Living

Notes:

living - details excluded

Notes:

Birth:
Qld BDM: 1911 C8979 Frederick Harold Gifford son of William Gifford and Petra Maria Rasmussen

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Died:
Ryerson index: GIFFORD Frederick Harold Funeral notice 26JUL1994 Funeral Daily Telegraph (Sydney) 25JUL1994

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Frederick + Jane Emily LOMAS. Jane (daughter of Rowland Frank Eugene LOMAS and Annie McMurtrie GRAHAM) was born on 12 Apr 1913 in Cairns, Queensland, Australia; died on 8 Nov 2006 in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Residence: 1936-37, Mt Morgan, Queensland, Australia
• Residence: 1954-1980, 47 Fourth Ave, Berala, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Notes:

Birth:
https://www.familyhistory.bdm.qld.gov.au/
Birth registration: Jane Emily Lomas Birth date: 12/04/1913
Mother's name: Annie McMurtrie Graham Father/parent's name: Rowland Frank Eugene Lomas
Registration details:1913/C/2017

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Residence:
Australian electoral roll

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Residence:
Australian electoral roll

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Died:
According to ancestry Gifford Family Tree, Owner: Giffordr176
she died 8 NOV 2006 in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

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Other Events and Attributes:

• _FGRAVE: 56440831
• _HAIR: Brown
• Occupation: 1917; Coach builder
• Residence: 1917, Scott St, Cairns, Queensland, Australia
• _HEIG: 1917; 5ft 6 1/2 ins
• _WEIG: 1917; 126 pounds
• _MILT: 1918; Private 7594A 15th Battalion, Australian Imperial Force

Notes:

According to military service enlistment papers, he was born in Balmain, New South Wales around August 1884 but no record is found of him in NSW BDM search. Riases the question if he was the natural born child of Fred and Jane.

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Birth:
On his army enlistment form dated 13 Jan 1917, gives his age as 32 years four months born Balmain, New South Wales

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_MILT:
From Commonwealth War Graves Commission website:
Name: LOMAS, ROWLAND FRANK EUGENE. Initials: R F E. Nationality: Australian. Rank: Private. Regiment: Australian Infantry, A.I.F
Unit Text: 15th Bn. Date of Death: 29/03/1918 Service No: 7594. Additional information: Son of Fred and Jane Lomas; husband of Annie
McMurtrie Lomas, of Baree, Mt. Morgan Rockhampton, Queensland. Native of Sydney, New South Wales. Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: I. H. 25. Cemetery: GEZAINCOURT COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION

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Died:
Death ref: 22/005190 AIF) Commonwealth War Grave Commission website:
http://www.cwgc.org/search/casualty_details.aspx?casualty=35454
Index no. Fr. 169 Com. Cem. Extension France. LOMAS, Pte. Rowland Frank Eugene, 7594. 15th Bn. Australian Inf. Died of wounds 29th March 1918. Son of Fred and Jane Lomas; husband of Annie McMurtrie Lomas, of Baree, Mt Morgan, near Rockhampton, Queensland. Native of Sydney, New South Wales. I.H.25.

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Rowland married Annie McMurtrie GRAHAM on 19 Aug 1910 in Queensland, Australia. Annie was born about 1886 in Queensland, Australia; died on 26 Aug 1939 in Mt Morgan, Queensland, Australia; was buried in Aug 1939 in Mt Morgan, Queensland, Australia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• _FGRAVE: 160690094
• Residence: 1918, Baree, Mt Morgan, Queensland, Australia

Notes:

No record yet found of her birth
Rowland and Annie had four children. Name of fourth child not yet confirmed

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Birth:
An ancestry tree gives her birth date as 1 March 1886 in Rockhampton, Queensland, Australia with a reputed father with the surname McMurtrie. Her mother's name was Helen Graham. However, can not find a birth entry in the Queensland records that match.

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Residence:
From husband Rowland's army record

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Died:
https://www.familyhistory.bdm.qld.gov.au/
Death registration: Annie McMurtrie Long Death date: 26/08/1939
Mother's name: Helen Graham Father/parent's name:-
Registration details: 1939/C/3584

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Buried:
Australia and New Zealand, Find a Grave Index, 1800s-Current
Name: Annie Mcmurtrie Long Death Date: 26 Aug 1939 Death Place: Queensland, Australia Cemetery: Mount Morgan Cemetery
Burial or Cremation Place: Mount Morgan, Rockhampton Region, Queensland, Australia
Has Bio?: N
Spouses: Rowland Lomas, Richard Long
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/160690094/annie-mcmurtrie-long

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Notes:

Married:
https://www.familyhistory.bdm.qld.gov.au/
Marriage registration: Rowland Frank Eugene Lomas Marriage date:19/08/1910 Spouse's name:Annie McMurtrie Graham
Registration details:1910/C/522

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Other Events and Attributes:

• _FGRAVE: 160394280

Notes:

Died:
Queensland Historical Indexes deaths: 1914/C3732 Frederick Lomas son of Henry William Lomas and Jane Mason Miller

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Frederick married Jane Elizabeth COKER in 1881 in Queensland, Australia. Jane (daughter of James Thomas COKER and Emily LEE) was born on 13 Mar 1859 in 5 Salman Cottages, Ratcliff, Stepney, London, England, UK; died on 21 Jul 1948 in Rockhampton, Queensland, Australia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• _FGRAVE: 160406876
• Census: 1861, 4 Church Street, Hackney, London, England
• Residence: Feb 1924, Rockhampton, Queensland, Australia
• Residence: 1948, 338 George St, Depot Hill, Rockhampton, Queensland, Australia
• Residence: 1948, 303 George St, Rockhampton, Queensland, Australia
• _FNRL: 22 Jul 1948, Funeral notice, Rockhampton Morning Bulletin newspaper

Notes:

OBITUARY
Mrs H. Collins, of Depot Hill, who died recently at the age of 93*, had been a resident of Rockhampton for over 80 years#. She was 11 years old when she arrived in Rockhampton with her parents, Mr and Mrs Coker, from England. For the past 30 years she had resided at Depot Hill. Mrs Collins was married twice, her first husband being Mr Fred Lomas, who conducted a bakery at North Rockhampton. Later she married Mr H. Collins, who had long service in the Railway Department and who survives her.
APA citation
OBITUARY. (1948, September 4). Morning Bulletin (Rockhampton, Qld. : 1878 - 1954), p. 3. Retrieved February 8, 2012, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article56827872
*She was only 89.
#Obviously not more than 80 years, as the family only arrived in Rockhampton in 1870.

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Jane Elizabeth Coker married Frederick Lomas in 1881. They raised Emily Lee Coker, the daughter of Henry Coker and Frances Sugden but unknown if they actually adopted her.

Birth:
Elizabeth Jane Coker born Stepney
April/June quarter reference Stepney 1c-465
(From Coker London Research group June 2004)

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Census:
1861 census for Tower Hamlets, Stepney, London, England, 76 Church St:
James Thomas Coker, 20, Warehouseman born Stepney
Emily Coker, 20, born Barking, Essex
Jane Elizabeth Coker, 2, born Ratcliff, Middlesex.
Ref: RG09, Piece 158, Folio 33 , Page 13

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_FNRL:
THE Relatives and Friends of Mr Henry Collins are respectfully invited to attend the funeral of his deceased beloved Wife and their Relative, the late MRS JANE ELIZABETH COLLINS, of 338 George Street, Depot Hill, to move from our Funeral Chapel, William Street, THIS (Thursday) AFTERNOON, at 3 o'clock for the Rockhampton Cemetery.
https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/56823701

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Died:
Australia, Death Index, 1787-1985
Name: Jane Elizabeth Collins Death Date: 21 Jul 1948 Death Place: Queensland
Father's name: James Coker Mother's name: Emily Lee Registration Year: 1948
Registration Place: Queensland Registration Number: 003636 Page Number: 421

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Notes:

Married:
Australia, Marriage Index, 1788-1950
Name: Frederick Lomas Spouse Name: Jane Coker
Marriage Date: 31 Oct 1881 Marriage Place: Queensland
Registration Number: 001096 Page Number: 8756

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