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Mary Ada (Minnie) GLENNIE (1853 - 1912)
Children Self + Spouses Parents Grandparents Greatgrandparents
Dorothy Beatrice THOMAS (1900 - 1957)
 Mary Ada (Minnie) GLENNIE (1853 - 1912)

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Joseph Purser (Percy) THOMAS (1837 - 1914)
 James GLENNIE (1800 - 1876) William GLENNIE



Mary GARDENER



Catherine (GLENNIE)











b. 1853 at Unumgar, Richmond River
m. 22 May 1899 Joseph Purser (Percy) THOMAS (1837 - 1914) at Rivertree, Hunter Valley, NSW, Australia
d. 1912 aged 59
Near Relatives of Mary Ada (Minnie) GLENNIE (1853 - 1912)
Relationship Person Born Birth Place Died Death Place Age
Grandfather William GLENNIE
Grandmother Mary GARDENER

Father in Law Joseph THOMAS
Mother in Law Ann E (THOMAS)

Father James GLENNIE 01 Apr 1800 Dulwich College, Dulwich, England 19 Sep 1876 Gladstone, Queensland, Australia 76
Mother Catherine (GLENNIE)

Self Mary Ada (Minnie) GLENNIE 1853 Unumgar, Richmond River 1912 59

Husband Joseph Purser (Percy) THOMAS 1837 1914 Rivertree, Wilsons Downfall, Tenterfield, New Sout Wales, Australia 77

Daughter Dorothy Beatrice THOMAS 1900 1957 Glen Innes, NSW, Australia 57

Half Sister Mary Helena GLENNIE 17 Oct 1833 'Dulwich' Station, Hunter Valley, NSW, Australia 06 Sep 1870 'Thornhill' Station, Miriam Vale, Queensland, Australia 36
Half Brother James Halliday GLENNIE 1836 Maitland, NSW, Australia

Son in Law Walter George STILES 1896 Glen Innes, NSW, Australia 1980 Glen Innes, NSW, Australia 84

Uncle Henry GLENNIE 1807 Dulwich College, Dulwich, England 1880 Singleton, NSW, Australia 73
Aunt Elizabeth FERRIS
Uncle Alfred GLENNIE 1811 Dulwich College, Dulwich, England 1870 Lochinvar, Hunter Valley, NSW, Australia 59
Aunt Anne FERRIS
Uncle Benjamin (12th son) GLENNIE 1812 Dulwich College, Dulwich, England 1900 Wynnum, Queensland, Australia 88
Aunt Mary Brougham CRAWSHAW

Nephew Alfred Carden COLLINS 1853 Queensland, Australia 1871 Gladstone, Queensland, Australia 18
Nephew Frederick Glennie COLLINS 1854 Queensland, Australia 1923 Tweed Heads, NSW, Australia 69
Niece Mary Danvers COLLINS 1856 1930 Gayndah, Queensland, Australia 74
Niece Jessie Emma COLLINS 1858 New South Wales, Australia 1923 Atherton, Queensland, Australia 65
Nephew Francis George COLLINS 1863 Ipswich, Queensland, Australia 1945 Rosedale, Gladstone, Queensland, Austraia 82
Niece Alice Emily COLLINS 1864 Queensland, Australia 1936 Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia 72

Brother in Law James Carden COLLINS 16 Jan 1829 on board, 'The Elizabeth', Trinidad 05 Jun 1916 Yeppoon, Queensland, Australia 87
Events in Mary Ada (Minnie) GLENNIE (1853 - 1912)'s life
Date Age Event Place Notes Src
1853 Mary Ada (Minnie) GLENNIE was born Unumgar, Richmond River From her marriage cert 54
19 Sep 1876 23 Death of father James GLENNIE (aged 76) Gladstone, Queensland, Australia Note 1 54, 60
22 May 1899 46 Married Joseph Purser (Percy) THOMAS (aged 62) Rivertree, Hunter Valley, NSW, Australia Note 2 54
1900 47 Birth of daughter Dorothy Beatrice THOMAS Note 3
1912 59 Mary Ada (Minnie) GLENNIE died 54
Death of mother Catherine (GLENNIE) Note 4
Note 1: Reg No 1876/C853 - parent William Glennie and Mary Gardener

Deaths in the District of Port Curtis, in the Colony of Queensland
10th Sept 1867, Gladstone, Port Curtis
James Glennie - grazier - male - 77 years
Parents - William Glennie (College Professor) & Mary Gardiner
Certified in writing y wife of deceased, Thornhill, Port Curtis
Buried - Gladstone Cemetery
Born at Dullage, England.
53 years in the Aust. Colonies - NSW and Qld
Married - in NSW - age 34 years to Susan White
Children living - 1 male & 1 female


Maryborough Chronicle, Wide Bay and Burnett Advertiser 23 Sept 1876
An old resident of the name
of James Glennie, of Thornhill, has de-
parted at the ripe age of 77. He had
lived in the colony 53 years, and was al-
ways willing to assist in promoting the
welfare of his fellow colonists. As he
was returning from the Church of Eng-
land synod he was taken ill, and was
unable to return to his station. He was
brother to Archdeacon Glennie, and for
his age was a surprisingly strong man,
and his death was quite unexpected.

The Brisbane Courier 4 Nov 1867
In the Supreme Court of Queensland.
ECCLESIASTICAL JURISDICTION.
In the WILL of JAMES GLENNIE, late of
Thornhill, near Gladstone, in the Colony of
Queensland, Gentleman, Deceased.
NOTICE is hereby given that, after the ex-
piration of fourteen days from the date of
the publication hereof, application will be made to
this Honorable Court that PROBATE of the Wl LL
of the above-named James Glennie, deceased,
may be granted to SUSAN GLENNIE, of
Thornhill, near Gladstone, aforesaid, the sole
Executrix named in the said Will.
Note 2: REg No 4456/1899 - registration in Tenterfield (can’t find it)

Joseph Purser Thomas, Bachelor, born London, England, aged 61 years, Miner, son of Joseph Thomas (deceased), Newspaper Proprietor and Publisher, and Jane Elizabeth Fairer, married Minnie Glennie, spinster, aged 38, born Unumgar, Richmond River, daughter of James Glennie (deceased), Pastoralist and Catherine (Aboriginal) (deceased), on the 22nd May 1899 at Rivertree Private house, by F E Granville Smith, according to the rites of the Church of England. Witnesses to the marriage were Joseph Benjamin and Thos Oliver. [1] Minnie signed with a mark, witnessed by F E Granville Smith.
Note 3: Place memorial for fathers death in paper in 1919

Burial info
Note 4: Dec by 1899 - daughter Minnies marriage
Source References:
54. Type: Web Page, Abbr: Ancestry Family Trees, Title: Ancestry Family Trees, Auth: Ancestry.com
- Reference = Michael and Terry's Tree 2009 (Birth)
- Reference = Michael and Terry's Tree 2009 (Marriage)
- Reference = Michael and Terry's Tree 2009 (Death)
- Reference = Michael and Terry's Tree 2009 (Name, Notes)
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