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William Adolphus POLGLASS (1856 - 1939)

Children	Self + Spouses	Parents	Grandparents	Greatgrandparents
Stanley Eric POLGLASS (1899 - 1938)	William Adolphus POLGLASS (1856 - 1939) + Florence Mary SCRIVENOR ( - 1939)

b. 1856 at Charlestown, Cornwall, England

m. 1880 Florence Mary SCRIVENOR ( - 1939) at Dunedin, New Zealand

d. 1939 at Brisbane, Queensland, Australia aged 83

Near Relatives of William Adolphus POLGLASS (1856 - 1939)
Relationship	Person	Born	Birth Place	Died	Death Place	Age
Self	William Adolphus POLGLASS	1856	Charlestown, Cornwall, England	1939	Brisbane, Queensland, Australia	83
Wife	Florence Mary SCRIVENOR			1939	Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
Son	Stanley Eric POLGLASS	1899	Queensland, Australia	06 Jan 1938	South Port, Queensland, Australia	39
Daughter in Law	Cora Zuill Carden COLLINS	30 May 1905	Toowong, Queensland, Australia	08 Aug 1933	Brisbane, Queensland, Australia	28
Grandson	Living or Recently Deceased
Grandson	Living or Recently Deceased

Events in William Adolphus POLGLASS (1856 - 1939)'s life
Date	Age	Event	Place	Notes	Src
1856		William Adolphus POLGLASS was born	Charlestown, Cornwall, England	Note 1
1880	24	Married Florence Mary SCRIVENOR	Dunedin, New Zealand
1899	43	Birth of son Stanley Eric POLGLASS	Queensland, Australia	Note 2
06 Jan 1938	82	Death of son Stanley Eric POLGLASS (aged 39)	South Port, Queensland, Australia	see notes	55
1939	83	William Adolphus POLGLASS died	Brisbane, Queensland, Australia	Note 3	60
1939	83	Death of wife Florence Mary SCRIVENOR	Brisbane, Queensland, Australia	See obit for husband

Note 1: Obit - died 1939 - age 83 = 1856 at Charlestown, Cornwall

Note 2: Qld bmd 1899 C3405 Eric Stanley Polglass William Adolphus Florence Mary Scrivenor

Note 3: The Courier-Mail, Tuesday 22 August 1939 (Brisbane, Queensland, Australia) OBITUARY MR. W. A. POLGLASS Mr. William Adolphus Polglass, of 449 Milton Road, Auchenflower, whose death is reported at the age of 83, only lived a month after the death of his wife, Mrs. Florence Mary Polglass. Mr. Polglass was born in Charlestown, Cornwall, and was married in Dunedin (N.Z.). On his arrival in Brisbane he settled at Toowong, but later went to Toowoomba, where he lived for nearly 50 years. He was an alderman of the first Greater Toowoomba City Council, a trustee of the Neil Street Methodist Church, and a Mason. He was one of Toowoomba's oldest Justices of the Peace. Mr. and Mrs. Polglass were keen horticulturists, and their garden at "Penrice" won many home garden competitions. Mr. Polglass is survived by eight of his 10 children.

Personal Notes:

from birth reg of son Eric

Source References:

60. Type: Newspaper, Title: Trove, http://trove.nla.gov.au

- Reference = (Death)

- Notes: The Courier-Mail, Tuesday 22 August 1939 (Brisbane, Queensland, Australia) OBITUARY MR. W. A. POLGLASS Mr. William Adolphus Polglass, of 449 Milton Road, Auchenflower, whose death is reported at the age of 83, only lived a month after the death of his wife, Mrs. Florence Mary Polglass. Mr. Polglass was born in Charlestown, Cornwall, and was married in Dunedin (N.Z.). On his arrival in Brisbane he settled at Toowong, but later went to Toowoomba, where he lived for nearly 50 years. He was an alderman of the first Greater Toowoomba City Council, a trustee of the Neil Street Methodist Church, and a Mason. He was one of Toowoomba's oldest Justices of the Peace. Mr. and Mrs. Polglass were keen horticulturists, and their garden at "Penrice" won many home garden competitions. Mr. Polglass is survived by eight of his 10 children.

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