Hi Queensland List By way of introduction, I'm a new subscriber to this List, but a Rootsweb list subscriber since the mid-1990s, a Cornwall Online Parish Clerk (OPC) for four parishes and a family history researcher for the best part of the past 30 years. Since the publication of the 1881 census (their last mention), I've been trying to determine what became of my 2x gt-grandparents, Levi BAILEY (chr 1834, Dawley, Shropshire) and wife Mary, nee HUGHES, who married in Bilston, Staffs in 1856. Their oldest daughter, Harriet (my gt-grandmother) emigrated to New Zealand in 1880 with her husband and two children. The last reference found for her parents and siblings was in Openshaw, Lancs (ie Greater Manchester) in 1881. By a process of elimination, I figured that they must have emigrated - but where to? After all these years, this afternoon I have discovered that they went to Queensland!! Name: Levi Bailey Ship Name: Bulimba Port of Arrival: Cooktown Arrival Date: 5 Mar 1883 Identifiable children found to have migrated with them: Rachel (b 1866); Ruth (b 1870); Levi (b 1873); Clara (b 1880). Possibly also their 3rd daughter, Sarah Elizabeth (b c1861), and not sure about their 2nd daughter, Mary Ann (b 1859): there was a listing for a "Miss Bailey" who may have been her. (There appear to have been other, unrelated, BAILEYs on the same voyage). I have now found that the older Levi BAILEY may have died in "Queensland": Name: Levi Bailey Death Date: 6 Feb 1910 Death Place: Queensland Father's Name: William Bailey Mother's Name: Sarah Elizabeth* Registration Year: 1910 Registration Place: Queensland Registration number: B012110 Page Number: 937 *slight inaccuracy: her name was Elizabeth (no Sarah), but otherwise I'm confident that this should be my man. In 1905 (Electoral Roll) Levi & Mary BAILEY appear to have been living in Oxley Division, Queensland. Query: Is this anywhere near Sinnamon Park (where my step-daughter & family live)? I have also found (on Ancestry) what looks like a marriage for Clara BAILEY (b 1880) - m 1900, Charles George FRANKLIN Query: is there a "Digger" Index for Queensland, as there is for Vic, NSW etc? More to the point, are there any Listers who are researching Levi BAILEY and family?! Thanks for any guidance. Blanche Charles Wellington-Kapiti Coast New Zealand Cornwall Online Parish Clerk: St Allen, St Newlyn East, Perranzabuloe,Withiel http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~blanchec/index.htm Cornwall Online Parish Clerks http://www.cornwall-opc.org/

Hello Blanche, In the Toowong Cemetery, Portion 1, Section 14, Grave Number 5 there are three people buried Levi BAILEY buried 9/2/1885 age unknown (died 8/2/1885 1885/003925 parents Levi BAILEY and Mary HUGHES) Levi BAILEY buried 7/2/1910 age unknown (died 6/2/1910 1910/B012110 parents William BAILEY and Sarah Elizabeth) Mary BAILEY buried 10/1/1906 age unknown (died 9/1/1906 1906/B006340 parents Izaih HUGHES and Sarah ARMSTRONG) Hope it helps, Greg -- DAVIS Genealogy Blog - http://davisgenealogyproject.blogspot.com

Query: Is this anywhere near Sinnamon Park (where my step-daughter & family live)? Yes, Oxley is a couple of suburbs away from Sinnamon Park. Kerry

Don't mean to be picky, you are right in what you say, Yes, Oxley is a couple of suburbs away from Sinnamon Park. but it was the Division of Oxley which covers a much larger area and in fact he was living in Vulture Street, West End, which is on the other side of the river, Greg

Also important to remember that electoral boundaries may have changed a little too certainly worth a try though!! Sue On 13/03/2012, at 7:32 PM, Greg <[email protected]> wrote: > Don't mean to be picky, you are right in what you say, > > Yes, Oxley is a couple of suburbs away from Sinnamon Park. > > but it was the Division of Oxley which covers a much larger area and in > fact he was living in Vulture Street, West End, which is on the other > side of the river, > > Greg

Further to the previous this death notice appeared in the Brisbane Courier on the 12/2/1910 - BAILEY. On February 6, 1910, at his daughter's (Mrs. Godfrey's) residence, "Shelbourne,"Hope-st, S.B., Levi Bailey, aged 75. and a link <http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article19620176> to the notice in the paper. Greg

Hello Blanche Some more entries from the Queensland BDM site https://www.bdm.qld.gov.au/IndexSearch/entry.m Qld Births Reg # Given Names Surname Father's Name Mother's Name 1909/B19888 Thelma Franklin Charles Clara Bailey 1905/C9662 Gladys Franklin Charles Clara Bailey 1904/C10128 Mabel Franklin Charles Clara Bailey 1907/C9946 Roy Franklin Charles Clara Bailey 1914/B38337 Reginald Norman Franklin Charles Clara Bailey 1913/B30981 Leslie Charles Franklin Charles Clara Bailey 1911/B24557 Edna Joyce Franklin Charles Clara Bailey 1901/B3847 Harry Franklin Charles Clara Bailey Qld Marriage Reg # Marriage Party Surname Marriage Party Given Name(s) Marriage Party Surname Marriage Party Given Name(s) 1900/B620 Bailey Clara Franklin Charles Qld Deaths Reg # Given Names Surname Father's Name Mother's Name 1910/B12803 Thelma Franklin Charles Franklin Clara Bailey 1916/C5051 Reginald Norman Franklin Charles Franklin Clara Bailey 1885/C3925 Levi Bailey Levi Bailey Mary Hughes 1910/B12110 Levi Bailey William Bailey Sarah Elizabeth - ** born England aged 75 years Regards Stan On 13/03/2012 6:10 PM, Blanche Charles wrote: > Hi Queensland List > > By way of introduction, I'm a new subscriber to this List, but a Rootsweb list subscriber since the > mid-1990s, a Cornwall Online Parish Clerk (OPC) for four parishes and a family history researcher > for the best part of the past 30 years. > > Since the publication of the 1881 census (their last mention), I've been trying to determine what > became of my 2x gt-grandparents, Levi BAILEY (chr 1834, Dawley, Shropshire) and wife Mary, nee > HUGHES, who married in Bilston, Staffs in 1856. Their oldest daughter, Harriet (my gt-grandmother) > emigrated to New Zealand in 1880 with her husband and two children. The last reference found for her > parents and siblings was in Openshaw, Lancs (ie Greater Manchester) in 1881. By a process of > elimination, I figured that they must have emigrated - but where to? > > After all these years, this afternoon I have discovered that they went to Queensland!! > > Name: Levi Bailey > Ship Name: Bulimba > Port of Arrival: Cooktown > Arrival Date: 5 Mar 1883 > > Identifiable children found to have migrated with them: Rachel (b 1866); Ruth (b 1870); Levi (b > 1873); Clara (b 1880). Possibly also their 3rd daughter, Sarah Elizabeth (b c1861), and not sure > about their 2nd daughter, Mary Ann (b 1859): there was a listing for a "Miss Bailey" who may have > been her. (There appear to have been other, unrelated, BAILEYs on the same voyage). > > I have now found that the older Levi BAILEY may have died in "Queensland": > Name: Levi Bailey > Death Date: 6 Feb 1910 > Death Place: Queensland > Father's Name: William Bailey > Mother's Name: Sarah Elizabeth* > Registration Year: 1910 > Registration Place: Queensland > Registration number: B012110 > Page Number: 937 > > *slight inaccuracy: her name was Elizabeth (no Sarah), but otherwise I'm confident that this should > be my man. > > In 1905 (Electoral Roll) Levi& Mary BAILEY appear to have been living in Oxley Division, > Queensland. > Query: Is this anywhere near Sinnamon Park (where my step-daughter& family live)? > > I have also found (on Ancestry) what looks like a marriage for Clara BAILEY (b 1880) - m 1900, > Charles George FRANKLIN > Query: is there a "Digger" Index for Queensland, as there is for Vic, NSW etc? > > More to the point, are there any Listers who are researching Levi BAILEY and family?! > > Thanks for any guidance. > > Blanche Charles > Wellington-Kapiti Coast > New Zealand > > Cornwall Online Parish Clerk: St Allen, St Newlyn East, Perranzabuloe,Withiel > http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~blanchec/index.htm > > Cornwall Online Parish Clerks > http://www.cornwall-opc.org/ > > 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 [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >