Charles Robert Clay
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7 November 1867 — 31 July 1872
Charles Robert Clay (29A)
Headstone
Fragments of Charles Robert Clay's headstone discovered in a Toowong Cemetery Archaeological Dig in 2014.
- Erected: North Brisbane Burial Grounds, Episcopalian section. After 31 July 1872
- Moved to: North Brisbane Burial Grounds, Reserved Area. ca. 1914. Recorded as C. R. Clay
- Demolished and disposed of in: Toowong Cemetery, Portion 29A. ca. 1930
- Discovered: Toowong Cemetery, Portion 29A near Section 72. ca. May 2014
Inscription
…acred
…e memor… of
…s Robert Clay
…ldest son of
Thomas & Eliz…
…
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Birth registration: Charles Robert Clay
Birth date: 07/11/1867
Mother's name: Elizabeth Emma Wilson
Father/parent's name: Charles Thomas Clay
Registration details: 1867/B/7705
Death registration: Charles Robert Clay
Death date: 31/07/1872
Mother's name: Elizabeth Emma Wilson
Father/parent's name: Charles Thomas Clay
Registration details: 1872/B/7372
DEATH.
CLAY.—On the 31st July, at Hazelmont, Bowen Park, Charles Robert, eldest son of Charles and Elizabeth Clay, aged 4 years and 8 months.
Charles Thomas Clay, and his wife Elizabeth, buried a five years' old, child on July 31, 1872. Clay was a clerk in the Lands Office in Brisbane, but he got an appointment in the AGENT GENERAL'S OFFICE in London and left Queensland.