Frederick Gustavus Hamilton (1856 - 1923)

Born 4 Feb 1856 in Dublin, Ireland

Ancestors

Husband of Ella Muriel (Markwell) Hamilton — married 11 Dec 1907 in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia

Died 17 Jan 1923 at age 66 in Randwick, New South Wales, Australia

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Biography

Frederick Gustavus Hamilton was born on 4th February 1856 at Dublin, Ireland. He was a son of Gustavus Hamilton, hotelier, and Emily Alday.

Frederick Hamilton migrated from Ireland to Queensland.

The family migrated to the Colony of Queensland.

After graduating from the University of Queensland with a law degree, Frederick became a barrister.^[1]

He married Ella Muriel Markwell, 29 years his junior, on 11th December 1907 in All Saints Church of England (Anglican Church), Wickham Terrace, Brisbane, Queensland.^[2]

Marriage Notice - The Brisbane Courier, Friday 24 January 1908.

HAMILTON-MARKWELL.-On December 11, 1907, at All Saints' Church, Brisbane, by the Rev. Walter Thompson, Frederick Gustavus Hamilton, of Brisbane, barrister-at-law, third son of the late Gustavus Hamilton, solicitor, Toowoomba, to Ella Muriel, younger daughter of Charles Robert Markwell, of Kingaroy, Hamilton, Brisbane.

He was a Solicitor and afterwards (4 Sept., 1900) a Barrister in Queensland ; Crown Prosecutor North Queensland.

In 1920 he resided at Townsville, Queensland.

He passed away on 17th January 1923 at Randwick, New South Wales.^[3] His body was transported to Brisbane and buried on 20th January at Brisbane General Cemetery, Toowong, Queensland.^[4]

Sources

1. ↑ Wikipedia: Hamilton, Queensland; accessed 18 Apr 2020
2. ↑ Queensland Marriage Index #6082/1907
3. ↑ New South Wales Death Index #2017/1923
4. ↑ Find-a-Grave

• Newspaper.

• Hamilton Memoirs - Historical and genealogical notices of a branch of that family which settled in Ireland in the reign of King James 1., Author Everard Hamilton, Publisher: Dundalk, William Tempest, Dundafgan Press, 1920