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| Norman James Adam AMOS (1882 - 1948) |
| Engineer |
| Children | Self + Spouses | Parents | Grandparents | Greatgrandparents |
| Norman James Adam AMOS (1882 - 1948) + Janet Isabel NEWELL (1886 - 1960) |
Norman Eugene AMOS (1846 - 1933) | Adam AMOS (1807 - 1874) | Adam AMOS (1774 - 1845) | |
| Mary TAIT (1786 - 1854) | ||||
| Susannah LYNE (1821 - 1894) | William LYNE (1781 - 1854) | |||
| Sarah BISHOP (1784 - 1873) | ||||
| Jane HUSSEY (1844 - 1933) | ||||
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| b. 15 Sep 1882 at Cooktown, Queensland, Australia |
| m. 07 Apr 1916 Janet Isabel NEWELL (1886 - 1960) at Herberton, Queensland, Australia |
| d. 28 Feb 1948 at Clayfield, Queensland, Australia aged 65 |
| Near Relatives of Norman James Adam AMOS (1882 - 1948) | ||||||
| Relationship | Person | Born | Birth Place | Died | Death Place | Age |
| Grandfather | Adam AMOS | 13 Jul 1807 | Heriot, Midlothian, Scotland | 18 May 1874 | Glamorgan, Tasmania, Australia | 66 |
| Grandmother | Susannah LYNE | 09 Jul 1821 | Coombend, Gloucestershire, England | 27 Aug 1894 | Glamorgan, Tasmania, Australia | 73 |
| Father in Law | John NEWELL | 30 Nov 1848 | Listooder, Co Down, Northern Ireland | 29 Jul 1932 | Herberton, Queensland, Australia | 83 |
| Mother in Law | Janet JACK | 06 Sep 1863 | Paisley, Renfrewshire, Scotland | 03 Dec 1947 | Herberton, Queensland, Australia | 84 |
| Father | Norman Eugene AMOS | 17 Apr 1846 | Glamorgan, Tasmania, Australia | 08 Sep 1933 | Brisbane, Queensland, Australia | 87 |
| Mother | Jane HUSSEY | abt Sep 1844 | Bath, Somerset, England | 25 Jul 1933 | Clayfield, Queensland, Australia | 88 |
| Self | Norman James Adam AMOS | 15 Sep 1882 | Cooktown, Queensland, Australia | 28 Feb 1948 | Clayfield, Queensland, Australia | 65 |
| Wife | Janet Isabel NEWELL | 23 Mar 1886 | Queensland, Australia | 29 Sep 1960 | Brisbane, Queensland, Australia | 74 |
| Sister | Lilian Baldwina AMOS | 06 Feb 1884 | Cooktown, Queensland, Australia | 19 Sep 1960 | Brisbane, Queensland, Australia | 76 |
| Aunt | Sarah Mary AMOS | 21 Mar 1842 | Glamorgan, Tasmania, Australia | 06 Mar 1844 | Glamorgan, Tasmania, Australia | 1 |
| Aunt | Jessie Elizabeth AMOS | 24 Jan 1844 | Glamorgan, Tasmania, Australia | |||
| Uncle | William Anthony AMOS | 31 Aug 1847 | Glamorgan, Tasmania, Australia | 28 Jun 1907 | Victoria, Australia | 59 |
| Aunt | Susannah AMOS | 02 Apr 1849 | Glamorgan, Tasmania, Australia | 08 Mar 1875 | Glamorgan, Tasmania, Australia | 25 |
| Aunt | Louisa AMOS | 26 Sep 1850 | Glamorgan, Tasmania, Australia | 16 Dec 1929 | Glamorgan, Tasmania, Australia | 79 |
| Aunt | Miriam AMOS | 01 Jul 1854 | Glamorgan, Tasmania, Australia | 24 Feb 1855 | Glamorgan, Tasmania, Australia | 0 |
| Uncle | Lewis AMOS | 04 Jul 1854 | Glamorgan, Tasmania, Australia | 07 Feb 1901 | Glamorgan, Tasmania, Australia | 46 |
| Aunt | Rosina AMOS | 06 Feb 1856 | Glamorgan, Tasmania, Australia | 13 Jul 1934 | Tasmania, Australia | 78 |
| Uncle | Owen Livingstone AMOS | 28 Jun 1858 | Glamorgan, Tasmania, Australia | 26 Feb 1930 | Warwick, Queensland, Australia | 71 |
| Aunt | Ada Margaret AMOS | 25 Apr 1860 | Glamorgan, Tasmania, Australia | 14 Dec 1940 | 80 | |
| Uncle | Henrick Howard AMOS | 1863 | Tasmania, Australia | |||
| Aunt | Mabel Constance AMOS | 31 Oct 1865 | Glamorgan, Tasmania, Australia | 1931 | Tasmania, Australia | 66 |
| Uncle | Adam Clarendon AMOS | 09 Sep 1869 | Glamorgan, Tasmania, Australia | May 1934 | Sydney, New South Wales, Australia | 64 |
| Sister in Law | Margaret NEWELL | 01 Aug 1887 | Queensland, Australia | 25 Feb 1975 | Cairns, Queensland, Australia | 87 |
| Brother in Law | William Graham NEWELL | 05 Sep 1889 | Queensland, Australia | 18 Jan 1953 | Herberton, Queensland, Australia | 63 |
| Brother in Law | John NEWELL | 05 Aug 1893 | Queensland, Australia | 10 Sep 1957 | Herberton, Queensland, Australia | 64 |
| Events in Norman James Adam AMOS (1882 - 1948)'s life | |||||
| Date | Age | Event | Place | Notes | Src |
| 15 Sep 1882 | Norman James Adam AMOS was born | Cooktown, Queensland, Australia | |||
| 07 Apr 1916 | 33 | Married Janet Isabel NEWELL (aged 30) | Herberton, Queensland, Australia | ||
| 19 Jan 1917 | 34 | Military Service - enlist | Brisbane, Queensland, Australia | ||
| 23 Mar 1919 | 36 | Military Service - Discharge | Australia | Malaria | |
| 25 Jul 1933 | 50 | Death of mother Jane HUSSEY (aged 88) | Clayfield, Queensland, Australia | ||
| 08 Sep 1933 | 50 | Death of father Norman Eugene AMOS (aged 87) | Brisbane, Queensland, Australia | 34 | |
| 28 Feb 1948 | 65 | Norman James Adam AMOS died | Clayfield, Queensland, Australia | ||
| Personal Notes: |
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Daily Mercury Mackay 1 May 1948
OBITUARY MR. NORMAN J. AMOS BRISBANE, Sunday.— The death occurred on Saturday of Mr. Norman J. Amos (65), of Alexander-road. Clayfield. Mr. Amos, who was one of Queensland's best known engineers, died following an illness that forced his retirement last May from the position of Railways Chief Engineer, which he held for 16 years. He was born In Cooktown and began his railway career In 1907 and as assistant engineer helped to build the lines between Cloncurry and Hughenden, between Atherton and Herberton, and Pittsworth and Milmerran. He began the Townsville-Ingham line, then went as engineer in charge to build the Burdekin bridge. He served in World War I. and on his return was made district maintenance engineer at Rockhampton. Townsville Daily Bulletin 11 Apr 1916 Mr. Norman J. Amos, District Engineer on the Cairns railway, with Mrs Amos (nee Newell), passed through by the Wyreema on Monday on a honeymoon trip south. On Thursday last, Mr. Amos was presented with a silver tea and coffee service by Mr. Prewett, Traffic Manager, on behalf of the employees of the railway at Cairns as a small mark of the esteem in which he is held. The Telegraph Brisbane 18 Apr 1916 A pretty wedding was quietly celebrated at Elderslie, Herberton, the home of the bride's parents, by the Rev. J. A. Sinclair (Presbyterian minister) on Friday evening last (says the " Wild River Times " of 11th April), the contracting parties being Miss Janet Isabel Newell, elder daughter of Blr. and Mrs. John Newell, and Mr. Norman J . Amos, son of Mr. and Mrs. Amos, Clayfield, Brisbane. The ceremony wus held in the drawing room, which was most lasiciully decorated with beautiful flowers sent from all ports ot the district by the many friends and well-wishers of the young couple. Bowls of lovely white flowers were on the table before the wedding party, and a handsome wedding bell hung above. Blah… |