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George William Bashford 1840 - 1896

George William Bashford was born in Sompting, Sussex in 1840, where he was christened on 13 December 1840. He was the eighth child and fourth son of Josias Bashford and Frances Greenyer.

Josias was a market gardener, and all of George's early life was spent in the small farming community of Sompting, at the time of both the 1841 and 1851 census, the family was living on Sompting Street in Sompting.

At the time of the 1861 census George was an able seaman second class on the "HMS Britannica" - the royal naval training ship - in Hampshire. It is uncertain whether he was a trainee cadet, or simply a crewman.

George emigrated to Australia some time about 1864, and made his way to Brisbane, where on 16 August 1866 he married Sarah Ann Starkey Fullelove.

Sarah Ann was the eldest child of Thomas Fullelove and Sarah Starkey Mansfield. The Fulleloves had emigrated from Kegworth Leicester in 1864.

George and Sarah had ten children (six sons and four daughters) between 1867 and 1885.

  • Sarah Ann Bashford Born 21 Jan 1867. Married David McKerrow Paterson on 30 Nov 1887
  • George Thomas Bashford Born 12 Jun 1868. Died 19 Jun 1868 (Died as an infant)
  • Thomas Josiah Bashford Born 1 Oct 1869. Mildred May Muriel O'Farrell on 21 Nov 1912
  • Mary Emma Bashford Born 14 Sep 1871. Married James Cairns Bain on 30 Aug 1893
  • George Fullelove Bashford Born 1 Oct 1873. Married Matilda Elizabeth Capes on 19 Dec 1895
  • Phillip Bashford Born 3 Aug 1875. Married Ellen Murphy
  • Eleanor Bashford Born 7 Dec 1877. Married William Joseph Cook on 1 Jun 1898
  • Charles Bashford Born 24 Feb 1880. Died 1 Mar 1880 (Died as an infant)
  • Henry Bashford Born 22 Mar 1882. Married Clare Margaret Stellamach on 18 Jan 1905
  • Frances Bashford Born 27 Feb 1885. Married Walter Scott Johnston on 10 Oct 1906

George worked as a railway contractor in Ipswich, and the family lived in Clarendon House in Ipswich.

In February 1888 George filed insolvency papers with the Supreme Court, Southern District Brisbane, and again in April 1894. The papers were noted as relating to a business in Ipswich Queensland and in Zeehan, Tasmania.

His will was lodged in the Brisbane Court on 1 June 1895 and again on 24 October 1896.

George's exact date of death is unknown, but Funeral parlor records indicate that his burial service conducted by W. Shenton a methodist minister and a Mr James P Read with witnesses Mr L McCoombes and Mr S.H. Ploetz.

Sarah Ann lived to the ripe old age of 91, finally passing away on 16 August 1935. At the time of her death she was living at Blackall St Basin Pocket, Ipswich. Her burial service was provided by Methodist Minister, Rev A.H. Stoke and witnessed by Mr W. Smith and Mr James Edward Burren.

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