Fernandez (Gonzales) Gonsarlus (abt. 1820 - 1894)

Born about 1820 in Manila, Philippines

Descendants

Died 12 Sep 1894 at about age 74 in Dunwich, Queensland, Australia

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Biography

Fernando Gonzalus was born about 1820 in Manila, Philippines and died on 12 Sep 1894 (aged 73–74) and was buried in the Dunwich Cemetery at Dunwich, Queensland, Australia.^[1]

There passed away at Wynnum yesterday afternoon [Fri 5 Dec 1930], Mrs. Rose Campbell, relict of the late Mr. R. P. Campbell.
The deceased lady was one of the most widely known residents of the district, and was born at Tingalpa in 1854. Her maiden name was Rose Gonzalos, and she spent most of her life at Amity Point. Her father was one time lightkeeper at Cape Moreton. Deceased is survived by four sons and four daughters, 36 grandchildren and five great grandchildren. Her husband predeceased her 12 years ago.^[2]

Sources

1. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/214510155/fernando-gonzalus : accessed 28 August 2021), memorial page for Fernando Gonzalus (1820–12 Sep 1894), Find A Grave: Memorial #214510155, citing Dunwich Cemetery, Dunwich, Redland City, Queensland, Australia ; Maintained by John Winterbotham (contributor 48166878) .
2. ↑ Mrs. Rose Campbell. (1930, December 6). The Brisbane Courier (Qld. : 1864 - 1933), p. 15. Retrieved August 28, 2021, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article21611504

• Family records
• Qld death registration #1894/C/3126

Fernando (Fernandez) Gonzales (Gonsalles, Gonsarlus) Described as a pure Manila man of strong Spanish blood. He left Manila about 1848 to crew on a ship. He was imprisoned with some other members of the ships crew by the ships Captain. He left Sydney in 1849 and joined the pilot service in Moreton Bay .He later worked for Andrew Petrie before settling at Amity Point and becoming a fishermen. He is reported to have married an Aboriginal woman and had a family of four girls. However a Lizzie Gonzales is Mentioned by Thomas Welsby in "Early Moreton Bay ". From Kathleen McGregor's Sail Away To Old Moreton Bay. Information On his imprisonment by the ships Captain. He and the others had disobeyed orders to work. Although he and his companions were tried before the Sydney Court, they were meted no heavy penalty. Welsby (in Thompson, 1967, Vol. 1, p. 380) reports an accident with gunpowder in the 1890's, where his own face & chest received severe powder burns. He was taken to Fernandez's hut and looked after for days ... wounds pricked with clean needles, the matter removed and the wounds brushed with feathers of the curlew and seagull, after having been dipped in the juice of bruised herbs taken from the nearest swamps. Died at Dunwich Asylum Hospital of Tumour of the Bladder - aged 74 years