Hi Kerry Your email provides the opportunity for me to repost my interest in my MORRIS family from Boulton, Derby, England and Aspley, Radford, Nottingham, England, many members of which migrated to Queensland in the mid 19th century. I hope my contacts in Brisbane don't mind me sharing the excellent research work they have done: "Selina MORRIS, born on 18 Jul 1822 in Boulton, Derby, England, the child of John and Penelope, married Alfred ROBINSON - son of Edward and Elizabeth ROBINSON at Boulton St Marys Church, Derby, England on 3rd March 1846. Her sister, Eliza, was one of the witnesses at that wedding. At least two children were born in Boulton Derbyshire, to Alfred and Selina ROBINSON: Penelope in 1847, and Alfred (jnr) in 1856. Alfred (who worked as a joiner) and Selina and their two children left Derbyshire for Australia. They arrived in Moreton Bay, Queensland aboard the Blenheim on 12th October 1857. Shipping records indicate that both Alfred and Selina were able to read and write. Two brothers of Selina and Eliza, namely William and John MORRIS and their adult children also migrated to Brisbane on the Conway arriving Moreton Bay 27 Nov 1862. Selina was the second of the MORRIS family to migrate to Australia but there is little known so far about the life of the ROBINSONS, apart from the fact that they and their children stayed close to sister Eliza THRUTCHLEY nee MORRIS and the THRUTCHLEY family throughout their lives. Selina died at the age of 90 years on 26 Dec 1913. Death certificate number 13/8/018727 She was buried at the same Tingalpa cemetery, Brisbane as her husband, her daughter Penelope and her elder sister Eliza. Alfred ROBINSON and Selina (nee Morris) were buried in Row D Grave 22; Robert JARVIS and his wife Penelope. (Daughter of Alfred and Selina) were buried in Row D 20/ 23; Henry Robert JARVIS. (Son of Robert and Penelope Jarvis Nee Robinson) Row D 21/22; Eleanor Maud WILLIAMS (Daughter of Robert and Penelope Jarvis Nee Robinson) Row D 20. Information regarding these burials was kindly provided by Sue Olsen along with the following extract from the Tingalpa Cemetery Heritage Group Inc Newsletter, summarising the history of Christ Church - The Great Survivor: 1868- Tingalpa's Christ Church Pioneers Chapel and Burial Ground was consecrated by Bishop Tufnell. Building Funds had been collected locally, and at mother churches in Bishap and Learnington (sic. perhaps Leamington and Bishops Tachbrook, Warwickshire) in England, so the little wooden church serving the farming settlement on the banks of Bulimba Creek was opened debt free, and was possibly the first consecrated Anglican Church in the new colony of Queensland. 1885- Christ Church was demolished by a savage cyclone, and rebuilt, a little smaller than the first and on a cement base, using salvaged timbers from the original church. Family weddings, baptisms and funerals held at Christ church over the years have endeared the old chapel to many Tingalpa families now scattered throughout Australia. 1996- A termite infested Christ Church was stripped for demolition, but saved when both the building and burial ground were heritage listed. 2002- The friends of Tingalpa Cemetery Heritage Group Formed to preserve the historic chapel, and to care for the graves of the pioneers. Since then the cemetery has been cleared of years of accumulated rubbish, graves cleaned and decorated with floral tributes, and some new bronze plaques fixed. A front fence has been erected, and the church now has a new roof and a toilet and storage room. A beautiful English Oak Cross has been made by Danny Sayers, Son of Theresa Sayers who was buried at Tingalpa Last year. 2005- Largely through the efforts of Committeemen and especially Keith Robinson, Keith Anderson and Gordon Voltz, the old chapel is now ready for restoration, when funds are available. Donations are sought to continue this work. I hope all this is of as much interest to Brisbane listers as it was to me when I first received it from Sue. Best regards Chris Derby England -----Original Message----- From: Kerry Raymond [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: 26 March 2005 23:57 To: [email protected] Subject: [AQ-BRISBANE] Cemeteries of Brisbane - looking for a complete list Spurred on by a WWW site that claims that Greater Metropolitan Brisbane has 59 Cemeteries, I tried to list them all and found I came well short. There are 12 that Brisbane City Council control: Bald Hills (Sandgate) Balmoral (Bulimba) Brookfield Cedar Creek Hemmant Lutwyche Moggill Mt Gravatt Nundah Pinnaroo South Brisbane (Dutton Park) Toowong (Brisbane General) There are some church cemeteries that I know of: * Sherwood (Anglican) * Nudgee (Catholic) * Chapel Hill (Uniting) And there are some other small private ones: * God's Acre (Archerfield) There are ones that have been wiped off the map (so to speak): * Paddington (now Lang Park) (Brisbane General) There are some other ones but they might not be in Brisbane but in surrounding local authorities: * Centenary Memorial Gardens, Wacol (Ipswich?) * Heritage Park, Goodna (Ipswich?) And there are crematoriums which might be included as cemeteries since they bury ashes there, that might be included for the purposes of a count: * Mt Thompson (Holland Park) * Albany Creek Are there other places with niches for ashes but no burials (other than those at cemeteries and crematoriums)? But I'm still well short of 59. Any others that anyone else can name? Of course, I am not sure what constitutes "Greater Brisbane" for the purposes of this discussion. Being historically minded, I am presuming it is a reference to the merger of Brisbane councils and shires back in the 1920s-30s and so constitutes the area we call Brisbane today. But of course it may be a reference to Brisbane, Ipswich, Redcliffe, Pine Rivers, Logan City etc that constitute the continuous urban sprawl of Brisbane which clearly introduces a lot more possible cemeteries. So can anyone think of any others? Especially the small ones. Kerry ==== AUS-QLD-BRISBANE Mailing List ==== Toowoomba Dead Persons Society www.audps.com ============================== Search the US Census Collection. Over 140 million records added in the last 12 months. Largest online collection in the world. Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13965/rd.ashx