ENGLAND ; MALDON, VICTORIA, AUSTRALIA

Joseph WEBSTER

chr. 29 May 1836 Whitwell, Derbyshire, Eng. ; parents Francis WEBSTER & Elizabeth OSBORNE
d. 12 Jun 1928 Brisbane, Queensland, Aus.

m. 26 Jul 1855 Ballarat, Vic.

Elizabeth GETLIFFE

chr. 30 Mar 1836 Leek, Staffordshire, Eng. ; parents Peter GETLIFFE & Margaret (‘Peggy’) REDFERN
d. 31 December 1898 Neurum, Qld, Aus.
bur. Kilcoy Cemetery (formerly Hopetown Cemetery)
Death notice

In 1841 Joseph was aged 5 and living with his parents at Whitwell. In 1851 he was aged 16 and working as a farm servant at Staveley, Derbyshire for a man named George Steele, who had an agricultural holding of 38 acres.

Some time between 1851 and 1855 he migrated to Australia, though further details of his migration are unclear.

On her marriage certificate, Elizabeth declared she was a spinster, that her surname was Cashen, and that her father’s name was James Cashen. On Mary’s 1857 birth certificate she is listed as ‘Elizabeth Webster, formerly Cashen’. By 1864, on Francis’ birth certificate she appears as ‘Elizabeth Webster, formerly Gatliffe’.

There is a marriage registered in Victoria in 1854 of Elizabeth Getliffe to James Cashen.

Children

1. Joseph Henry WEBSTER b. 1856 Sandhurst, Vic. ; d. 1857 Sandhurst, Vic. aged 4 months ; death registered as Joseph Francis

2. Mary Elizabeth WEBSTER b. 4 Dec 1857 Maldon, Vic.

3. Sarah Ann WEBSTER b. 1859 Maldon, Vic. ; d. 1859 Maldon, Vic. aged 2 months

4. George Thomas WEBSTER b. 1861 Maldon, Vic. ; m. 16 May 1883 Brisbane, Qld – Alice Jane PAYNE (b. c1866, Birtsmorton, Worcestershire, England ; chr. 25 Feb 1867 Birtsmorton, Worcestershire, Eng. ; parents Joseph PAYNE & Mary KENDRICK ; d. 23 Jul 1960 Qld) – 5 children

5. John Joseph WEBSTER b. 1863 Maldon, Vic. ; d. 1863 Maldon aged 4 months

6. Francis WEBSTER b. 25 Jan 1864 Maldon, Vic.

Joseph’s occupation on his children’s birth certificates is given as miner, and in 1864 he was mining at Pegley Gully near Maldon.
In around 1867 Joseph and Elizabeth moved their family to Queensland and farmed at Downfall Creek and later at Kilcoy. The year 1867 coincides with reports of gold having been discovered in the area, so no doubt he Joseph Webster made some efforts in that regard as well.

Death Notices: Elizabeth Webster

WEBSTER.—On December 31, Elizabeth, the beloved wife of J. Webster, of Bowder Farm, Kilcoy, in her 63rd year. In Memoriam.
(Daily Telegraph, Brisbane, 9 Jan 1899, p.6)

On Sunday, two funerals took place at Hopetoun, a most unusual occurrence. Mrs Joseph Webster, a respected resident, who had been ailing for some time, and an infant child of Mr John Seib's succumbed to measles, which have been very severe all through the district.
(Moreton Mail, 6 Jan 1899, p.8)

Headstone: Elizabeth Webster

Place Note: Kilcoy, Neurum and Bowder Farm

The township of Kilcoy is on the D'Aguilar Highway, 94 kilometres (58 mi) north west of the state capital, Brisbane, and just to the north of Lake Somerset. (Whereis)

Neurum is around 16km west of Kilcoy. (Whereis)

Yandina, the site of Bowder's Farm, is some 85km away to the north east nearing the Sunshine Coast (Whereis)

In 1913, Augustus William Bowder’s farm was the largest farm under cultivation between Maryborough and Brisbane. Bowder was a resident of Yandina for 43 years and carried out sugar cane growing and dairying.