John Hislop
ca. 1844 — 15 July 1918
John Hislop (11‑68‑9)
John Hislop along with his brother James, were prize-winning furniture manufacturers and upholsterers with premises in Queen Street. They also conducted funerals together from the 1870s. This partnership was dissolved in 1889 with the funeral and furniture businesses being separated with the bulk of the funerary business being conducted from Peel Street, South Brisbane.
John Hislop and Sons established another branch at 544 Queen Street in 1912 where he and his three sons, daughter and son-in-law conducted business until the 1950s when the Queen Street traffic forced them to consolidate the business at Peel Street.
John Hislop died on 15 July 1918 aged 74 after a long and painful illness. His funeral left the same day from his residence Norman Villa at Norman Park. The funeral was conducted by Cannon and Cripps.
John Hislop Undertakers, Brisbane, ca. 1902, held by John Oxley Library, State Library of Queensland
John Hislop Undertakers in a funeral procession in Brisbane, ca. 1892, held by John Oxley Library, State Library of Queensland. It is believed the procession is in Sylvan Road (previously Cemetery Road) on corner of Kate Street.