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John Petrie (15 January 1822 – 8 December 1892) was the first Mayor of Brisbane, an architect, stonemason and building contractor in that city. ==Private life== John Petrie was born 15 January 1822〔Toowong Cemetery Monumental Inscriptions - Queensland Family History Society Inc. 〕 in Edinburgh, the eldest son of Andrew Petrie and Mary Cuthbertson.〔Queensland Registrar-General of Births, Deaths and Marriages〕 He arrived in Sydney with his family in 1831 and was educated at John Dunmore Lang's school. In 1837 he went to Moreton Bay, where his father had been appointed clerk of works, and accompanied him on explorations to the west and north of Brisbane; he also became a champion oarsman. Aware that his son might be unduly influenced by the incarcerated men at the penal colony, his father only selected workmen that he considered beyond reproach to come to his home in the evening to teach his sons cabinet making and carpentry skills. On 5 September 1850 in Brisbane, Petrie married Jane Keith McNaught,〔 daughter of Daniel McNaught and Margaret Edgar〔 of Dunbarton, Scotland. Daniel McNaught was a foreman of the Petrie business and contracting business after migrating to Brisbane. The couple had five sons and five daughters〔 (all of which except one daughter—details unknown—appear below): * Amelia Mary Petrie, born in Brisbane on 5 Nov 1852〔 * Andrew Lang Petrie, born in Brisbane on 25 June 1854,〔 was the eldest son and heir to the family business; he represented Toombul in the Legislative Assembly of Queensland in 1893 and, apart from his insolvency in 1894, held the seat until 1926 * Walter Daniel Petrie, born in Brisbane on 5 January 1856, died in Brisbane on 5 November 1857〔 * John Petrie, born in Brisbane on 19 August 1857, died in Brisbane on 20 March 1887〔 * Isabella Petrie, born in Brisbane on 9 June 1859〔 * James Petrie, born in Brisbane on 20 January 1861〔 * Annie Petrie, born in Brisbane on 2 August 1863, died in Brisbane on 27 December 1863〔 * Agnes Petrie, born in Brisbane on 26 February 1865〔 * George Petrie, born in Brisbane on 20 March 1867〔 His wife Jane died in Brisbane on 16 Dec 1896〔 and is buried in the Petrie family plot in Toowong Cemetery.〔 John Petrie died on 8 December 1892 in Brisbane〔 and is buried with his wife and family in Toowong Cemetery.〔 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「John Petrie」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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