Charles ALFORD

1822 - 1899  (77 years)

• Name	Charles ALFORD
  Born	1822	Catcott, Somersetshire, England   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Baptism	09 Feb 1822	Catcott, Somersetshire, England
  Immigration	14 Aug 1857	Moreton Bay, Queensland, Australia   [1]
  	Travelled on the 'Mary Pleasants' from Somerset to Moreton Bay, Queensland. Passenger list Charles 37, Caroline 37, Harriet 7, Emily 4 and George infant. Also on this voyage was his sister Mary and her husband James Pocock and their children.
  Died	22 Mar 1899	Ipswich, Queensland, Australia   [2, 3]
  		ALFORD Charles Death certificate
  Funeral Notice	23 Mar 1899	Ipswich, Queensland, Australia   [4]
  	Queensland Times, Ipswich Herald and General Advertiser (Qld. : 1861 - 1908), Thursday 23 March 1899, page 4 http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article123154418 FUNERAL.-The Friends of Mr. CHARLES ALFORD, Deceased, are respectfully invited to attend his Funeral, to move from his late Residence, near Railway Station, Bundanba, at 3 o'clock THIS (THURSDAY) AFTERNOON, for the Ipswich Cemetery. J. W. REED, Undertaker.
  Buried	23 Mar 1899	Ipswich, Queensland, Australia   [2, 3, 5]
  	Ipswich Cemetery Church of England B, grave 263
  		ALFORD Charles and Caroline (nee WHEADON)
  		ALFORD Charles and Caroline Grave site
  Obituary	28 Mar 1899	Ipswich, Queensland, Australia   [6]
  	Queensland Times, Ipswich Herald and General Advertiser (Qld. : 1861 - 1908), Tuesday 28 March 1899, page 4 http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article123160988 DEATH OF MR. C. ALFORD. A very old identity in the person of Mr. Charles Alford, of Bundanba, passed away on Wednesday last at the age of 80 years. Deceased was born in Somersetshire, England. He arrived in Queensland in the year 1857 in the ship Mary Pleasant, and was engaged on a station at Pine River, where he had numerous adventures with the blacks. After leaving the Pine River he came to Bundanba, where he resided for many years, after which he went to Wilsons Plains, where he engaged in cotton growing for about eight years, returning to Bundanba, where he thenceforward resided up to the time of his demise, having been helpless for about 15 years. He leaves a widow and two sons and two daughters-all of whom are married - to mourn their loss. One son predeceased him by about three years. Deceased was interred in the Ipswich cemetery on Thursday afternoon last, the officiating clergyman being the Rev. A. H. Stokoe.
  Person ID	I2032	Rossow-Beitzel
  Last Modified	31 May 2018

  
  

  Father	Joseph ALFORD,   b. 11 Sep 1791, Catcott, Somersetshire, England ,   d. 01 Jan 1867, Catcott, Somersetshire, England  (Age 75 years)
  Mother	Anna WILCOME,   b. Abt 1798, Catcott, Somersetshire, England
  Married	1814	Catcott, Somersetshire, England
  Family ID	F28726	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Caroline WHEADON,   b. 19 Mar 1827, High Ham, Somerset, England ,   d. 17 Oct 1909, Silkstone, Ipswich, Queensland, Australia  (Age 82 years)
  Married	11 Aug 1848	Bridgewater, Somerset, England
  Children	+ 1. Harriet ALFORD,   b. 06 Aug 1847, Catcott, Somersetshire, England ,   d. 02 Jan 1934, Ipswich, Queensland, Australia  (Age 86 years) + 2. Emily ALFORD,   b. 01 Mar 1852, Catcott, Somersetshire, England ,   d. 22 Aug 1922, Ipswich, Queensland, Australia  (Age 70 years) + 3. George ALFORD,   b. 01 Sep 1856, Catcott, Somersetshire, England ,   d. 09 Mar 1950, Ipswich, Queensland, Australia  (Age 93 years)   4. William ALFORD,   b. 29 Jan 1860, Ipswich, Queensland, Australia ,   d. 26 Oct 1895, Silkstone, Ipswich, Queensland, Australia  (Age 35 years)   5. Joseph ALFORD,   b. 07 Jul 1865, Ipswich, Queensland, Australia ,   d. 14 Jan 1940, Clermont, Queensland, Australia  (Age 74 years)
  Last Modified	31 May 2018
  Family ID	F2032	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map		Born - 1822 - Catcott, Somersetshire, England Baptism - 09 Feb 1822 - Catcott, Somersetshire, England Married - 11 Aug 1848 - Bridgewater, Somerset, England Immigration - 14 Aug 1857 - Moreton Bay, Queensland, Australia Died - 22 Mar 1899 - Ipswich, Queensland, Australia Funeral Notice - 23 Mar 1899 - Ipswich, Queensland, Australia Buried - 23 Mar 1899 - Ipswich, Queensland, Australia Obituary - 28 Mar 1899 - Ipswich, Queensland, Australia  = Link to Google Earth
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• Photos		ALFORD Charles
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• Sources

  [S29] Research material from Carolyn Noon. [S2] Queensland: Registry Birth Deaths Marriages, 1899/003662. [S32] Headstone transcription, from headstone photo taken by Anne McLean, Ashleigh Stratton & Judy Spalding. [S128] Newspapers - Australia NLA, National Library of Australia, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article123154418. [S63] Ipswich Genealogical Society Inc. Index - Ipswich General Cemetery Headstones. [S128] Newspapers - Australia NLA, National Library of Australia, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article123160988.