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Picture: Townsville Bulletin 9th May 1994
(click on picture to see larger image) |
Picture thanks to Graham Husband (Warwick Qld)
(click on picture to see larger image) |
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The Townsville Popular Variety Amateur Minstrels entertained in and around
Townsville. Comprised of local identities including the musical Foley
family, the Minstrels began as a fund-raising arm of the Oddfellows in
1889 and remained active for over 40 years.
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With thanks to Graham Husband who gave PAHST this
information:
"I am writing with regard to my grandfather Richard Josiah Husband who
settled in Townsville in the 1880 – 1890’s. He was born at Cape Province,
South Africa and worked his way on a sailing ship arriving with his
brother Jack in Melbourne about 1878, and in Townsville a few years later.
In partnership with his brother Jack they operated a Cordial factory in
Townsville. When he and his brother dissolved their partnership he joined
the Telegraph Department. His first wife Patience Therese (nee Wilson)
Husband died in 1888 and his second wife Olga Mathilde (nee Malvorsen)
Husband died in 1893 and are interred in Townsville Cemetery. He married
my Grandmother Margaret (nee Power) Husband in Rockhampton in 1899. He was
a founding member to the T.P.V.A Minstrels together with Bert Brown and
George Waite. He was a member of the Townsville Mounted Infantry and was
closely associated with Captain Fred Johnson."
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Obituary notice of Richard Josiah Husband
(supplied by Graham Husband) |
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