![]() At the age of 74, Fred injured his back when he was thrown from a sulky on North Quay in July 1916.Īn opportunity to have a family photo of four generations occurred in September 1919. Happier times for the family occurred when Frederick Amies Waters married Jessie Sullivan on 21 March 1905, Florence May Waters married Bert Quaife on 16 November 1909, Lena Waters married George Wixon on 12 April 1910 and Thomas Arthur Waters married Tottie Cranley on 7 September 1912.īy 1913, Fred and Frances had moved Rockbourne Terrace, Paddington and left the running of their carrying business to their sons and son-in-law. More sadness was to visit Fred and Frances when their 30-year-old daughter Annie died 14 October 1904 in Rockhampton, survived by her grieving husband and three young children. The event was reported in the newspaper and further details can be read in an online article The Waters Family, Petrie Terrace. Sadly little Dora succumbed to typhoid on 30 January 1886 and was buried at Toowong Cemetery.Ī happy occasion for the family occurred on 14 November 1888 when their eldest daughter Lily married Sam Raby at the Christ Church, Milton.īy 1895 Fred and Frances were living at Petrie Terrace beside their furniture shop and their family of ten was now complete - Lilly (28 and married), George (23), Annie (21), Bertha (18), Frederick (16), Florence (10), Lena (8), Thomas (4) and Edward (6 months).īertha Waters married Charles Edward Williams on 16 November 1896, George Waters married Laura Thornton on 22 December 1896 and Annie Elizabeth Waters married Ernest Gilchrist on 7 July 1897.įred and Frances' resilience was again called upon when a serious fire completely destroyed their furniture shop and residence at Petrie Terrace on 21 November 1899. Their family continued to grow with the arrival of Bertha (1877), Frederick Amies (1879), Dora Alice (1883) and Florence May (1885). They were buried together in a slab coffin next to the creek at Pimpama on 16 April 1871.įred and Frances moved to The Grange at Pimpama where their son George was born 17 March 1872 and the following year they moved to Brisbane where their daughter Annie Elizabeth was born 23 September 1874. Sadly a double tragedy struck the family when little Frederick and three-month old Herbert died within two days of each other. McLeod and matron Mrs Matilda Gaudin.įred and Frances found work at a sugar plantation called Ormeau, south of Brisbane. Eight weeks into the voyage, Frances gave birth to their first son, Herbert Waters and the ship arrived at Moreton Bay on 11 January 1871. Fred and Frances were married 21 September 1869 and on 2 October 1870, Fred (27), Frances (22), Lily (3) and Frederick (1) boarded the ship Light Brigade to emigrate as assisted passengers to Australia. Now with two small children and a busy carrying business, Fred engaged a nanny, Frances Amies, to care for Lily and baby Frederick. Eliza and Fred's son, Frederick Thomas Osborne Waters, was born on 10 March 1869 at their home but sadly Eliza died of puerperal fever seven days after the confinement. In 1866, Fred Waters married Eliza Osborne and on 21 November 1867, Eliza gave birth to Eliza Louisa (Lily) Waters at their home at 23 Woodland Street, Dalston, Hackney, where Fred was working as a dairyman. By the 1861 census, Thomas and Elizabeth had five sons and two daughters and were residing at 7 Albion Square, Hackney and Frederick Water's occupation was a milkman. ![]() ![]() Frederick Waters' story Frederick Waters was born 22 July 1843 at Helmsley Street, South Hackney district in the county of Middlesex, England, third son to Thomas Henry Waters, coachman, and Elizabeth Waters nee Morgan. ![]()
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