George William Bennett Story

George William Bennett Story
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1849 – 1931 82 years

Born 24 March 1849 in Colac, VictoriaDied 3 June 1931 in Brisbane, Queensland, aged 82

Helped establish Sturmfels Ltd in 1907 and was its manager until he retired in 1925, working as a wool and produce agent in Brisbane.

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TS Thomas Story 1815–1860 father AD Annie Sarah Davis 1822–1899 mother

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EF Ellen Lavinia Fletcher d. 1916

Children with Ellen Lavinia Fletcher

GS George Lloyd Story 1896–1945 ES Effie Constance Story 1890–1891 JS James Sidney Story 1889–1952 TS Thomas George Fletcher Story 1883–1903 FS Ford Howard Story d. 1954

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1840s
Born 24 March 1849

Colac, Victoria, Australia
1860s
Death of father Thomas Story 28 December 1860 aged 11

Avoca, Tasmania, Australiaaged 45
1870s
Royal Humane Society Gold Medal 1875 aged 26

Awarded a Gold Medal by the Royal Humane Society for rescuing three people from the flooded South Esk River, in Tasmania.

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1880s
Birth of son Thomas George Fletcher Story 1883 aged 34

Queensland, Australia
Occupation (Stock and Station Agent) from 1886 aged 37

Cunnamulla, Queensland, Australia

Stock and station agent at Cunnamulla from 1886, and later a manager for Cobb & Co. He was a member of the Paroo Divisional Board, the Cunnamulla Jockey Club, the Warrego Pastoral Association and the Marsupial Board.

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Birth of son James Sidney Story 1889 aged 40

Queensland, Australia
1890s
Birth of daughter Effie Constance Story 1890 aged 41

Queensland, Australia
Death of daughter Effie Constance Story 1891 aged 42

Queensland, Australiaaged 1
Birth of son George Lloyd Story 1896 aged 47

Queensland, Australia
Member for Balonne, Queensland Legislative Assembly from 11 April 1896 to 27 August 1904 aged 47

Queensland, Australia

Won the seat of Balonne in the Queensland Legislative Assembly at the 1896 colonial election as a Ministerialist candidate, and served three terms before his defeat in 1904.

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Death of mother Annie Sarah Davis 18 May 1899 aged 50

South Brisbane, Queensland, Australiaaged 77
1900s
Death of son Thomas George Fletcher Story 1903 aged 54

Queensland, Australiaaged 20
Occupation (Manager, Sturmfels Ltd) 1907–1925 aged 58

Brisbane, Queensland, Australia

Helped establish Sturmfels Ltd in 1907 and was its manager until he retired in 1925, working as a wool and produce agent in Brisbane.

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1910s
Death of partner Ellen Lavinia Fletcher 1916 aged 67

Queensland, Australia
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Education (Geelong Grammar School)

Geelong, Victoria, Australia

Attended Geelong Grammar School, Victoria.

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Occupation (Station Manager)

Queensland, Australia

Manager of Burhorah and Dareel stations in Queensland, having arrived in the colony in 1881 after earlier employment as a farmer in Victoria and Tasmania and as a miner in New Zealand.

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1930s
Buried 1931 aged 82

Coopers Plains, Queensland, Australia

Buried in God's Acre Cemetery at Coopers Plains, Brisbane.

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Died 3 June 1931 aged 82

Brisbane, Queensland, Australia