Joseph Thompson

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ca. 1819 — 19 December 1857

Joseph Thompson (29A)

Headstone

A fragment of Joseph Thompson's headstone discovered in a Toowong Cemetery Archaeological Dig in 2023.

• Erected: North Brisbane Burial Grounds, Episcopalian section. After 19 December 1857
• Moved to: North Brisbane Burial Grounds, Reserved Area. ca. 1914. Recorded as Joseph Thompson
• Demolished and disposed of in: Toowong Cemetery, Portion 29A. ca. 1930
• Discovered: Toowong Cemetery, Portion 29A near Section 72. ca. May 2023

Inscription

In Memory
of
Joseph Thompson
who
died 19^th Dec^r 1857
aged 38 years

Learn more

• Death Record - Queensland Government

Death registration: Joseph Thompson
Death date: 19/12/1857
Mother's name: Isabella Wood
Father/parent's name: Joseph Thompson
Registration details: 1857/B/185

• Family Notices (1857, December 23). Moreton Bay Free Press (Brisbane, Qld. : 1852 - 1859), p. 2.

DEATH.
At Cot Bon Accord, Brisbane, on the 19th inst. Joseph Thompson, Esqr., in the 38th year of his age.

• Classified Advertising (1859, January 8). The Moreton Bay Courier (Brisbane, Qld. : 1846 - 1861), p. 3.

TO LET.
COT BON ACCORD, with Paddock, pleasantly situated on the bank of the river, near Kangaroo Point. Apply to T. MOWBRAY.

• BY GONE BRISBANE. (1908, February 2). Truth (Brisbane, Qld. : 1900 - 1954), p. 10.

Joseph Thompson who died on December 19, 1857, aged 38, had his name handed down by the Thompson Estate on the Ipswich road, near the junction.

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