
George & Annie Stokes
In Loving Memory
of
GEORGE E. STOKES
DIED 7TH SEPT 1916
"THOUGH GONE FROM SIGHT
TO MEMORY DEAR'
ALSO
ANNIE M. STOKES
WIFE OF THE ABOVE
DIED 11TH NOV. 1935
REUNITED
Grave of Henry Ward & Mary Ann Wells
In
Loving Remembrance
Of
HENRY WARD WELLS
DEARLY BELOVED HUSBAND
MARY ANN WELLS
WHO DIED 13TH JAN. 1922
AGED 85
AT REST.
Also
MARY ANN WELLS
WIFE OF H.W. WELLS
DIED 29TH OCT. 1934
AGED 86 YEARS
REST IN PEACE
************** I welcome any feed back. If you have any corrections or additions I can be contacted at the following email address jennyk57@gmail.com ******************
For those interested in the Bedggood family more information can be found at the following websites compiled by Don Bidgood:
Bidgood Bedgood Bedggood and Bitgood
http://www.tribalpages.com/tribe/browse?userid=dbidgood also check out his B_GOOD Notes - Posts and pages for B_Good Genealogy http://bandgood.wordpress.com/main-page/
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