----- Original Message ----- From: "Steve Jones" <sajones@bigpond.net.au> To: <aus-qld@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, October 25, 2009 2:51 PM Subject: [AUS-QLD] Electoral Rolls MURPHY Hi Judy Wondering if anyone can advise me what Electoral Rolls are available > for Queensland before 1900. I am looking for a Peter > Murphy family > who were living in Brisbane from about 1842 (married > Sydney 1842) and > were having children in Brisbane from about 1844 (baptised > RC.) > Any male on a pre 1900 electoral roll would need to have owned property In an 1868 Qld PO directory theres a P MURPHY, resident of Toowoomba ? > Peter Murphy was a convict Its quite important when writing about convicts to include the name of the transport they arrived on, as in those pre photographic days, this name was part of their identity Could he have been Peter MURPHY re Norfolk (3) ??? arrived in 1832 . Peter was > granted a Ticket of Leave in 1842 Peter MURPHY re Norfolk (3) was granted a ticket of leave in 1840 for the district of Campbelltown ( 40/1560 film # 937) That would allow his to work of himself and he should stay in the Cambelltown district In the convict permission to marry indexes this Peter MURPHY applied to marry a Harriet Haird who CF . He was of Narrellan ( Campbeltown) . That didnt happen. There isnt any ref for him to marry any Catherine THOMPSON and a Pardon in 1847. He became a > Police Constable in Brisbane and later moved to North > Qld - Bowen and > died in Charters Towers 1878. I have his death cert and > marriage > cert. Marriage says he married a Catherine Thompson who > was also RC. > It does not give anymore info about her It wouldnt .......... early church records dont give much away Do you have her age in any particular year ? Bye MargM QLD List Admin

QLD ELECTORAL ROLL 1864 The qualifications are - Every man twenty-one years of age, who is either a natural born or naturalised subject of her Majesty; and who is either - 1.. Owner of a freehold worth ₤100 above all charges and encumbrances, and which has been held in possession six months previous to the last registration. [This latter proviso obtains also in connection with the qualifications arising from households, salary, and board and lodging.] 2.. Occupier of a house or tenement of the annual value of ₤10; 3.. Leaseholder to the annual value of ₤10, whose lease has not less than three years to run at the time of registration; 4.. Leaseholder to the amount aforesaid, three years of whose lease had expired previous to registration; 5.. Holder of a pastoral license from the Crown; 6.. Receiving a salary of ₤100 a year; or 7.. Paying ₤40 a year for board and lodging, or ₤10 a year for lodging only.