Chief Protector of Aborigines
Correspondence for Marriage Applications
Item ID ITM336462
Previous System Location A/58771; RSI14961/1/476; A1 Item ID 336462
Description Marriages
Start Date Circa 1/1/1923
End Date Circa 31/12/1923
Access Category Open
Queensland State Archives
Abbreviations used in the following items are
R Residence
C Marital Status (Condition)
A Age
B Place born
F Father
M Mother
W Witness (where Aboriginal)
1. Niney McDonald Ettie Sunflower
R Keeroongooloo Stn
Want to marry 1923 Adavale
N.B. Niney is now only friends with Eileen Edwards.
2. George Stott
1923
N.B. Also mentions George lived with Maud Culham who
formerly lived with Campbell Coolwell. Maud had a child
to George, which died shortly after birth. Maud is now
pregnant to George again.
3. Willie Bone Clorine McKenzie
R Barambah Barambah
C Bachelor Spinster
A 23 yrs 21 yrs
B Nanango Gayndah
F Boondoon Billy McKenzie
M Maggie Bella Davey
Married 5.12.1923 Barambah Methodist
4. William Yeatman Annie
Married 2.11.1923 Cooktown
N.B. William is a white man. They have been living together
for about 17 years. They have 3 boys and 1 girl. The two
eldest boys were taken to a mission some years ago. The
other boy is 11 years and the girl is 3 years.
The following children were removed from Rossville, Bloomfield
River and China Camp in 1915. William and Annie's boys may be
among these.
Ivy
Charlie
Jimmy
Mickey
Milgabee
Billy
Nicholas
Blucher
Walker
Nipper
Ruby
Minnie
Alma
4. Thomas (Frank) Neary Topsy Neary
A 45 yrs
F Gala (kanaka at Pialba)
Want divorce 1923 Barambah
N.B. Removal Order Frasers Island to Barambah 11. 5.1920
Topsy Neary, refuses to return to husband.
Also mentions Roger Bennet, native of Frasers Island.
5. John Crowlandy Nora Morris
R Pialba Pialba
C Spinster
B Solomon Islands Frasers Island
F Jack Morris
Married 15.10.1923 Pialba
6. Johnny Gladys
R Mt Surprise
A 32 yrs 19 yrs
Dated 1923
N.B. Johnny is the Tracker at Mt Surprise.
Also mentions Minnie, native of the Murray River. She lived
with Johnny for a while. Aged about 70 years.
7. Colin Phoeba Anderson
Dated 1908 Yarrabah. Not legally married.
N.B. Phoeba left Cairns in 1914 with Billy McMahon.
Removal Order Cairns to Barambah 27. 3.1914 for
Colin and Phoeba, his wife.
8. Mr Hibbins (white) Phoeba Anderson
Married May, 1915 Chinchilla.
9. Meer Mahomet Rosie Baker
R Cloncurry Cloncurry
A 35 yrs 30 yrs
B Jelim, Punjaub, India
Permission to marry refused 1923 Brisbane
N.B. Rosie is having a child. Mr A E Grimley, stock
inspector, white, is the reputed father.
Rosie had a female child born 7. 3.1919.
Rosie had a male child, Jack, born 9 years ago to a
Mr Dearness.
Removal Order Cloncurry to Palm Island for
Rosie, aged 30 years
Maggie, aged 4 years, her child.
Rosie again pregnant in 1923 and child born 16. 2.1923.
Meer Mahomet is probably not the father.
10. Charles Alfred McNevin Rosie Wyman
A 24 yrs
B NSW
Married 10. 7.1923 Cunnamulla
11. Paddy Fraser Norah
Correspondence 1923 about bank accounts.
12. Manuel Luna
C Widow
B Manilla Badu Island
Permission to marry sought 1923 Thursday Island
13. Leo Lucy
R Normanton
C Widow
Married Normanton
N.B. Report on a fatal accident at Pictavia Stn.
Carbine died 21. 6.1921 Normanton Hospital, aged 35 years.
Wife was Lucy, aged 28 years.
Daughter was Elsie, aged 13 years, now married to Sweat, 1923.
Daughter was Maudie, aged 9 years.
Also mentions Bino, present at accident.
14. Frank Turner Tottie Quicksilver
R Beaudesert
Permission to marry sought 1923 Beaudesert
15. William Turner Mary Turner
R Kandanga Wyumbyn
Mary left husband in 1923
N.B. Mary was previously Mary Moreton.
16. Jack Edward Annie Mascoyan
F Malay
M Aborigine
Married 23. 1.1923 Innisfail
N.B. Annie got an Exemption in 1922.
Also mentions Jack Mewa.
17. James Demutz Dolly
Married 29. 3.1923 Cloncurry
N.B. They were married under the names of
James Demutz Rogers and Dolly Chisholm.
18. Nicholas Rusu Laura Busch
R Mapoon
A 27. 5.1907
B Romania
F Charles De Poos
M H/C European
Permission to marry denied 1923 Thursday Island
N.B. Charles De Poos also known as Charles Busch was a
French Samoan, and is dead.
19. Frank A Campbell Bulka
R Birdsville Birdsville
Not allowed to be legally married 1923 Birdsville
N.B. Bulka now at Birdsville Police Station living with
Tracker Corporal Tommy.
20. Fugite Lizzie Romelo
B Japan
Permission to marry denied 1923 Innisfail
N.B. Lizzie's husband was sent to Goodna Mental Asylum
some years ago.
21. Charlie Douglas
Wants to go to Palm Island for a wife 1923 Winton
22. Usop (Joseph Malay) Mary Ah Mat
R Mabuiag Island
C Widow
B Malay
Married 5. 3.1923 Thursday Island
N.B. Mary is the widow of Ah Mat who died in 1919.
23. James Demutz Dolly
A 40 yrs 23 yrs
B Cloncurry
F White
M African
Correspondence 1923
N.B. Dolly gave birth to an illegitimate male child
on 21. 9.1919. James Demutz was the father.
Dolly is described as H/C Chinese.
24. George Broncho (Martin) Polly Gray
R South Brisbane South Brisbane
C Bachelor Widow
A 21 yrs 41 yrs
B Cooktown Blackall
F Jimmy Martin Barney White
M Jinny Jinny Fisher
W Erica Ida St Clair Karresch
W Annie Eleanor Sullivan
Married 17. 5.1918 Registry Office, Brisbane
25. Fred Coolwell Jessie Walker
R Beaudesert
Want to marry 1923 Beaudesert
26. Charlie Douglas
R Winton
Wants to go to Palm Island for a wife 1923 Winton
27. Paddy Daisy
R Butchers Hill Cooktown
Daisy does not want to marry Paddy 1923 Cooktown
N.B. Daisy had Paddy's child on 16. 9.1922. Child was
born dead.
28. William Watson Sadie Ah Quey
A 21 yrs
Married 10. 1.1923 Burketown
29. Mattie Davey Annie Queary
R Barambah Barambah
C Bachelor Widow
A 25 yrs 25 yrs
B Kenilworth Hebel
F Davey Bob Hibbert
M Annie Crow Emily Toon
Married 25. 1.1923 Barambah Methodist
30. Joseph Solomon Lottie Gala
R Barambah Barambah
C Bachelor Spinster
A 22 yrs 21 yrs
B Duaringa Pialba
F Joe Solomon Jack Gala
M Sarah Annie Morris
Married 25. 1.1923 Barambah Methodist
31. Andrew Geedrick Alice McKenzie
R Yeppoon Rockhampton
C Divorced
A 38 yrs
B Ceylon
Married 22. 1.1923 Rockhampton
N.B. Alice has a child to Andrew.
32. Johnny Anderson (Smith) Widgee
R Chillagoe
A 15 yrs in 1922
B Georgetown Croydon
F Lefthand Charlie
M Topsy
Marriage approved 1921 Croydon. Never took place.
N.B. Widgee's parents at Rosebush Plains Stn, Croydon.
Topsy is from Georgetown.
Also mentions
Dan from NSW
Big Eye Jack
33. Ah Kum Ada Foley
A 20 yrs
B Croydon
F Chinese
M Aborigine
Married 5.12.1922 Croydon
N.B. Ada has a 3 month old baby. Father unknown but
probably Ah Kum.
34. Bora Bin Juda Mareja Doolah
A 18-19 yrs in 1920
B Malay Murray Island
F Malay
M Native of Darnley Is
Married 29.12.1922 Thursday Island
N.B. Removal Order from Thursday Island to Darnley Island
dated 11. 2.1921 for Mareja Doolah.
Mareja's sister is Mrs Sedin of Thursday Island.
Mareja had a child September 1921. Father is Bora.
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