Mary BROCK BILLOWS

Abt 1852 - 1945  (93 years)

• Name	Mary BROCK BILLOWS
  Nickname	Polly
  Birth	Abt 1852	Dorset, England
  Gender	Female
  Emigration	1885	Melbourne, Victoria, Australia   [1]
  	Mary BROCK BILLOWS and her brother Frederick BROCK BILLOWS emigrated so that Mary could marry Thomas Wilsher Jr.
  Death	13 Aug 1945	Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
  Person ID	I656	UK Thrale family | Fairfolds and Hammonds Thrale branch, Marshalswick Thrale branch
  Last Modified	10 Nov 2024

  
  

  Father	Male BROCK   d. 1857, Calcutta, West Bengal, India
  Mother	Ann BILLOWS,   b. Abt 1822   d. 1884, Wheathampstead, Hertfordshire, England (Age 62 years)
  Family ID	F309	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Thomas George WILSHIRE, Jr,   b. 12 May 1864, Wheathampstead, Hertfordshire, England d. 4 Jun 1953, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia (Age 89 years)
  Marriage	10 Nov 1885	Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
  Children	1. Unknown Brock WILSHER + 2. Gladys Charmbury Brock WILSHER,   b. 1890, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia d. 1988 (Age 98 years)
  Family ID	F298	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	13 Feb 2004

  
  

• Event Map		Birth - Abt 1852 - Dorset, England Emigration - Mary BROCK BILLOWS and her brother Frederick BROCK BILLOWS emigrated so that Mary could marry Thomas Wilsher Jr. - 1885 - Melbourne, Victoria, Australia Marriage - 10 Nov 1885 - Melbourne, Victoria, Australia Death - 13 Aug 1945 - Brisbane, Queensland, Australia  = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Sources

  [S25] Steve and Judy Jones, 23 Jun 2002. Dear David, Your website looks great and it is a thrill to see the pictures of the goblet, John and Sarah. I only picked up 2 small errors. Thomas George Wilsher Jr immigrated to Australia in 1884. Mary Brock Billows immigrated in 1885 with her brother, Frederick to marry Thomas. The family story is that Thomas immigrated to escape being made to go to Italy for singing lessons. He had a marvellous voice and sang in the choir at St Alban's Cathedral. He was only 20 years old when he arrived in Melbourne. Mary Brock Billows, his sweetheart, followed a few months later. She was 12 years older than him. Her father, a gas engineer died in 1857 in Calcutta, India from cholera where he was installing gas lighting for the city. Thomas George Wilsher Jr sang at my parents' wedding in 1949. He died in 1953, a year before I was born. His wife, Mary (known as Polly) died in 1945. The owner of the goblet is not my mother, but my aunt, Grace Thiele. Judy Jones sajones@bigpond.net.au .