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George Edmondstone (1809–1883) was politician in Queensland, Australia. He was a Member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly and an alderman and mayor in the Brisbane Municipal Council.〔Brisbane City Council Archives〕 The surname is spelled 'Edmonstone' in the Brisbane City Council Archives, spelled 'Edmundston' on his father's marriage banns, spelled 'Edmondston' on his baptismal certificate and Edmondstone on his father's Testament). ==Personal life== George Edmondstone was born on 4 May 1809 in Edinburgh, Scotland, the son of William Edmondstone, a naval commissary, and Alexandrina (Alixa) Farquharson daughter of a watchmaker.〔http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~denisesfamily/1082.htm〕〔http://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk retrieved 16 May 2008〕 George's father died when he was 12 and he migrated to New South Wales in 1832. Later he went to Hobart Town and after some hard times began business in Sydney. He then moved to Maitland and about 1840 he took up Normanby Plains Station (near Warrill View on the Cunningham Highway). He sold out early in 1842 and set up as a butcher in Brisbane, hoping to profit from trade with the newly settled Darling Downs. He had married Alexis Telleray in 1837 in New South Wales〔Registry of Births, Deaths & Marriages, New South Wales〕 (her name appears in the Queensland records as Alexandrina Tillery, the confusion most likely stems from transcriptions of original handwritten records).〔Registry of Births, Deaths & Marriages, Queensland〕 George was in the first group of free settlers to arrive in Brisbane in 1840.〔"Australian Dictionary of Dates"J.H. Heaton, 1879〕 He built a house called "Pahroombin". In his later years, George was described by his peers as a genial, amiable, old gentleman.〔Truth, 15 December 1907〕 He died in Brisbane on Friday 23 Feb 1883.〔 His funeral notice appeared in the Brisbane Courier and said:〔http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article3415342〕 At that time, the "General Cemetery" of Brisbane was Toowong Cemetery.〔(Edmondstone, George ) Brisbane City Council Grave Location Search〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「George Edmondstone (1809–1883) was politician in Queensland, Australia. He was a Member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly and an alderman and mayor in the Brisbane Municipal Council.Brisbane City Council ArchivesThe surname is spelled 'Edmonstone' in the Brisbane City Council Archives, spelled 'Edmundston' on his father's marriage banns, spelled 'Edmondston' on his baptismal certificate and Edmondstone on his father's Testament).==Personal life==George Edmondstone was born on 4 May 1809 in Edinburgh, Scotland, the son of William Edmondstone, a naval commissary, and Alexandrina (Alixa) Farquharson daughter of a watchmaker.http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~denisesfamily/1082.htmhttp://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk retrieved 16 May 2008 George's father died when he was 12 and he migrated to New South Wales in 1832. Later he went to Hobart Town and after some hard times began business in Sydney. He then moved to Maitland and about 1840 he took up Normanby Plains Station (near Warrill View on the Cunningham Highway). He sold out early in 1842 and set up as a butcher in Brisbane, hoping to profit from trade with the newly settled Darling Downs. He had married Alexis Telleray in 1837 in New South WalesRegistry of Births, Deaths & Marriages, New South Wales (her name appears in the Queensland records as Alexandrina Tillery, the confusion most likely stems from transcriptions of original handwritten records).Registry of Births, Deaths & Marriages, QueenslandGeorge was in the first group of free settlers to arrive in Brisbane in 1840."Australian Dictionary of Dates"J.H. Heaton, 1879He built a house called "Pahroombin".In his later years, George was described by his peers as a genial, amiable, old gentleman.Truth, 15 December 1907 He died in Brisbane on Friday 23 Feb 1883. His funeral notice appeared in the Brisbane Courier and said:http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article3415342At that time, the "General Cemetery" of Brisbane was Toowong Cemetery.(Edmondstone, George ) Brisbane City Council Grave Location Search」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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