Thomas Melrose (1869 - 1953)

Born 7 Aug 1869 in Brisbane, Colony of Queensland

Died 17 Dec 1953 at age 84 in Townsville, Queensland, Australia

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Mayor of Townsville, 1919.

Biography

Thomas Melrose was born in the Colony of Queensland (1859-1900)

Thomas Melrose is Notable.

Thomas was born in 1869.^[1]

Thomas married Catherine Johnston in 1897.^[2]

They had:

1. Ivy, b 1898, m 1929, Gerald Page-Hanify, d 1981.
2. Norma, b 1903, d unm.
3. Noel, b 1905, d 1981.

He passed away in 1953.^[3]

Research Notes

• The Townsville branch of John's stonemasonry business was purchased by Thomas Melrose, Mayor of Townsville in 1919, and his brother-in-law, Osborn Fenwick.

Thomas's sister, Isabel married Arthur, son of Isaac Jenner

• https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/61725197
• https://heritage.brisbane.qld.gov.au/heritage-places/1878
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/City_of_Townsville
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melrose_%26_Fenwick
• http://family.gdavis.id.au/p00202.htm#14792

Death registration: Osborn James Fenwick Death date:17/07/1953 Mother's name:Harriet Belfield Father/parent's name:William Registration details:1953/B/44388

• father's birth.^[4]
• father's marriage.^[5]
• father's death.^[6]

They had.

1. John, b 1860.
2. Eliza, b 1862.
3. William, b 1864.
4. Margaret, b 1866.
5. Isabel, b 1871.
6. James, b 1873.
7. Charles, b 1877.
8. Jeanette, b 1875.
9. Sophia, b 1879.

• grandfather John's daughter janet.^[7]

Sources

1. ↑ Queensland BMD Birth registration: Name: Thomas George Melrose; Birth date:07/08/1869; Mother's name:Sophia Mary Stevens; Father/parent's name:Thomas Melrose; Registration details:1869/B/10151
2. ↑ Queensland BMD Marriage registration: Name: Tomas George Melrose; Marriage date:08/09/1897; Spouse's name:Catherine Isabel Johnston; Registration details:1897/C/2079;
3. ↑ Queensland BMD Death registration: Name: Thomas George Melrose; Death date:17/12/1953; Mother's name:Sophia Mary Phillips; Father/parent's name:Thomas; Registration details:1953/C/5609
4. ↑ "Scotland Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VQ4D-49Z : 16 September 2021), Thomas Melrose, 1836.
5. ↑ Marriage registration: Thomas Melrose Marriage date:05/04/1860 Spouse's name:Sophia Stephens Registration details:1860/B/24
6. ↑ Death registration: Thomas Melrose Death date:09/04/1902 Mother's name:Jane Somerville Father/parent's name:John Melrose Registration details:1902/C/1670
7. ↑ https://www.genealogy.com/forum/regional/countries/topics/scotland/31788/

See Also:

• Find a Grave, database and images  : accessed 01 February 2022), memorial page for Thomas George Melrose (7 Aug 1869–17 Dec 1953), Find A Grave: Memorial #179933381, citing Belgian Gardens Cemetery, Belgian Gardens, Townsville City, Queensland, Australia ; Maintained by Richie Wright (contributor 48346415) .