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Robert Frederick CUSHING (1866 - 1940)

Children	Self + Spouses	Parents	Grandparents	Greatgrandparents
Emily Elizabeth CUSHING (1897 - 1960)	Robert Frederick CUSHING (1866 - 1940) + Sarah BIDDLE (1868 - 1935)	Charles CUSHING
		Mealey Agatha HEAVINGHAM

b. 1866 at Hampstead, London, England

m. 1885 Sarah BIDDLE (1868 - 1935) at Brisbane, Queenland, Australia

d. 1940 at Brisbane, Queenland, Australia aged 74

Near Relatives of Robert Frederick CUSHING (1866 - 1940)
Relationship	Person	Born	Birth Place	Died	Death Place	Age
Father in Law	Richard Ezekiel BIDDLE	1828	Coventry, Warwickshire, England	1896	Brisbane, Queenland, Australia	68
Mother in Law	Sarah WILLIAMSON	1826	Coventry, Warwickshire, England	1898	Brisbane, Queenland, Australia	72
Father	Charles CUSHING
Mother	Mealey Agatha HEAVINGHAM
Self	Robert Frederick CUSHING	1866	Hampstead, London, England	1940	Brisbane, Queenland, Australia	74
Wife	Sarah BIDDLE	1868	Brisbane, Queensland, Australia	1935	Brisbane, Queenland, Australia	67
Daughter	Emily Elizabeth CUSHING	1897	Queensland, Australia	1960	Brisbane, Queenland, Australia	63
Son in Law	Harry Talbot Talbert STARKEY	1894	Queensland, Australia	1981	Brisbane, Queenland, Australia	87
Grandson	Cyril Ernest Talbot STARKEY	1919	Queensland, Australia	1988	Queensland, Australia	69
Grandson	Douglas Alfred STARKEY	1921	Brisbane, Queenland, Australia	1978	Brisbane, Queenland, Australia	57

Events in Robert Frederick CUSHING (1866 - 1940)'s life
Date	Age	Event	Place	Notes	Src
1866		Robert Frederick CUSHING was born	Hampstead, London, England	Note 1
abt 1876	10	Immigration		Note 2
1885	19	Married Sarah BIDDLE (aged 17)	Brisbane, Queenland, Australia	Note 3	52
1897	31	Birth of daughter Emily Elizabeth CUSHING	Queensland, Australia	Note 4	52
1935	69	Death of wife Sarah BIDDLE (aged 67)	Brisbane, Queenland, Australia	Note 5	60
1940	74	Robert Frederick CUSHING died	Brisbane, Queenland, Australia	Note 6	52, 60
1940	74	Burial	Toowong Cemetery, Brisbane, Australia	Note 7	90

Note 1: Burial info Ancestry tree - Hampstead Robert Frederick Cushing in the London, England, Church of England Births and Baptisms, 1813-1920 Name: Robert Frederick Cushing Gender: Male Record Type: Baptism Baptism Date: 23 Nov 1870 Baptism Place: St John, Hampstead, Camden, England Father: Charles Cushing (Carpenter) Mother: Mealoy Agatha Cushing Register Type: Parish Register

Note 2: Obituary - arrived in Qld when 10 years old

Note 3: Robert Frederick Cushing in the Australia, Marriage Index, 1788-1950 Name: Robert Frederick Cushing Marriage Date: 24 Dec 1885 Marriage Place: Queensland Registration Date: 1885 Registration Place: Queensland, Australia Spouse: Sarah Biddle Registration Number: B010218 Page Number: 3422

Note 4: Died 1960 - age 62 = c 1898 - headstone Emily Elizabeth Cushing in the Australia, Birth Index, 1788-1922 Name: Emily Elizabeth Cushing Birth Date: 30 Mar 1897 Birth Place: Queensland Registration Year: 1897 Registration Place: Queensland, Australia Father: Robert Frederick Cushing Mother: Sarah Biddle Page Number: 5910 Registration Number: 003825

Note 5: Burial info Courier Mail (Brisbane) 23 Aug 1935 Mrs. S. Cushing.—The death of Mrs Sarah Cushing, wife of Mr. R. F. Cushing, former superintendent of the Sherwood Volunteer Fire Brigade, occurred at her home in Oxley Road, Corinda, on Friday evening. She was born at Kelvin Grove 67 years ago, and was the only daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. Richard Biddle. Before going to live in Corinda 17 years ago, the family lived at Kel- vin Grove for 33 years. Mrs. Cush- ing was a vice-president of the Cor- inda branch of the Queensland Women's Electoral League. She is survived by her husband and a family of three sons and six daughters, one son, Mr. Harry H. Cushing, is super- intendent of the Sherwood Fire Brigade.

Note 6: Burial info Robert Frederick Cushing in the Australia, Death Index, 1787-1985 Name: Robert Frederick Cushing Death Date: 28 Aug 1940 Death Place: Queensland Registration Date: 1940 Registration Place: Australia Father: Charles Mother: Mealey Agatha Heavingham Registration Number: B049111 Page Number: 535 Courier Mail (Brisbane) CUSHING. — The Relatives and Friends of Mr. Robert Frederick Cushing (late Supt.. Sher- wood Fire Brlgade) are invited to attend his Funeral, to leave the residence of his Daugh- er, Mrs. J. Garrigan, Bowman Parade, Bar- don, This (Thursday) Afternoon, at 3.30 o'clock, for the Toowong Cemetery. CANNON & CRIPPS, LTD., Funeral Directors. Telegraph (Brisbane) 3 Sept 1940 Fireman Superintendent Mr. Robert Frederick Cushing, who died at the residence of his son-in-law and daughter. Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Garrigan, Bowman Parade. Bardon, was for many years associated first with Ithaca and later with Sherwood volunteer „fire brigades, and ' after wards for some years with the latter brigade when it was merged into the Metropolitan Brigade. He joined the Ithaca Brigade in 1891, and he was the first superintendent of the Sher wood Volunteer Fire Brigade and con tinued as such when, the brigade was gazetted under the new Act in 1925. He retired eight years ago and lived at Redcliffc for a couple of years before going to live with his son- in-law and daughter mentioned. The late Mr. Cushing was' born at St. John's Wood. London, 74 years ago. He came to Queensland when only ten years of age, and lived In this State all the rest of his life. He had 12 sons and daughters, nine of whom are living, six daughters and throe sons. There also are 22 grand children and seven great-grandchild ren. Mrs. Cushing died five years ago.

Note 7: Robert Frederick Cushing in the Australia and New Zealand, Find a Grave Index, 1800s-Current Name: Robert Frederick Cushing Gender: Male Birth Date: 1866 Death Date: 28 Aug 1940 Death Place: Brisbane City, Queensland, Australia Cemetery: Toowong Cemetery Burial or Cremation Place: Brisbane, Brisbane City, Queensland, Australia Has Bio?: N Spouse: Sarah Cushing Children: Robert William Cushing Eric Charles Cushing Frederick William Cushing Violet Estella Cushing

Personal Notes:

from death reg of dau

Source References:

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

- Reference = (Marriage)

- Notes: Robert Frederick Cushing in the Australia, Marriage Index, 1788-1950 Name: Robert Frederick Cushing Marriage Date: 24 Dec 1885 Marriage Place: Queensland Registration Date: 1885 Registration Place: Queensland, Australia Spouse: Sarah Biddle Registration Number: B010218 Page Number: 3422

- Reference = (Death)

- Notes: Robert Frederick Cushing in the Australia, Death Index, 1787-1985 Name: Robert Frederick Cushing Death Date: 28 Aug 1940 Death Place: Queensland Registration Date: 1940 Registration Place: Australia Father: Charles Mother: Mealey Agatha Heavingham Registration Number: B049111 Page Number: 535

60. Type: Newspaper, Title: Trove, http://trove.nla.gov.au

- Reference = (Death)

- Notes: Courier Mail (Brisbane) CUSHING. — The Relatives and Friends of Mr. Robert Frederick Cushing (late Supt.. Sher- wood Fire Brlgade) are invited to attend his Funeral, to leave the residence of his Daugh- er, Mrs. J. Garrigan, Bowman Parade, Bar- don, This (Thursday) Afternoon, at 3.30 o'clock, for the Toowong Cemetery. CANNON & CRIPPS, LTD., Funeral Directors.

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

- Reference = (Burial)

- Notes: Robert Frederick Cushing in the Australia and New Zealand, Find a Grave Index, 1800s-Current Name: Robert Frederick Cushing Gender: Male Birth Date: 1866 Death Date: 28 Aug 1940 Death Place: Brisbane City, Queensland, Australia Cemetery: Toowong Cemetery Burial or Cremation Place: Brisbane, Brisbane City, Queensland, Australia Has Bio?: N Spouse: Sarah Cushing Children: Robert William Cushing Eric Charles Cushing Frederick William Cushing Violet Estella Cushing

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