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| William George SPEED-ANDREWS (1849 - 1926) |
| clerk & commission agent |
| b. 09 Dec 1849 at Castle Carey, Somerset, England |
| m. (1) 01 Jul 1874 Mary MAXWELL (1848 - 1874) at Maryborough, Queensland, Australia |
| m. (2) 08 Feb 1878 Hannah RAYSON (1859 - 1890) at Brisbane, Queensland, Australia |
| m. (3) 1903 Rachael Annie HAYES (1844 - 1928) at Queensland, Australia |
| d. 13 May 1926 at South Brisbane, Queensland, Australia aged 76 |
| Parents: |
| John SPEED-ANDREWS (1810 - 1896) |
| Jane ELWORTHY (1815 - 1897) |
| Children (4): |
| Alice Maud SPEED-ANDREWS (1879 - 1969) |
| Florence May SPEED-ANDREWS (1881 - 1941) |
| Arthur William George SPEED-ANDREWS (1884 - 1954) |
| John Charles SPEED-ANDREWS (1887 - 1940) |
| Events in William George SPEED-ANDREWS (1849 - 1926)'s life | |||||
| Date | Age | Event | Place | Notes | Src |
| 09 Dec 1849 | William George SPEED-ANDREWS was born | Castle Carey, Somerset, England | 2 | ||
| 1851 | 2 | Census | Castle Carey, Somerset, England | ||
| 1861 | 12 | Census | Castle Carey, Somerset, England | ||
| abt 1870 | 21 | Emigration | |||
| 01 Jul 1874 | 24 | Married Mary MAXWELL (aged 26) | Maryborough, Queensland, Australia | 1874/C444 | |
| 13 Oct 1874 | 24 | Death of wife Mary MAXWELL (aged 26) | Maryborough, Queensland, Australia | ||
| 08 Feb 1878 | 28 | Married Hannah RAYSON (aged 19) | Brisbane, Queensland, Australia | 1878/B5959 | |
| 1879 | 30 | Birth of daughter Alice Maud SPEED-ANDREWS | Australia | ||
| 30 May 1881 | 31 | Birth of daughter Florence May SPEED-ANDREWS | Brisbane, Queensland, Australia | 1881/B27459 | |
| 01 May 1884 | 34 | Birth of son Arthur William George SPEED-ANDREWS | Brisbane, Queensland, Australia | 1884/B32444 | |
| 12 Jul 1887 | 37 | Birth of son John Charles SPEED-ANDREWS | Brisbane, Queensland, Australia | 1887/B39313 | |
| 08 Dec 1890 | 40 | Death of wife Hannah RAYSON (aged 31) | South Brisbane, Queensland, Australia | 1890/B23726 | |
| 03 Jul 1896 | 46 | Death of father John SPEED-ANDREWS (aged 86) | Tottenham, London, UK | Note 1 | |
| 04 Feb 1897 | 47 | Death of mother Jane ELWORTHY (aged 81) | Catford, Middlesex, England | Note 2 | |
| 1903 | 54 | Married Rachael Annie HAYES (aged 59) | Queensland, Australia | 1902/C1904 | |
| 13 May 1926 | 76 | William George SPEED-ANDREWS died | South Brisbane, Queensland, Australia | 1926/B48804 | |
| 15 May 1926 | 76 | Burial | South Brisbane, Queensland, Australia | 16 | |
| Note 1: Free BMD Sep 1896 Edmonton 3a 185 aged 86 |
| Note 2: Free BMD Mar 1897 Lewisham, 1d 679 aged 81 |
| Personal Notes: |
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Although he was the fifth son, William George 1850 has been left to last as much more is known about his life. Family legend says he graduated from the University at Bath and though a precise date of arrival in Australia is unknown, it was late 1860s or early 1870s. At Maryborough in 1874 he married Mary MAXWELL who died without issue in the same year.
When William married 19-year-old Hannah RAYSON on 08 Feb 1878 at St Mary's Anglican Church, Kangaroo Point in Brisbane, his occupation was shown as Government Agent. At least two descendants of Jane's brother George were married in the lovely old church high on a cliff overlooking the Brisbane River - Jean, granddaughter of Dr George Elworthy and Fiona Logan, great-great-grand daughter of James Elworthy. Born at Bedworth, Leicester on 01 Feb 1859 Hannah came to Australia in 1863 with her mother and stepfather, Susannah and William MARSTON who then lived at Boggo, South Brisbane. Poor Hannah was only 31 - and seven months pregnant when she died on 08 Dec 1890. Hannah was buried at South Brisbane Cemetery where a verse on her tombstone read ... She is gone but not forgotten, Never shall her memoryfade; Sweetest thoughts shall ever linger, Around the spot where she is laid. It was 13 years before William, aged 53, married a third time, to Rachel CORDEROY in 1903 but there were no children of this marriage. Although Rachel survived William, her eventual fate is unknown. William was a commission agent at Crown Street in South Brisbane. Family legend says he was a blackbirder who went to the Pacific islands to recruit Kanakas for labouring gangs but there is no actual evidence of this. When William died of heart failure on 13 May 1926 his occupation was shown as commercial traveller. He is buried with Hannah and although they did have a headstone, it is not there now. The great flood of 1976 is believed to have washed it away! William may have arrived in Queensland as an able seaman on the Queen of the Colonies or the St. James, about 1874. |
| Source References: |
| 2. Type: Book, Abbr: Devon to Downunder, Title: Devon to Downunder, Auth: Bettie Elworthy, Publ: Bookbound, Date: 1997 |
| - Reference = 63 |
| - Reference = 63 (Birth) |
| 16. Type: E-mail Message, Abbr: Barbara Lawrence - Elworthy doc, Title: Barbara Lawrence - Elworthy doc, Auth: Barbara Lawrence, Date: 23/2/2009 |
| - Reference = 6 (Burial) |