George Forward^[1]

1842 - 1900  (58 years)

• Name	George Forward
  Born	24 Jun 1842	Yass, , New South Wales, Australia   [2]
  Christened	9 Aug 1842	Parish Of King, C/E   [3]
  Gender	Male
  Died	12 Sep 1900	Tampa, Western Australia, Australia   [4]
  Buried	14 Sep 1900	Tampa, Western Australia, Australia   [5]
  Person ID	I103	My Genealogy
  Last Modified	30 Jun 2020

  
  

  Father	George Forward,   b. 28 Jan 1811, Ticehurst, , Sussex, England ,   d. 13 Dec 1874, Braidwood, , New South Wales, Australia  (Age 63 years)
  Mother	Sarah Walter Jeffery,   b. Apr 1823, Yalding, , Kent, England ,   d. 8 Jul 1867, Creswick, , Victoria, Australia  (Age ~ 44 years)
  Married	9 Aug 1841	Horsmonden, , Kent, England   [6, 7]
  Family ID	F285	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Jane Brash,   b. 1 Oct 1854, Glasgow, Lanark, Scotland, United Kingdom ,   d. 2 Sep 1934, Boulder, , Western Australia, Australia  (Age 79 years)
  Married	1 Oct 1871	Mount Prospect, Victoria, Australia   [8]
  Children	1. Sarah Jeffrey Forward,   b. 5 May 1872, Creswick, , Victoria, Australia ,   d. 11 Jun 1890, Ballarat, , Victoria, Australia  (Age 18 years)   2. Edward James Forward,   b. 22 May 1874, Creswick, , Victoria, Australia ,   d. 23 Dec 1921, Albany, , Western Australia, Australia  (Age 47 years)   3. George Walter Forward,   b. 21 Jul 1876, Creswick, , Victoria, Australia ,   d. 28 Jan 1939, Claremont, , Western Australia, Australia  (Age 62 years)   4. William Forward,   b. 29 Dec 1877, Creswick, , Victoria, Australia ,   d. 15 Jun 1938, Boulder, , Western Australia, Australia  (Age 60 years)   5. Charles Forward,   b. 21 Aug 1879, Creswick, , Victoria, Australia ,   d. 28 Aug 1879, Creswick, , Victoria, Australia  (Age 0 years)   6. Harold Lewis Wilmott Forward,   b. 13 Aug 1887, Ballarat, , Victoria, Australia ,   d. 9 Jun 1890, Ballarat, , Victoria, Australia  (Age 2 years)
  Last Modified	19 Feb 2020
  Family ID	F26	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  George was baptised George Russell at St Alipius Roman Catholic Church on 18/10/1856 when he was 14.He reverted to the Forward surname after his mother died.He did use the name George Russell Forward when registering the birth of his first child. George and his family came over to WA around 1894. In 1899 post office records show George as living at Mt Charlotte,Kalgoorlie. In 1900 he died from a skull fracture sustained in a fall of earth at the Mignonette Lease,Tampa,WA.His wife Jane notified the Menzies registrar of his death in writing from her home in Great Boulder. George is buried at Tampa cemetery,there is no headstone to mark the grave but it is believed that someone has marked the grave with a pile of rocks. Only two other individuals are buried at Tampa. (Medical):Mining accident at the Mignonette Lease

  
  

• Sources

  [S42] Menzies Shire, Tampa Cemetery, George Forward . (Reliability: 4), 1 Jan 2010. [S43] Baptism Transcription, Church Of England, Parish of King, New South Wales, Joy Murrin, Transcription Agent (Reliability: 3). [S43] Baptism Transcription, Church Of England, Parish of King, New South Wales, George Forward baptism reg # 1527 v26a (1842); Church Of En gland (Parish of King, New South Wales). (Reliability: 4), 1 Jan 2010. [S44] Death Certificate WA, Western Australia Registry of Births, Deaths & Marriages, death certificate # 722 (1900), George Forward (Reliability: 4), 1 Jan 2010. [S44] Death Certificate WA, Western Australia Registry of Births, Deaths & Marriages. [S79] International Genealogical Index(R), The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, (Copyright (c) 1980, 2002), citing microfilm 0992522 (1733 - 1876) for batch M131472, p rintout call number 0992522, (Film), sheet 00, downloaded 2 0 December 2009 (Reliability: 3), 20 Dec 2009. [S79] International Genealogical Index(R), The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, (Copyright (c) 1980, 2002), citing microfilm 0992522 (1733 - 1876) for batch M131472, p rintout call number 0992522, (Film), sheet 00, downloaded 2 9 Jan 2011 (Reliability: 3), 29 Jan 2011. [S62] Marriage Certificate VIC, Victoria. Registry of Births, Deaths & Marriages., marriage certificate 4397 (1871), Forward-Brash (Reliability: 4), 1 Jan 2010.