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Research in Other Countries => Australia => Topic started by: judyatk on Thursday 23 June 05 11:52 BST (UK)
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I am hoping someone can help with John and Mary (Marie) Loftus who came to Rockhampton,Queensland on the Landsborough in OCt 1873. Any info on them or their family would be appreciated.
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Hi Judy,
Do you have any other information about the couple? I may be able to help but I need to know what you know already.
Cheers
Prue
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Sorry but have been away for awhile. They came from Jersey in Channel Islands where they married and had their family before coming to Aus. The last two sons were born in Aust. John worked on the railway at Stanley Creek Qld. He had a son John Hardwick Loftus also of Stanley Creek, other family, were Mary jane, Alice Mary Jane, Sussanah Emma, Albert George and James John (my grandfather) he was brought up by his sister Alice (Hill) and they changed his name to James Richard Hill - whether by adoption is not known. He came to NZ and married Violet Moss, they died in 1919 in the flu epidemic. I belived he was named in his mother's will as the trustee!! His mother died in early 10.1.1902.
Any help would be appreciated.
Thanks
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I am new to this chat forum but I have been recently working at Stanley Creek, Queensland and viewed the grave and headstone of John Loftus who died in 1899.
This seems to correlate with other info I have read that John , born in 1837 died in Qld in 1899 , as shown on the headstone. His spouse is also recorded as Marie Eugenie Henriette Le Fevre, so it looks like the same John rests in an historical cemetery at Umolo, ( Stanley Creek ). The Rockhampton Council has responsibility for the maintenance of this declared historic cemetery.
The Loftus children are also recorded in Dingo School centenary handbook attending school in the 1880's at Dingo School, near Stanley Creek.
I have photographs of the headstone if interested. Interestingly, the headstone is inscribed " John Loftus from Nottingham "I also have found records of Johns employment with the railway during the late 1890s.
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Welcome to Rootschat, benko
What a great find. I note, though that judyark hasn't been on R'chat since 2011, so I hope she gets the email letting her know there is a reply.
Cheers, Judith
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Hi Benko,
Welcome to RootsChat, yes what an interesting find to make..
I am sorry but judyatk emails are not working at the moment (I think she has a new one) but I have done some searching and think I may have found her - Just sent a message to say of your new reply to her post.
Regards
Sarah :)
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Hi,
The Intestate Notice for John Loftus, farmer of Stanley Creek near Rockhampton was gazetted for the Rockhamptobn Court on 20th January 1900.
Gerry
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My husband was recently working on a remote cattle property halfway between dingo and bluff in central Queensland. He found a grave and headstone in the bush. He took a photo of it. It reads... In loving memory of John loftus of Nottingham England who died December 29 th 1899 aged 62 years and ? Months. Rest in peace. We googled him and it led to a request from this site. We hope this information is helpful to you. All the best, Trudy and Robert. We have a photo of grave also.
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Thank you both, benko & Trudy Lloyd-Harding, for your accounts regarding the grave of John Loftus.
John from Nottingham was my great-grandfather and I am delighted at long last, to know where his grave is sited. I would be most grateful to either of you if you could possibly sent me a photo of his headstone. Thank you both for this interesting news.
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We would be delighted to forward to you the photo taken by my husband and the exact location. Please supply an email address or postal address to forward it to you. Kind regards, Trudy
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Hi Catsflap and Trudy,
You will both be able to send a personal messages when Catsflap has made one more posting.
Images can be uploaded by clicking on the "attachments" button below the postings ;D
Sarah
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Good evening Trudy. Thank you so much for offering me a copy of the photo taken by your husband of my great-grandfather's headstone. I'm not too happy to reveal my e'mail address on the website for obvious reasons, and wondered therefore, if you could reply to me using the "personal message" box feature adding the photo as an attachment. Please let me know if this is a problem.
Catsflap.J
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Hi, sure it is no problem. I have not had time to explore this site and only joined because we did the google search to find out more about John because of his headstone and it led here. I will get onto doing that for you as soon as I can. I am not tech savvy and the photo is on my husbands phone. Great we can pass it on to you.
Trudy
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Hi Trudy,
You will find it easier to post a photograph by adding it as an attachment to these posts just as I have done. When you reply to this thread you will see a little round button below the post, click on this and look for attach if you click on this it will then look for the file on your computer :)
Please note that there is size limit of 500kb on images so if the picture does not load it could be that it is too big and you need to make is smaller.
Posting an image on Rootschat
http://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php?topic=130922.0
Regards
Sarah :)
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Hi there, I also went past Umolo Cemetery today as I was always intrigued to see whom was buried there. I also took photos of the Cemetery and of the grave site for John if wanted.
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Catsflap. J, the Umolo cemetery is located at the front of Redrock Park, a working cattle property 12 km's of Dingo. I know this because from my front porch I look over the cemetery as I live here. We have many guests staying here who are intrigued in your families history. Any further info you might have would be great and I can send you pictures if you wish as I do look over your ancestors on a daily basis.