NameChristina_(Teen) DALLAS
Birthabt 1875
Death1961, Brisbane,Q,Aust.
Spouses
Birth15 Jul 1871, Rosebery,Temple, Midlothian, Scotland
DeathNov 1947, Toowong,Brisbane,Q,Aust.
Burial19 Nov 1947, Mt Thompson Cemetery, Brisbane,Q.
OccupationGame Keeper/gardener
Marriage12 Jun 1903, Tullichewan Hotel, Balloch,Bonhill, Sct
Notes for Ebenezer (Ned) (Spouse 1)
Marriage shows his address as Leaston, Humbie
Uncle Ned came to Australia with his wife Teen (Christina) a year after Isaac and family. Teen tried to send her sons Graeme and Douglas to school in kilts. They stayed with the Tarbit family in Spring Hill for a few months until they found somewhere to live. Family went to Cressbrook (near Kingaroy) and introduced deer to the McConells farm there. ( the McConnells introduced the deer)Ned was a gamekeeper. They stayed there until retired. The old house there had silky oak stumps. Isaac visited. Teen managed the house guests side. Came back to Brisbane and lived near St.Lucia. Graham-refrig. engineer then worked in brewery. Douglas - aircraft engineer to the pilot who made the first flight in Q. Graham plus girlfriend went to visit Auntie in Scotland who had a hotel. Did not approve because he was not married. This information came from Isaac Tarbit (Jnr).
Burial record gives his age as77. No 14102
1901 census
ref 717 bk6p4
Waughton Gdns, Prestonkirk, East Lothian, 4 windows
John Gilles, h,m,61y market gardener and dairyman, employer, b Glasgow
wife Georgina 65y, ch Thos 38y, Ann 38y, John 28y Helen 26y
grchGeorgina 10y, Mary 5y all b East Lothian
Mgt Wilson sis in law
EBENEZER GROSSETT boarder, 30y gamekeeper, domestic, worker b Temple
Geo Souness boarder 23y railwayman