Frank Hammersley BAX born 1890 COMPLETED

[spades]

Hi everyone,

Can anyone help me find the death or burial of Frank Hammersley BAX, who was born in New Zealand in 1890?

He married in NSW in 1915, to Adelaide A.M. DREW.

Online electoral rolls show that he was living in Queensland between 1954 and 1977, moving from Griffith to Brisbane and from 1963 onwards in the town of Lilley. Adelaide may have died at Lilley circa 1963 as this was her last appearance in the records that I could find.

Fingers crossed.

Spades

[rosball]

from Queensland BDM https://www.bdm.qld.gov.au/

Adelaide BAX died 1967, father DREW reg B88159

Frank Hammersley BAX died 1979 father Tommy BAX mother Alice THOMPSON reg B95636

regards
  Ros

[thetowers]

"Brisbane",  "Lilley"  and "Griffith"  are the names of three of the electoral divisions ( constituencies ) for the Federal Parliament,  in Brisbane.    There is no "town" ( or suburb ) called Griffith,  nor is there one called Lilley, to the best of my knowledge.   

If you look in the electoral roll,  that's what you get...

Furthermore,  it would be misguided to assume that he "moved"  from one to the other.   The boundaries of the electoral divisions get modified every ten years or so,  to keep up with shifting populations.   People residing in the exact same place can find themselves voting in one division at one election,  and a different division at the next,  because the boundary has been moved.

[spades]

Ah, thank you for that, Thetowers.

So he might have lived at the same address during that period. Good to know.

Much appreciated.

Spades

[sparrett]

Electoral Roll QLD

1954
Address 199 Vulture St. Westend Kurilpa
BAX Adelaide HD
BAX Frank Hammersley

1958
Address 17 Elystan Rd. New Farm, Brisbane
BAX Adelaide HD
BAX Frank Hammersley, estate agent

1963
Address 8 Nansen St. Northgate, Nundah
BAX Adelaide HD
BAX Frank Hammersley

Others of the surname are in the district but not at the same address

1968
Address as above
BAX Frank Hammersley


1972
Address as above
BAX Frank Hammersley


1977
Address as above
BAX Frank Hammersley

Sue

[crisane]

1954 109 Vulture Street West End subdistrict Kurilpa
1958 17 Elyston Road New Farm subdistrict Merthyr
1963/72/77 8 Nansen Street Northgate subdistrict Nundah

Snap Sue 

[thetowers]

What that is telling you,  is that they lived successively in the suburbs of Brisbane called West End,  New Farm,  and Northgate.

These suburbs, which are all in the city of Brisbane,  are about 2 km west, 2 km north east,  and about 10 km north of downtown Brisbane.

These suburbs are ( or were at the time ),  in the electoral districts named Kurilpa, Merthyr and Nundah,  defined for electing members of the Queensland STATE Parliament.  These are different to the districts for the Federal Parliament.

So, for example, in the first address there,  you would be voting in the state election to choose the state MP for Kurilpa ,  and also at a different time, in the federal election to choose a federal MP for Griffith.

[spades]

Hi Rosball, Sparrett, Crisane and Thetowers,

Thank you very much for all the information, especially Rosball for finding their deaths , which I should have acknowledged much earlier.

Spades

[spades]

One more question, if no one minds...

I looked unsuccessfully for Frank and Adelaide's burials on the Brisbane City Council cemetery search portal.

Any idea about where I might find this information?

Spades