2.3 GILMORE, Adam

Adam GILMORE (2.3)

Born

1842 Antrim, Northern Ireland

Parents

James GILMORE and Jane MCCLOY

Marriage

Annabella NICOLS

9 December 1865 First Presbyterian Church, Ballymena, County Antrim, Ireland.  Registered at Kilconriola

Emigration

26 June 1866 On the ship ‘Wansfell for Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. It departed from Southhampton, England. Adam GILMORE was one of the committee members that represented passengers on the ship commending the ship’s captain. The ship transported immigrants England, Ireland and Scotland. Of the total 225 immigrants, 172 were Irish. Among the single girls were a large number of domestic servants. 60 were advertised as being for hire on arrival of the ‘Wansfell’. The voyage was smooth for that period with no passenger births or deaths recorded on board.  Adam and Isabella were assisted immigrants.

 

The Wansfell printed in The Queenslander Saturday 30 June 1866 page 4

 

Children

Annie Jane GILMORE

Matilda GILMORE

Elizabeth GILMORE

Isabella GILMORE

Rose GILMORE

John Alexander GILMORE

William James GILMORE

Agnes GILMORE

Hugh GILMORE

Emma GILMORE

Legal

22 July 1871 Brisbane, Australia Fined 10s for obstructing a footparth in one of the the thoroughfares with a horse and cart

Occupation

Drayman, Storeman, Labourer

Residence

1866 at Rogers Street, Spring Hill, Brisbane, Australia

Balmoral Brisbane, Queensland, Australia

Died

9 January 1914 Brisbane, Queensland, Australia

 

2.3 GILMORE Adam Australian Death Certificate

 

 

Cause of Death

Senility, Asthenia, Syncope

Buried

10 January 1914 Toowong Cemetery, Toowong, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia

 

Adam GILMORE – Funeral Notices Brisbane Courier Mail Saturday 10 Jan 1914

 

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