Hi Margaret, The DICK family have a family plot at the Toowong Cemetery in Brisbane. Magdalene is buried there with William. Perhaps you will enjoy this photograph of Magdalene from Trove. http://trove.nla.gov.au/work/153917890?sortby=dateAsc&q=%22William+Heddle+Dick%22&c=picture&versionId=167822954 Regards Sue. On Tue, Sep 3, 2013 at 9:11 PM, <margaret@margbauer.com> wrote: > Hi Listers > I am hoping someone out there who is a bit of a history buff, just might be > able to help me please. > I have located that Magdalene Dick, and her husband William Heddle Dick are > the great grandparents of a member of our family (married one of my > cousins). > I was going to gather in a little data about this Magdalene Dick for the > family records but can find nothing about her. > She is known to be the first lady superintendant of the first Telephone > Exchange in the then "Colony of Queensland", yet her story seems rather > elusive. > I know she died in Brisbane on the 22nd July 1922 (I dare say I could get > her death certificate, but that is not going to give me any history about > her quite unique career for that period of time, as she juggled that and > rearing her family) and had been a widow for some twenty-nine years. I > cannot seem to locate her marriage to William, nor even when and where she > was born. > Is she on anyone's tree, who might be able to enlighten me please? > > Thankyou > Margaret > > ******************************** > Margaret Bauer > Queensland, Australia > margaret@margbauer.com > www.margbauer.com > ******************************** > > > Please remember to snip most of the earlier message before you post any > reply...... Thank you! > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > AUS-QLD-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

HI again Margaret, Looks as though they arrived as a family from London per the Jelunga in 1891. See http://www.archives.qld.gov.au/Researchers/Indexes/Immigration/Pages/Immigration1848.aspx I would look in the UK for a marriage. Deaths obviously in Queensland. (index online) Burial (index online) The newspaper article referred to by James, states that she is the sister of T.E Price. which would hint that her maiden name was likely Price. Best of Luck Sue. On Wed, Sep 4, 2013 at 1:49 AM, Sue Olsen <sueolsensueolsen@gmail.com>wrote: > Hi Margaret, > > The DICK family have a family plot at the Toowong Cemetery in Brisbane. > Magdalene is buried there with William. > > Perhaps you will enjoy this photograph of Magdalene from Trove. > > > http://trove.nla.gov.au/work/153917890?sortby=dateAsc&q=%22William+Heddle+Dick%22&c=picture&versionId=167822954 > > Regards > > Sue. > > > > On Tue, Sep 3, 2013 at 9:11 PM, <margaret@margbauer.com> wrote: > >> Hi Listers >> I am hoping someone out there who is a bit of a history buff, just might >> be >> able to help me please. >> I have located that Magdalene Dick, and her husband William Heddle Dick >> are >> the great grandparents of a member of our family (married one of my >> cousins). >> I was going to gather in a little data about this Magdalene Dick for the >> family records but can find nothing about her. >> She is known to be the first lady superintendant of the first Telephone >> Exchange in the then "Colony of Queensland", yet her story seems rather >> elusive. >> I know she died in Brisbane on the 22nd July 1922 (I dare say I could get >> her death certificate, but that is not going to give me any history about >> her quite unique career for that period of time, as she juggled that and >> rearing her family) and had been a widow for some twenty-nine years. I >> cannot seem to locate her marriage to William, nor even when and where she >> was born. >> Is she on anyone's tree, who might be able to enlighten me please? >> >> Thankyou >> Margaret >> >> ******************************** >> Margaret Bauer >> Queensland, Australia >> margaret@margbauer.com >> www.margbauer.com >> ******************************** >> >> >> Please remember to snip most of the earlier message before you post any >> reply...... Thank you! >> >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> AUS-QLD-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >> quotes in the subject and the body of the message >> > >