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Title: POTTINGER - Berkshire to Australia
Post by: Pointer on Monday 12 April 10 16:42 BST (UK)
Bertram Pottinger, b 1906 Berkshire, went to Australia (possibly in the 1920s) where he was "in newspapers" and he had a son. Picnic Point is mentioned in association with them. Does anyone know anything about them?
Title: Re: Pottinger - Berkshire to Australia
Post by: hesaidshesaid on Monday 12 April 10 20:48 BST (UK)
Hello Pointer

Ship: PAPAROA
Date of departure: 4 April 1912   
Port of departure: London   
Passenger destination port: Brisbane, Australia 
Mr E POTTINGER 1866 age 46 married Carpenter
Mrs J POTTINGER 1870 age 42 married
Mast B POTTINGER 1906 age 6

1930 QLD E/R
Darling Downs / East Toowoomba
POTTINGER Bertram Everest Long st East (Jounalist)
POTTINGER Ernest Long st East (Carpenter)
POTTINGER Jennie Long st East (Home Duties)

1936 QLD E/R
Darling Downs / East Toowoomba
POTTINGER Bertram Everest 53 Long st East (Jounalist)
POTTINGER Elsie Margaret 53 Long st East (Home Duties)
POTTINGER Ernest Long st East (Carpenter)
POTTINGER Jennie Long st East (Home Duties)

1943 QLD E/R
Darling Downs / East Toowoomba
POTTINGER Bertram Everest 53 Long st East (Jounalist)
POTTINGER Elsie Margaret 53 Long st East (Home Duties)
POTTINGER Ernest 51 Long st East (Carpenter)
POTTINGER Jennie 51 Long st East (Home Duties)

1949 QLD E/R
Darling Downs / East Toowoomba
POTTINGER Bertram Everest 53 Long st East (Jounalist)
POTTINGER Elsie Margaret 53 Long st East (Home Duties)
POTTINGER Ernest 51 Long st East (Carpenter)
POTTINGER Jennie 51 Long st East (Home Duties)

1954 QLD E/R
Darling Downs / East Toowoomba
POTTINGER Bertram Everest 53 Long st East (Jounalist)
POTTINGER Elsie Margaret 53 Long st East (Home Duties)
POTTINGER Ernest 51 Long st East (Carpenter)
POTTINGER Jennie 51 Long st East (Home Duties)

(here is a link to Queensland BDM)
https://www.bdm.qld.gov.au/IndexSearch/querySubmit.m?ReportName=DeathSearch

KAZ
Title: Re: Pottinger - Berkshire to Australia
Post by: cando on Monday 12 April 10 23:38 BST (UK)
The family's arrival in Queensland on 25 May 1912
http://www.archives.qld.gov.au/research/index/immigration.asp
Scroll down the page to
Potter, Joseph - Pythian
and download the pdf. file.

Australian Electoral Rolls
1913  Darling Towns  Toowoomba
POTTINGER Ernest Neil Street, Toowoomba   Carpenter
POTTINGER Jennie  Neil Street, Toowoomba  HD

1925  Darling Downs  East Toowoomba
POTTINGER Ernest  Long Street, East Toowoomba Carpenter
POTTINGER Jennie  Long Street, East Toowoomba  HD

POTTINGER burial records here
http://www.rootschat.com/links/08fi/

and here

http://www.rootschat.com/links/08fh/

Bertram's WW2 service summary
http://www.ww2roll.gov.au/script/veteran.asp?ServiceID=A&VeteranID=50258

Google 'Picnic Point Toowoomba'.

Cando




Title: Re: POTTINGER - Berkshire to Australia
Post by: Pointer on Tuesday 13 April 10 00:48 BST (UK)
Thank you all very much indeed. Your info was incredibly helpful and gave me lots of detail that I was unaware of.