Sussanah Bridgeman

• Charts: Descendants of Thomas Bridgeman

• Sussanah Bridgeman was born in 1837 in Adelaide, South Australia.
• She was the daughter of Thomas Bridgeman and Sarah Newitt.
• Sussanah Bridgeman was baptized in St James Church of England, Melbourne, Victoria.
• At the age of 16 years, Sussanah Bridgeman married Samuel Green in 1853 in Victoria. Samuel was 36, a widowed shoemaker, Sussanah only 16.
• Sussanah was buried in August 1860 in Creswick Cemetery. C of E, Row 11, Grave 2041. She is buried with her daughter.
• Sussanah Bridgeman died in August 1860 in Creswick, Victoria. Her death certificate [reg. no. 8306] showed she was born in Adelaide.
  

Thomas Bridgeman

• Charts: Descendants of Thomas Bridgeman, Descendants of Charles Eyles
• South Australia: OtherPioneers from New South Wales

Thomas Bridgeman & Jane Eyes and perhaps Charles and Jane c 1848

• Thomas Bridgeman was born in 1807 in Kent, England. (according to New Zealand Death Certificate). Some sources list his name as Thomas Walter Bridgeman. The only official documents found to date, that includes the middle name of Walter are the marriage and death certificates of his son Charles Walter Bridgeman.
  
• He was the son of Robert Bridgeman and Sarah Wanstall.
• Thomas Bridgeman may have been baptised on 21 February 1808 in Wickham, Kent.
• At the age of 27 years, Thomas Bridgeman married Sarah Newitt on 24 August 1834 in St Mary's Church, Newington, Surry, England. Thomas was a bachelor and Sarah a spinster, both of the Parish of St Mary Newington. They were married by banns. Witnesses to the marriage were Edmund ? and Elizabeth ?. Sarah had been baptized just a few weeks before their marriage.
  
• In 1834 when they made application to come to Australia , Thomas Bridgeman and Sarah Newitt lived in 1 Webber Street, Blackfriars Road, London.
• Thomas Bridgeman and Sarah Newitt immigrated to Adelaide on 17 October 1837. According to the immigration records Thomas and his wife Sarah were still livng in Blackfriars at the time they made application as assisted immigrants. Thomas was 29 years old and a carpenter and Sarah was 23. There were no children listed. They came on the "Katherine Stewart Forbes". Their application number was 0945, Embarkment no 514.
  
• Between November 1837 and 1840 Thomas Bridgeman and Sarah Newitt lived in George Street, Adelaide. According to South Australian directories he was a carpenter. While they lived in Adelaide their daughter Sussanah was born in 1837. She died aged 23, in Victoria.
  
• Sometime before 1841 Thomas and Sarah moved to Melbourne where their son Alexander was born. Alexander and his sister Susannah, were baptized at St James Church of England in Melbourne.
  According to family hearsay Thomas was "the ship's carpenter on Lieutenant Hobson's ship, which sailed for New Zealand. He was believed to have piloted Hobson's ship into Auckland Harbour, because he had visited Auckland previously, and knew the channel in". William Hobson was Lieutenant Governor of New Zealand. He declared English sovereignty over New Zealand in 1840. Several days later he sent his ship HMS Britomart commanded by Owen Stanley to report on the establishment of a French settlement at Akakoa. Stanley raised the English flag at Akakoa on August 10, before the French disembarked. The following year, 1841, Stanley, in the HMS Britomart , was commissioned to carry out the first survey of Waitemata Harbour – where present day Auckland stands. Was this the ship on which Thomas Bridgeman made his way to New Zealand? Once Thomas had arrived in New Zealand, he decided to stay, leaving his wife and children in Melbourne. It is thought that Sarah married a Joseph Foster in 1853, believing she was a widow. Thomas may have jumped ship in order to remain in New Zealand. Thomas, by now 34, made his way to Nelson on the South Island.
  
  
• At the age of 36 years, Thomas Bridgeman married Jane Eyles, daughter of Daniel Eyles and Jane Primmer, on 1 April 1843 in the Methodist Church, Nelson, New Zealand.
• Between May 1843 and 1845 Thomas Bridgeman and Jane Eyles lived in Waimea, New Zealand.
• Thomas Bridgeman's and Jane Eyles's first child Rebekah was born 1 February 1844 in Nelson, New Zealand.
• On 17 February 1844 Thomas appeared on a jury list in Nelson. He was a joiner at the time and lived at Waimea.
  
• Thomas Bridgeman immigrated to Sydney on 18 June 1845. He boarded the schooner "Star of China" at Port Nelson. It left for Australia on the 26th of May and arrived at Port Jackson. Jane & Rebekah departed from Port Nelson on the 26 September 1845 on the Comet. By the time she arrived in Sydney on 9 October Jane was almost eight months pregnant with their son Charles.
  During the four months it took for Jane to arrive in Australia, Thomas would have been looking for work. When Jane arrived it seems the family was immediately on the move again. Charles Walter Bridgeman he gave his place of birth as Gosswick (Gostwyck), New England when he married. Just how did the family get to Gostwyck from Sydney in the few weeks before his birth?
  Edward Gostwyck Cory (1799-1873) was granted over 2,000 acres of land fronting the Paterson River (in the Hunter Region) by Governor Brisbane in 1823. He had called this property Gostwyck. [Note: - Ironically the horse alleged stolen by William Gillis in 1851 belonged to Edward Cory]. Edward secured a second tract of grazing land near present day Uralla and about 20 km south of Armidale, which he also called Gostwyck. He quickly sold it to his partner William Dangar who in turn sold it to his brother Henry Dangar in 1832.
  How was it that Charles was born on 11 November, 1845 at Gostwyck, New England? A Richard Towns, who arrived in Sydney in March 1845, was bound to Henry Dangar in New England. His great, great grandson wrote: - “It is said that they travelled to Morpeth by boat, a trip which took about 11 hours, and then by horse and cart or bullock to New England, with the whole trip taking "almost a month".” A similar fate would have met Thomas and Jane. It does not seem possible that Jane travelled overland for “almost a month” and gave birth to Charles at Gostwyck in New England on 11 November 1845. Charles was then baptized three weeks later while his parents were living on the Clarence River. How did they make that trip in three weeks?
  It was possible, however, that Charles may have been born at the Gostwyck on the Paterson River as the property was accessible by boat via Newcastle, and a journey from there to the Clarence River would only take a few days taking the coastal route. Wherever Charles was born, it is no doubt that his father had some connection to one of the Gostwyck properties.
  The family remained in the Clarence district, with Thomas working as a fisherman/carpenter from a houseboat according to family hearsay. When his daughter Jane was baptised in January, 1848 his occupation was given as a carpenter. At that time Grafton consisted of a small collection of building on the South side of the River. Further up the river, at Copmanhurst, the head of navigation, another settlement was being established. Thomas most likely travelled between the two settlements looking for work.
  An escaped convict Richard Craig had lead authorities who were interested in the great stands of cedar trees in the area, to the site of present day Grafton. He was a skilled bushman and in the 1830’s drove a flock of sheep from Ebor (between Armidale and Dorrigo) to The Settlement as Grafton was then known. In 1840 he bought 8,000 sheep down for J. R. Grose’s run at Copmanhurst. The sheep were ferried across the river on barge. His track through the bush to Grafton became known as the Craig Line, and was later used by many travellers. Was this how Thomas and Jane moved from Gostwyck near Uralla to Grafton?
  
  At some stage Thomas met George Kettel. George was the son of a William Kettel Esq, from Wateringbury in Kent. In 1841 George was granted a Depasturing License for the Moonbi run on the Peel River at Liverpool Plains (now on the main Highway between Tamworth and Armidale). The lease was later taken up by Henry Dangar (owner of Gostwyck, New England). On 1 November 1841, a Joseph Robinson was given a Ticket of Leave Passport 6 (41/485) to proceed to the Peel River under the service of Mr George Kettel on Moonbi and Tuckerman Sheep Stations near Tamworth. In 1847 George was at Peels River. He placed an advertisement in The Maitland Mercury & Hunter River General Advertiser advising that a horse had been lost or stolen from Peels River and that a reward of up to three pound would be paid for its return to either himself or Henry Dangar Esq.
  
  On 19 September 1848 The NSW Government Gazette advertised that Henry Dangar had claimed the lease of the Moonbi run. The run had grazing capacity for 8,000 sheep. The description of the run included a comment about “the hut occupied by Mr George Kettel”. Also in 1848, Henry Dangar’s brother John took up the Wallan run near present day Drillham on the Darling Downs. Perhaps as early as 1849, George Kettel took up the lease on Bogandilla Station, on the Darling Downs. Some references state it was part of the Wallan run, then owned by John Dangar. George would have needed to move his sheep from the Moonbi run since the lease was now owned by Henry Dangar. Family hearsay has it that “when Charles was about 5 years old his family in partnership with a Sea Captain Kettle took a flock of sheep and settled on land at Dulacca near Miles”. [Charles would have been four in early 1850]. Just what role Thomas Bridgeman played in this arrangement is uncertain. Certainly Thomas’s carpentry skills would have been valuable in establishing shelter for the party when they arrived at the station. But did he have his own flock of sheep? Making arrangements for such a trip would have taken some time and most likely involved acquiring a number of drays to carry food and goods. The Bridgeman family would have travelled to New England the quickest route being via the Craig Line. Perhaps the party made their arrangements for the trip at Gostwyck near Uralla, since the station was the largest in the region and certainly larger than George Kettel’s hut on Moombi. Kettle also had a close association with Henry Dangar, the owner of Gostwyck. Could this stay have left an impression on young Charles – who later stated he was born there?
  
  The most logical route for George Kettle to follow to Bognadilla near present day Dulacca, would have been via the water courses to ensure a good water supply for the sheep. After leaving Moombi the flock would have travelled to Gostwyck and then north. One possible route would have been to follow the McIntyre River from around what is now Inverell into Queensland (then NSW), and then its tributary McIntyre Brook. Frances Gillies was born at Meme , most likely a station on McIntyre Brook around present day Inglewood on 10 August 1850. It is possible that he was born during the trip north with George Kettel, meaning Jane would have made the overland trip during the latter stages of her pregnancy. From McIintyre Brook the flock may have reached Bogandilla in the spring of 1850 via the Condamine River. There was a Mihi Station close to Gostwych at Uralla.
  
  At some point during the family’s travels Rebecka died. No record of her death on the Clarence, during the overland trip or at Bogandilla has been found.
  
• Again, according to family hearsay, “the family built a house on the property. They had a lot of trouble with aborigines ... one aborigine was very taken with young Jane Bridgeman who was a pretty child, and wanted to marry her .... he forced a fight with Mr Bridgeman twice and lost. Finally during a fight he (Bridgeman) was killed.... another version is that Mr Bridgeman died during a trip to Brisbane in order to record the land on which they had settled”. (Handwritten article on Thomas Bridgeman – Francis Walter Gillies descendant).
  
  It is not known when Thomas Bridgeman left Bogandilla. George Kettel was killed by aborigines on 5 January 1854 “his head was split open while he was dipping a billy of water from the creek to make tea”. The Maitland Mercury & Hunter River General Advertiser reported that two young aboriginals had been detained in connection with the murder. " Drayton, March 20 1854.—Since my last communication I have to inform you that two aboriginal natives have been arrested at Wallon, on a charge of cattle stealing, which natives have confessed that they were present at the murder of Mr. James George Kettel, of the Schanning, and at the taking away of his sheep; On Friday, the third of March, Mr. Ferrett sent down a messenger to Mr. Lester, J.P., of Terreyboo, for assistance, stating that there were strange blacks on his run, endangering the lives of his men, and likely to do him damage. Lieutenant Irving and Sub-Lieutenant Nicol, of the native police, were at Terreyboo at the time, when Mr. Nicol was immediately dispatched with six troopers. He returned on the Monday, bringing the two blacks in handcuffs, on a charge of killing and eating a bullock. These two men, who are both very young, and who have recently been in the employ of squatters in the neighbourhood, confess to have been present at the murder. There is, of course, no other evidence, nor could there be even if they were all arrested.—Correspondent of Englishman"
  
  Was it after George Kettel’s death that Thomas Bridgeman left Bogandilla to “record the land on which they had settled”? Did he leave Jane, four months pregnant on the station with the children Charles, Jane, Frank and Ellen (born 1852) and travel to Brisbane in early 1854? Whenever he left he did not return. Records indicate he made his way to South Australia where he married a third time.
  
  
• At the age of 47 years, Thomas Bridgeman married Sarah McAdams on 23 October 1854 in Trinity Church, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia. She was a 32 year old spinster and he a 42 year old widowed carpenter. Witnesses to the marriage were Francis Kelly and Mary Ann Jolly.
  
• Thomas Bridgeman and Sarah McAdams immigrated to New Zealand in 1855. Just when Thomas and Sarah arrived in New Zealand is uncertain. Family hearsay has it that they travelled on the ship Gil Blass from Melbourne on 3 September 1855, as steerage passengers under the name of Mr and Mrs Adams. Sarah would have been eight months pregnant at the time. (Taranaki Bridgeman family hearsay) has it that Thomas 'jumped ship' and was liable for severe punishment, if he had been caught . Does this refer to Thomas' leaving the HMS Britomart without permission way back in 1841 when Owen Stanley surveyed Auckland harbour?
  
  But why travel when your are 8 months pregnant, (although this is what Jane Eyles did when she sailed from Nelson in 1835), and why under an assumed name, only to revert to your correct name once you are settled. A James Adams was born in 1856 but to a Margret and James Adams. Three more children were born to Thomas and Sarah McAdam - Thomas Henry in Otago in 1857, South Island and twins Priscilla and Sarah in 1859, all under the name of Bridgeman. Sometime before 1880 the family moved to the New Plymouth district in the North Island where their daughter Sarah died in 1880.
  
• In 1876,his wife, Sarah Newitt died in Australia. Her death certificate [reg no 743] shows she was 63 years old, born in Kent. No parents names were recorded.
  
• On 9 June 1880,Thomas Bridgeman's daughter, Sarah Bridgeman was buried in Inglewood Cemetery at age 21.
• On 31 July 1885,his wife, Sarah McAdams died in New Zealand.
• On 22 March 1891,his wife, Jane Eyles died in Gowrie Little Plain, Queensland, Australia. Her cause of death was senile decay from which she had been suffering for 18 months. Dr Robers had been her Medical attendant. The informant of her death was her son-in-law John McGregor of Gowrie Little Plain. He stated her parents were Walter Daniel Eyles and Jane Hill and that she had been born in Somerset 63 years ago, having been 30 years in Queensland. Children of her first marriage were Charles Walter Bridgeman 43 and Gary 40 ? and of her second Francis 28, Ellen 26, Katherine 24, Alice 32, William Patrick 30, Agnes 28 and Edith 19 - obviously the ages for the first three children of this marriage are out by 10 years. She had two deceased children, daughters, by her first marriage.
  
• Thomas Bridgeman died on 7 February 1893 in Dudley Road, Moa District, Ingelwood, New Zealand. The death certificate showed his cause of death was hypostatic pneumonia and that he had been suffering for 14 days before his death. His living issue were two males aged 38 and 36, no females, he had married Sarah McAdam in Adelaide, South Australia when he was 48, had been born in Kent, and had been living in New Zealand for 50 years before his death. No details were given of his father or mother.
  Thomas had outlived his three wives and four of his eleven children.
• Thomas was buried on 9 February 1893 in Inglewood Cemetery, Row 1 Plot 24N, New Zealand.

Thomas Henry Bridgeman

• Charts: Descendants of Thomas Bridgeman

• Thomas Henry Bridgeman was born on 25 February 1857 in Tolomairiro, Otago.
• He was the son of Thomas Bridgeman and Sarah McAdams.
• At the age of 27 years, Thomas Henry Bridgeman married Charlotte Ann Stockman in 1885 in New Zealand.
• On 5 June 1890,Thomas Henry Bridgeman's son, George Henry Bridgeman was buried in Inglewood Cemetery at age 2.
• On 30 December 1902,Thomas Henry Bridgeman's daughter, Ida May Bridgeman was buried in Inglewood Cemetery. Her parents lived in the Moa District.
• On 6 February 1912,Thomas Henry Bridgeman's son, Robert Edgar Bridgeman was buried in Inglewood Cemetery. He was a school boy of Inglewood.
• Thomas Henry Bridgeman's son, Reginald James Bridgeman was buried in Te Henui Cemetery. He was a sawmill hand.
• In July 1918 Thomas Henry Bridgeman and Charlotte Ann Stockman lived in Vogletown, New Plymouth. Their son Frank left Wellington on the 10 July 1918, aboard the "Tahiti" to sail to Plymouth during World War I. Both Frank and Harold who also served overseas returned to New Zealand at the end of the war.
  
• Thomas Henry Bridgeman died on 18 November 1935 in New Plymouth, New Zealand, at age 78.
• Thomas was buried in Te Henui Cemetery. He was a farmer of Carrington Road.

Thomas Methven Bridgeman

• Charts: Descendants of Thomas Bridgeman

• Thomas Methven Bridgeman was born in 1864 in Carngham, Victoria.
• He was the son of Alexander Alfred Bridgeman and Agnes Methven.
• At the age of 23 years, Thomas Methven Bridgeman married Martha Hester in 1887 in Victoria.
• In July 1887 Thomas was granted a license for 105 acres, parish of Irrewillipe.
  
• On 6 October 1935,his wife, Martha Hester died in Victoria.
• Thomas Methven Bridgeman died on 9 November 1935 in Victoria.
• Thomas was buried on 11 November 1935 in Colac Cemetery.
• He left a will. "Thomas Methven Bridgeman, late of Alvie, near Colac, dairy farmer, who died on November 9, left by will dated May 26 1925, real estate of a gross value of £7,715, and personal property of a gross value of £1,127 to his widow and children."
  

Thomas Methven Bridgeman

• Charts: Descendants of Thomas Bridgeman

• Thomas Methven Bridgeman was born in 1890 in Irrewillpie, Victoria.
• He was the son of Thomas Methven Bridgeman and Martha Hester.
• At the age of 28 years, Thomas Methven Bridgeman married Ina Constance Edwards in 1918 in Victoria.
• In November 1919 Thomas Methven Bridgeman lived in Stoneleigh, Alvie.
• The following article appeared in The Age on 6 March 1922. "MOTOR CYCLIST AWARDED £50
  DAMAGES.
  COLAC.— At Colac county court, before Judge Woinaraki, Thomas Methven Bridgeman, dairyman, of Alvie claimed from Murdoch M'Lennon, retired farmer, of
  Colac, £99 damages for personal injuries and damages to a motor cycle in a collision with defendant's motor car on Alvle-road on 14th September last. Evidence for plaintiff was that defendant, in turning from Red Rock-lane to the main road, was on the wrong side of the road, and plaintiff, who was riding a motor cycle, collided
  with him. The evidence for the defendant was that he was on his right side, and it was plaintiff who was at fault. His Honor
  gave an order for plaintiff for £50 10/6 pence, with costs. Defendant's counter claim for
  £40 damages to his car was dismissed"
  with costs.
• He witnessed the near drowing of his son, Gordon Sutton Bridgeman on 23 November 1952. Gordon, a carpenter of Apollo Bay was almost drowned when a 15ft launch in which he was sailing was swept onto the reef in rough weather at Apollo Bay. Two other men in the boat were drowned. His father Thomas was watching from the cliff above and attempted to save the drowned men.
  
• On 1 July 1954,his wife, Ina Constance Edwards died in Colac, Victoria.
• Thomas Methven Bridgeman died on 7 July 1965 in Colac, Victoria.
• Thomas was buried on 10 July 1965 in Warncoort Cemetery.

Violet Victoria Bridgeman

• Charts: Descendants of Thomas Bridgeman, Descendants of Charles Eyles

• Violet Victoria Bridgeman was born on 3 November 1899 in Kilburnie, Queensland.
• She was the daughter of Charles Daniel Bridgeman and Frances Myrah Ewin.
• At the age of 21 years, 2 months and 2 days, Violet Victoria Bridgeman married Edward Harry Burley on 5 January 1921 in Queensland.
• Violet Victoria Bridgeman died on 11 March 1981 in Queensland at age 81.

Walter Francis Bridgeman

• Charts: Descendants of Thomas Bridgeman, Descendants of Charles Eyles

• Walter Francis Bridgeman was born on 12 March 1893 in Oakey, Queensland.
• He was the son of Charles Daniel Bridgeman and Frances Myrah Ewin.
• At the age of 45 years, Walter Francis Bridgeman married Jane Irene Thelma Anderson in 1939 in Sydney, New South Wales.
• Walter Francis Bridgeman died on 28 August 1982 in Chinchilla, Queensland, at age 89.
• Walter was buried on 30 August 1982 in Tanderra Lawn Cemetery. SECTION 1 Section C Plot/Niche 12.

William James Bridgeman

• Charts: Descendants of Thomas Bridgeman

• William James Bridgeman was born on 28 August 1881 in New Zealand.
• William James Bridgeman married Annie Miller Wright on 28 August 1881 in New Zealand.
• William James Bridgeman was the son of James Adams Bridgeman and Mary Ann Rampton.
• William James Bridgeman died on 26 December 1950 in New Zealand at age 69.
• William was buried on 29 December 1950 in Te Henui Cemetery. He lived at 565 Mission Hill, New Plymouth and was a farmer.

Winnie Bridgeman

• Charts: Descendants of Thomas Bridgeman

• Winnie Bridgeman was born in 1912. She married George Thomas, born 10 Feb 1908. They had one son Ian Roy Thomas born 28 aug 1940 . He married Ina Ward, born 4 Jun 1944, and they had 2 children, Wayne Mitchell Thomas born 20 Mar 1966, and Pauline Carol Thomas born 12 May 1968.
• She was the daughter of William James Bridgeman and Annie Miller Wright.

George Bridges

• George Bridges was born in 1904 in Queensland.
• He was the son of George Bridges and Esther Garrett.
• George Bridges appeared on the Electoral Roll in 1925 living at Cabarlah. George was a storekeeper.
  
• At the age of 24 years, George Bridges married Tiffillia Louise Chapman, daughter of Thomas Henry Chapman and Emily Louisa Charlotte Goodrick, in 1928 in Queensland.
• George Bridges died on 7 August 1988.
• George was buried on 9 August 1988 in Drayton & Toowoomba Cemetery.

George Bridges

• Railway Workers: Other Railway Workers

• George Bridges was born in 1878 in Queensland. He was the son of William Bridges and Frances Gayton.
  
• At the age of 25 years, George Bridges married Esther Garrett, daughter of Isaac Garrett and Ann Jane Hamilton, in 1903 in Queensland.
• George Bridges and Esther Garrett appeared on the Electoral Roll in 1903 living at Spring Bluff. George was a labourer.
  
• George Bridges and Esther Garrett appeared on the Electoral Roll in 1913 living at Highfields. George was a railway employee.
  
• George Bridges and Esther Garrett appeared on the Electoral Roll in 1925 living at Highfields. George was a railway employee.
• George Bridges died on 14 May 1944 in Queensland.
• George was buried on 15 May 1944 in Drayton & Toowoomba Cemetery.

Annie Bridson

• Annie Bridson was born circa 1860. She was the daughter of Thomas Bridson and Annie.
  
• Annie Bridson married Thomas Alexander Neilson circa 1884.
• Annie Bridson witnessed the burial of Thomas Alexander Neilson on 13 June 1895 in Toowoomba & Drayton Cemetery.
• Annie Bridson and Thomas Alexander Neilson appeared on the Electoral Roll in 1903 living at Queen Street, Crow's Nest. Thomas was a farmer.
• In 1906,Annie Bridson's son, William Archibald Neilson was buried in Crow's Nest Cemetery. UNIT-00N-0003.
• Annie Bridson died on 11 May 1929 in Queensland.
• Annie was buried in Crow's Nest Cemetery.

Elizabeth Brien

• Elizabeth Brien was born in September 1828 in Ballycommon, Offaly, Ireland. She was the daughter of Thomas Brien and Betsy Farrell.
  
• At the age of 28 years and 5 months, Elizabeth Brien married George Moran on 12 February 1857 in St Phillip Neri, Daingean, County Offaly, Ireland.
• Elizabeth Brien and George Moran immigrated to Queensland around 1864. George 30, Eliza 28, travelled with their three children Michael aged 6, Elizabeth 5 and George18 months. The index to the Register of Immigrants shows the family arrived on 26 May 1864 and were sponsered by Thomas Bryan (Brien) - Eliza's brother, but the ship they travelled on has not yet been found. Thomas wasn't listed on the Sponsered immigration index with his siblings but this may have been becasuse he was not born at the time of sponsorship.
  
• Elizabeth Brien died on 31 May 1868 in Toowoomba Hospital, Toowoomba, Queensland, at age 39.
• Elizabeth was buried on 1 June 1868 in Drayton & Toowoomba Cemetery.
• George and Elizabeth's sons Michael, George and Thomas all worked on Emu Creek Station until Thomas, still a teenager, went to Clermont with a mob of horses and didn't return.
  

Elsie Joan Brierly

• Charts: Descendants of Mary Chambers , Descendants of John Jones

• Elsie Joan Brierly was also known as Joan.
• She was born on 2 June 1915 in Yass, New South Wales.
• She enlisted in the Australian Army on 19 January 1943 in Hamilton, New South Wales. Her service number was NX145173 (N436126) and she listed her next of kin as her father James. She was living at the 113 AGH at the time she enlisted. She was discharged on 27 Jun 1946 with the rank of Corporal in the AAMWS (AIF.)
  
• Elsie Joan Brierly married Eric John Kingston, son of William Kingston and Matilda Christina Berg, circa 1948.
• Elsie Joan Brierly died on 19 August 2004 at age 89.
• Elsie was buried in Appletree Creek Cemetery.
  

  Headstone of Elsie Kingston, Appletree Creek Cemetery

Auguste Margarette Henriette Briesch

• Auguste Margarette Henriette Briesch was born in 1838. She was the daughter of Christopher Bosch and Margaret Prince.
  
• Auguste Margarette Henriette Briesch married Carl Heinrich Suhr circa 1859.
• Auguste Margarette Henriette Briesch and Carl Heinrich Suhr immigrated to Queensland on 18 August 1865. Carl 29 and Auguste 28, travelled on the Peter Godeffrey with their children Christian 6, Andreas 1 and Bothilde 3. With them was 23 year old Claus Suhr. The three children died on the voyage.
  
• In 1891,her husband, Carl Heinrich Suhr died in Queensland.
• Auguste Margarette Henriette Briesch appeared on the Electoral Roll in 1903 living at Suhr's Farm, Ellendean, Meringandan. Augusta carried out domestic duties.
  
• Auguste Margarette Henriette Briesch died on 18 August 1909 in Queensland.
• Auguste was buried on 20 August 1909 in Drayton & Toowoomba Cemetery.

Louisa Margaret Brieschke

• Louisa Margaret Brieschke was born circa 1870. She was the daughter of Gustav Briska and Maree Zishom.
  
• Louisa Margaret Brieschke married Robert Gottlieb Riethmuller, son of Jacob Riethmuller and Christina Magdelina Deuble, in 1901 in Queensland.
• On 27 December 1956,her husband, Robert Gottlieb Riethmuller died in Queensland.
• Louisa Margaret Brieschke died in 1963 in Queensland.

Alfred Briese

• Alfred Briese was born on 7 December 1906 in Queensland. He was a twin to Elsie.
• He was the son of August Ferdinand Briese and Anna (Maria) Magdaline Stark.
• At the age of 21 years, Alfred Briese married Ethel Eames, daughter of Thomas Eames and Charlotte Agnes Smoothy, in 1928 in Queensland.
• Alfred Briese and Ethel Eames appeared on the Electoral Roll in 1930 living at Crow's Nest. Alfred was a labourer.
  
• On 3 September 1941,his wife, Ethel Eames died in Queensland.
• Alfred Briese married Olga Louisa (Bess) Kirstenfeldt, daughter of Henry William August Kirstenfeldt and Henriette Louise Caroline (Cissie) Hess, circa 1945.
• On 26 December 1970,his wife, Olga Louisa (Bess) Kirstenfeldt died in Queensland at age 61.
• Alfred Briese died on 21 December 1990 in Queensland at age 84. He was 84 years old.
• Alfred was buried on 24 December 1990 in Garden of Remembrance, Toowoomba.

Annie Maria Magdeline Briese

• Annie Maria Magdeline Briese was born on 12 August 1895 in Queensland.
• She was the daughter of August Ferdinand Briese and Anna (Maria) Magdaline Stark.
• Annie Maria Magdeline Briese a Briese family photo was taken at their Douglas home on the occasion of the wedding of their eldest daughter Auguste to Joseph Edser.
  
• At the age of 17 years, Annie Maria Magdeline Briese married Henry Norris Smoothy, son of Henry Smoothy and Isabella Thompson, in 1913 in Queensland.
• In 1945,her husband, Henry Norris Smoothy died in Queensland.
• Annie Maria Magdeline Briese died in 1981 in Queensland.

August Ferdinand Briese

• August Ferdinand Briese was born in 1861.
• He was the son of Ernst Briese and Wilhelmina Pacholke.
• August Ferdinand Briese married Anna (Maria) Magdaline Stark circa 1887.
• August Ferdinand Briese and Anna (Maria) Magdaline Stark immigrated to Queensland on 15 September 1889. August 28, and Anna 22 travelled on the Quetta with their infant daughter Augusta. August's brother Ernst arrived in Queensland two weeks later.
  
• August Ferdinand Briese and Anna (Maria) Magdaline Stark appeared on the Electoral Roll in 1903 living at Douglas. August was a farmer. The surname was spelt BRISE.
  
• On 20 December 1905 a Briese family photo was taken at their Douglas home on the occasion of the wedding of their eldest daughter Auguste to Joseph Edser.
  
  

  August and Maria Briese and family. Taken at their home at Douglas on the wedding day of their daughter Auguste to Joseph Edsar, 20 Dec 1905. Photo thanks to http://heritage.spriggs.com.au
• August Ferdinand Briese and Anna (Maria) Magdaline Stark appeared on the Electoral Roll in 1930 living at Douglas. August was a farmer.
  
• August Ferdinand Briese and Anna (Maria) Magdaline Stark appeared on the Electoral Roll in 1943 living at Thallon Street, Crow's Nest. August was listed as a farmer of Douglas while Anna Maria lived in Thallon Street, Crow's Nest.
  
• August Ferdinand Briese died on 21 December 1943 in Queensland.
• August was buried on 22 December 1943 in Drayton & Toowoomba Cemetery.

August Ferdinand Briese

• August Ferdinand Briese was born on 14 September 1897 in Queensland.
• He was the son of August Ferdinand Briese and Anna (Maria) Magdaline Stark.
• August Ferdinand Briese a Briese family photo was taken at their Douglas home on the occasion of the wedding of their eldest daughter Auguste to Joseph Edser.
  
• At the age of 21 years, August Ferdinand Briese married Emily Jane Busiko, daughter of Louis (David) Busiko and Anna Dorothea Rissman, in 1919 in Queensland.
• August Ferdinand Briese and Emily Jane Busiko appeared on the Electoral Roll between 1930 and 1949 living at Ravensbourne. August was a farmer.
  
• August Ferdinand Briese died on 31 July 1987 at age 89.
• August was buried on 3 August 1987 in Crow's Nest Cemetery.

Augusta Pauline Briese

• Augusta Pauline Briese was born on 11 August 1900 in Queensland. She was a twin to Martha Emilie.
• She was the daughter of Ernst Eduard Briese and Wilhelmine Louise Wolter.
• Augusta was buried on 2 November 1921 in Douglas Cemetery.
• Augusta Pauline Briese died on 2 November 1921 in Douglas, Queensland, at age 21.

Augusta Pauline Briese

• Augusta Pauline Briese was born on 2 August 1889. She was most likelly born at sea.
• She was the daughter of August Ferdinand Briese and Anna (Maria) Magdaline Stark.
• Augusta Pauline Briese immigrated on 15 September 1889 to Queensland with August Ferdinand Briese and Anna (Maria) Magdaline Stark. August 28, and Anna 22 travelled on the Quetta with their infant daughter Augusta. August's brother Ernst arrived in Queensland two weeks later.
  
• 20 December 1905 a Briese family photo was taken at their Douglas home on the occasion of the wedding of their eldest daughter Auguste to Joseph Edser.
  
• At the age of 16 years, 4 months and 18 days, Augusta Pauline Briese married Joseph Edser, son of Joseph (Joe) Edser and Emily Halloway, on 20 December 1905 in Douglas, Queensland. After farming at Douglas for some time the family moved to a 5 acres plot of land just outside Crow's Nest. Joseph worked as a contract rubbish carter for the Crow's Nest Shire Council. The family also sold surplus fruit and vegetables they grew on their farm.
  
  

  Joseph Edser and Auguste Briese, married 20 Dec 1905 at Douglas. Photo thanks to http://heritage.spriggs.com.au
• Augusta Pauline Briese and Joseph Edser appeared on the Electoral Roll in 1913 living at Crow's Nest. Joseph was a cream carter.
  
• Augusta Pauline Briese and Joseph Edser appeared on the Electoral Roll between 1930 and 1945 living at Crow's Nest. Joseph was a cream carrier and Augusta carried out home duties.
  
• Joseph was a member of the Manchester Unity Independent Order of Oddfellows. He lost his contract with the council and in his early sixties worked away from home cutting sleepers. He succumbed to a stroke in 1940 which left him partly paralysed and in a wheel chair. Gussie tended to him for 9 years before he passed away. The family were Jehovah Witnesses.
  
• Augusta Pauline Briese appeared on the Electoral Roll in 1949 living at Crow's Nest. She carried out home duties.
  
• In March 1949,her husband, Joseph Edser died in Queensland at age 69.
• Augusta Pauline Briese died on 13 August 1962 in Queensland at age 73.
• Augusta was buried in Crow's Nest Cemetery. UNIT-00L-0008.

Bertha Louise Briese

• Bertha Louise Briese was born on 6 November 1858 in Kleihakel, Prussia.
• She was the daughter of Ernst Briese and Wilhelmina Pacholke.
• Bertha Louise Briese immigrated to Queensland on 25 June 1884. She appeared to have travelled by herself. She may have been related to Karoline Pacholke, wife of Ludwig Welke who arrived in Queensland in 1873.
  
• At the age of 26 years, 4 months and 14 days, Bertha Louise Briese married Herman Michael Hartwig, son of Michael Friedrich Hartwig and Justina Christine Randt, on 20 March 1885 in Crow's Nest, Queensland.
• Bertha Louise Briese appeared on the Electoral Roll in 1903 living at Douglas. Bertha carried out domestic duties and Herman was a farmer.
  
• She and Herman Michael Hartwig appeared on the Electoral Roll in 1903 living at Douglas.
• On 4 August 1934,her husband, Herman Michael Hartwig died in Queensland at age 70.
• Bertha Louise Briese appeared on the Electoral Roll in 1943 living at Groomsville. She carried out home duties.
  
• Bertha Louise Briese died on 14 December 1951 in Queensland at age 93.
• Bertha was buried on 15 December 1951 in Douglas Cemetery.
  

  Grave of Herman Michael & Bertha Louise (nee Briese) Hartwig - Douglas Cemetery. Photo- Copyright 2006. http://chapelhill.homeip.net

Betty Hirning Briese

• Betty Hirning Briese was born in 1936.
• She was the daughter of Heinrich Gustav (Harry) Briese and Annie Elizabeth Hirning.
• Betty Hirning Briese died on 30 November 1961 in Queensland.
• Betty was buried on 2 December 1961 in Drayton & Toowoomba Cemetery. Her parents are buried with her.

Cyril Norris Briese

• Cyril Norris Briese was also known as Cyril Norris Smoothy.
• Cyril Norris Briese died in 1913 in Queensland.
• He was born in 1913 in Queensland.
• He was the son of Henry Norris Smoothy and Annie Maria Magdeline Briese.

Elsie Briese

• Elsie Briese was born on 7 December 1906 in She was a twin to Alfred, Queensland.
• She was the daughter of August Ferdinand Briese and Anna (Maria) Magdaline Stark.
• At the age of 18 years, Elsie Briese married Percy Klease, son of Herman Frederick William Klease and Marie Minnie Louise Wilhelmina (Mary) Reinke, in 1925 in Queensland.

Emma Wilhelmine Henriette Briese

• Emma Wilhelmine Henriette Briese was born in 1898.
• She was the daughter of Ernst Eduard Briese and Wilhelmine Louise Wolter.
• Emma Wilhelmine Henriette Briese immigrated on 30 September 1899 with Ernst Eduard Briese and Wilhelmine Louise Wolter. Ernest 36, and Wilhelmine 33, travelled on the "Duke of Fife" with their three children Minna 7, Paul 4, and infant Emma. Ernst brother August had arrived in Queensland two weeks earlier.
  
• At the age of 18 years, Emma Wilhelmine Henriette Briese married Wilhelm Frederick Bruggemann, son of Fredrick Bruggemann and Auguste Hartwig, in 1916 in Queensland.
• Emma Wilhelmine Henriette Briese and Wilhelm Frederick Bruggemann appeared on the Electoral Roll in 1925 living at Greenwood, Oakey. William was a farmer.
  
• In 1967,her husband, Wilhelm Frederick Bruggemann died in Queensland.
• Emma Wilhelmine Henriette Briese died in 1982 in Queensland.

Ernest Briese

• Ernest Briese was born on 30 May 1908 in Queensland.
• He was the son of August Ferdinand Briese and Anna (Maria) Magdaline Stark.
• Ernest Briese appeared on the Electoral Roll in 1930 living at Crow's Nest. He was a labourer.
  
• Ernest Briese died on 2 January 1985 at age 76.
• Ernest was buried on 3 January 1985 in Drayton & Toowoomba Cemetery.

Ernest Heinrich Briese

• Ernest Heinrich Briese was born in 1902 in Queensland.
• He was the son of Ernst Eduard Briese and Wilhelmine Louise Wolter.
• Ernest Heinrich Briese died on 9 September 1902 in Queensland.
• Ernest was buried on 10 September 1902 in Douglas Cemetery.

Ernst Briese

• Ernst Briese was born circa 1835.
• Ernst Briese married Wilhelmina Pacholke circa 1856.