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JOHN COMERFORD was born in Salford, Lancashire England
in 1866. He married Elizabeth Hitchen on 20 September 1887.
I am aware of one child born to this couple: Matthew Comerford
(born 7 April 1889. Salford, England)
JOHN COMERFORD married a second time to : MARY KELMAN STEWART (born 18 June 1888 Aberdeen Scotland.) They were married on 1 August 1906.
CHILDREN 1. LAURA MARIE COMERFORD (born 13 March 1908 Johannesburg.
South Africa.)
m. 28 September 1929 James Thomas Clune
2. HAROLD WILLIAM COMERFORD (born 7 January 1910 Russell Siding.Helidon
Qld)
m. 27 April 1931 Ethel Maud Nichols
3. EMILY COMERFORD (b. 16 July 1911 Helidon Qld)
m. Gordon Harold Plastow
4. JOHN STEWART COMERFORD (b. 8 November 1912 Helidon Qld)
Died 4 February 1915 Brisbane
5. MAVIS COMERFORD (b. Abt 1915 Helidon Qld)
m. Robert Lansdowne
6. MARY ELIZABETH COMERFORD (b. 12 November 1918 Brisbane)
m. 18 November 1939 Alexander Levy Milleskie
7. STEWART COMERFORD (. 30 August 1921 Bowen Hills)
m. 7 February 1942 Edna Maud Crawley
8. MINERVA BETTY COMERFORD (b. 9 April 1927)
m. 27 November 1948 Frederick Austin Bartley
9. LEONARD JOHN COMERFORD (b. 14 October 1928 New Farm Brisbane Qld)
Family Group Record of Thomas Crawley/ Alice Campbell
Children: 1. FELIX CRAWLEY b. 17 December 1849 Brisbane. Australia.
married 29 June 1873 Brisbane Australia
Spouse: Bridget Stapleton
Children Of Felix and Bridget Crawley
(1) Felix Edward Crawley b. 25 February 1877 d. 30 April 1877 Brisbane
(2) Herbert Crawley b. 14 April 1878 Brisbane
(3) Florence May Crawley b. 20 December 1880 Brisbane
(4) Ernest William Crawley b. 7 May 1883 Brisbane
m. 18 October 1909 Brisbane
d. 23 November 1916
Spouse: Annie Vincent Hunt
(5) Mary Josephine Crawley b. 8 September 1885
m. Bernard William Petersen 9 June 1909 Brisbane
(6) Steven Thomas Joseph Crawley b. 10 November 1887
(7) Vincent Lawrence Crawley b. 28 September 1890 d. 1892
(8) Alphonsus Felix Crawley b. 6 October 1892
(9) Vincent Lawrence Crawley b. 1 April 1895 Brisbane
m. 9 August 1920 Brisbane
Spouse: Annie Vincent Hunt
(10) Germanie Veronica Crawley b. 24 August 1897
(11) Aloysius Ambrose Crawley. b. 23 April 1899
(12) Veronica Ivy Crawley b. 15 December 1900
2. EDWARD CRAWLEY b. 17 December 1849 Brisbane Australia
3. THOMAS CRAWLEY b. 17 December 1849 Brisbane Australia
4. AGNES CRAWLEY b. 8 May 1852 Brisbane Australia
Children: 1. Bernard Ernest Patrick Crawley b. 16 March 1910
Brisbane. m. Elsie Skinner
2. Mary Bridget Crawley b. 2 August 1911 Brisbane m. James Healy
3. Veronica Ann Crawley b. 24 August 1913 Glenelg St. South Brisbane.
m. Alec William Collins 1939
d. 9 December 1949 Mater Hospital South Brisbane
buriel. 10 December 1949 Toowong Cemetery.Brisbane
Family Group Record for Vincent Lawrence Crawley/ Annie Vincent Hunt
Children: 1. Joan Maria Crawley b. 1922 m. Norman Carter
2. Edna Maud Crawley b. 1924 m. Stewart Comerford
3. Lawrence Michael Crawley b. 1926 m. Shirley Scambles.
Family Group Record of JOHN DICKFOS/ ELLEN AUGUSTA LAWRANCE
John Dickfos b. 2 September 1873 Mt. Walker Queensland Australia
m. 5 May 1897
d. 15 November 1955 Sandgate Eventide. Brisbane
Ellen Augusta Lawrance b. 26 July 1876 Moggill Brisbane
d. 9 March 1967 Bayview Conval.Home
Children: 1. Mercy May Dickfos b. 15
March 1898 Coleyville QLD
m. Frank Archer
d. 4 June 1971
2. Louise Alice Dickfos. b. 2 October 1899 Coleyville QLD
m. Manning John Claybourn (b. 11 June 1892)
d. 19 September 1989
3. Edmond Albert Dickfos b. 15 March 1901 Coleyville QLD
m. 14 July 1923 Clara Eader (b. 4 April 1901)
d. 9 February 1978 Brisbane QLD
4. John Henry Dickfos b. 19 October 1902 Coleyville QLD
m. 21 October 1931 Glady Thelma Dieton(b.13 September 1914)
5. Donald Richard Dickfos b. 9 August 1904 Degilbo QLD
m. Mabel Edna Peterson
d. 20 May 1953 Brisbane
6. Roy Cecil Dickfos b. 1 August 1906 Degilbo QLD
m. Lillian Elizabeth Warburton (b.13 October 1911)
d. 26 January 1986
7. Josephine Gladys Eva Dickfos. b. 18 September 1908 Pialba QLD
m. 1. 17 October 1925.Charles Edward Norris
2. 28 November 1963. Thomas Owen
d. 28 December 1997 Brisbane QLD
8. Colin Kenneth Dickfos b. 26 November 1914 Cleveland Bay QLD
m. Irene Ester Hart (b. 20 May 1920)
d. 1996
9. Vera Alma Dickfos b. 23 July 1920 Brisbane QLD
d. 5 January 1922 Brisbane QLD
10. Alan Vernon Dickfos. b. 15 December 1922 Brisbane QLD
m. 18 April 1946. Myrtle Lillian Fry (b. 22 February 1927)
JOHANN CARL DIECKFOSS married Johanna Eleonora ENGELERIN 23
October 1791
Berlin (Parish Of Jerusalem)
Child of Johann &Johanna : Friedrich Dickfoss (b. Germany)
m. Louisa Bechley (b. Germany)
Child of Friedrich & Louisa : Johan Christian Friedrich Dickfos b.
15 July 1816
Prussia. Gerswalde. Templin Germany
(1) m. Johanna Friedricke REICK 1842 Gerswalde Templin.
d. 24 September 1894 Mt. Walker QLD
Child of Johan Christian &
Johanna Friedricke : August Dickfos b. 1843 Dierfuswald Germany
(2) m. Dorothea Runge 1844 Gerswalde Templin Prussia
Children of Johan Christian &
Dorothea :
Wilhelmine Dickfos b. 1847 Germany
Carl Gottlieb Dickfos b. 5 April 1850 Prussia Ferwitz Templ
m. Christine Schneider 1 July 1871
West Street Ipswich QLD
d. 3 January 1937 Coleyville QLD
Caroline Dickfos b. 4 March 1854 Prussia Stalov
m. Friedrich Gottfried Schneider. Ipswich
d. 1946 Mt. Walker QLD
Herman Dickfos b. 1858 Germany
m.8 May 1879. Anna Fischer Ipswich QLD
Annie Dickfos.b. Germany
Emma Dickfos.b. Germany
Carl Gottlieb Dickfos b. 5 April 1850. Ferwitz. Prussia Germany.
m. Christine Schneider 1 July 1871 (daughter of Johann George Schneider)
d. 3 January 1937
Children of Carl Gottlieb & Christine Schneider:
1. Charles Dickfos. b. 18 March 1872 Mt. Walker
m. 5 February 1896 Rosewood Scrub. Ann Argow(b.1876)
2. John Dickfos. b. 2 September 1873 Mt. Walker QLD
m. Ellen Augusta Lawrance 5 May 1897
Mother Ann Lawrance nee Belson
Father Thomas Lawrance
d. 15 November 1955 Sandgate Brisbane QLD
3. Martha Dickfos. b. 14 November 1876 Mt. Walker
m. May 1897. Thomas Lawrance (b.1874)
d. & January 1947
4. Albert Dickfos b. 10 March 1878 Mt. Walker QLD
5. Sarah Lydia Dickfos. b. 29 May 1881 Mt. Walker
6. Frederich Dickfos. b. 1881 Mt. Walker
7. Henry Dickfos. b. 1 January 1883
d. 6 October 1966
8. Louisea Wilhelmina Dickfos. b. 23 February 1885
m. William Drager (b.1876)
d. 28 June 1967
9. Emma Emila Dickfos. b. 13 April 1890 Mt. Walker
10. Ellen Annie Dickfos. b. 5 January 1893 Mt. Walker
FAMILY GROUP RECORD OF MARTIN HOFFMAN/ MARY JOSEPHINE DROHAN
Martin Hoffman born approx. 1837, arrived in Australia 11 July 1874.
Martin Hoffman married Mary Josephine Drohan 1875 . Young. New South
Wales.
CHILDREN: 1. ALBERT ERNEST HOFFMAN. b. 1881
children. Jack Hoffman. Bill Hoffman
2. EDWARD M. HOFFMAN b. 1878 married Agnes M Bennett 1909
children. Norman Hoffman. Gladys Hoffman. Gloria Hoffman
3. JOHN THOMAS HOFFMAN b. 10 September 1879 married Beryl Green 1916
children. Inez Beryl Hoffman. John Kendall Hoffman. Kitty Colleen Hoffman.
4. HENRY HOFFMAN d. 1883
5. MARY E HOFFMAN b. 1876 married John Kime 1906
6. MARY Kitty HOFFMAN b. 1884
Martin Hoffman died 1907 Age 70 Young NSW
Mary Josephine Drohan died 1886 age 36 Temora NSW.
John Thomas Hoffman b. 10 September 1879. Father. Martin Hoffman
Mother. Mary Drohan.
Beryl Green b. 1887 Father. Thomas Hyndes Green married 1879
Mother. Fanny Grime.b. 1851
Sibling. Henry Kendall Green b. 1882
Frank Green
d. 1935 Age 48 years
CHILDREN. Inez Beryl Hoffman b. 25 January 1921
m.1. Laurance Gray
2. George Mackenzie Morris b. 29 March 1920
John Kendall Hoffman b. 17 December 1923
m.19 January 1946. Thelma Joyce Norris b. 23 August 1926
Kitty Colleen Hoffman b. 26 November 1926
m. 11 February 1946. Andrew Stoudt (d 19 August 1980)
FAMILY GROUP RECORD FOR DAVID HUNT/ MARY FLAHERTY
Husband: David HUNT b. Ireland
Spouse: Mary FLAHERTY
b. Ireland Father. Michael Flaherty
Mother. Mary Welch
Children: 1. Thomas Hunt b. 10 January 1865 Tipperary
Co. Ireland
2. Ellen Hunt b. 2 March 1866 Tipperary Co. Ireland
3. Mary Hunt b. 1871 Tipperary Co. Ireland
4. Maragret Mary Hunt b. 1878 Tipperary Co. Ireland m. (?) Quinn
5. David Hunt b. 1881 Tipperary Co. Ireland
6. Annie Vincent Hunt. b. 1883 Ireland m. (1) Ernest William Crawley
(2) Vincent Lawrence Crawley
FAMILY GROUP RECORD FOR ANNIE VINCENT HUNT/ERNEST
WILLIAM CRAWLEY
Husband Ernest William Crawley b. 7 May 1883
Brisbane Queensland
Spouse Annie Vincent Hunt b.
1883 Ireland
Married 18 October 1909
CHILDREN 1. Bernard Ernest Patrick Crawley
b. 16 March 1910 Brisbane
2. Mary Bridget Crawley b. 2 August 1911 Brisbane Queensland
3. Veronica Ann Crawley b. 24 August 1913 South Brisbane. Queensland
Ernest William Crawley died 23 November 1916
Annie Vincent Crawley nee Hunt married again on 9 August 1920 to
Vincent Lawrence Crawley
They had another three children.
1. Joan Maria Crawley b. 1922
2. Edna Maud Crawley b. 1924
3.Lawrence Michael Crawley b. 1926
FAMILY GROUP RECORD OF THOMAS LAWRANCE AND ANN BELSON
Thomas Lawrance b. Brightwell. England 1846
m 27 May 1868. Ann Belson b. 1849 Chalgrove Oxford England
d. 8 August 1926
CHILDREN
1. THURSA JANE LAWRANCE b. England 1868
2. JAMES LAWRANCE b. England 1870
3. ADA LAWRANCE b. England 1872
4. THOMAS LAWRANCE b. Moggill Queensland 1874
5. ELLEN AUGUSTA LAWRANCE b. 26 July 1876 Moggill.d. 8 March 1967
6. EMMA LAWRANCE b. Rosevale Queensland
7. HENRY LAWRANCE b. Rosevale Queensland
8. WILLIAM JOHN LAWRANCE b. Rosevale Queensland d. 21 August 1967
9. LOUISA LAWRANCE b. Rosevale Queensland
10. ALICE CLARA LAWRANCE b. Rosevale Queensland d. 30 December 1969
Thomas and Ann Lawrance and their three children arrived in Brisbane Queensland on the "Alexandra" on the 11 April 1874. The "Alexandra" sailed from London on the 7th January 1874 (891 Ton Steamer Q>S>A> Reference: Immigration 114 page 623)
DEATH. ANN LAWRANCE
Death in the district of
Ipswich
In the State of Queensland
1932 Registered by
Johnstone Smith District
Register
1 Number
3968
9873
Description
When died and where
17 September 1932 Short Street
Ipswich
Name and surname, pro
ANN LAWRANCE Home Duties
fession,trade or occupation Female
83 years 5 months
Name and surname of father Samuel Belson
Name and maiden name of Priscilla
Keane
Mother
DEATH. THOMAS LAWRANCE
Died 8th August 1926 at Short Street Ipswich aged 78 years
Name of Father
Stephen Lawrance(Farmer)
Born
Brightwell Oxfordshire England
52 years in Queensland
Married
At 21 years of age to Ann Belson at Chalgrove Oxfordshire England
Where Buried
Ipswich Cemetery. Minister of Religion. Methodist. W.S.Bath
Charles Edward Norris was born 30 November 1893 at 22 Chapel
Place. Dover. Kent. England.
Charles with his sister Ruth Norris and Mother Annie Sophia Norris
(nee Finnis) sailed on the
"S.S.Otway" leaving London, England 3 February 1911 and arriving
in Brisbane 20 March 1911
NORRIS Annie nee Finnis (41) Nurse
Charles (16) Son
Ruth (15) Daughter
Annie Sophia Norris later married Robert Gunning Ledby in Brisbane and lived at 127 Lambert Street, Kangaroo Point.
Robert Ledby was Master Sail and Steam Mariner (Capt) of Steamship "Flinders"
Annie, Robert, daughter Marjorie May and grandaughter Betty (aged
4) Ruth's daughter by Vic. Bartlett sailed by Bribie Passage on 23 February
1924. Robert and Betty survived.
Annie and Marjorie drowned.
Inquiry closed 27/3/1924 by J.M.Burrows. J.P.
Reopened 24/4/1924
Annie Sophia Ledby (death certificate No. 42283) aged 53 years
Marjorie May Ledby (death certificate No. 42370 ) aged 11years 9months
20days.
Cause- Asphyxiation by drowning (accidental)
Post Mortem certificate held 25/2/1924
Charles was 26 years and Ruth 25 years old when their Mother died
On 17 October 1925 Charles Edward Norris married Josephine Gladys
Eva Dickfos
They had three daughters:
Charles Edward Norris died 28 November 1963 aged 69 years at Brisbane General Hospital Queensland.