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| Eugene F Albini FITZALAN (1830 - 1911) |
| Children | Self + Spouses | Parents | Grandparents | Greatgrandparents |
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Herbert Eugene Albini FITZALAN (1855 - 1915) |
Eugene F Albini FITZALAN (1830 - 1911) + Mary (Minnie) Somes MARSH (1834 - 1871) |
Edward Albini FITZALAN | ||
| b. 1830 at Londonderry, Ireland |
| m. 1853 Mary (Minnie) Somes MARSH (1834 - 1871) at Victoria, Australia |
| d. 1911 at Brisbane, Queensland, Australia aged 81 |
| Near Relatives of Eugene F Albini FITZALAN (1830 - 1911) | ||||||
| Relationship | Person | Born | Birth Place | Died | Death Place | Age |
| Father in Law | James MARSH | |||||
| Mother in Law | Minnie CROSS | |||||
| Father | Edward Albini FITZALAN | |||||
| Self | Eugene F Albini FITZALAN | 1830 | Londonderry, Ireland | 1911 | Brisbane, Queensland, Australia | 81 |
| Wife | Mary (Minnie) Somes MARSH | 1834 | Swanage, Dorset, England | 1871 | Bowen, Queensland, Australia | 37 |
| Son | Herbert Eugene Albini FITZALAN | 1855 | Geelong, Victoria, Australia | 1915 | Bowen, Queensland, Australia | 60 |
| Daughter in Law | Agnes HUGHES | 24 Jul 1859 | Warwick, Queensland, Australia | 1933 | Townsville, Queensland, Australia | 74 |
| Grandson | Herbert Albini FITZALAN | 1883 | Queensland, Australia | 1925 | Brisbane, Queensland, Australia | 42 |
| Granddaughter | Agnes Valeria Kate FITZALAN | 1885 | Queensland, Australia | 1898 | Bowen, Queensland, Australia | 13 |
| Grandson | Terance Albini FITZALAN | 1887 | Queensland, Australia | 1888 | Queensland, Australia | 1 |
| Granddaughter | Florella Louise FITZALAN | 1889 | Queensland, Australia | 1984 | Queensland, Australia | 95 |
| Grandson | Eustace Albini FITZALAN | 1891 | Queensland, Australia | 1963 | Queensland, Australia | 72 |
| Granddaughter | Aimee Somers FITZALAN | 1900 | Queensland, Australia | 1915 | Queensland, Australia | 15 |
| Events in Eugene F Albini FITZALAN (1830 - 1911)'s life | |||||
| Date | Age | Event | Place | Notes | Src |
| 1830 | Eugene F Albini FITZALAN was born | Londonderry, Ireland | Note 1 | ||
| 1853 | 23 | Married Mary (Minnie) Somes MARSH (aged 19) | Victoria, Australia | Note 2 | 52 |
| 1855 | 25 | Birth of son Herbert Eugene Albini FITZALAN | Geelong, Victoria, Australia | see obit | 52 |
| 1871 | 41 | Death of wife Mary (Minnie) Somes MARSH (aged 37) | Bowen, Queensland, Australia | Note 3 | 18 |
| 1911 | 81 | Eugene F Albini FITZALAN died | Brisbane, Queensland, Australia | Note 4 | |
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Wikipedia
Early life Eugene Fitzherbert Albini Fitzalan was born in Londonderry, Ireland.[1] Botanical career Fitzalan was a botanical collector in England and Mexico before arriving in Australia in 1849.[1] He was a keen orchid collector, and on at least one occasion collected with Baron Ferdinand von Mueller, who regarded Fitzalan's specimens very highly. Fitzalan had at least two orchids named after him by von Mueller. He made many botanical expeditions in Victoria and along the Queensland coast on the Spitfire in 1860, at Mount Elliot with botanist John Dallachy in 1863 and in the Daintree area in 1875, before arriving in Cairns in 1886. He developed nurseries in Geelong, Brisbane and Bowen and collected specimens for the Herbarium of Victoria. A number of Fitzalan's specimens were sent to Kew Gardens, London, where they were examined by taxonomist George Bentham for inclusion in the botanical volumes of Flora australiensis. In 1861 Fitzalan went with his wife and family in the Jeanie Dove with Captain Henry Daniel Sinclair to help to found Bowen, the first town in North Queensland.[2] In December 1886 the Cairns Municipal Council came to an agreement with Eugene Fitzalan, a trained botanist, to establish an ornamental garden on a recreation reserve (now the Flecker Botanical Gardens), sufficiently attractive to entice the public. In return Fitzalan was permitted to sell refreshments (which would enhance the public appeal of the gardens) and to operate a private commercial nursery from the reserve. He was appointed caretaker of the reserve with a nominal annual salary of £5. Fitzalan developed about 5 acres (2 hectares) in the northeast of the reserve as an ornamental botanic garden (then known variously as Rosebank or Fitzalan's Botanical Gardens), largely on the site of earlier Chinese market gardens. An 1891 survey plan indicates that Fitzalan's early gardens were located on section 75, just south of Collins Avenue, below what is now the Tanks Arts Centre. This was a short distance from the railway line near the cutting at the Three Mile, where the Edge Hill railway station was constructed in 1888-1889. Access to the gardens was made easier in 1887 when a crossing was made over Saltwater Creek.[1] Between 1887 and 1891 Fitzalan landscaped the ground, planted colourful garden beds and constructed a perimeter fence to keep out goats. He built a small cottage in the garden and established the Edge Hill Nursery, constructing a long shed roofed with coarse canvas in which he raised seedlings and cuttings and in 1887 cut a main garden path, about 9 feet wide, through the reserve at his own expense, planting specimen and fruit trees along its length. In 1891 this pathway was surveyed as Edge Hill Road (Collins Avenue from 1934). He also formed other paths opening off this track, including a circular walking track through the rainforest.[1] Among the plants cultivated by Fitzalan were 50 varieties of roses, 11 varieties of hibiscus, orchids, ferns, rain trees, native myrtle and local plants from the adjacent Mt Whitfield Range. He also grew coffee, and grafted orange, lemons and mangoes, which he made available to residents of the area. He exported large numbers of orchids, palms and palm seeds, ferns and other plants to Europe, and received specimens from other parts of Australia to trial in a tropical environment.[1] Later life Fitzalan relinquished his caretaker role of the botanical gardens in 1897 due to poor health.[1] Fitzalan died in Brisbane on 20 June 1911.[3] He was buried in the South Brisbane Cemetery on 21 June 1911.[4] Named in his honour At least nine plant specimens were named after him: Atractocarpus fitzalanii; Eria fitzalanii; Euulophia fitzalanii; Lepistermon fitzalanii; Macropteranthes fitzalanii; Musa fitzalanii; Psychotria fitzalanii; and Randia fitzalanii. The latter is a native gardenia that today is used extensively for commercial purposes.[1] An area with the Flecker Botanical Gardens in named the Fitzalan Gardens in his honour. The Fitzalan Gardens consists of three separate gardens, connected by paths and footbridges and feature a water lily pond and giant mature palm trees. There is also a plaque commemorating his achievements.[5][6] References "Flecker Botanical Gardens (entry 602541)". Queensland Heritage Register. Queensland Heritage Council. Retrieved 1 August 2014. "Mrs. A. E. Emmerson.". The Courier-mail (10). Queensland, Australia. 7 September 1933. p. 15. Retrieved 4 April 2016 – via National Library of Australia. "Family Notices". Bowen Independent. 8, (592). Queensland, Australia. 5 August 1911. p. 2. Retrieved 4 April 2016 – via National Library of Australia. "Family Notices". The Brisbane Courier (16,674). Queensland, Australia. 21 June 1911. p. 4. Retrieved 4 April 2016 – via National Library of Australia. "Eugene Fitzalan". Monument Australia. Retrieved 4 April 2016. "Fitzalan Gardens". Cairns Regional Council. Retrieved 4 April 2016. |
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| 52. Type: Australia Birth Marriage Death Index 1787 - 1985 Record |
| - Reference = (Marriage) |
| - Notes: Australia, Marriage Index, 1788-1950
Name: Eugene Fitzalan Spouse Name: Mary Marsh Marriage Place: Victoria Registration Place: Victoria Registration Year: 1853 Registration Number: 3133 |
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