| [Index] |
| Thomas George CUE (1855 - 1920) |
| Children | Self + Spouses | Parents | Grandparents | Greatgrandparents |
| Thomas George CUE (1855 - 1920) + Eugenie (Duckey) Spencer WILLS (1854 - 1937) |
Thomas George CUE (1813 - 1897) | George CUE | ||
| Anne ROSS | ||||
| Maria Theresa COLLINS (1824 - 1883) | Thomas COLLINS | |||
| Mary MCCARTHY | ||||
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| Pic S1. from 'A Currency Lad' |
| b. abt 1855 at Cork, Co Cork, Ireland |
| m. 1900 Eugenie (Duckey) Spencer WILLS (1854 - 1937) at Vancouver, BC, Canada |
| d. 1920 at Vancouver, BC, Canada aged 65 |
| Near Relatives of Thomas George CUE (1855 - 1920) | ||||||
| Relationship | Person | Born | Birth Place | Died | Death Place | Age |
| Grandfather | George CUE | |||||
| Grandmother | Anne ROSS | |||||
| Grandfather | Thomas COLLINS | |||||
| Grandmother | Mary MCCARTHY | |||||
| Father in Law | Horatio Spencer Howe WILLS | 05 Oct 1811 | Sydney, NSW, Australia | 17 Oct 1861 | 'Cullin-la-ringo', Springsure, Queensland, Australia | 50 |
| Mother in Law | Elizabeth (MCGUIRE) WYRE | 1817 | Sydney, NSW, Australia | 28 Dec 1907 | Geelong, Victoria, Australia | 90 |
| Father | Thomas George CUE | abt 1813 | Cork, Co Cork, Ireland | 1897 | Casterton, Victoria, Australia | 84 |
| Mother | Maria Theresa COLLINS | abt 1824 | Cork, Co Cork, Ireland | 1883 | Casterton, Victoria, Australia | 59 |
| Self | Thomas George CUE | abt 1855 | Cork, Co Cork, Ireland | 1920 | Vancouver, BC, Canada | 65 |
| Wife | Eugenie (Duckey) Spencer WILLS | 28 Jan 1854 | Lexington, Victoria, Australia | 08 Jul 1937 | Kew, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia | 83 |
| Step Daughter | Eva Jessie Mazie TYSON | 1892 | Sydney, NSW, Australia | 26 Jul 1972 | Prahran, Victoria, Australia | 80 |
| Niece | Eva Wills HARRISON | 11 Aug 1865 | Fitzroy, Victoria, Australia | 27 Sep 1869 | Victoria, Australia | 4 |
| Nephew | Horace HARRISON | 25 Dec 1866 | Collingwood, Victoria, Australia | 1867 | Victoria, Australia | 1 |
| Niece | Kate Wills HARRISON | 26 Feb 1868 | Melbourne, Victoria, Australia | 1955 | Caulfield, Victoria, Australia | 87 |
| Niece | Emily Rosalie (Rose) HARRISON | 23 Jul 1869 | 1947 | Hove, Sussex, England | 78 | |
| Nephew | Henry Norman HARRISON | 28 Jul 1870 | 09 May 1895 | Broad Arrow, WA, Australia | 24 | |
| Niece | Ida Mary HARRISON | 20 Jan 1872 | Kew, Victoria, Australia | 01 Aug 1872 | Victoria, Australia | 0 |
| Nephew | Eric Spencer HARRISON | 1874 | 1874 | Victoria, Australia | 0 | |
| Niece | Ruby Spencer HARRISON | 25 Mar 1876 | Victoria, Australia | 1958 | Richmond, Victoria, Australia | 82 |
| Niece | Alma Wills (twin) HARRISON | 31 Mar 1882 | Kew, Victoria, Australia | 1960 | Melbourne, Victoria, Australia | 78 |
| Niece | Eileen Spencer (twin) HARRISON | 31 Mar 1882 | Kew, Victoria, Australia | 1882 | Beechworth, Victoria, Australia | 0 |
| Niece | Elizabeth Spencer WILLS | 12 Mar 1873 | Queensland, Australia | 24 Oct 1956 | Queensland, Australia | 83 |
| Niece | Edith Spencer WILLS | 10 Jun 1874 | Queensland, Australia | 15 Sep 1956 | Queensland, Australia | 82 |
| Niece | Emily (Emilyne) Spencer WILLS | 16 Aug 1875 | Kew, Victoria, Australia | 05 Feb 1960 | Queensland, Australia | 84 |
| Nephew | Horatio Spencer Howe WILLS | 28 Aug 1876 | 'Cullin-la-ringo', Springsure, Queensland, Australia | 30 Aug 1960 | Springsure, Queensland, Australia | 84 |
| Nephew | Cedric Spencer WILLS | 29 Nov 1877 | 'Cullin-la-ringo', Springsure, Queensland, Australia | 25 Sep 1957 | Home Hill, Queensland, Australia | 79 |
| Nephew | George WILLS | abt 1879 | ||||
| Niece | Minnie Spencer WILLS | 27 Apr 1880 | Queensland, Australia | 23 Sep 1962 | Queensland, Australia | 82 |
| Nephew | Egbert Spencer WILLS | 23 Jul 1881 | Queensland, Australia | 04 Aug 1888 | Queensland, Australia | 7 |
| Niece | Rose Spencer WILLS | 16 Sep 1882 | 'Cullin-la-ringo', Springsure, Queensland, Australia | 21 Feb 1969 | Queensland, Australia | 86 |
| Niece | Ruby Spencer WILLS | 23 Nov 1883 | Queensland, Australia | 1978 | Queensland, Australia | 95 |
| Niece | Ivy Spencer WILLS | 30 Jul 1885 | Queensland, Australia | 09 Feb 1968 | Casino, NSW, Australia | 82 |
| Nephew | Thomas Wentworth Spencer WILLS | 25 Jul 1886 | Queensland, Australia | 22 May 1963 | Queensland, Australia | 76 |
| Nephew | Colden Spencer WILLS | 15 Oct 1888 | 'Cullin-la-ringo', Springsure, Queensland, Australia | 20 May 1972 | Rockhampton, Queensland, Australia | 83 |
| Niece | Ethel Mary WILLS | 1875 | Hawthorn, Victoria, Australia | 22 Jun 1919 | Sandham, Victoria | 44 |
| Niece | Ada (Ida) Clare WILLS | 03 Jun 1880 | Springsure, Queensland, Australia | 1964 | Los Angeles, California, USA | 84 |
| Niece | Hebe Eugenie WILLS | 08 Mar 1885 | Queensland, Australia | 10 Nov 1948 | Toorak, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia | 63 |
| Niece | Maud WILLS | 1886 | 1886 | 0 | ||
| Niece | Eva Irene 'Rene' WILLS | 07 Jun 1888 | Queensland, Australia | 1980 | Kew, Cambrian Hill, Victoria, Australia | 92 |
| Nephew | Egbert Horatio WILLS | 12 Jul 1878 | Hawthorn, Victoria, Australia | 1940 | Coburg, Victoria, Australia | 62 |
| Nephew | Stanley Spencer WILLS | 1884 | Hawthorn, Victoria, Australia | 1884 | 0 | |
| Nephew | Eric Wilfred WILLS | 20 Sep 1891 | 1974 | Box Hill, Victoria, Australia | 83 | |
| Nephew | Edward St Lawrence SHAW | 07 Mar 1878 | Geelong, Victoria, Australia | 1952 | Birkenhead, Cheshire, England | 74 |
| Niece | Lesley Elizabeth SHAW | 04 Feb 1879 | Creswick, Victoria, Australia | 26 Apr 1879 | Victoria, Australia | 0 |
| Niece | Ellen Marian SHAW | 04 May 1880 | Victoria, Australia | 28 Oct 1949 | Melbourne, Victoria, Australia | 69 |
| Niece | Doris Minna SHAW | 10 Jul 1881 | Tarr...., Victoria | 1932 | Adelaide, Victoria, Australia | 51 |
| Niece | Elshie Adela SHAW | 27 Apr 1883 | Geelong, Victoria, Australia | 12 Dec 1923 | Melbourne, Victoria, Australia | 40 |
| Niece | Phyllis Joan SHAW | 18 Sep 1886 | Geelong, Victoria, Australia | 18 Jun 1887 | Malvern, Victoria, Australia | 0 |
| Nephew | Horace Foster SHAW | 06 Jun 1888 | Armadale, Victoria, Australia | 30 Apr 1968 | Glen, Victoria, Australia | 79 |
| Nephew | Lester Boyd SHAW | 06 Nov 1890 | Armadale, Victoria, Australia | 1960 | Sandford, Victoria, Australia | 70 |
| Nephew | Max Douglas SHAW | 17 Jul 1897 | Switzerland | 1975 | Camb, Victoria, Australia | 78 |
| Niece | Claudia Blomfield-Brown | 12 Mar 1884 | Geelong, Victoria, Australia | 27 Jun 1934 | Toorak, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia | 50 |
| Nephew | Harold Blomfield-Brown | 22 Apr 1885 | Geelong, Victoria, Australia | 18 Apr 1964 | 78 | |
| Nephew | Reginald Blomfield-Brown | 24 Jan 1890 | Victoria, Australia | |||
| Niece | Kathleen Ruby Spencer HARDING | 1880 | Westgate On Sea, Thanet, Kent, England | |||
| Brother in Law | Thomas Wentworth WILLS | 1836 | Molongolo Plains, NSW, Australia | 02 May 1880 | Heidelberg, Victoria, Australia | 44 |
| Sister in Law | Emily Spencer WILLS | 25 Dec 1842 | 'Lexington', Ararat, Victoria, Australia | 06 Dec 1925 | "Molongolo", Kew, Victoria, Australia | 82 |
| Brother in Law | Cedric Spencer WILLS | 01 Dec 1844 | 'Lexington', Ararat, Victoria, Australia | 23 Jan 1914 | Springsure, Queensland, Australia | 69 |
| Brother in Law | Horace Spencer WILLS | 16 Jun 1847 | Lexington, Victoria, Australia | 08 Oct 1928 | Kew, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia | 81 |
| Brother in Law | Egbert Spencer WILLS | 11 Nov 1849 | Lexington, Victoria, Australia | 11 Sep 1931 | Kew, Victoria, Australia | 81 |
| Sister in Law | Elizabeth Spencer WILLS | 07 Jan 1852 | 'Lexington', Ararat, Victoria, Australia | 21 Nov 1930 | Prahran, Victoria, Australia | 78 |
| Sister in Law | Minna Spencer WILLS | 01 Mar 1856 | "Bellevue", Geelong, Victoria, Australia | 14 Feb 1943 | Toorak, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia | 86 |
| Sister in Law | Hortense Sarah Spencer WILLS | 16 Aug 1861 | Geelong, Victoria, Australia | 02 Jul 1907 | Maidenhead, Berkshire, England | 45 |
| Events in Thomas George CUE (1855 - 1920)'s life | |||||
| Date | Age | Event | Place | Notes | Src |
| abt 1855 | Thomas George CUE was born | Cork, Co Cork, Ireland | Note 1 | ||
| 1883 | 28 | Death of mother Maria Theresa COLLINS (aged 59) | Casterton, Victoria, Australia | Note 2 | 52 |
| 1897 | 42 | Death of father Thomas George CUE (aged 84) | Casterton, Victoria, Australia | Note 3 | 52 |
| 1900 | 45 | Married Eugenie (Duckey) Spencer WILLS (aged 46) | Vancouver, BC, Canada | Note 4 | 55 |
| Aug 1900 | 45 | Other Event | "Campania" New York to Queenstown, Ireland | Note 5 | |
| 1903 | 48 | Residence | Wallace St, Toorak, Victoria | Note 6 | 37 |
| 1908 | 53 | Immigration | "Victorian" from Liverpool to Montreal | Note 7 | |
| 1911 | 56 | Census | 10 Frognal Mansions, Hampstead, England | Note 8 | 67 |
| 1920 | 65 | Thomas George CUE died | Vancouver, BC, Canada | Note 9 | |
| Personal Notes: |
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There is a death record for Thomas George CUE in BC, Canada, in 1920 ?????? - see marriage notes - does he travel back and forth?
1855 - from death reg Ireland - from border crossing, Cananda to USA in 1912 Thomas George Cue Eugenia (has sister Mrs Shaw, c/- Bank of Australia, Melbourne) and Eva Shaw (18), Irish Death Notice for Eugenie - widow of Tom Cue of Cue, WA http://www.hibeach.net/cuetom.html Introduction The town of Cue in Western Australia is named after Tom Cue. These notes attempt to provide factual information about him and his family. His father His father was George Cue who was sometimes referred to as Thomas George Cue but not in any records we have found. George Cue served as a midshipman on HMS Lapwing under his uncle Sir Thomas Ross (1797-1874). Before settling in Australia he went to America. It is likely that George Cue arrived in Melbourne on the 11th December 1850 on the ship Royal George from London via Adelaide: “George Cue, wife and five children”. These five children probably included Anne, Kate and Tom. He settled in Melbourne in 1850 and then moved to Casterton, possibly in 1853. In 1867 George Cue, the clerk of petty sessions in Casterton was appointed to act also as the clerk to the petty sessions in Digby. In 1875 George Cue was appointed Assistant Registrar in Casterton to the County Court in Hamilton. George Cue died in April 1897 and was survived by two sons (Tom and Richard) and seven daughters (Anne, Kate, Eva, Elizabeth, Frances, Georgina and one unknown). Note: The Argus reported on 20 February 1877 that a meeting of the creditors of the estate of TG Cue, a store keeper of Casterton would be held the following day. A photograph of the premises of TG Cue & Co is on the Museum Victoria website. The meeting was said to have been called by TG Cue and that he had debts of £14,000. At the meeting the deficiency was recorded as £3,432. Who was this TG Cue? His mother Tom Cue’s mother was Maria Theresa Cue nee Collins. George and Maria married in County Cork in Ireland in 1844. Maria died in 1883 in Victoria. The death index record states that she was aged 59 at the time of her death and that her parents were Thomas Collins and Mary McCarthy. The death was registered in Casterton, Victoria. I have not found any mention of her death by searching Trove Newspapers. She is buried in an unmarked grave in the old Casterton Cemetery and the year of her birth is given as 1824. His Siblings Anne Cue, the eldest daughter of the late George Cue of Forest Farm, Casterton died age 63 (or 64) on 8th March 1908 in Port Fairy. Mother listed as Maria Collins. Age at death suggests she was born about 1845. Mr W S McPherson is mentioned as Tom Cue’s brother in law in the Portland Guardian of 5 January 1894. Kate Cue (born Cork, Ireland) married William Sutherland McPherson (about 1849 - 1922) in 1873 . She is said to be the third daughter. She died in 1917 aged 69 in Port Fairy. Age at death suggests she was born in 1848. Six sons and two daughters survived the death of William. Richard Alexander Cue was born in Kilmore Victoria in 1852 and died in 27 October 1942 aged 90 in Heidelberg, Victoria. He was a Bank Manger with the Union Bank. He married Esther Mary (or Maria) Broad nee Tijon in Kilmore Victoria in 1897. An unnamed female child born to George and Maria was registered in 1854. Eva Grace Cue died in Cheltenham in April 1937 aged 81. Parents shown as George Cue and Maria Collins. She would have been born about 1856. Elizabeth Cue died in Casterton in 1927 at age 70. Parents shown as George Cue and Maria Collins. As she died at 70 she would have been born about 1857 and so she could be the unnamed female born to George and Maria in 1858. Margarita Cue died in 1872 in Casterton aged 13. Her age suggests she was born to George and Maria in about 1859 so she also could have been the unnamed female born in 1858. Buried Sandford Cemetery. Frances Morgan died in 1940 aged 78. Parents shown as George Cue and Maria Collins. She was buried in the Casterton Cemetery. Frances Ann Cue married Dan Walt Morgan in 1913 in Melbourne. She was born about 1862. An unnamed male was born to George and Maria in 1863 and died the same year aged 1 day. He was buried in the old Casterton Cemetery. The grave is unmarked. A Georgina (Gina) Cue died in 1933 in Port Fairy aged 85 parents shown as George Cue of Casterton and Ann Ross. Ann Ross was probably Gina’s paternal grandmother. Tom’s birth No record of Tom’s birth has been found as yet. There seems no reason to doubt that he was born County Cork, Ireland as indicated on the records for his marriage, 1911 census record and death. This would mean that he was born before the family left for Melbourne in 1850. The Discovery of Gold at Cue The discovery of gold at Cue probably went something like this. The details are not fully recorded. Michael John Fitzgerald and Edward Heffernan were prospecting for gold on Roberts and Townsend's Coodardy Station in 1892 and found a nugget weighing 144 ounces. An aboriginal nicknamed Governor employed by Townsend pointed out two more nuggets one weighing 24 ounces and the other 25 ounces. They asked Tom Cue to register a claim which he did with the mining warden at Nannine. That is why Tom Cue is sometimes referred to as the discoverer of gold at Cue. Tom Cue, Broken Hill Tom Cue was often referred to as an "old Broken Hill" identity or as "TG Cue of Broken Hill". Agnew Tom Cue is said to have made his richest find in 1895 about ten kilometres north of Lawlers in Western Australia. He named his gold mine The Woronga and he had other leases in the area. The area became known as Cue’s Patch (or more simply The Patch) due to the rich patch of alluvial gold. To avoid confusion with the town of Cue, Cue's Patch eventually became known as Agnew. Locomotive "Tom Cue" Cue Railway Station (2013) Disused Cue Railway Station (2013) The first official train to steam into Cue following the completion of the Mullewa to Cue Railway in 1897 was hauled by the "Tom Cue". The train arrived at the Cue station at 2:30pm on 20 April where a crowd of 1500 people were assembled. The Cue Brass Band played "God Save the Queen". Tom Cue took part in the festivities. Eugenie Cue Eugenie Spencer Wills was born in January 1854 and was the daughter of Horatio Spencer Howe Wills and Elizabeth Wills nee Wyre of Cullin-la-ringo Queensland and Bellevue, Geelong. Eugenie Wills married Peter Tyson in November 1877 in Victoria. The birth of one child to the marriage, Eva J Tyson was registered in NSW in 1892. No other children have been found to this marriage. Eva's surname was subsequently changed to Cue. She died in July 1972 in Prahran, Victoria, Australia. Eugenie petitioned for a divorce from Tyson on the grounds of desertion. The divorce was granted in NSW in July 1895. Tom married Eugenie Spencer Tyson in Vancouver, Canada on 16th July 1900. They returned from overseas on the White Star Liner Afric in Febuary 1902. Tom and Eugenie were shown living in Wallace Street, Toorak on the 1903 Commonwealth Electoral Roll. The death of Eugenie occurred on 8 July 1937 and was recorded in The Argus (10 July 1937), where she was described as the widow of Tom Cue of Cue W.A. Tom and Family in England Early in 1911 Thomas Cue travelled from Southampton to British Columbia on the George Washington. In the English census of 1911 (11 April), Tom gives his occupation as a mining engineer. He is living at 10 Frognal Mansions, Hampstead (now in the London Borough of Campden) with his wife Eugenie and his "daughter" Maizie (that is Eva). In 1912 the three of them were in the USA and Canada. Tom’s death Thomas George Cue died in Vancouver, Canada on the 4th September 1920. References Ancestry.com. 1911 England Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011. Battye JS (ed)(1915)The History of the North West of Australia: Embracing Kimberley, Gascoyne and Murchison DistrictsPerth VK Jones Trove Newspapers Platt, Lynn (1999) Irish Records Extraction Database [database online] Provo UT USA Ancestry.com Operations Inc Web page Casterton & District Historical Society Inc. Tom Cue 1850-1920. Article by Jim Foster. Accessed 17 July 2013 Web page Inscription List for Casterton Old Cemetery. Accessed 10 July 2013. Web page Near Relatives of Eva CUE ( - 1972) Accessed 10 July 2013 Web page (Museum Victoria) Negative - Casterton, Victoria, pre 1880. Accessed 10 July 2013. Web Site Royal BC [British Columbia] Museum: BC Archives - Genealogy http://www.swvic.org/casterton/cue_tom.htm Cue Tom Cue 1850-1920 Tom CUE was born in the western district town of Casterton, Victoria in 1850. One of two sons among eight girls born to Thomas George CUE and Maria (nee COLLINS). Given a sound education Tom excelled at sports and was a well set up young man. Working for a time at his fathers general store T.G. Cue and Company Tom soon decided being a counter jumper did not suit him and he left looking for adventure. Tom worked for a short time at Castlemain in a Saw Pit, then on the opal fields of South Australia. By the early 1890s Tom was on the rich Western Australian goldfields and doing well. He was involved in many of the better gold finds and in 1892 the town of Cue was named after him. He was soon very well off and always stayed in the better hotels when in town. His prospecting outfit was of the best equipment and his trap could often be seen loaded high with provisions and mining equipment making it’s way to the latest strike. In the late 1890’s the Murchison district was largely unexplored. It was a dangerous desert wilderness where water was so scarce it often cost more than gold. Many men perished of thirst or were killed by the hostile natives of the area. It took a tough man just to survive there; to survive and prosper was an achievement indeed. In 1895 Tom Cue made his richest find at was to become the town of Agnew, ten kilometres north of Lawlers. Naming his gold mine The Woronga he then took on two further leases and the area became known as Cue’s Patch, (referring to the rich patch of shallow alluvial gold there) a name that was to stick until the Post Master General pointed out that there was already a town named after Tom and there couldn’t be two towns in W.A. named after the same man. Cues Patch eventually became known as Agnew. Tom stayed on at the Woronga for about eighteen months at the end of which time he was awarded a Finders Reward of one hundred pounds for the finding of the Cue goldfield. Selling his claims Tom said he was tired of prospecting and was reported to have said. “Give me 300 pound a year, a horse, a gun and a fishing rod in Gippsland and I could ask for nothing more.” Tom then spent a year in Queensland at Cloncurry and Chillagoe before returning to Victoria in early 1900. But unable to settle down he became involved in an expedition up the Amazon River traveling to London to help organize and finance the trip. Even in his sixties he remained restless, journeying through the inhospitable wilderness of the Yukon to search for gold. On the fourth of September 1920 he died in Vancouver, British Columbia at the age of seventy. Even today there is not a lot known about Tom Cue. In 1894 the Murchison Times described him as a fine burly fellow nearly six foot tall. The only known picture of Tom came when in 1991 a couple were fossicking for gold near Cue and found a metal printers plate with an illustration of Tom filling his pipe. While almost unknown in his home state Tom Cue is one of the legendary figures of the Western Australian Goldfields and particularly in the Murchison district. His name is as well known as Paddy Hannan who found Kalgoorlie, and Arthur Bailey and William Ford of Coolgardie fame. THE ROVERS. Across the glowing desert; Through naked trees and snow; Across the rolling prairies The skies have seen them go; They fought to where the ocean receives the setting sun;- But where shall fight the rovers When all the lands are won Acknowledgments. Much of the material for this article came from the excellent book “Agnew”, by Alex Palmer published by Hesperian Press Other information gained personally by the author on location. Excerpt from the poem, The Rovers, from the complete works of Henry Lawson 1885 - 1900 A Campfire Yarn. Published by Lansdowne press 1984 Above is the only known image of TOM CUE. |
| Source References: |
| 37. Type: Vital Record, Abbr: Australian electoral rolls, Title: Australian Electoral Rolls, Auth: Australian government |
| - Reference = (Residence) |
| 55. Type: Book, Abbr: Edward Wills Family and Descendants, Title: Ancestor Treasure Hunt; The Edward Wills Family and Descendants in Australia 1797 - 1976, Auth: R.V. Pockley, Publ: Wentworth Books - Sydney, Date: 1976 |
| - Reference = (Name, Notes) |
| - Reference = (Marriage) |
| 67. Type: Census, Abbr: UK Census Collection, Title: UK Census Collection, Auth: Ancestry.com.au, Publ: Ancestry.com.au |
| - Reference = (Census) |
| - Notes: CUE
Thomas George (53) - c1858, Cork, Ireland - mining engineer Eugena Spencer (45) - c1866, Victoria, Australia Maizey (17) - c1894, NSW - dau - living with parents (this is Eugenie's dau Eva from first marriage) |
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