OBITUARY "The Telegraph," in announcing the following deaths, expresses sincere sympathy with the bereaved relatives and friends : ARKLAY, Mr John Stuart, Corn-wall Street, South Brisbane.
Trove OCR as it stands, including the line-break hyphen in 'Corn-wall'. The address matches his 1925-1943 electoral-roll residence at Cornwall Street, South Brisbane.
ARKLAY, John S. The Relatives & Friends of Mr. & Mrs. T. Trotter, Mr. & Mrs. C. H. Bateman, Mr. & Mrs. G. Arklay, Mr. & Mrs A. Arklay, Mr. & Mrs. R. Graham, & Mr Gordon Arklay & Families are invited to attend the Funeral of their beloved Father, Father-in-law, & Grandfather, John Stuart Arklay, to leave his late Residence, No 85 Cornwall St., South Brisbane, To-morrow (Monday) Afternoon, at 4 o'clock, for South Brisbane Cemetery. K. M. SMITH. B2695.
Trove OCR quoted as it stands (the notice spells him 'Stuart'). The paper is the Sunday issue of 18 June 1944, so 'To-morrow (Monday)' is Monday 19 June 1944 — the burial date now on the event. Cemetery: South Brisbane, the burial ground at Dutton Park.
OBITUARY "The Telegraph," in announcing the following deaths expresses sincere sympathy with the bereaved relatives and friends: ARKLAY, Mrs Margaret, 85 Corn-wall Street, Annerley.
Trove OCR as it stands, including the line-break hyphen in 'Corn-wall'. The address is the family's, recorded on the electoral rolls as 85 Cornwall Street.
Arklay.-The Relatives and Friends of Mr. and Mrs. J. S. Arklay and Family are invited to attend the Funeral of their beloved eldest Son and Brother, Jack, to move from their residence, No. 85 Cornwall-street, South Brisbane, This (Saturday) Afternoon, at 4.30 o'clock, to South Brisbane Cemetery. K. M. SMITH. Funeral Director.
Trove OCR quoted as it stands. Published in the Saturday 8 February 1930 issue, so "This (Saturday) Afternoon" is 8 February 1930 — the burial date now on the event. Confirms he was the eldest child, that he was known as Jack, and the family address.
FUNERAL NOTICE. BERDEROW. The Relatives and Friends of Mr. O. H. Berderow, Mr. and Mrs. N. Smith, Mr. and Mrs. G. H. Berderow, and Miss Ivy Berderow, are invited to attend the Funeral of his beloved Wife, their Mother, Mother-in-law, and Grandmother, Annie Berderow, to leave the Fairney View Lutheran Church after service commencing at 10.30 This (Friday) Morning for the Fernvale Cemetery.
Names her husband Otto Hermann Berderow and children George Hermann and Ivy. The notice ran on Thursday 27 May 1948 as 'To-morrow (Friday)' and on Friday 28 May as 'This (Friday)', fixing the burial at 28 MAY 1948 at Fernvale. The record previously said 18 MAY 1948, before her death.
PHILLIPS. The Friends of Mr. and Mrs. A. E. PHILLIPS and Family, of Waterworks Road, The Gap, Ashgrove, are respectfully invited to attend the Funeral of their deceased son and brother, (Frederick George), to move from the Funeral Parlour, Adelaide Street, city ... TO-MORROW (Saturday) MORNING, at 10 o'clock, to the Toowong Cemetery.
Repeated in The Daily Mail of Saturday 4 September 1926 as 'THIS (Saturday) MORNING'. Confirms the existing burial date of 4 SEP 1926 and the parents.
The deceased was born at Currajong, in the Richmond district.
Obituary of Mrs H. E. Trueman, i.e. Alice Mary nee Ezzy. "Currajong" is the older spelling of Kurrajong, near Richmond NSW — the birth place already recorded here. The notice gives no birth date, only "The deceased lady was 41 years of age", consistent with 3 APR 1868.
Mrs. Trueman expired some-what suddenly yesterday morning, the immediate cause of death being heart failure, supervening upon confine-ment.
Quoted as the OCR stands, hyphenation included. Published Friday 30 April 1909, so "yesterday morning" is 29 April 1909 — the death date already in the tree. Cause: heart failure following childbirth; the child is Esme Doris Trueman, born 1909.
EZZY. August 27, at his late residence, Spring Grove, near Orange, William James Ezzy, after a long and painful illness, leaving a wife and family to mourn their loss, aged 66 years.
Death notice. Gives the death date already in the tree, and locates Spring Grove "near Orange" — central-western NSW, not the Spring Grove near Casino to which the place row is currently geocoded. Age 66 on 27 Aug 1884 is consistent with the recorded birth of 8 FEB 1818. Surname spelled EZZY here, against the tree's "Ezzey".
On the 29th instant, at his residence, Fuchsia Cottage, Rich-mond, Mr. JOHN EZZEY, an old and respected colonist, aged 74 years, leaving a large family and circle of friends to mourn their loss.
Quoted as the OCR stands, hyphenation included. Published 31 May 1869, so "the 29th instant" is 29 May 1869 — the death date and place already in the tree. The same insertion appears in the Empire of 1 June 1869 (article 60835142). "Aged 74 years" implies a birth about 1795 and does not agree with the recorded 29 OCT 1797; nothing has been changed on that account.
EZZEY On the 6th instant, at her residence, Francis-street, Richmond, Rebecca, wife of Mr. John Ezzey, aged 69 years, leaving a husband, eleven children, sixty two grand-children, and eight great grand children to deplore their loss.
Quoted as the OCR stands. Published 10 April 1867, so "the 6th instant" is 6 April 1867 — the death date already in the tree, at Richmond, in Francis-street as the death event already notes. "Eleven children" matches the eleven children recorded in family #6642 exactly, and "wife of Mr. John Ezzey" ties her to #21769: together these are the identity discriminator.
EZZEY April 6th, at her residence, Francis-street, Richmond, Rebecca, wife of Mr. John Ezzey, aged 69 years, leaving a husband, eleven children, sixty-two grandchildren, and eight great grandchildren, to deplore then loss.
Quoted as the OCR stands; "then loss" is almost certainly an OCR misread of "their loss" (compare the Sydney Mail's "to deplore their loss", citation 49444). A third printing of the same family notice already cited from the Empire (10 Apr, 49443) and the Sydney Mail (13 Apr, 49444), thirteen days after the death - same wording, same figures (eleven children, sixty-two grandchildren, eight great-grandchildren), same day given ("6th"). Not an independent report: it does not corroborate 6 April against the austcem index's 5 April (citation 49541) any more than the existing two citations already do, but it does show the family's own wording was consistently "6th" across three separately typeset papers, which rules out a single compositor error. Death date left unchanged.
REGELING. The Relatives & Friends of Mrs. B. M. Regeling (nee Beltz) & family, of Loganlea, are invited to attend the Funeral of her beloved Husband & their Father, to leave the Bethania Church, at 2 o'clock To-day (Saturday), for the Bethania Cemetery.
Only one Regeling death was registered in Queensland in 1947 (August Carl Regeling, 19 NOV 1947 at Waterford, next to Loganlea), so this is his funeral: 22 NOV 1947 at Bethania Cemetery. The record previously said 22 APR 1947, seven months before his death. The notice also shows he had a wife nee Beltz and children who are not yet in the tree.
The deceased, who was aged 72 years, came to Charle ville in 1891 and the following year he opened up a business as a build ing contractor.
Obituary five days after his death on 10 April 1932. Age 72 implies birth between April 1859 and April 1860, consistent with the tree's 1860 and inconsistent with the 1857 given by the Queensland Parliament register (he would have been 74 or 75).
ANNING. To Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Anning, of "Wetherby" Station, Rich-mond, a son (William Fraser), born 14th October, at Ashgrove Private.
Contemporaneous newspaper birth notice, four days after the event: direct evidence for the tree's birth date of 14 OCT 1949 and for the names William Fraser Anning. It places the birth at Ashgrove Private (hospital), Brisbane, and the parents at Wetherby Station, Richmond. The father's initials W. H. agree with the tree's father #59456 William Henry Anning. Reached by following the footnote on the Wikipedia article's early-life section; OCR line-break hyphenation in "Rich-mond" left as transcribed.
🗞️Trove digitised Australian newspapersDate 9 January 1942 · Page 2 · Article Resident of Town for Over 53 Years — PASSING OF MRS. M. J. CILENTO · Trove Id 168452769Secondary
Mrs. Martha Jane Cilento, one ot the oldest, bes known and most respected residents of Port Augusta, passed away at the local hospital on Sunday, December 28. Mrs. Cilento, who was 79 years of age, was born in Port Adelaide and with her late husband, came to Port Augusta over 53
The OCR breaks at a column end; the sentence continues 'years ago.' 28 December fell on a Sunday in 1941, and the tree already held the death year 1941, so the death date is 28 DEC 1941 and 'the local hospital' is Port Augusta, the death place already recorded. Aged 79 at that date gives a birth between Dec 1861 and Dec 1862, hence ABT 1862; 'born in Port Adelaide' gives the birthplace.
The late Mr. John Cameron was born in British Guiana, South America, in March, 1845, where his family were for some years engaged in sugar-growing.
Contemporaneous obituary reprinted from the Brisbane Courier. Independent of the parliamentary register and of Waterson; gives the month and year adopted here.
Mr. Cameron camne of colonial Scot tish stock, his parents being in British Guiana, South America. at the time of his birth in 1845.
OCR as printed by Trove. Second contemporaneous obituary giving 1845; the same article has him leaving school in 1859 and going to his father's station 'at the age of 14', which only works from a birth in 1845.
The funeral of Mrs. Grace Agnes Gunn, wife of Mr. John Patrick Gunn, who died at her residence, McLean Street, on Thursday, aged 30, moved yesterday afternoon from the Holy Rosary Church to the Catholic Cemetery. Rev. Father J. K. Meade officiated.
Contemporaneous funeral report. OCR reads 'aged 30'; the death notice of the previous day gives 36, which agrees with her birth of 4 Aug 1914. 7 Dec 1950 was a Thursday. Places the death at McLean Street, Bundaberg and the burial in the Bundaberg Catholic cemetery, neither of which is currently recorded. Pall-bearers include 'Pat. Donnelly' and 'M. Gunn' — consistent with her husband's mother being a Donnelly and his brother Michael Joseph Gunn #70233.
FUNERAL
MRS GRACE GUNN
The funeral of Mrs. Grace Agnes
Gunn, wife of Mr. John Patrick
Gunn, who died at her residence,
McLean Street, on Thursday, aged
30, moved yesterday afternoon
from the Holy Rosary Church to
the Catholic Cemetery. Rev. Father
J. K. Meade officiated.
Pall-bearers were Messrs. Pat.
Donnelly, D. Mclvor, A. Walker. L.
Adams. M. Gunn and E. Thorne,'
representing the H.A.C.B. Society.
Floral tribute[s] ... were placed on the
grave by: Loving husband and family;
Brothers-in-law and sisters-in-law,
[C]essie, Mae, Mollie, Michael, James
and Tony and families; Bennie, Arthur
and family; Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Hen[d]rickson and family; Mrs. E. Clulowski ...
Same full text, cited here on the DEAT event itself so the event's placeId (previously the generic #19, same as the person row) agrees with the person's own deathPlaceId after op 1 -- keeping the two in sync rather than fixing one and leaving the other stale. Same quality-1 caveat: the town is inferred, not printed.
SHEAFFE. On the 1st December, at Brisbane, Queensland, Roger Hale Sheaffe, third son of the late Captain Sheaffe, H.M. 50th Regiment, and formerly of Stream Hill, Illawarra, New South Wales, aged 58 years.
Family-placed death notice, reprinted verbatim in the Sydney Morning Herald 11 December 1895 p.1 (nla.news-article14028469). Aged 58 on 1 December 1895 implies birth between December 1836 and December 1837, supporting the tree's 1837 and excluding the 9 April 1838 given by the Queensland Parliament register and copied from there into Wikipedia and Wikidata. Wikipedia cites this very notice for the death while its infobox carries 1838. The primary NSW birth/baptism record could not be checked: the NSW BDM historical index refuses scripted access (HTTP 403).
"MODYSTACH.-On the 17th July, at Wilmington, Michael, dearly beloved husband of Emily Modystach, aged 70 years, leaving 6 sons, 2 daughters, and 14 grandchildren. A colonist of 64 years. R.I.P."
Confirms wife's name (Emilie/Emily) and place (Wilmington). Gives death date as 17 July (the tree's existing DEAT date, uncited GEDCOM, is 18 JUL 1917) - flagging for the moderator rather than changing, since a family notice can be filed the day after the event was reported to the paper and both dates are plausible. 'A colonist of 64 years' implies emigration from Prussia ABT 1853, in early childhood. 'Leaving 6 sons, 2 daughters' matches the surviving children once son Thomas (d. 20 Jan 1917, proposal #1476) and infant Carl Joseph Edmund (d.1879) are excluded.
"MODYSTACH. On July 21, at her late residence, Wilmington, Emily, wife of the late Michael Modystach, Wilmington, in her 79th year. R.I.P."
Confirms the 21 JUL 1937 death date already recorded and gives the death place as Wilmington, not the Frome hundred currently on the record - deathPlaceId updated to the existing Wilmington row (id 8261). 'In her 79th year' is roughly consistent with the recorded birth date of 4 JAN 1858 (she turned 79 that January); not treated as a contradiction given inconsistent period usage of 'Nth year' phrasing.
BIRTHS, MARRIAGES, AND DEATHS. MARRIAGE. MURRAY McGAVIN. At Alton, on the 5th January, by the Rev. Alex. Hay, M.A., John Murray, Fitzroy Park, to Margaret, youngest daughter of the late Robert McGavin, Esq., merchant, Glasgow, Scot-land.
Contemporaneous marriage notice, published two days after the event. It fixes the date at 5 January, identifies the bridegroom by his property Fitzroy Park - the land ADB records him selecting on the Rockhampton agricultural reserve in 1869-71 - and gives the bride's father as the late Robert McGavin, merchant, of Glasgow. This is the item listed in ADB's own Select Bibliography as 'Morning Bulletin (Rockhampton), ... 7 Jan 1882', so the ADB's 3 January contradicts the source it cites. OCR line-break hyphen in 'Scot-land' left as printed. It places the wedding 'At Alton', not at Rockhampton as both secondary accounts say.
On the 4th instant, at Observatory Villa, Upper Paddington, at the residence of the bride's parents by the Rev. Dr. Mackay, John Deuchar, Esq., of Glengallan, Darling Downs, to Eliza Charlotte Lee, step-daughter of Hugh Mackay, Esq.
MARRIAGE. PETRIE LUYA. On the 14th April, at St. Andrew's Church, South Brisbane, by the Rev. B. R. Wilson, Andrew Lang, eldest son of John Petrie, Brisbane, to Agnes, second daughter of A. F. Luya, South Brisbane.
Contemporaneous notice, independent of the registration. It gives the day, the church, the officiating minister, and both fathers - John Petrie of Brisbane, the tree's #55732, and A. F. Luya of South Brisbane. Together with the registration this rules out the register's 1887.
MOREHEAD Oct. 17, Charles Lambton, aged 3 years, only son of Robert Charles Morehead, of Sydney.
Source of the death date. He died on 17 October 1874, the day before his father, whose death on 18 October is recorded in the very next sentence of the same notice.
LEAFE. July 30 1031 Lindsay John Leafe of 7 Harris street Willoughby loved husband of Isabella Leife and father of Clarence Ivy Jack GcorEC Robert and Keith aged 44 vears Deeply regretted
Street address only; the place is the existing Willoughby, New South Wales, Australia row (#3687). No street-level place was created.
The funeral takes place to-day, the cortege leaving deceased's late resi-dence for the Church of England sec-tion of the Orange Cemetery.
Published 30 April 1909, so "to-day" is 30 April 1909. The following day's Leader (Saturday 1 May 1909, article 252385742) reports the interment as having taken place, but its OCR is too corrupt to quote. Placed at Orange, the town row, because the cemetery has no place row and I did not create one.
On the 29th instant, at his residence, Fuchsia Cottage, Rich-mond, Mr. JOHN EZZEY, an old and respected colonist, aged 74 years, leaving a large family and circle of friends to mourn their loss.
The house name. Place set to Richmond, the town row; Fuchsia Cottage has no place row and I did not create one. His widow's death notice of 1867 puts the family in Francis-street, Richmond.
Trompf-Perrymnn 4 T St. James Church of Em-lund , . -*- Malvern, the wedding was celebrlt , between Miss Catherine Irene Perrynian Mr Henry Trompf, by the Rev. R u Williams. Miss Perryman i5 Dip n"r daughter of Mr and Mrs E. J. perrv?"ij' and Mr Trompf is the second son of n, late Mr and Mrs I-I. A. Trompf, 0f Balhn?
OCR exactly as Trove returns it (trove-text, article 149318880); not tidied. Reading: 'St James Church of England, Malvern' for the venue, 'the wedding was celebrated' for 'celebrlt', officiant 'Rev. R[.] Williams', 'I-I. A. Trompf' is an OCR misread of 'H. A. Trompf', '0f Balhn?' is 'of Ballarat'. Groom is named as the second son of 'the late Mr and Mrs H. A. Trompf' - matches this family's Henry Alexander Trompf (d.1920) + Catherine Amelia Elliott, of Ballarat, which is the identity discriminator (parents' names) closing the identity gate.
"WILMINGTON, January 20. A fatal accident occurred here yesterday afternoon at 4 o'clock, resulting in the death of Mr. T. Modystach, son of Mr. Michael Modystach, of this town. The deceased, one of a family of 13, was engaged in stripping operations at Mr. J. Gordon Fraser's farm at the Minbadogie Creek, where he was sharefarming with his brother. It appears that one of the horses attached to the stripper got one of its legs over the chains. The deceased was endeavouring to free the animal when the team bolted, knocked him down, and one wheel of the machine passed over his body just above the hips. He was brought into Wilmington and promptly attended to by Dr. W. M. Pickering. Although he was in great pain, no serious result was then feared, but the unfortunate man suddenly expired at about 2.30 a.m. Great sympathy is felt for the family, who are well known and highly respected in the district."
Names him as son of Michael Modystach and gives 'one of a family of 13' - only 9 children are currently recorded for this couple (10 with this proposal), so at least 3 more children (likely infant deaths) remain unrecorded; see the Jira report. OCR is clean on this copy; cross-checked against near-identical wording in the Observer (27 Jan 1917, article 164181504) and Register (23 Jan 1917, article 59894839).
"Wilmington. January 19. While Mr. Thomas Modystach (28), single, was in charge of a stripper at Mimbadogei yesterday, the team of horses attached to the machine started off and knocked him down. A wheel of the stripper passed over his body, and he sustained injuries from which he died early this morning."
Gives his age (28) and marital status (single). A same-day sister report in the Express and Telegraph (19 Jan 1917, article 209750222) agrees on age 28; a Port Pirie Recorder copy (article 95449668) misreads the age as '23' - OCR '8' for '3'.
"MODYSTACH. on September 27 (suddenly), at Wilmington, Paul Clement, dearly beloved husband of Emma and loving father of Dorothy, Charles, Annie, Kathleen, Evelyn, Shiela, father-in-law of Leo., Leslie, Clarence, Reginald, Thomas; grandfather of Bobbie, Darryl, and Barrie. Aged 56 years (result of accident). R.I.P."
Names all six children (Sheila already in tree as Sheila Gertrude #69561; the other five - Dorothy, Charles, Annie, Kathleen, Evelyn - proposed as new children of family 21824 in separate proposals) and five sons-in-law/son (Thomas = Thomas Mathew Shinnick #69562, Sheila's husband; Leo = Leo Hodgens, Dorothy's husband, proposed separately). 'Aged 56' is a year off the recorded birth date 22 NOV 1886 (would be 55 at this death) - common era imprecision, not changing the birth date on this alone.
"MODYSTACH. On September 27 (suddenly), at Wilmington, Paul Clement, dearly beloved husband of Emma and loving father of Dorothy, Charles, Annie, Kathleen, Evelyn, Shiela, father-in-law of Leo., Leslie, Clarence, Reginald, Thomas; grandfather of Bobbie, Darryl, and Barrie. Aged 56 years (result of accident). R.I.P."
Second, independent printing of the same family notice (Chronicle vs Advertiser), confirming the transcription.
MURRAY. On April 1, 1931, at the Fremantle Hospital, William Douglas Murray, fond son-in-law of Ettie and the late Archibald Har-per, of 90 Mary-street, Fremantle; aged 31 years,
Same death-notices page. Confirms the marriage (son-in-law of Archibald and Henrietta 'Ettie' Harper, who are already recorded as Doris's parents) but does not give a wedding date. The '1925' on this event is the pre-existing (previously uncited) family record value, not independently confirmed by this citation. === NOT ESTABLISHED ===: exact wedding date and place.
🗞️Trove digitised Australian newspapersNewspaper Mount Barker Courier and Onkaparinga and Gumeracha Advertiser (SA) · Date 23 July 1909 · Page 3 · Article OBITUARY · Trove Id 147874627Secondary
Rundle Modistach
At St. Paul's Churcn, Eudunda, Miss Myrtle Modistach and Mr. Gordon Rundle were married by the Rev. H. Renner. Mrs. Renner played at the organ. The bride, who entered the church with her father, wore a frock of ivory satin moulded to the figure, over which was worn a blue bell pattern of cream lace P.edingote, which was made on tailored lines and fell imin n lr.nir fi.chrnil traiTi Tflnv F.aHn lnnns
Chronicle (Adelaide), 24 Feb 1938, p.62, headed 'Rundle—Modistach' (OCR garbles the dress description; left verbatim; re-fetched this session, confirms venue/officiant/date). No exact wedding date given in the text, so only the year is asserted, from the issue date. 'Entered the church with her father' is consistent with (does not by itself prove) Wilhelm Modistach giving her away.
FUNERAL
MRS GRACE GUNN
The funeral of Mrs. Grace Agnes
Gunn, wife of Mr. John Patrick
Gunn, who died at her residence,
McLean Street, on Thursday, aged
30, moved yesterday afternoon
from the Holy Rosary Church to
the Catholic Cemetery. Rev. Father
J. K. Meade officiated.
Pall-bearers were Messrs. Pat.
Donnelly, D. Mclvor, A. Walker. L.
Adams. M. Gunn and E. Thorne,'
representing the H.A.C.B. Society.
Floral tribute[s] ... were placed on the
grave by: Loving husband and family;
Brothers-in-law and sisters-in-law,
[C]essie, Mae, Mollie, Michael, James
and Tony and families; Bennie, Arthur
and family; Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Hen[d]rickson and family; Mrs. E. Clulowski ...
Full text of the funeral notice, quoted verbatim including its OCR line breaks (\n) and bracketed editorial readings ([C]essie, Hen[d]rickson). Directly confirms the 7 Dec 1950 death (Thursday), McLean Street residence, and the burial itself: Holy Rosary Church to the Catholic Cemetery on 8 Dec 1950 (the day before this Sat 9 Dec issue -- 7/8/9 Dec 1950 are Thu/Fri/Sat), Rev. J. K. Meade officiating, pall-bearers representing the H.A.C.B. Society (Hibernian Australasian Catholic Benefit Society, a Catholic friendly society -- consistent with a Catholic church and cemetery, though the article itself does not use the words 'Roman Catholic'). 'Aged 30' is OCR noise for 36 (see citation #49177's note); not restated here. Filed at quality 2, matching #49177, since these burial facts are directly reported (the town, cited separately on the person and DEAT event, is not).