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Elizabeth GRAHAM (1855 - 1915)

Children	Self + Spouses	Parents	Grandparents	Greatgrandparents
Lucy Ann PORTER ( - 1919) Herbert PORTER (1877 - 1938)	Elizabeth GRAHAM (1855 - 1915) + George PORTER (1858 - 1878) William ROBERTSON	Joshua GRAHAM (1822 - )	Joshua GRAHAM
			Elizabeth BATTY
		Annie CHANDLEY (1824 - 1886)	Thomas CHANDLEY
			Sarah WORMLEY

b. abt 1855 at Heaton Norris, Lancashire, England

m. (1) 1874 George PORTER (1858 - 1878) at Queensland, Australia

m. (2) 1879 William ROBERTSON at Queensland, Australia

d. 1915 at Queensland, Australia aged 60

Near Relatives of Elizabeth GRAHAM (1855 - 1915)
Relationship	Person	Born	Birth Place	Died	Death Place	Age
Grandfather	Joshua GRAHAM
Grandmother	Elizabeth BATTY
Grandfather	Thomas CHANDLEY
Grandmother	Sarah WORMLEY
Father in Law	William PORTER	1837	Coventry, Warwickshire, England	1887	Inkerman, Ayr, Queensland, Australia	50
Mother in Law	Mary SLATER	1838	Hook Norton, Banbury, Oxfordshire, England	1920	Ayr, Queensland, Australia	82
Father	Joshua GRAHAM	abt 1822	Stockport, Cheshire, England
Mother	Annie CHANDLEY	abt 1824	Cheadle (Heaton Norris), Cheshire, England	1886	Mackay, Queensland, Australia	62
Self	Elizabeth GRAHAM	abt 1855	Heaton Norris, Lancashire, England	1915	Queensland, Australia	60
Husband	George PORTER	1858	Coventry, Warwickshire, England	1878	Jarvisfield, Ayr, Queensland, Australia	20
Husband	William ROBERTSON
Daughter	Lucy Ann PORTER			1919	Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
Son	Herbert PORTER	abt 1877	Queensland, Australia	1938	Tully, Queensland, Australia	61
Sister	Sarah GRAHAM	abt 1853	Cheadle (Heaton Norris), Cheshire, England	1916	Eton, Mackay, Queensland, Australia	63
Sister	Mary Hannah (Ann) GRAHAM	abt 1858	Heaton Norris, Lancashire, England	1905	Brisbane, Queensland, Australia	47
Sister	Ann GRAHAM	abt 1861		1913	Mackay, Queensland, Australia	52
Sister	Lucy GRAHAM	1863	Bowen, Queensland, Australia
Son in Law	Unknown CHANDLEY
Niece	Margaret Elizabeth PORTER	1901	Queensland, Australia	1983	Ayr, Queensland, Australia	82
Nephew	William James Leonta PORTER	1903	Ayr, Queensland, Australia	1906	Ayr, Queensland, Australia	3
Nephew	George Henry PORTER	1905	Queensland, Australia
Niece	Jessie PORTER	1909	Queensland, Australia	2003		94
Niece	Mary Isabel PORTER	1913	Queensland, Australia	2002	Ayr, Queensland, Australia	89
Niece	Annie PORTER	1914	Queensland, Australia
Niece	Mary Grace SOPER	16 Jun 1886	Queensland, Australia	12 May 1979	Ayr, Queensland, Australia	92
Nephew	John SOPER	1888	Home Hill, Queensland, Australia	02 Jul 1971	Ayr, Queensland, Australia	83
Niece	Sarah Jane SOPER	1892	Queensland, Australia	04 Oct 1982	Ayr, Queensland, Australia	90
Nephew	William George SOPER	25 Mar 1894	Ayr, Queensland, Australia	17 Sep 1985	Ayr, Queensland, Australia	91
Niece	Ellen SOPER	1897	Queensland, Australia
Niece	Ethel SOPER	1899	Queensland, Australia	26 Apr 1970	Ayr, Queensland, Australia	71
Niece	Emily Margaret SOPER	1903	Queensland, Australia	1903	Queensland, Australia	0
Nephew	Henry Samuel SOPER	1904	Ayr, Queensland, Australia	22 Sep 1987	Ayr, Queensland, Australia	83
Nephew	Herbert Francis SOPER	1906	Queensland, Australia	22 Feb 1976	Ayr, Queensland, Australia	70
Nephew	Arthur Frederick SOPER	27 May 1908	Ayr, Queensland, Australia	30 Jun 1979	Ayr, Queensland, Australia	71
Nephew	Walter James SOPER	1910	Queensland, Australia	16 Dec 1964	Ayr, Queensland, Australia	54
Niece	Annie CARCARY	18 Dec 1890	Queensland, Australia	1975	Brisbane, Queensland, Australia	85
Nephew	Charles Harry CARCARY	12 Jun 1893	Queensland, Australia	22 Nov 1902	Queensland, Australia	9
Nephew	William James (Jim) CARCARY	27 May 1895	Queensland, Australia	14 Sep 1973	Ayr, Queensland, Australia	78
Niece	Mary Elizabeth (bessie) CARCARY	18 Aug 1897	Ayr, Queensland, Australia	12 Jul 1989	Ayr, Queensland, Australia	91
Nephew	George Samuel CARCARY	01 Apr 1900	Queensland, Australia	1982	Queensland, Australia	82
Niece	Margaret Jane CARCARY	10 Jun 1902	Queensland, Australia	18 Oct 1988	Ayr, Queensland, Australia	86
Nephew	David Alexander CARCARY	20 Aug 1904	Queensland, Australia	24 Jul 1926	Ayr, Queensland, Australia	21
Nephew	John Howard (Jack) (Jock) CARCARY	05 Aug 1906	Queensland, Australia	1977	Brisbane, Queensland, Australia	71
Niece	Frances Elsie CARCARY	20 Oct 1908	Queensland, Australia	15 Jun 1981	Ayr, Queensland, Australia	72
Niece	Alice Heatherbelle CARCARY	04 Oct 1911	Ayr, Queensland, Australia	06 May 1980	Home Hill, Queensland, Australia	68
Nephew	Gordon Arthur CARCARY	1914	Queensland, Australia	22 Jun 1915	Ayr, Queensland, Australia	1
Niece	Mary Ann SELDON	1894	Ayr, Queensland, Australia	1966	Ayr, Queensland, Australia	72
Niece	Alice SELDON	1895	Ayr, Queensland, Australia	1987	Queensland, Australia	92
Niece	Martha Elizabeth SELDON	1898	Ayr, Queensland, Australia	1985	Ayr, Queensland, Australia	87
Nephew	Edward SELDON	1901	Ayr, Queensland, Australia	1901	Ayr, Queensland, Australia	0
Niece	Maud Charlotte SELDON	1902	Ayr, Queensland, Australia	1971	Ayr, Queensland, Australia	69
Nephew	Richard SELDON	1905	Ayr, Queensland, Australia	1994	Brisbane, Queenland, Australia	89
Nephew	Charles William SELDON	1908	Ayr, Queensland, Australia	1990	Queensland, Australia	82
Nephew	Silas SELDON	1910	Ayr, Queensland, Australia	1989	Redland, Queensland, Australia	79
Niece	Eva SELDON	1913	Ayr, Queensland, Australia	1993	Ayr, Queensland, Australia	80
Nephew	James Donald MACKERSIE	1903	Queensland, Australia	1961	Ayr, Queensland, Australia	58
Nephew	William George MACKERSIE	1905	Queensland, Australia	1963	Ayr, Queensland, Australia	58
Nephew	Henry Gordon MACKERSIE	1906	Queensland, Australia	1949	Ayr, Queensland, Australia	43
Nephew	Charles Leslie MACKERSIE	1915	Ayr, Queensland, Australia	1984	Ayr, Queensland, Australia	69
Niece	Lilly May PORTER	1918	Ayr, Queensland, Australia	1997	Home Hill, Queensland, Australia	79
Brother in Law	John PORTER	1860	Coventry, Warwickshire, England	abt 1874	Bowen, Queensland, Australia	14
Brother in Law	Thomas PORTER	abt 1862	England	1863		1
Brother in Law	Thomas PORTER	1864		1933	Ayr, Queensland, Australia	69
Brother in Law	Henry (Harry) PORTER	1867	Queensland, Australia	1952	Ayr, Queensland, Australia	85
Sister in Law	Margaret Sarah PORTER	1869	Queensland, Australia	06 Apr 1953	Ayr, Queensland, Australia	84
Sister in Law	Annie Elizabeth PORTER	1871	Queensland, Australia	29 Aug 1958	Ayr, Queensland, Australia	87
Sister in Law	Elizabeth PORTER	1874	Queensland, Australia	1964	Ayr, Queensland, Australia	90
Sister in Law	Sarah PORTER	1876	Queensland, Australia	1943	Queensland, Australia	67
Brother in Law	William PORTER	1879	Queensland, Australia	1947	Home Hill, Queensland, Australia	68
Brother in Law	William BURGESS	abt 1845	Sydney, NSW, Australia	1937	Eton, Mackay, Queensland, Australia	92
Brother in Law	William Benjamin FOULGER
Brother in Law	Thomas GAYLARD
Brother in Law	Charles Henry OSBORN

Events in Elizabeth GRAHAM (1855 - 1915)'s life
Date	Age	Event	Place	Notes	Src
abt 1855		Elizabeth GRAHAM was born	Heaton Norris, Lancashire, England	Note 1
1863	8	Immigration	"Beejapore" to Brisbane	Note 2
1874	19	Married George PORTER (aged 16)	Queensland, Australia	Note 3	52
abt 1877	22	Birth of son Herbert PORTER	Queensland, Australia	Note 4
1878	23	Death of husband George PORTER (aged 20)	Jarvisfield, Ayr, Queensland, Australia	Note 5	18, 60, 90
1879	24	Married William ROBERTSON	Queensland, Australia	Reg No 1879 C643
1886	31	Death of mother Annie CHANDLEY (aged 62)	Mackay, Queensland, Australia	Note 6	52
1915	60	Elizabeth GRAHAM died	Queensland, Australia	Note 7
1915	60	Burial	Mackay City Cemetery, Mackay, Queensland	Note 8	90
		Death of father Joshua GRAHAM		Note 9

Note 1: immigration records - date 1861 census

Note 2: GRAHAM Joshua/John (32) Ann (30) Elizabeth (8) Sarah (10) Mary Ann (6) Ann (2)

Note 3: Australia, Marriage Index, 1788-1950 Name: Elizabeth Graham Spouse Name: George Porter Marriage Date: 27 Oct 1874 Marriage Place: Queensland Registration Place: Queensland Registration Year: 1874 Registration Number: 000012 Page Number: 5603

Note 4: see comments for William Porter (1836-1887) Qld bmd 1877 C103 Herbert John Porter George and Elizabeth Graham

Note 5: see email in comments for father William Porter (1836-1887) Elizabeth and George were married young and had a son Herbert. George was drowned when 17 or 18 in a lagoon near Ayr when trying to save a boy who had jumped in to save a dog. George was buried on the bank of the lagoon. Brisbane Courier 14 March 18178 A CORRESPONDENT writing from the Lower Burdekin, under date February 22, says : A very sad affair happened last Tuesday, by which a young man named George Porter, who was carrying on this industry at one of the selections above referred to, was suddenly cut off, leaving a young wife and two children. A boy about 14 years old, whom it seems the Porters had adopted, also lost his life at the same time. It appears from what I can gather that Porter being short of beef took the boy with him, intending to shoot some game for their dinner. It is supposed that he shot a duck, and that the boy, after taking his clothes off, went into the lagoon for the bird, and either became entangled in the weeds, or got out of his depth. It is evident, at any rate, that Porter went hurriedly to the lad's assistance without waiting to undress, and it is also plain that he was unable to reach the poor boy, as the bodies were recovered some hours afterwards by the blacks a short distance from each other. It is a melancholy thing ; he had only lately started the dairy, and by hard work had just got all in order and was evidently in a fair way of making a good living and providing comfortably for the future. The greatest sympathy is felt for his poor wife, who seems almost broken-hearted. A magisterial enquiry was held by Mr. R. W. Graham, J.P., and the bodies were interred on the day following their deaths. Mr. Graham, although at so short a notice, had substantial coffins made, and himself read the burial service. It is somewhat strange, in connection with the above, that just four years ago a brother of the deceased George Porter was taken by an alligator whilst standing on the bank of a lagoon.

Note 6: Australia, Death Index, 1787-1985 Name: Ann Graham Death Date: 11 Jan 1886 Death Place: Queensland Father's name: Thomas Chandlay Mother's name: Sarah Wormley Registration Year: 1886 Registration Place: Queensland Registration Number: 002307 Page Number: 5597

Note 7: Australia, Death Index, 1787-1985 Name: Elizabeth Robertson Death Date: 07 May 1915 Death Place: Queensland Father's name: Joshua Graha Mother's name: Annie Chandley Registration Place: Queensland Registration Number: 001936 Page Number: 1712

Note 8: Elizabeth Robertson Birth unknown Death 8 May 1915 Burial Mackay City Cemetery Mackay, Mackay Region, Queensland, Australia Plot Presbyterian Section 2, Line 12, Plot 14

Note 9: Possible Joshua Graham in the Australia, Death Index, 1787-1985 Name: Joshua Graham Death Date: 21 Jan 1877 Death Place: Queensland Father's name: Joshua Graham Mother's name: Elizabeth Batty Registration Year: 1877 Registration Place: Queensland Registration Number: 001173 Page Number: 5612

Source References:

52. Type: Australia Birth Marriage Death Index 1787 - 1985 Record

- Reference = (Marriage)

- Notes: Australia, Marriage Index, 1788-1950 Name: Elizabeth Graham Spouse Name: George Porter Marriage Date: 27 Oct 1874 Marriage Place: Queensland Registration Place: Queensland Registration Year: 1874 Registration Number: 000012 Page Number: 5603

90. Type: Web Page, Abbr: Find A Grave, Title: Findagrave.com

- Reference = https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/199407528/elizabeth-robertson (Burial)

- Notes: Elizabeth Robertson Birth unknown Death 8 May 1915 Burial Mackay City Cemetery Mackay, Mackay Region, Queensland, Australia Plot Presbyterian Section 2, Line 12, Plot 14

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