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Mary Ann CHIPPERFIELD (1867 - 1919)

Children	Self + Spouses	Parents	Grandparents	Greatgrandparents
John Thomas GELLING (1887 - 1901) Isabella (Essie) GELLING (1889 - 1979) Elizabeth Ann GELLING (1891 - 1956) Mary Jane GELLING (1893 - 1900) William Thomas GELLING (1896 - 1967) Alice Meredith BRABY (1901 - ) Violet Pearl BRABY (1902 - 1903) Henry Norman BRABY (1904 - 1904) Rose Annie BRABY (1906 - ) Ernest Henry BRABY (1912 - 1969)	Mary Ann CHIPPERFIELD (1867 - 1919) + John GELLING (1858 - 1897) Henry Horace BRABY (1875 - 1919)

b. 1867 at Springsure, Queensland, Australia

m. (1) 1886 John GELLING (1858 - 1897) at Charters Towers, Queensland, Australia

m. (2) 25 Jan 1900 Henry Horace BRABY (1875 - 1919) at Ayr, Queensland, Australia

d. 23 Jul 1919 at Ayr, Queensland, Australia aged 52

Near Relatives of Mary Ann CHIPPERFIELD (1867 - 1919)
Relationship	Person	Born	Birth Place	Died	Death Place	Age
Father in Law	Edward GELLING
Mother in Law	Isabella QUALE
Father in Law	Henry Horace (Harry) BRABY	1849	Newhaven, Sussex, England	1907	Casino, NSW, Australia	58
Mother in Law	Alice BILLINGS	1858		25 Jan 1920	Queensland, Australia	62
Self	Mary Ann CHIPPERFIELD	1867	Springsure, Queensland, Australia	23 Jul 1919	Ayr, Queensland, Australia	52
Husband	John GELLING	abt 1858	Isle of Man, England	1897	Charters Towers, Queensland, Australia	39
Husband	Henry Horace BRABY	02 May 1875	Ayr, Queensland, Australia	16 Feb 1919	Ayr, Queensland, Australia	43
Son	John Thomas GELLING	1887	Queensland, Australia	1901	Queensland, Australia	14
Daughter	Isabella (Essie) GELLING	1889	Charters Towers, Queensland, Australia	1979	Brisbane, Queenland, Australia	90
Daughter	Elizabeth Ann GELLING	1891	Queensland, Australia	1956	Ayr, Queensland, Australia	65
Daughter	Mary Jane GELLING	1893	Charters Towers, Queensland, Australia	1900	Charters Towers, Queensland, Australia	7
Son	William Thomas GELLING	1896	Charters Towers, Queensland, Australia	1967	Ayr, Queensland, Australia	71
Daughter	Alice Meredith BRABY	28 Mar 1901	Queensland, Australia
Daughter	Violet Pearl BRABY	18 Dec 1902	Ayr, Queensland, Australia	16 Feb 1903	Ayr, Queensland, Australia	0
Son	Henry Norman BRABY	14 Jan 1904	Charters Towers, Queensland, Australia	16 Jan 1904	Charters Towers, Queensland, Australia	0
Daughter	Rose Annie BRABY	17 Aug 1906	Ayr, Queensland, Australia
Son	Ernest Henry BRABY	1912	Ayr, Queensland, Australia	1969	Charters Towers, Queensland, Australia	57
Son in Law	William John WOODS
Son in Law	George GRANSHAW	1882	Queensland, Australia	1954	Ayr, Queensland, Australia	72
Daughter in Law	Margaret BROWN			1985	Queensland, Australia
Son in Law	John Neils PERSON
Son in Law	Hubert HOLT
Nephew	George Henry Chisholm ROSS	1907	Queensland, Australia	1984	Queensland, Australia	77
Nephew	Colin Fletcher Andrew ROSS	1909	Queensland, Australia	1927	Queensland, Australia	18
Nephew	Wallace Gordon ROSS	1912	Queensland, Australia	1963	Home Hill, Queensland, Australia	51
Niece	Cynthia Ellen Kathleen ROSS	1914	Queensland, Australia	2009	Home Hill, Queensland, Australia	95
Niece	Venus (Venice) Mabel BRABY	1911	Queensland, Australia	1988	Queensland, Australia	77
Niece	Iris Doreen BRABY	03 Aug 1911	Townsville, Queensland, Australia	1965	Townsville, Queensland, Australia	54
Nephew	Graham Frederick Charles BRABY	1914	Queensland, Australia		USA
Niece	Hazel Lorian BRABY	1918	Queensland, Australia	22 Apr 1919	Queensland, Australia	1
Niece	Joyce Mary Alice BRABY	11 Feb 1924	Townsville, Queensland, Australia	15 Apr 1999	Grand Coulee, Grant, Washington, USA	75
Nephew	Living or Recently Deceased
Nephew	James Henry BRABY	1917	Bowen, Queensland, Australia	1989	Mackay, Queenland, Australia	72
Niece	Rita Maud BRABY	1919	Queensland, Australia	1979	Brisbane, Queenland, Australia	60
Niece	Joyce Rachael BRABY	1921		1999	Proserpine, Queensland, Australia	78
Nephew	Charles Lawrence (Laurie) COUTTS			1978	Ayr, Queensland, Australia
Niece	Cecile Mavis COUTTS	1909		1939	Newtown, Sydney, NSW, Australia	30
Niece	Mabel Alice SAXBY	1913	Queensland, Australia
Nephew	Robert Henry SAXBY	1915	Queensland, Australia
Niece	Iris Lilith SAXBY	1917	Queensland, Australia
Niece	Effie Violet SAXBY	1918	Queensland, Australia	1918	Queensland, Australia	0
Nephew	Donovan SAXBY	1920	Queensland, Australia
Niece	Audrey Cecile SAXBY	1922	Queensland, Australia
Sister in Law	Ada Alice BRABY	10 Dec 1876	Queensland, Australia	1969	Home Hill, Queensland, Australia	93
Brother in Law	Frederick Luff BRABY	03 Jun 1878	Ayr, Queensland, Australia	15 Mar 1943	Mirani, Queensland, Australia	64
Brother in Law	Martin BRABY	21 Nov 1879	Ayr, Queensland, Australia	02 Feb 1880	Ayr, Queensland, Australia	0
Brother in Law	James Beaumont BRABY	04 Dec 1880	Ayr, Queensland, Australia	28 May 1883	Ayr, Queensland, Australia	2
Brother in Law	William Martin BRABY	19 Sep 1882	Ayr, Queensland, Australia	17 Jun 1953	Proserpine, Queensland, Australia	70
Sister in Law	Violet Henrietta BRABY	21 Sep 1884	Queensland, Australia	07 Nov 1884	Ayr, Queensland, Australia	0
Sister in Law	Mabel Ellen BRABY	23 Jun 1886	Queensland, Australia	15 Sep 1957	Brisbane, Queensland, Australia	71
Sister in Law	Violet BRABY	18 Jul 1888	Queensland, Australia	1972	Ayr, Queensland, Australia	84
Sister in Law	Ethel Alicia BRABY	12 Jul 1890	Queensland, Australia	08 Nov 1890	Queensland, Australia	0
Brother in Law	Ernest Harold BRABY	02 Oct 1891	Mackay, Queensland, Australia	20 Jun 1949	Ayr, Queensland, Australia	57
Sister in Law	Henrietta Carolina (Pearl) BRABY	19 Sep 1893	Ayr, Queensland, Australia	1979	Ayr, Queensland, Australia	86

Events in Mary Ann CHIPPERFIELD (1867 - 1919)'s life
Date	Age	Event	Place	Notes	Src
1867		Mary Ann CHIPPERFIELD was born	Springsure, Queensland, Australia	Note 1	54
1886	19	Married John GELLING (aged 28)	Charters Towers, Queensland, Australia	Note 2
1887	20	Birth of son John Thomas GELLING	Queensland, Australia	Note 3	52
1889	22	Birth of daughter Isabella (Essie) GELLING	Charters Towers, Queensland, Australia	Note 4	52
1891	24	Birth of daughter Elizabeth Ann GELLING	Queensland, Australia	Note 5	52
1893	26	Birth of daughter Mary Jane GELLING	Charters Towers, Queensland, Australia	Note 6	52
1896	29	Birth of son William Thomas GELLING	Charters Towers, Queensland, Australia	Note 7	52
1897	30	Death of husband John GELLING (aged 39)	Charters Towers, Queensland, Australia	Note 8	18
1900	33	Death of daughter Mary Jane GELLING (aged 7)	Charters Towers, Queensland, Australia	Note 9	52, 60
25 Jan 1900	33	Married Henry Horace BRABY (aged 24)	Ayr, Queensland, Australia	Reg No 1900/001219 - page 2543	52, 54
1901	34	Death of son John Thomas GELLING (aged 14)	Queensland, Australia	Note 10	52, 60
28 Mar 1901	34	Birth of daughter Alice Meredith BRABY	Queensland, Australia	Note 11	52, 54
18 Dec 1902	35	Birth of daughter Violet Pearl BRABY	Ayr, Queensland, Australia	Note 12	52, 54
16 Feb 1903	36	Death of daughter Violet Pearl BRABY	Ayr, Queensland, Australia	Note 13	52, 54
14 Jan 1904	37	Birth of son Henry Norman BRABY	Charters Towers, Queensland, Australia	Note 14	52, 54
16 Jan 1904	37	Death of son Henry Norman BRABY	Charters Towers, Queensland, Australia	Note 15	52, 54
17 Aug 1906	39	Birth of daughter Rose Annie BRABY	Ayr, Queensland, Australia	Note 16	52, 54
1912	45	Birth of son Ernest Henry BRABY	Ayr, Queensland, Australia	Note 17	18
1919	52	Burial	Ayr Cemetery, Queensland, Australia	Note 18	90
1919	52	Burial	Ayr Cemetery, Queensland, Australia	Note 19	90
16 Feb 1919	52	Death of husband Henry Horace BRABY (aged 43)	Ayr, Queensland, Australia	Note 20	52, 59
23 Jul 1919	52	Mary Ann CHIPPERFIELD died	Ayr, Queensland, Australia	Note 21	52, 54

Note 1: See marriage info - born Charters Towers Burial info - NSW

Note 2: Marriages in the District of Kennedy, Queensland 20th December 1886 - Charters Towers John Gelling - bachelor - b Isle of Man - miner - 28 years - res Charters Towers - parents Edward Gelling (miner) & Isabella Quale Mary Ann Chipperfied - spinster - b Springsure - domestic duties - 18 years res Charters Towers - parents unknown Both signed their names Witnesses - Ella Smith & George Goodman

Note 3: John Gelling in the Australia, Birth Index, 1788-1922 Name John Gelling Birth Date 16 Apr. 1887 Birth Place Queensland Registration Year 1887 Registration Place Queensland, Australia Father John Gelling Mother Mary Ann Chipperfield Page number 5272 Registration Number 005153

Note 4: Isabella Gelling in the Australia, Birth Index, 1788-1922 Name Isabella Gelling Birth Date 22 Jul. 1889 Birth Place Queensland Registration Year 1889 Registration Place Queensland, Australia Father John Gelling Mother Mary Ann Chipperfield Page number 5271 Registration Number 006148

Note 5: Elizabeth Ann Gelling in the Australia, Birth Index, 1788-1922 Name Elizabeth Ann Gelling Birth Date 12 Sep. 1891 Birth Place Queensland Registration Year 1891 Registration Place Queensland, Australia Father John Gelling Mother Mary Ann Chipperfield Page number 9147 Registration Number 007165

Note 6: Mary Jane Gelling in the Australia, Birth Index, 1788-1922 Name Mary Jane Gelling Birth Date 27 May 1893 Birth Place Queensland Registration Year 1893 Registration Place Queensland, Australia Father John Gelling Mother Mary Ann Chipperfield Page number 9148 Registration Number 006457

Note 7: William Thomas Gelling in the Australia, Birth Index, 1788-1922 Name William Thomas Gelling Birth Date 1 Aug. 1896 Birth Place Queensland Registration Year 1896 Registration Place Queensland, Australia Father John Gelling Mother Mary Ann Chipperfield Page number 9149 Registration Number 006556

Note 8: BDM - 1897 - C2295 John Gelling Event date: 02/07/1897 Event type: Death registration Registration details: 1897/C/2295 Mother: Isabella Quale Father/parent: Edward Gelling

Note 9: Mary Jane Gelling in the Australia, Death Index, 1787-1985 Name Mary Jane Gelling Death Date 17 Jun. 1900 Death Place Queensland Registration Date 1900 Registration Place Australia Father John Gelling Mother Mary Annie Chipperfield Registration Number 002427 Page number 9148 Brisbane Courier 19 June 1900 CHARTERS TOWERS NEWS A girl named Mary Gelling, 7 years of age, was burned to death this morning. Northern Miner (Charters Towers) 19 June 1900 A very sad burning accident, resulting in the death of a little girl named Mary Ann Gelling, seven years of age, a daughter of the late John Gelling, occur red on Sunday evening. The child resid ed with her mother and stepfather, Mr H. H. Braby, proprietor of a line of New Queen and St. Patrick buses, near the New Queen mine, and at about 9 o'clock on Sunday evening, while she and some younger children were going to bed, her clothes caught fire from a candle. With her clothes ablaze the child rushed screaming out of the house, and although Mr and Mrs Braby were both at home, it was naturally impossible to extinguish the blazing clothing immediately, the consequence being that the child was terribly burned over most of her limbs and body. Dr lister was at once sum moned, but the case was a hopeless one, and the child expired within about 15 minutes after the accident occurred, the ultimate cause of death, as usual in such cases, being shock to the system conse quent upon the burning. The funeral took place on Monday afternoon.

Note 10: John Thomas Gelling in the Australia, Death Index, 1787-1985 Name John Thomas Gelling Death Date 13 Apr. 1901 Death Place Queensland Registration Date 1901 Registration Place Australia Father John Gelling Mother Mary Ann Chipperfield Registration Number 002413 Page number 9148 North Queensland Register (Townsville) 15 May 1901 A FATAL ACCIDENT. A sad accident with a fatal termi nation occurred on Saturday afternoon, in which a boy named John Thomas Gelling, and aged 14 years, met his death. It appears that the lad was employed as a milk cart driver by Mr Herbert Carvolth, whose dairy is situated on Pinnacle Greek, about seven miles from Charters Towers. Mr Carvolth at about 12.30 sent the boy with the cart to Messers Gill and Massam's slaughter yards, a distance of about three miles, the road being a bush track. The boy arrived at the slaughter yards and fulfilled his errand in ob taining some cows feet, and on the return journey took one of the by tracks, which are numerous in the locality, and while driving along, the off wheel of the vehicle struck a stump somewhat over a foot in height, which was partly concealed by a growth of grass and some stunted bush. This occurred, it is surmised, be tween 3 and 4 o'clock in the after noon, but as there was no eye-wit- ness of the occurrence, the track of the cart is the only evidence of the cir cumstances of the accident. The wheel striking the stump had caused the cart to completely cap size, the boy failing to get clear, his body being partly imprisoned in the body of the vehicle. The neighborhood is very lonely, and the track not greatly used, con sequently nothing was known of the accident until a Mrs S. J. Weeks, the wife of a teamster, residing at the Broughton, was driving into town, having travelled by way of the Black Jack. She was driving at about 4 o'clock along another road, but seeing the cart a little distance away, drove over, and found only the head and neck clear of the body of the cart. The boy being quite dead, though the warmth of the body showed that death had not long taken place. The little fellow's chin was resting face downwards on the felloe of the wheel, while the guard rail had pin ned him down, the weight resting on the back of his neck. The shafts of the cart were unbroken, but the horse was lying down evidently injured, and some of the harness had been torn apart. Mrs Weeks, unable to release the body unaided, drove over to Mr John Gurley's selection, which is in the Thomas Carse, immediately went over to the scene of the accident and re moved the body. Meanwhile Mrs Weeks continued her journey into town and reported the matter to the police. Senior-Sergeant Green, and Constables Noakes and Cleary at once went out and ascer tained the facts in connection with the accident and brought the body into the morgue. The Government Medical Officer (Dr. Forrest) held an examination, but could not state exactly the actual cause of death, but said that there are no suspicious circum stances. and the P.M. (Mr Eglinton) gave the necessary order for the burial, which took place on Sunday, a large number of sympathisers attend ing the ceremony. The boy's mother resides on the Pyrites Road with her husband, Mr Henry Braby, the lad's stepfather.

Note 11: Reg No 1901/6294, page 2542 - Henry Horace Braby and Mary Ann Chipperfield

Note 12: Reg No 1903/5415, page 2543 - Henry Horace Braby and Mary Ann Chipperfield

Note 13: Reg No 1903/2455, page 2543 - Henry Horace Braby and Mary Annie Chipperfield

Note 14: Reg No 1904/6150, page 2543 - Henry Horace and Mary Annie Chipperfield

Note 15: Reg No 1904/2007, page 2543 - Henry Horace Braby and MAry Annie Chipperfield

Note 16: Reg No 1906/5581, page 2543 - Henry Horace Braby and Mary Ann Chipperfield

Note 17: 1912/C14092 Ernest Henry Braby Henry Horace Mary Annie Chipperfield Military records 8 Jan 1912, Ayr

Note 18: Mary Ann Chipperfield Braby Birth 1867 New South Wales, Australia Death 23 Jul 1919 (aged 51–52) Ayr, Burdekin Shire, Queensland, Australia Burial Ayr Cemetery Ayr, Burdekin Shire, Queensland, Australia Plot Gravesite 409

Note 19: Mary Ann Chipperfield Braby Birth 1867 New South Wales, Australia Death 23 Jul 1919 (aged 51–52) Ayr, Burdekin Shire, Queensland, Australia Burial Ayr Cemetery Ayr, Burdekin Shire, Queensland, Australia Plot Gravesite 409

Note 20: Reg No 1919/1309 - page 198 - Henry Horace Braby and Alice Billings Burdekin cemetery records - Ayr - Braby H died 16/2/1919 - grave no 381

Note 21: Reg No 1919/4849. page 198 - father's name Furniss, Chipperfield

Source References:

52. Type: Australia Birth Marriage Death Index 1787 - 1985 Record

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54. Type: Web Page, Abbr: Ancestry Family Trees, Title: Ancestry Family Trees, Auth: Ancestry.com

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90. Type: Web Page, Abbr: Find A Grave, Title: Findagrave.com

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- Notes: Mary Ann Chipperfield Braby Birth 1867 New South Wales, Australia Death 23 Jul 1919 (aged 51–52) Ayr, Burdekin Shire, Queensland, Australia Burial Ayr Cemetery Ayr, Burdekin Shire, Queensland, Australia Plot Gravesite 409

- Reference = Mary Ann Chipperfield Braby Birth 1867 New South Wales, Australia Death 23 Jul 1919 (aged 51–52) Ayr, Burdekin Shire, Queensland, Australia Burial Ayr Cemetery Ayr, Burdekin Shire, Queensland, Australia https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/204648083/mary-ann-braby (Burial)

- Notes: Mary Ann Chipperfield Braby Birth 1867 New South Wales, Australia Death 23 Jul 1919 (aged 51–52) Ayr, Burdekin Shire, Queensland, Australia Burial Ayr Cemetery Ayr, Burdekin Shire, Queensland, Australia Plot Gravesite 409

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