Margaret Isabella STOKES

Yesterday a little girl, 4 years of age, daughter of Mr. Robert Stopes, of the Upper Kedron, was accidentally burned to death. It appears that her father was from home working at his daily occupation, and the mother had gone to visit a sick neighbor, leaving the child at home with three others older than herself. There was a good log fire burning in the house, and it is supposed that the child had been playing with it, or had unconsciously got in too close proximity to it, as she was seen to rush out of the house in flames by a boy 10 years of age who was working near the place. The little fellow very bravely ran to her assistance and succeeded in extinguishing the flames, but unfortunately his assistance was too late, as the child died shortly after from the severe burning she had received.

Margaret Isabella STOKES, born 19/7/1874 Brisbane and died 10/6/1879
father Robert STOKES and mother Fanny Elizabeth PRESTON

Jane McDOUGALL (nee SIMPSON)

McDOUGALL.-On the 28th February, at Alloa, Scotland, after a long and painful illness, Jane McDougall, relict of the late David McDougall, of Bath-street, Glasgow, also mother of Mrs. A. McInnes and P. and J. H. McDougall, of this city.

Dear hands slip dally from our grasp,
And hearts are sundered sore ;
Our eyes grow dim with bitter tears
For them we'll see no more.

Link to newspaper article

Thomas McDOUGALL

DEATH.

MCDOUGALL.-On January 23, 1900, at his sister's residence, North Berwick, Scotland, Thomas McDougall, late of Mount Sturt, Warwick, Queensland.

WALDRON - POTTER or was it RAMSAY

In the Queensland BDM Index there are two marriages listed for Albert 
George WALDRON and they are:

WALDRON, Albert George    M    POTTER, Myrtle May 1/3/1913    13/B12977
WALDRON, Albert George    M    RAMSAY, Florence Amelia 1/3/1913    13/B12977

I would be most interested in hearing anything at all about these 
entries and the people mentioned in them.

Light Brigade - 1869

TO CAPTAIN EVANS,
SHIP LIGHT BRIGADE.

Moreton Bay,
December 13, 1869.

WE, the undersigned passengers of the ship Light Brigade, on the eve of our separation from you, feel that we would have neglected our duty had we allowed ourselves to disperse without acknowledging to you our sense of your uniform courtesy and kindness. To Mrs. Evans we would also (through you) tender the expression of our sincere esteem.

During the passage, we have been convinced you have used your utmost endeavors to render us as happy and comfortable as circumstances would admit, and those of us who brought our grievances under your notice can testify of your promptness to redress them—these, and many other acts of kindness, have made impressions on our minds which time lone can efface. We would request of you to embrace an early opportunity to convey to your officers our grateful sense of their uniform civility.

We would therefore most respectfully beg your acceptance of this address, not that we believe that it can in any way recompense you, but we trust that in future years it may serve to recal to your memory a number of individuals who esteem you highly, and who are delighted to express, as with one voice, their earnest hope and fervent prayer that as it has pleased Him who created the sea and all that therein is, and who holds the winds in the hollow of his hand to prosper you in the past, so also may your future voyages be alike successful; and at the end of life's journey may you anchor in the haven of eternal repose, and rest from your labors on that "peaceful shore where tempests never rage nor billows roar."

M. Samwell, Jessie Cooper, Julia Loveday, Emile Loveday
Clemintina Samwell, Oloff Fehrson, John Dymock, Mrs. Dymock
W. H. Webb, Emily Webb, E. H. Holderness, M. A. Jameson
Thos. Moon, Susan Moon, E. H. Forbes, Sarah Forbes, D. G. Forbes, S. W. Forbes
Alex. Galloway, Mrs. Galloway, B. Cooper, H. Gympie
M. and J. Skean, J. Smithe, Wm. Doyle, Priscilla Doyle
Alfred J. Taylor, John Herlihy, Sarah Herlihy
John Campbell, M. Campbell, Betsy Jones, Edward Jones
Paul Maggs, Sarah Cathrne. Maggs, William Brisbane, Elizabeth Brisbane
Jeremiah Henderson, Anne Henderson, William Robertson, Mary A. Robertson
William Richer, Sarah Richer, Neil McCall, Agnes McCall
James Calderwood, Mrs. Calderwood, James Dodds, Mary Dodds 
Thomas Roberts, Alice Roberts, William Lancaster, Jane lancaster 
William Ebbs, Jeannette Ebbs, Richard Taylor, Anne Taylor
Robert Todd, Ann Todd, John Jones, Isabella Jones 
James Rylands, Anne Rylands, Alex. Poots, Eliza Poots
Patrick Davidson, Christina Davidson, James Johnstone, Martha Johnstone
Thos. Dowd, M. Dowd, E. Bunker, M. Bunker, G. Shewan & family (7)
G. Newton, Fanny Newton, Thos. Kelly, Cath. Kelly
Joseph Dodd, Anne Dodd, Walter Frances, Charlotte Frances
J. Hinch, Margaret Hinch, R. Stubbin, L. Stubbin
Elizabeth Bunker, Robert Dunn, Ann Scot Dunn
John McEwen, R. E. McEwen, George Newton, Robert Bunker
E. Roscoe, Eliza Barker (matron), Sarah E. Prangley
Matilda Ann Ward, Frances Munro, Mary Molloy, Mary French
Mary E. Wray, Margaret Ray, Sarah Wray, Mrs. King
Annie Madigan, Mary Kearne, Sarah Jameson, Mary Madigan
Loui Tanner, H. S. Skidmore, Elizabeth Reid, Mary Baker 
Henrietta Leal, Bridget Lynch, Bridget Higgins, Mary Walters
Mary Carey, Elizabeth Corbett, Ellen Kennedy, Maria Webb
Fanny Allen, C. McKewin, B. McKewin, A. Murray, Louisa Carter
Maria Fletcher, Harriet Fletcher, Jane Wright, Ann O'Donnell
Kate Newman, Barbara Calderwood, Jane Groat, Elizabeth Viney
Sarah Brittle, E. Flemming, E. Finnimore, Mary Bradley
Mary Dalton, Ann Evans, Leoline Redgrave, Margaret Evans
Elizabeth Roughton, Fanny Marsh, L. Denman
Caroline Bell, Eliza Beesley, Mrs. Doods, Agnes Redinan, Emma Gunn
Elizabeth Gibson, Jane Gibson, Emma Croal, Adeline Hawlett
Mary Ann Armstrong, June Armstrong, Rose Duggan, Annie Jessen
Mary Ann Finnimore, Mary Chalmers, Norah Dowd, Mary McDermill
Margaret Gibson, William Nobes, Samuel Sykes, Thos. Baines
Joseph B. Gray, Abraham C. Leach, Jeremiah Ceulen, Alfred Baker
W. J. Brown, Robert Robson, Alfred Sims, G. A. Shewan, John McKewin
Richard David Jones, G. A. Sturgess, James Bickmore, Jonathan Williams
Geo. Louis Berry, J. Prouten, W. Millman, E. Willman
G. S. Culliford, G. Manning, Thos. Cullen, Thos. Trickey
W. Dowding, J. Taylor, F. Berry, Wm. Reed, G. Bowler, T. Conelly
James Dodds, Michael Douglas, Alex. Clugston, W. J. Clugston
Patrick Madigan, John Madigan, Edward Dodd, John Worrell
William Holdaway, Janies Holdaway, Charles Hunt, J. Stannard, Daniel Fox
M. McNamarra, James Lacey, William Dick, William Dunn, William Cummings
John H. Palmer, G. Jones, William Williams, William Day, James Ashton
Robert Baker, John Gaynor, John L. Tweedie, S. Henry Lawton, J. Laycock
L. Monk, A. H. Gardner, C. Doyle, Benjamin Chapman, Francis Hitchinson
Joseph Finnimore, John Winston, T. Mallett, J. B. Jones, Robert Carson
Patrick McShane, John McKoy, Samuel Taylor, James Hardearn, John Dorman
Henry Millman, T. Wm. Meazler, W. F. Page, T. Field, Isaac Button
Patrick Gaynor, Henry Hall, Jonah Thomas, Robert Ward, H. Goold
Alfred Bell, Edward Hillman, William Matthieson, Isaac A. Hartill
William Smyth, John Baker, William Taylor, William Hemming, George Searle
Samuel Sawyer, T. Tweedie, Thomas Watson, Robert Lowry, Fredk. Hodgins. 

Classified Advertising. (1869, December 23). The Brisbane Courier (Qld. : 1864 - 1933), p. 1. TROVE

Captain BILES

At the Sovereign Hotel, Brisbane, on the 3rd of November, Captain Henry Biles, of the ship Blenheim, aged 38.

The Moreton Bay Courier (Brisbane, Qld. : 1846 - 1861) Saturday 7 November 1857

MONEY SCAM

I know this is not strictly genealogy related, but just recently I decided to sell a couple of items and advertised on Gumtree. What a surprise.

Have a look at this address and read all about it, and no, I didn't get stung.