John Willcocks

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ca. 1834 — 4 January 1872

John Willcocks (29A)

Headstone

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A fragment of John Willcocks' headstone discovered in a Toowong Cemetery Archaeological Dig.

• Erected: North Brisbane Burial Grounds, Episcopalian section. After 4 January 1872
• Moved to: North Brisbane Burial Grounds, Reserved Area. ca. 1914. Recorded as John Wilcox
• Demolished and disposed of in: Toowong Cemetery, Portion 29A. ca. 1930
• Discovered: Toowong Cemetery, Portion 29A near Section 72.

Inscription

Sacred
to the memory of
John Willcocks
who after a lingering illness
departed this life on the
…72

Learn more

• Death Record - Queensland Government

Death registration: John Wilcocks
Death date: 04/01/1872
Mother's name: Elizabeth Smith
Father/parent's name: Thomas Wilcocks
Registration details: 1872/B/7114

• Family Notices (1872, January 13). The Queenslander (Brisbane, Qld. : 1866 - 1939), p. 1.

DEATHS.
WILLCOCKS.—On the 4th January, John Willcocks, Leichhardt-street, Brisbane, Queensland, aged 38 years.

• Family Notices (1873, September 22). The Brisbane Courier (Qld. : 1864 - 1933), p. 2.

MARRIAGE.
MULLIN—WILLCOCKS.—On the 16th September, at All Saints' Church, by the Rev. Thomas Jones, John Scott, son of the late Mr. John Mullin, of Omagh, Tyrone Ireland, to Elizabeth, relict of the late Mr. John Willcocks, of Brisbane.