John Christian Edwards

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25 December 1868 — 21 July 1873

John Christian Edwards (29A)

Headstone

John Christian Edwards' headstone discovered in a Toowong Cemetery Archaeological Dig in 2016.

• Erected: North Brisbane Burial Grounds, Episcopalian section. After 21 July 1873
• Moved to: North Brisbane Burial Grounds, Reserved Area. ca. 1914. Records as Edwards
• Demolished and disposed of in: Toowong Cemetery, Portion 29A. ca. 1930
• Discovered: Toowong Cemetery, Portion 29A near Section 72. ca. May 2016

Inscription

To the memory
of
an only child
John Christian Edwards
Died July 21^st 1873
Aged 4 years & 7 months

Learn more

• Birth Record - Queensland Government

Birth registration: John Edwards
Birth date: 25/12/1868
Mother's name: Elizabeth Tucker
Father/parent's name: John Edwards
Registration details: 1869/B/9306

• Death Record - Queensland Government

Death registration: John Christian Edwards
Death date: 21/07/1873
Mother's name: Elizabeth Tucker
Father/parent's name: John Edwards
Registration details: 1873/B/7938

• Family Notices (1873, July 21). The Telegraph (Brisbane, Qld. : 1872 - 1947), p. 2.

DEATHS.
EDWARDS.—Of Diptheria, on the 21st July, at Alice-street, John Christian Edwards, only son of John Edwards, aged 4 years and 7 months.

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