Robert Aland

Robert Aland
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1836 – 1904 67 years

Born 24 December 1836 in Clapton, MiddlesexDied 19 March 1904 in Warwick, Queensland, aged 67

Established a successful ironmongery business at Toowoomba and Warwick in 1876, having worked his way up from a store clerk at Ipswich. He had arrived in Toowoomba in 1866.A member and trustee of the Methodist Church in Toowoomba and a follower of John Wesley's theological system; the Queensland Parliament register records his religion as Wesleyan.

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MC Margaret Clegg 1836–1915

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EA Edwin Robert Aland 1872–1916 EA Ernest Frank Aland 1875–1958

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1830s
Born 24 December 1836

Clapton, Middlesex, England
1850s
Immigrated 1855 aged 19

Brisbane, Queensland, Australia

Migrated from England to Sydney in 1853 and on to Brisbane in 1855, at the age of eighteen.

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1870s
Birth of son Edwin Robert Aland 1872 aged 36

Queensland, Australia
Mayor of Toowoomba 1874–1875 aged 38

Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia

Mayor of Toowoomba from 1874 to 1875, having been an alderman of the Toowoomba City Council in 1873, 1876 and 1877. During his mayoralty he pressed for a permanent water supply, and the supply scheme was carried out successfully for the first time in those years.

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Birth of son Ernest Frank Aland 13 January 1875 aged 38

Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia
Occupation (Ironmonger) 1876–1888 aged 40

Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia

Established a successful ironmongery business at Toowoomba and Warwick in 1876, having worked his way up from a store clerk at Ipswich. He had arrived in Toowoomba in 1866.

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Chairman, Toowoomba Hospital Committee 1879–1904 aged 43

Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia

Chairman of the Toowoomba Hospital Committee from 1879 until his death in 1904, serving on the hospital board for thirty years. He was also a trustee of the Toowoomba Cemetery, a committee member of Toowoomba Grammar School, and a member of the Grand Lodge of Queensland.

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1880s
Member for Drayton and Toowoomba, Queensland Legislative Assembly from 14 January 1881 to 6 May 1893 aged 44

Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia

Member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly for the electorate of Drayton and Toowoomba, entering at a by-election after the death of the sitting junior member George Davenport and holding the seat for twelve years alongside W. H. Groom. He did not seek re-election in 1893.

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Chairman of Directors, Toowoomba Foundry Company 1886–1901 aged 50

Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia

Held major shares in the Toowoomba Foundry Company and acted as its chairman of directors from 1886 to 1901.

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Religion (Wesleyan Methodist)

A member and trustee of the Methodist Church in Toowoomba and a follower of John Wesley's theological system; the Queensland Parliament register records his religion as Wesleyan.

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1900s
Buried 1904 aged 68

Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia

Interred at the Drayton and Toowoomba Cemetery, of which he had been a trustee. Hundreds attended the service, led by the Reverends J. G. Martin and Blamires.

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Died 19 March 1904 aged 67

Warwick, Queensland, Australia