Rosewood History

The following lists are compiled from “Family Notices” published in the local newspapers to 1954 and other sources, and are not meant to be a complete record. Marriages that took place more than 75 years ago and deaths that took place more than 30 years ago are in the Public Domain.

Marriages that took place in the Rosewood Chapel

Rev. John M. James & Elizabeth Hudson (organist at the Church) 06/01/1892 by Rev. Waraker, Brisbane assisted by Rev Joseph Walker, Ipswich.
Prior to the day, Elizabeth was presented with an elegant lady’s watch purchased from the Goldsmith’s Hall Company. On the back was neatly inscribed: “Rosewood Congregational Church. Prsented to Miss Hudson on the eve of her approaching marriage, 1892.” In the unavoidable absence of Mr. H. Gibson, through illness, the presentation was made by the Rev. J. Davies, of Toowoomba.
Tom Harry Harding & Agnes Waight 30/08/1899 by Rev. R. Figgis
Frederick John Dutney & Edith Freeman 08/05/1901 by Rev. R. Figgis
Charles Williams & Louise Spann 23/05/1906 by Rev. W. J. L. Closs, B.A., who was assisted by the Rev. A. E. West, of Rosewood.
Albert Edward Hey & Martha Yarrow 31/10/1906 by Rev. A. E. West
Amos Andrews & Helen Eliza Gower 15/09/1909 by Rev. A. Castleman assisted by the Rev. H. Denny of Beaudesert.
Arthur James Loveday & Ivy Maud Collett 15/03/1911 by Rev. A. Castleman, M.A.
William Bond & Delia Evans 10/07/1912 by Rev. A. Castleman, M.A.
William Campbell Woodhouse & Jessie Dutney 23/11/1912 by Rev. A. Castleman, M.A.
Frederick Heiner & Sarah Evans 07/01/1914 by Rev. J. Robertson, M.A., who was assisted by Rev. A. M’Kinlay.
James Prince Yates & Florence Emily Wyatte 04/11/1914 by Rev. A. M’Kinlay.
Joseph Edgar Proctor & Gertrude Ellen Downing 19/01/1918 by Rev. C. A. Capern
Robert Thomas Uprichard & Miriam Elizabeth Yarrow 03/03/1920 by Rev. C. A. Capern
Andrew Crawford McLaughlin Imrie & Emily Rose Smith17/04/1920 by Rev. C. A. Capern
Jack Downing and Marjory Rea 21/03/1922 by Rev. C. A. Capern
Harold Darker Bassett & Elizabeth Beatrice Wyatte 23/08/1924 by Rev. N. H. Finch.
Samuel Robert Harding & Ruby May Grimsey 30/08/1924 by Rev. N. H. Finch.
Arthur Edwin Lergesner & Gladyd Isobel Grimsey 05/06/1926 by Rev. F. V. Dowling M.A., Ipswich
Charles Albert Yarrow & Margaret May Squires 23/10/1927 by Pastor J. W. Harper
Lelsie Charles Mountjoy Haines & Edith Amelia Jane Griffiths 26/11/1927 by Pastor J. W. Harper
Stanley Victor Berlin & Dorothy May Smith 21/01/1928 by Pastor J. W. Harper
George Harding & Annie Ellen Klupfel 27/07/1929 by Pastor J. W. Harper
Gordon Alexander MeGeary & Doris Edwards 24/06/1933 by Rev. A. W. Glibert, formerly Rector of Rosewood and now of Redcliffe.
Charles Harding & Eva Nimmo 02/09/1933 by Rev. H. J. Taudevin
William Frederick Palmer & May Doris Holborn 16/09/1933 by Rev. H. J. Taudevin
Arnold Wilhelm Krause & Eliza Phyllis Ludlow 16/06/1934 by Rev. H. J. Taudevin
James John Henserson Evers & Jean Catharine Loveday 25/05/1935 by Rev. H. W. Whyte, M.A., of Ipswich
Percy Ernest Freeman & Edna Emily May Dutney 22/02/1936 by Rev. H. S. Capern.
Arthur James Baills & Rosie Freeman 26/12/1936 by Rev. N. C. Watt.
Norman Archie Charles Goddard & Doris Elizabeth Loveday 27/03/1937 by Rev. N. C. Watt.
Geogre Washington Yarrow & Katherine Cecilia Wyatt 29/03/1937 by Rev. N. C. Watt.
Cyril Frangee known as Montey & Mavis Joyce Niebling 19/03/1938 by Rev. N. C. Watt
James Harding & Ivy Lilian Wass 02/04/1938 by Rev. N. C. Watt
Edward Halbert Walker & May Evers 16/4/38 by Rev. N. C. Watt.
Lloyd Edwin Staatz & Gertrude Margaret Krause 11/06/1938 by Rev. N. C. Watt.
John William Blake & Florence Audrey Yates 14/12/1938 by Rev. N. C. Watt.
Thomas Purnell & Stella Ivy Loveday 10/01/1939 by Rev. H. S. Capern.
Leslie Frederick Williams & Ruby Edna Domrow 18/03/1939 by Rev. N. C. Watt.
Peter William Stokes & Ellen Ann Claydon 21/10/1939 by Rev. N. C. Watt.
Leslie Yarrow & Dorothy May Yarrow 27/04/1940 by Rev. N. C. Watt.
Alexander Ernest Wilson & Keren Willis Harding 01/06/1940 by Rev. N. C. Watt assisted by Rev. J. F. T. Short of Brisbane.
Colin Frederick Adam Domrow & Evelyn May Freeman 29/06/1940 by Rev. N. C. Watt.
Albert Edward Freeman & Kathleen Mary Jessie Richardson 24/08/1940 by Rev. N. C. Watt.
William Samuel Claydon & Sylivia Roberta Freeman 21/09/1940 by Rev. N. C. Watt.
Sidney Symonds & Alice May Beckett 21/09/1940 by Rev. N. C. Watt
Henry Merven Page & Edna May Bell 28/09/1940 by Rev. N. C. Watt.
Leslie Ray Merritii & Doris Thelma Domrow2 6/10/1940 by Rev. N. C. Watt.
Leslie Kidd & Margaret Anne McNair Yarrow 16/08/1941 by Rev. Caleb Beharell
Arthur Ambrose Heck & Audrey Emma Krebs 08/11/1941 by Rev. Caleb Beharell
Arthur William Koch & Ivy Pearl Embrey 06/12/1941 by Rev. C. Beharell.
Leslie Arthur Boughen & Doris May Gunthorpe 29/11/1941 by Rev. C. Beharell.
Ronald Norman Yarrow & Myrtle Rose Freeman 5/04/1942 by Rev. C. Beharell
Geogre Robert Bird & Madge Bond 09/05/1942 by Rev. C. Beharell
John Fyfe Rea & Gladys Maud Perrin  06/06/1942  by Rev. C. Beharell
Aubrey Hunter Brooker & Loris Grace Beckwith 13/06/1942 by Rev. C. Beharell
Lloyd Limberd Wass & Sadie Hobbs 20/06/1942 by Rev. C. Beharell.
Corporal Scott Francis Gordon Smith & Vera Enid Freeman 31/10/1942 by Rev. C. Beharell.
Harold James Harty & Margaret Maria Embrey 21/11/1942 by Rev. C. Beharell.
Allan Sinclair Finlayson & Margaret Minnie Beharell 04/02/1943 by Rev. C. Beharell.
Montague Edward Warren & Muriel Susan Elizabeth Boughen 29/05/1943 by Rev. C. Beharell.
William Robert Brooks & Clara Freeman 19/06/1943 by Rev. C. Beharell.
Norman Alfred Meier & Pearl Unice Freeman 28/08/1943 by Rev. C. Beharell
Clarence Albert Young & Thelma Barbara Dutney 17/06/1944 by Rev. C. Beharell
Roy Harold Ludlow & Grace Minnie Yarrow  12/08/1944 by Rev. C. Beharell.
Benjamin Schealler & Thelma Bulow 01/11/1944 by Rev. C. Beharell.
Mervyn Thomas Connolly & Eva Mary Elizabeth French 11/11/1944 by Rev. C. Beharell.
John Clark & Ivy Azubah Loveday 16/12/1944 by Rev. C. Beharell.
Adrian Alfred Lawrence & Joyce Isabella Beckwith 31/03.1945 by Rev. C. Beharell.
John Geogre Schmidt & Marjorie Freeman 31/03/1945 by Rev. C. Beharell.
Louis Edwin Schneider & Vera Gillett Dutney 06/10/1945 by Rev. N. C. Watt.
Vincent Moore & Joyce Muriel Freeman 17/11/1945 by Rev. T. C. Arnold.
Allan Moldren Freeman & Frances Rose Perrin 03/11/1945 by Rev. T. C. Arnold.
Owen Harold Freeman & Beryl May Loveday 01/06/1946 by Rev. T. C. Arnold.
Herbert Douglas Yarrow & Marjorie Joyce Freeman 08/06/1946 by Rev. T. C. Arnold. (Double wedding of twin sisters)
Leonard Percy Beutel & Olive Jean Freeman 08/06/1946 by Rev. T. C. Arnold.
Thomas Stanley John & Gloria Harriet Rea 7/12/1946 by Rev. T. C. Arnold.
Mervin Nicol Boughen & Betty Downing 01/02/1947 by Rev. T. C. Arnold.
Keith Turnbull & Evelyn Mary Krause 05/02/1947 by Rev. T. C. Arnold. Mrs. J. Evers played the “Bridal March.”
William Joseph Wyatte & Doris Laycock 28/06/1947 by Rev. T. C. Arnold.
James Kevin Yarrow & Dorothy Pearl Yarrow 19/07/1947 by Rev. T. C. Arnold.
Chester Wyatte & Esme Joan Freeman 06/11/1948 by Rev. J. Dyer.
Maurice Arthur Victor Darwen & Norma Daphne Lergesner 18/12/1948 by Rev. J. Dyer.
Carl Albert Mogensen & Phedora Mary Evans 02/05/1949 by Rev. J. Dyer.
Cedric Brian Johns & Beryl June Boughen  June 1952 Rev. T. C. Arnold (Booval) officiated
Alfred George Perrin & Joan Willis Harding September 1954 Rev. J. W. Evans (Toowoomba), cousin of the bride, officiated. Miss Shirley Wyatte played the “Bridal March” as the bride entered the church with her father.

Marriages performed in private homes by ministers from the Congregational Church.

William August Kruger & Minnie Caroline Lobegieger 02/05/1900 at the residence of W. Lobegieger Mount Walker, by Rev. R. Figgis.
John Freeman Symonds & Jemima Crosby 9//71901 at the residence of Mr. J. Hudson J.P. Rev. R. Figgis performed the ceremony.
Samuel Williams & Louisa Loveday 11/10/1905 at the residence of bride’s parents by Rev. A. E. West.
James Edward Amos EVERS and Elizabeth Henderson 4/04/1910 at the Henderson family home at Lanefield.
Walter William Loveday & Postunia Azubah Yates 20/04/1910 at “Bremer View”. In the absence of Rev. A. Catleman, M.A., through illness, the Rev. H. R. G. Hill (Baptist minister of Lanefield) performed the ceremony in the drawing-room, under wedding bell, the gift of Mrs. Bensley and Miss Elder.
John Bowles & Muriel Ross Brown 14/03/1912 at the residence of bride’s parents by the Rev. A. Castlemann, M.A.
John Lose Northcott & Edith Caroline Canham 21/11/1914 at the residence of Mr. and Mrs. I. Canham by Rev. McKinley
Robert Thomas Uprichard & Miriam Elizabeth Yarrow 3/03/1920 at the residence of bride’s parents by Rev. C. A. Capern

 Funerals (dates of services)

Charles Yarrow – 25th August 1885, Tallegalla Cemetery
John Aspinall – 22 June 1906, Jeebropilly Cemetery, Rev. A. E. West
George William Yarrow – 2p.m. 21 June 1912 from Bennett’s boarding house Ipswich to Ipswich Cemetery, Rev. A. Castleman M.A.
Frederick John Dutney – 11a.m. 1 April 1913 from residence, Rev. A. McInlay, Ebenezer Cemetery
Alice “Dolly” Wyatte – 6 April 1915 from residence Mill Street, Rev. A. McInlay, Stone Quarry Cemetery
Walter Loveday – 2p.m. 27 September 1915 from residence, Rev. A. McInlay, Tallegalla Cemetery
Thomas Yarrow – 11 November 1917, Rev.  C. A. Capern & Rev. T. Ashworth, Tallegalla Cemetery
William Chalk – 10 June 1919, In the absence through illness, of the Rev. C. A. Capern, the Rev. B. F. Frederick of the Ipswich Methodist Church conducted the funeral service at Ipswich Cemetery.
Joseph William Evans – 19 July 1919. In the absence through illness, of the Rev. C. A. Capern,  Rev. Geo. Neal (Anglican) at graveside, Tallegalla Cemetery.
Matilda Bennett -11 February 1920, graveside Rev. C. A. Capern and James Perren, of the Salvation Army (Pittsworth), Tallegalla Cemetery.
Fanny Yarrow – 14 February 1920graveside Rev. C. A. CapernTallegalla Cemetery
Charles F. Allen-  3 March 1920, graveside Rev. C. A. Capern, Ipswich Cemetery
Ellen Margaret Howard – 8th February 1920, Rev. C. A. Capern, Tallegalla Cemetery
Maud French (daughter of Policeman) – August 1921, by road  Rev. C. A. Capern, Ipswich Cemetery
James Edward Evers- 10a.m. from church 17 March 1925, Rev. H. Abbott & Rev. N. H. Finch, Tallegalla Cemetery
Agnes Paroz – 22 July 1928, J. W. Harper at graveside, Tallegalla Cemetery
Annie Sleaford – 20 August 1928, from residence to Tallegalla Cemetery, Pastor J. W. Have
Annie Sophia Mason- 7 October 1928, graveside Pastor J. W. Harper & Mr H. S. Capern, Stone Quarry Cemetery
Caroline Collett – 12 March 1929, from residence, Rev. J. W. HarperStone Quarry Cemetery
Frederick Langdon – 9 August 1929, graveside Rev. J. W. Harpe, Stone Quarry Cemetery
Willam Harold Waters – 2p.m. from church, 9 January 1930, Rev. J. W. Harper, Tallegalla Cemetery
John Uprichard – 2p.m. from church, 10 February 1931, Rev. J. W. Harper, Tallegalla Cemetery
John Edwin Mason – 22 November 1931, from residence,  Rev. J. W. Harper,  Stone Quarry Cemetery
William James Wyatte – 10.45a.m. from church, 15 May 1933, Rev. H. J. Taudevin, Grandchester Cemetery
Caroline Jacobs – 2p.m. 22 June 1933, from residence, Rev. H. J. Taudevin, Stone Quarry Cemetery
Ambrose Rowlingson – 2p.m. from church, 29 June 1933, Rev. H. J. Taudevin, Tallegalla Cemetery
Eva Pocock.-  11a.m. 1 September 1933, from residence, Rev. H. J. Taudevin, Ipswich Cemetery
Kate Wyatte – 10.15a.m. from church, 22 December 1934, Rev. H. J. Taudevin, Stone Quarry Cemetery
Henry Moreton Stevens – 11.30a.m. from church 16 November 1935, Rev. H. J. Taudevin Tallegalla Cemetery
Samuel Waight – 11.15a.m. from church,  6 July 1936, Rev. N. C. Watt, Ipswich Cemetery
George Yarrow -11a.m. from church, 5 August 1936, Rev. N. C. Watt,  Ipswich Cemetery
John Henry Jacobs – 10a.m. from church, 13 August 1936, Rev. N. C. Watt, Stone Quarry Cemetery
Jules Armand Paroz -1.45p.m. from church, 12 February 1937, Rev. N. C. Watt, Tallegalla Cemetery
Mary Gibson – 11.45 a.m. from church, 25 August 1937, Rev. N. C. Watt, Coulson Cemetery
Ivorene Whitford Yarrow – 2p.m. from church, 3 April 1937, Rev. N. C. Watt & Pastor A. J. Chisholm, Tallegalla Cemetery
Adam Wiegand – 8 May 1938, from residence, Rev. N. C. Watt,  Stone Quarry Cemetery
Iris Beckman Stitz – 27 September 1938,  Rev. N. C. Watt,  Ipswich Cemetery
Hermine Kapernick- 11a.m. from church, 28 January 1939, Rev. N. C. Watt & Pastor A. J. Chisholm, Tallegalla Cemetery
William Yarrow – 5 March 1939 from Yarrow residence to Tallegalla Cemetery, Rev. N. C. Watt
Emily Yarrow – 3.30p.m.from church,  27 March 1939, Rev. N. C. Watt, Tallegalla Cemetery
Ray Evers – 11a.m. from church, 13 April 1939, Rev. N. C. Watt, Mt. Thompson Crematorium
Euncie Smith – 2pm from church, 31 January 1940, Rev. N. C. Watt, Tallegalla Cemetery
Catherine Armstrong – 2pm from church 11 June 1940, Stone Quarry Cemetery
William Bond – 10am from church, 13 September 1940, Tallegalla Cemetery
Selina Sarah Perrem – 2pm from church, 19 September 1940, Tallegalla Cemetery
Lottie Harding – 10.30am from church, 15 April 1941, Tallegalla Cemetery
Catherine Loveday – 2pm from church, 31 May 1941, Tallegalla Cemetery, Rev. C. Berahell
Irene Emily Rea -10.30am from church, 28 August 1941, Stone Quarry Cemetery, Rev. C. Beharell
Isabella Collett – 28 October 1941 at Ipswich Funeral Parlour, Stone Quarry Cemetery, Rev. C. Berahell
William Yarrow – 1.40pm from church, 7 November 1941, Tallegalla Cemetery, Rev. C. Beharell
William James Freeman 11.30am from church 24 December 1942, Tallegalla Cemetery, Rev. C. Beharell
Mary Esther Uprichard – 2pm. from church, 30 March 1943, Tallegalla Cemetery, Rev. C. Beharell
Henry Arnold Jacobs – 10am from church, 19 April 1943, Stone Quarry Cemetery, Rev. C. Beharell
Laura Rose Elder – 10.30am from church, 20 April 1943, Stone Quarry Cemetery, Rev. C. Beharell
Joseph Sleaford -10am from church, 20 July 1943, Stone Quarry Cemetery, Rev. C. Beharell
Cecil Frederick Dutney – 19 December 1943, Stone Quarry Cemetery, Rev. C. Beharell
Christina Johns – 1.45pm from church, 13 March 1944, Stone Quarry Cemetery, Rev. C. Beharell
William Freeman – 2.45pm from church, 26 May 1944, Tallegalla Cemetery, Rev. C. Beharell
Wallace Henry Collett -11am from church, 27 July 1944, Stone Quarry Cemetery, Rev. C. Beharell
Janet Claydon – 11.30am from church, 21 August 1944, Stone Quarry Cemetery, Rev. C. Beharell
Henry Rice- 1.45pm from church, 14 November 1944, Stone Quarry Cemetery, Rev. C. Beharell
Neville Embrey – 25 December 1944, Service at house, Tallegalla Cemetery,  Rev. C. Beharell
Walter William Loveday – 11am from church, 24 Sept 1945, Tallegalla Cemetery, Rev. H. S. Capern
Albert Henry Krause – 2.15pm from church, 3 November 1945, Stone Quarry Cemetery by Rev. T. C. Arnold (Congregational) and Rev. H. E. Sanders (Lanefield Baptist), and by Mr. Arnold at the graveside.
Florence Gibbon Boughen – 3pm from church, 15 April 1946, Stone Quarry Cemetery, Rev. T. C. Arnold
Henry Armstrong – 2pm from church, 26 May 1946, Stone Quarry Cemetery, Rev. T. C. Arnold
Mavis June Williams- 10am 3 June 1946, Stone Quarry Cemetery, Rev. T. C. Arnold
James Elder – 2pm. from church, 10 April 1947, Stone Quarry Cemetery, Rev. T. C. Arnold
Harold Frederick Primus – 4 June 1947, from parlour Limestone Street, Ipswich for Ipswich Cemetery, Rev. T. C. Arnold
Moses Freeman – 11am from church, 23 July 1947, Tallegalla Cemetery, Rev. T. C. Arnold
George Edward Loveday-  2pm from church, 10 August 1947, Tallegalla Cemetery, Rev. H. S. Capern
Agnes Lang Lergesner – 2pm from church, 29 February 1948, Tallegalla Cemetery, Rev. H. S. Capern
Brian Robert Freeman – 2.15pm from church, 12 July 1948, Tallegalla Cemetery
Eunice Rose Newton – 2pm from church, 3 September 1948, Stone Quarry Cemetery, Rev. J. H. King
Ernest Theodore Harding -1.45pm from church,  28 June 1948, Tallegalla Cemetery
Richard Embery –  Funeral 10.30 am from church, 23 September 1949, Tallegalla Cemetery, Rev. J. Dyer
James Arthur Wells-  Funeral 2pm from church, 9 October 1949, Stone Quarry Cemetery
Herbert Embrey – 2.30pm from church, 1 February 1952, Tallegalla Cemetery
Jane Rice – 10am from church, 10 September 1952, Stone Quarry Cemetery
Trevor Allan Williams – 2p.m.from church, 24 May 1953, Stone Quarry Cemetery
James Grimsey – 2pm from church, 28 May 1953, Ipswich Cemetery
Edith Dutney – 1pm from church, 30 June 1953, Stone Quarry Cemetery
George Henry Grimsey – 10.30a.m. from church, 1 December 1953, Ipswich Cemetery
Mary Evans –  2pm from church, 8 November 1954, Tallegalla Cemetery
Frank Yarrow –  8 December 1954,  Rev. J. Evans,  Mt Thomspson Crematoruim (Rosewood Columbarium Wall)

 

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