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George William
Bashford (1840 - )
George William
Bashford was born in Sompting,
Sussex in 1840, where he was christened on 13 December 1840.
He was the eighth child and fourth son of Josias Bashford and
Frances Greenyer.
Josias was a
market gardener, and all of George's early life was spent in the
small farming community of Sompting, at the time of both the 1841
and 1851 census, the family was living on Sompting Street in Sompting.
At the time
of the 1861 census George was an able seaman second class on the
"HMS Britannica" - the royal naval training ship - in
Hampshire. It is uncertain whether he was a trainee cadet, or simply
a crewman.
George emigrated
to Australia some time about 1864, and made his way to Brisbane,
where on 16 August 1866 he married Sarah Ann Starkey Fullelove.
Sarah Ann was
the eldest child of Thomas Fullelove and Sarah Starkey Mansfield.
The Fulleloves had emigrated from Kegworth Leicester in 1864.
George and Sarah
had ten children (six sons and four daughters) between 1867 and
1885.
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Sarah
Ann Bashford Born 21 Jan 1867. Married David McKerrow
Paterson on 30 Nov 1887 |
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George
Thomas Bashford Born 12 Jun 1868. Died 19 Jun 1868 (Died
as an infant) |
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Thomas
Josiah Bashford Born 1 Oct 1869. Married Mildred May
Muriel O'Farrell on 21 Nov 1912 |
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Mary
Emma Bashford Born 14 Sep 1871. Married James Edward
Bain on 30 Aug 1893 |
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George
Fullelove Bashford Born 1 Oct 1873. Married Matilda Elizabeth
Capes on 19 Dec 1895 |
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Phillip
Bashford Born 3 Aug 1875. Married Ellen Murphy |
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Eleanor
Bashford Born 7 Dec 1877. Married William Joseph Cook
on 1 Jun 1898 |
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Charles
Bashford Born 24 Feb 1880. Died 1 Mar 1880 (Died as an
infant) |
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Henry
Bashford Born 22 Mar 1882. Married Clare Margaret Stellamach
on 18 Jan 1905 |
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Frances
Bashford Born 27 Feb 1885. Married Walter Scott Johnston
on 10 Oct 1906 |
George worked
as a railway contractor in Ipswich, and the family lived in Clarendon
House in Ipswich.
In February
1888 George filed insolvency papers with the Supreme Court, Southern
District Brisbane, and again in April 1894. The papers were noted
as relating to a business in Ipswich Queensland and in Zeehan, Tasmania.
His will was
lodged in the Brisbane Court on 1 June 1895 and again on 24 October
1896.
George's exact
date of death is unknown, but Funeral parlor records indicate that
his burial service conducted by W. Shenton a methodist minister
and a Mr James P Read with witnesses Mr L McCoombes and Mr S.H.
Ploetz.
Sarah Ann lived
to the ripe old age of 91, finally passing away on 16 August 1935.
At the time of her death she was living at Blackall St Basin Pocket,
Ipswich. Her burial service was provided by Methodist Minister,
Rev A.H. Stoke and witnessed by Mr W. Smith and Mr James Edward
Burren.
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