Robert Cross (1858)

Born 11 Feb 1858 in Ipswich, Queensland, Australia

Ancestors

Husband of Mary Louisa (Lewis) Cross — married 27 Sep 1884 in Queensland (Australia)

Descendants

Died [date unknown] in Gympie, Queensland, Australia

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Biography

This profile is part of the Cross Name Study.

Robert was born 11 February 1858 in Queensland. His parents were Charles Cross and his wife Elizabeth Garner.

Name: Robert Cross

Birth date: 11 February 1858

Mother's name: Elizabeth Garner

Father/parent's name: Charles Cross

Registration details: 1858/C/1102

Birth Registration: Queensland, Australia ^[1]

His marriage to Mary Louisa Lewis took place in 1884 in Gympie, Queensland.

Name Robert Cross

Marriage Date 27 Sep 1884

Marriage Place Queensland

Registration Date 1884

Registration Place Queensland, Australia

Spouse Mary Louisa Lewis

Registration Number 000669 ^[2]

They had eight children.

1. Charles Edwin Cross - born 1884
2. Harriet Sarah Cross - born 1886
3. Mary Elizabeth Amelia Cross - born 1888
4. Arthur Robert Cross - born 1890
5. Walter Alfred James Cross - born 1892
6. Daisy Eliza Cross - born 1894
7. Edwin Lambington Cross - born 1896
8. Muriel Hilda Cross - born 1899

In 1908 Charles and Mary Louisa Cross and children were living at Imbil Road, Gympie, Queensland, where Charles was a Miner.

Name Robert Cross

Gender Male

Electoral Date 1908

Electoral Place Gympie, Wide Bay, Queensland, Australia ^[3]

In March 1933, Robert Cross and five others applied for a gold mining lease at Yabba Creek, near Imbil, Queensland.

The Brisbane Courier (Qld.) Friday 31 March 1933, page 10

Advertising

CERTIFICATE OF APPLICATION FOR MINING LEASE.

GOLD MINING LEASE No. 1663.

This is to certify that the undermentioned persons have made application this day for a Lease, under the Mining Regulations, for ground known as YABBA CREEK, containing 25 acres, commencing from a datum peg situate south-west from, but close to, the old Battery site, thence on the east by a line 480 yards long, thence on the south by a line 259 yards long, thence on the west by a line 480 yards long, and thence on the north by a line 250 yards long.

Area. 25 acres.

Applicants:

R. A. CROSS, one-fourth share.

DAVID F. MILLAR, one-fourth share.

JOSEPH CHAPMAN, one-eighth share.

DAVID FITZROY MILLAR, one-eighth

STANLEY CROSS, one-eighth share,

ROBERT CROSS, one-eighth share.

The above application was received at tho Warden's Office, Gympie, on WEDNESDAY, the 29th day of March, 1933. at 4 p.m.

The above application will be heard In the Warden's Court, Gympie, on THURSDAY, the Fourth day of May, 1933, at 10 a.m.

Objections, if any, must be lodged at the Warden's Office, Gympie, on or before the 3rd MAY, 1933. at 4.30 p.m.

Dated at Gympie this 29th day of March, 1933.

T. A. LUSK.

For Warden. ^[4]

Robert passed away 1 August 1933 in Gympie, Queensland, aged 75 years.

Name: Robert Cross

Death date: 01 August 1933

Mother's name: Emma Beech [See Note 1]

Father/parent's name: Charles

Registration details: 1933/C/2710

Death registration: Queensland, Australia ^[5]

Robert Cross was laid to rest 2 August 1933 In the Gympie Cemetery, Gympie, Queensland.

NAME Robert Cross

BIRTH 11 Feb 1858, Ipswich City, Queensland, Australia

DEATH 1 Aug 1933 (aged 75) Gympie Region, Queensland, Australia

BURIAL Gympie Cemetery, Gympie, Gympie Region, Queensland, Australia

PLOT PP-4-238

MEMORIAL ID 181198203 ^[6]

Sources

1. ↑ https://www.familyhistory.bdm.qld.gov.au. Queensland Birth Index
2. ↑ https://www.ancestry.com.au. Australia, Marriage Index, 1788-1950
3. ↑ https://www.ancestry.com.au. Australia, Electoral Rolls, 1903-1980
4. ↑ https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/22149731
5. ↑ https://www.familyhistory.bdm.qld.gov.au. Queensland Death Index
6. ↑ https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/181198203

Research Notes

Note 1.

The name of Robert's mother on his death registration differs from his birth registration. However, this could be because whoever gave the information for his death registration took a guess; or just did not know.

Alternatively, as suggested by another family historian, his natural mother passed away when Robert was 18 months old, and Emma Beech could be the name of the woman who brought him up. (Source: https://freepages.rootsweb.com/~gordon/genealogy/gordonfam/pafn647.htm#20611)