# George William Bennett Story

George William Bennett Story (24 MAR 1849 – 3 JUN 1931); child of Thomas Story and Annie Sarah Davis; born in Colac, Victoria, Australia; with Ellen Lavinia Fletcher; parent of 5 children; died in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.

**Lifespan:** 24 MAR 1849 – 3 JUN 1931

## Parents
- [Thomas Story](/p/thomas-story-47138.md) (father)
- [Annie Sarah Davis](/p/annie-sarah-davis-47132.md) (mother)

## Partners
- [Ellen Lavinia Fletcher](/p/ellen-lavinia-fletcher-47082.md)

## Children
- [Thomas George Fletcher Story](/p/thomas-george-fletcher-story-47087.md)
- [James Sidney Story](/p/james-sidney-story-47084.md)
- [Effie Constance Story](/p/effie-constance-story-47083.md)
- [George Lloyd Story](/p/george-lloyd-story-10541.md)
- [Ford Howard Story](/p/ford-howard-story-47104.md)

## Timeline
- 24 MAR 1849 — **Born** at Colac, Victoria, Australia
- 1875 — **Royal Humane Society Gold Medal** — Awarded a Gold Medal by the Royal Humane Society for rescuing three people from the flooded South Esk River, in Tasmania.
- FROM 1886 — **Occupation (Stock and Station Agent)** at 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.
- FROM 11 APR 1896 TO 27 AUG 1904 — **Member for Balonne, Queensland Legislative Assembly** at 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.
- FROM 1907 TO 1925 — **Occupation (Manager, Sturmfels Ltd)** at 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.
- 1931 — **Buried** at Coopers Plains, Queensland, Australia — Buried in God's Acre Cemetery at Coopers Plains, Brisbane.
- 3 JUN 1931 — **Died** at Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
- **Education (Geelong Grammar School)** at Geelong, Victoria, Australia — Attended Geelong Grammar School, Victoria.
- **Occupation (Station Manager)** at 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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