Edith Montgomery Bleakley

Other Events:

• Immigration: 16 Oct 1860, To Brisbane, Qld onboard the Montmorency; Andrew Bleakly 22years, Labourer, from Co Cavan. Elizabeth Bleakly 21years, from Co Cavan. William Bleakly 1year, from Co Cavan.
• Address: 1883 , Dundas, Ipswich - Stanley, Qld; Andrew Bleakley, leasehold
• Land: 1884, Caboolture, Stanley, Qld; Andrew Bleakley, 547 acres, deed number 57017, Country land purchase A Register.
• .: 7 Aug 1886, Upper Caboolture ; Scamper through Upper Caboolture mentioning Jonathan Carseldine and Andrew Bleakley. https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/234905247?searchTerm=carseldine%20bleakley&searchLimits=l-decade=188#
• Land: 1888, Durundur, County Canning, Qld; Andrew Bleakley, 160 acres, deed number 71353 Country land purchase A Register.
• Land: 1889, Caboolture, Stanley, Qld; Andrew Bleakley 547 acres deed number 73582 country land purchase A Register.
• .: 8 Jun 1889, Caboolture Area; Government Business. Last Saturday's Gazette declared as a public road from Mount Mee to Caboolture, land resumed from the property of Jonathan Carseldine ; also proclaimed certain deviations on the old North road through the freeholds of Jonathan Carseldine and Andrew Bleakley, the said areas containing part of originally reserved road, and are roads substituted for roads closed in January 1885. Corrected the errors in deeds (3) of Thomas Demsey, parish of Kedron ; of B. C. Rowland (2) and Lucy Feesey, parish of Toombul. Announced the application of the Caboolture Board ex part . J. Biggs to close road in parish of Burpengary. Approved of by-law passed by South Brisbane Council allocating general expenses pro rata to the general revenue of each ward. https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/234907667?searchTerm=carseldine%20bleakley&searchLimits=l-decade=188#
• Electoral Roll: 1895 - 1896, Moreton, Qld; Andrew Bleakley, freehold, Caboolture
• Death: 19 Jan 1899, Brookvale Hill, Upper Caboolture, Qld; Death. BLEAKLEY. On January 19, at his residence, Brookvale Hill, Upper Caboolture, after a long illness, Andrew Bleakley, aged 62 years. https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/250136846?searchTerm=Andrew%20bleakley&searchLimits=l-state=Queensland%7C%7C%7Cl-decade=189#

Andrew married Elizabeth Montgomery 30 Mar 1858, Urney, Co Cavan, Ireland. Elizabeth (daughter of George Montgomery and Jane McAllister) died 25 Jun 1927, Lade Street, Gaythorne, Brisbane, Qld. [Group Sheet]

Other Events:

• Immigration: 16 Oct 1860, To Brisbane Qld, onboard the Montmorency; Andrew Bleakly 22years, Labourer, from Co Cavan. Elizabeth Bleakly 21years, from Co Cavan. William Bleakly 1year, from Co Cavan.
• Obituary: 25 Jun 1927, Brisbane, Qld; https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/21862569?searchTerm=Elizabeth%20bleakley&searchLimits=l-state=Queensland# THE LATE MRS. ELIZABETH BLEAKLEY. By the death of Mrs. Elizabeth Bleak- ley on June 25, at her late residence, Lade-street, Gaythorne, another of the pioneers who helped to build Australia, and extend the British Empire, has vanished. Mrs. Bleakley was the eldest daughter of the late George Montgomery, of County Cavan, Ireland, and came to Australia with her husband and child in the year 1860, and went at once to the bush. Her husband, Mr. Andrew Bleak- ley, who passed away 28 years ago, was a scholar and historian who took a keen interest in the politics and other questions of the time. In the early days of their pioneer life far from any school, Mr. Bleakley gave his evenings, after a heavy day's work, to teaching his children, and children of neighbours, and on Sundays held a Sunday School and Bible class, and Church services open to all who could attend. These intrepid pioneers went first to Waraba (off the North Coast Line), and after returning to Brisbane for a short time finally settled at Upper Caboolture in 1877. Quite a host of people remember how welcome visitors were at Brookvale, where open house was kept, and merry parties of young people gathered. The old home is now the residence of Mr. Basil Bleak- ley. When land was first thrown open to selection in this district, many Bavarian Missionaries were among the first settlers. This, of course, was long be- fore the day of railways, the travelling being by pack horse, or wagon, and communication with Brisbane took the settlers three days going and three days, returning with their household stores and goods. There was also communica- tion by sea, which entailed long drives on rough roads. The late Mrs. Bleakley, who was in her 89th year, is survived by six daughters and six sons. The daugh- ters are: Mrs. M. J. Franz, Hendra (widow of Mr. W. Franz, who was also a pioneer of Stony Creek), Mrs. A. R. Findlay (Enoggera); Mrs. J. P. Davies (West End); Misses Adela, Mary, and Olivia Bleakley. The sons are Messrs. William, Andrew, Arthur, John, Basil, and Cle- ment Bleakley, five of whom are married and with one exception are all engaged in dairying or grazing pursuits. Mrs. Bleakley had a brother who served in the Crimean war, also five grandsons in the Great War, four of whom paid the supreme sacrifice. Her sister, widow of the late T. P. Pugh, Police Magistrate, resides at the home of her son-in-law, Rev. S. W. Bath, Ipswich, and her other sister, the late Mrs. G. P. Merry, of Toowoomba, predeceased her some years ago. There was a large attendance of friends and relatives to pay their last tribute at the funeral of Mrs. Bleakley, and many beau- tiful floral tributes were received.

Notes:

Married:
First name(s) Andrew
Last name Blakely
Age -
Marital status -
Marriage year 1858
Marriage date 30 Mar 1858
Marriage place Urney, Cavan, Ireland
Father's first name(s) Andrew
Father's last name Blakely
Mother's first name(s) -
Mother's last name -
Spouse's first name(s) Elizabeth
Spouse's last name Montgomery
Spouse's age -
Spouse's birth year 1839
Spouse's birth date 1839
Spouse's birth place -
Spouse's marital status -
Spouse's father's first name(s) George
Spouse's father's last name Montgomery
Spouse's mother's first name(s) -
Spouse's mother's last name -
Residence Ireland
Place Urney
County Cavan
Country Ireland
Record set Ireland Marriages 1619-1898
Category Life Events (BDMs)
Subcategory Parish Marriages
Collections from Ireland

Andrew — Margaret Nolan. [Group Sheet]

George — Jane McAllister. [Group Sheet]