| Name |
George ALFORD |
| Born |
01 Sep 1856 |
Catcott, Somersetshire, England  [1] |
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ALFORD George
Birth certificate |
| Gender |
Male |
| Baptism |
12 Oct 1856 |
Catcott, Somersetshire, England |
| Education |
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| Emigration |
14 Aug 1857 |
Somersetshire, England [1] |
- Left Somerset, London on the 'Mary Pleasants'.
Charles 37, Caroline 37, Harriet 7, Emily 4 and George infant.
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| Died |
09 Mar 1950 |
Ipswich, Queensland, Australia [2, 3] |
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ALFORD George
Death certificate |
| Funeral Notice |
11 Mar 1950 |
Brisbane, Queensland, Australia [4] |
- The Courier-Mail, Saturday 11 March 1950, page 16
http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article49705130
ALFORD. - The Relatives and Friends of Mr. and Mrs. D. Keane (Torbanlea), Mr. and Mrs. W. Rossow (Cleveland), Mr. and Mrs. J. Alford, Mr. and Mrs. G. Alford, Mr. and Mrs. W. Alford (Ipswich), and Mr. and Mrs. H. Alford Sydney) and Families are invited to attend the Funeral of their beloved Father, Father-in-law, and Grandfather, George Alford, senior, late of Cleveland, and formerly of Raceview, to leave the Funeral Chapel, Limestone street, Ipswich, at 10 o'clock, This (Saturday) Morning, for the Ipswich Cemetery. Service at 9.40.
O. BOTTCHER & SON, Funeral Directors, Ipswich.
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| Occupation |
- Railway Fettler/Lengthsman
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| Religion |
- Methodist then Christadelphian
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| Buried |
11 Mar 1950 |
Ipswich, Queensland, Australia [5] |
- Ipswich Cemetery
Christadelphian B section, grave 14
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ALFORD George and Maria Caroline (nee SOLWAY)
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| Notes |
- George was one year old when he and his parents Charles and Caroline and sisters Harriet and Emily emigrated from Somerset, England aboard the 'Mary Pleasants', arriving in Moreton Bay, Queensland in 1847.
George grew up at Bundamba and was a labourer of 24 years when he married Maria Caroline SOLWAY at the Wesleyan Methodist church, Birkwood, near Ipswich on 3 August 1881. Five days later, the Queensland Times covered the event.
Where the young couple lived immediately after their marriage is unknown, but the following year, when their first child Elizabeth Hill was born they moved to Basin Pocket, a suburb of Ipswich. The family expanded with the births of Emily Ada 1883, Joseph 1884. They had moved further westward to Teviotville by 1888 where George (Jr) was born, followed three years later by the birth of their last child Mabel Caroline in 1891.
George (Sr) worked as a railway lengthsman and fettler during the construction of the Ipswich-Teviotville-Boonah line from late 1880s and early 1890s. He worked side-by-side with a man named Fred GUARD, a Christadelphian by religion, who greatly influenced George to reconsider his staunch Methodist beliefs. Eventually George was converted and was baptised as a Christadelphian (greek for 'a brother of Christ'). Maria took a little more time, be she too was baptised.
George worked for the railway department until the family had saved enough money to buy a dairying property at Anthony, near Roadvale, in the Fassifern Valley. He acquired the title deeds for the property, portion no. 214 in the parish of Fassifern and containing 88 acres, 2 roods, 2 perches, on 18 December 1891. The family owned this farming and dairying property called 'Hawkford' up until 1972, when it was sold by George and Maria's son, George Alford (Jr) who took over the reins in 1930. (Hawkford is most probably a compilation of the property's first selector's name Hawkins and the Alford name.)
Earlier, George (Sr) and Maria decided to retire and moved back to Ipswich where they bought their house at Raceview.
The Alford children attended Teviotville Primary School originally known as the Teviotville Station School that had begun in 1881.
In 1910 George and Maria adopted a two year old boy named Harold JOHNS, who unmarried mother was without any means of support. When he was 21 Harold (Harry) changed his name to Harold John Alford.
After Maria died in 1930 Georged lived another twenty years moving back and forth between his children's families but stayed mainly with his youngest child Mabel and her husband Bill Rossow. George was living with them permanently in 1946. He died of old age accompanied by senitlity aged 93 and was buried next to Maria in Ipswich Cemetery.
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| Person ID |
I264 |
Rossow-Beitzel |
| Last Modified |
27 Mar 2020 |
| Father |
Charles ALFORD, b. 1822, Catcott, Somersetshire, England , d. 22 Mar 1899, Ipswich, Queensland, Australia (Age 77 years) |
| Mother |
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 |
| Family ID |
F2032 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Family |
Maria Caroline SOLWAY, b. 05 Dec 1862, Ipswich, Queensland, Australia , d. 18 Apr 1930, Ipswich, Queensland, Australia (Age 67 years) |
| Married |
03 Aug 1881 |
Queensland, Australia [6, 7] |
- Queensland Times, Ipswich Herald and General Advertiser (Qld. : 1861 - 1908), Thursday 11 August 1881, page 2
http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article122871554
MARRIAGES.
On the 3rd August, at Birkwood Wesleyan Church, by the Rev. W. H. Williams, George, eldest son of Charles Alford, to Maria Caroline, second daughter of Samuel Solway, farmer, Sunnyside.
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ALFORD George and Maria (nee SOLWAY)
Marriage certificate |
| Children |
| + | 1. Elizabeth Hill ALFORD, b. 18 May 1882, Basin Pocket, Ipswich, Queensland, Australia , d. 03 Dec 1959, Queensland, Australia (Age 77 years) |
| + | 2. Emily Ada ALFORD, b. 23 Aug 1883, Bundamba, Queensland, Australia , d. 13 Oct 1943, Ipswich, Queensland, Australia (Age 60 years) |
| + | 3. Joseph ALFORD, b. 20 Oct 1885, Queensland, Australia , d. 07 Apr 1959, Queensland, Australia (Age 73 years) |
| | 4. George ALFORD, b. 05 Jul 1887, Queensland, Australia , d. 11 Jul 1974, Queensland, Australia (Age 87 years) |
| | 5. William John ALFORD, b. 20 Jan 1889, Teviotville, Queensland, Australia , d. 02 Sep 1958, Ipswich, Queensland, Australia (Age 69 years) |
| + | 6. Mabel Caroline ALFORD, b. 05 Oct 1891, Teviotville, Queensland, Australia , d. 03 Feb 1971, Stanthorpe, Queensland, Australia (Age 79 years) |
| | 7. Harry John ALFORD, b. 24 Oct 1908, Ipswich, Queensland, Australia , d. 17 Feb 1984, Queensland, Australia (Age 75 years) |
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| Last Modified |
10 Mar 2020 |
| Family ID |
F197 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
1856 - 1950 (93 years)
: Address
: Location
: City/Town
: County/Shire
: State/Province
: Country
: Not Set
