Cooktown (Queensland) petition: index by Judy Webster

Cooktown (Queensland)
Residents who signed a petition in 1874
© Copyright Judy Webster. Page created 23 Feb 2008.

In October 1874 the people listed below (householders of Cooktown in north Qld) signed a petition that Cooktown be declared a municipality. This source is valuable for genealogy and family history, especially if the signature on the original document is the only surviving example of your ancestor's handwriting.

Explanation of names below:

Scroll through the list. Names may have been spelt incorrectly in the records.
Names beginning with 'Mc' precede other 'M' surnames.
Apostrophes have been removed from names such as O'GRADY.
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List of names:

AHFOO James
ALLEN J W
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ASHEN Samuel
BADLIN James
BAILEY William Henry Leighton
BAIRD James Clark
BALSER S T
BARR Hugh E
BEARDMORE F J W
BERNHARD Fromen A
BONEL Charles
BOURNER J G
BRADY Philip
BRENNAN J
BRODZIAK Mark (junr)
BRUNGIS J H
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CALLAGHAN Denis
CAMERON Alpin G
CLYNE John Edward
COOPER Frederick Augustus
COSTER M
CRISP William
CUMMINGS Robert Smith
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DAVIS J J
DAVIS Samuel
DAY Henry
DEMETRIUS Louis William Henry
DICK James
DOOLEY E
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EVANS George J A
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FARBENDER John
FIELD Henry
FINCH E J
FULLER P C
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GILBERT Edward Thornton
GRANT (see WILSON and GRANT)
GRAY Allan
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HANSON Peter
HARTLEY William James
HASKELL Alfred
HEATH C M
HENRIQUES Abraham Quixano
HENRY James
HODEL F C
HORE F A
HUMPHREYS George
HYMAN D H
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JACKSON John
JOHNSTON and SEVERIN
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KELLY William
KINSLEY William
KOCH Henry
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LANE Daniel
LAUDERDALE Thomas
LAW Robert
LEON Andrew
LIPSTINE Simon
LIVINGSTONE Darcy Hastings
LOWER Edwin
LUDWIG August
LYNCH Michael
LYONS Edward Jeff
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McGHEE William A
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MADER U
MARKS Lyon Jacob
MARTIN Alfred
MATTHEWS George
MEDHURST and Co
MEYER Carl
MILFORD Henry
MILLER James
MINNIS P
MORGAN William Pritchard
MURPHY George
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NEILL James
NEWMAN Joseph
NEWMAN R
NORRIE Rudolphus
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OFLAHERTY John
OGRADY Austen Joseph
OLIVE E A C
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PICKERING Edwin
PLANT C F
POOLE Henry
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RAWLINSON Thomas
RECKITT Albert
ROWLAND Peter
RUTHERFORD George L
RYAN Sylvester
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SANG Sue (see SUE SANG)
SCHMIDT August
SEA WAH
SEAGREN P E
SEVERIN (see JOHNSTON and SEVERIN)
SEYMOUR G R
SHIELDS R Tennent
SIMPSON Alexander
SIMPSON William
SMITH Joshua Grafton
SMITH William
SPRATLY Richard
SUE SANG
SUN YEE LEE and Co
SYMMONS Thomas
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THOMPSON James
THREDGOLD Andrew
TREVETHAN Alfred
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WAH Sea (see SEA WAH)
WALSH John
WAYNE Philip
WEIR T W
WEST William
WETTSTEIN Ad
WHITE Thomas
WHOLOHAN T
WILSON Louis R
WILSON and GRANT
WINTERBINE John
WUTH E M (Dr)
WYSON J E
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