Gordon Blair - Mystery? or Not!

[Rosinish]

Jane Blair signed the death cert of her son Thomas Gordon Blair in 1858 , son of James Gordon Blair, occupation Writer

So that's where part of the info. has come from regarding his name & occ.

Annie

[OZScot]

For what it's worth I just received 'more' information a few minutes ago from the Ipswich Cemetery
request I did a week or so ago. Can't say they aren't helpful. 2nd lot of info. ♥

They indicate that there are 2 others with Gordon and supplied the following details.

Julia Blair: [F] age 67 location: Pres B section R. DOD 20/09/1906: DOB 22/09/1906
                Comments: 68yrs in Reg.2 possibly associated with husband & daughter.
                dau/HENRY DROUGHTON & ELIZABETH LOME.

Elizabeth Jane Blair: [F] age 4 months
                              Comments: born 3 April 1863. Dau/GORDON BLAIR & JULIA DROUGHTON.
                 information from LEISHA MUIR BOOK. Possibility parents are buried with her  - both
                 both records say 're-open' (6611 & 7966)

Gordon Blair: [M] age 66yrs DOD: 23/08/1900 DOB: 24/081900 Comments: Possibly associated
                    with wife & daughter. SON/JOHN BLAIR & JANE.

[sparrett]

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To top this story all off is his last born and son James William Blair who's birth wasn't registered in Qld but he became quite an important figure in Queensland. Best guesstimate is 16 May 1871 at Coalfalls Ipswich Qld. He was admitted to the Qld Bar 6 Mar 1894 and quickly rose through the ranks to become Qld Solicitor General and Government leader in the Upper House. In 1893 he was elected Attorney General until April 1898 when he became Premier at age 37yrs. Unfortunately we weren't going to see the best of Sir James William Blair, yes he was Knighted. That same year he died 27 Sep 1898 after having a bout of 'measles' which was soon followed up by pneumonia and cardiac failure. He died before his father 'Gordon' Blair.

Any comments and information will be most welcome.
Regards.

Very sorry, BUT something is very amiss.   As you are preparing info for a friend, please please check out the info you have posted in your reply #1 about Gordon’s son James William BLAIR…   

According to Gordon’s death certificate, James William BLAIR was still alive when his father died …. J W B was the informant….

According to Qld BDM online index J W B died in 1944, umm…. decades after his dad…  #B68605,  1944. 

Premiers of Queensland from 1859   https://www.qld.gov.au/about/about-queensland/history/premiers/   Perhaps he was Acting Premier at some time during his Parliamentary career....   http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/blair-sir-james-william-5266

The person who died on 27 September 1898, aged only 37, of pneumonia after contracting measles was probably Thomas BYRNES…  He was Queensland’s first Solicitor General, and it was he who became premier of Qld in April 1898….
http://www.crownlaw.qld.gov.au/about/history/the-first-solicitor-general

JM

That is correct JM.
I found the mistake soon after that post and I forgot to rectify it. You are correct.
I copied it from a book I downloaded and 'transcribed' it wrongly.:-)
Thanks.

How easy it is to tangle our facts, as we all know, and then confuse them for lies .

Sue

[sparrett]

Jane Blair signed the death cert of her son Thomas Gordon Blair in 1858 , son of James Gordon Blair, occupation Writer

So that's where part of the info. has come from regarding his name & occ.

Annie

Annie,
Can you just expand a little on this finding for me.
 
Sue

[Rosinish]

"Julia Blair: [F] age 67 location: Pres B section R. DOD 20/09/1906: DOB 22/09/1906"

They have those dates the wrong way round 

Annie

[Rosinish]

Jane Blair signed the death cert of her son Thomas Gordon Blair in 1858 , son of James Gordon Blair, occupation Writer

So that's where part of the info. has come from regarding his name & occ.

Annie

Annie,
Can you just expand a little on this finding for me.
 
Sue

From the DC, Thomas William Blair died 5th October 1858, son of James Gordon Blair (Occ. Writer) and Jane Norval, Address 84 1/2 King Street Glasgow.

Annie

[OZScot]

DOD = Date Of Death
DOB = Date Of Burial

Their record to me [sic]

It's not alway me. I do get a few things correct.

[loobylooayr]

Jane Blair signed the death cert of her son Thomas Gordon Blair in 1858 , son of James Gordon Blair, occupation Writer

So that's where part of the info. has come from regarding his name & occ.

Annie

Annie,
Can you just expand a little on this finding for me.
 
Sue

Hi Sue and Annie,
 I can verify that find .
The death record of little Thomas Gordon Blair who dies on 5th October 1858  - the informant of the death is Jane Blair ( Mother).
It is therefore most likely that Jane gave the child's father's name as James Gordon Blair , occupation Writer and not Gordon himself.
The child dies at 84 1/2 King Street , Glasgow.....a different address from the birth and the newspaper cutting .

Looby

[sparrett]

 
Thanks Annie and Looby, now I get it
Sue