Francis Stewart BRIGGS

[DaveHam9]

Hello,

Francis Stewart BRIGGS b. 18 Sep 1897 Calcutta, India ? d. 21 Jul 1966 NSW

33114/1966 BRIGGS FRANCIS STEWART - GEORGE HOWARD - ELIZA - CAMPSIE

Photo HERE (http://nla.gov.au/nla.cs-pa-http%253A%252F%252Fimages.slsa.sa.gov.au%252Fsearc y%252F35%252FPRG280_1_35_199.htm)

Looking for more info on Francis and his parents. Thanks.

Elizabeth Sophia ROSS.

Regards,

Dave

[crankypants]

Hi Dave


SMH Friday, July 22, 1966 - DEATHS
BRIGGS Francis Stewart – July 21, 1966,
at hospital, late of 34 Melford Street,
Hurlstone Park, husband of Miriam,
Father of Jill, Patricia and Stewart,
aged 68 years.


MARRIAGE
12366/1926 BRIGGS FRANCIS S CARTER MIRIAM HAY


1930 N.S.W Electoral Roll – Darling - Hay
BRIGGS Francis Stewart, Church Street, Hay, aviator

1949 N.S.W Electoral Roll – MacKellar – Manly
BRIGGS Francis Stewart 7 Marine parade, storekeeper
BRIGGS Miriam 7 Marine parade, homes duties

1954 N.S.W Electoral Roll – Parkes – Campsie
BRIGGS Frances Patricia 34 Fore street, Canterbury, nurse
BRIGGS Francis Stewart 34 Fore street, Canterbury, storekeeper
BRIGGS Miriam 34 Fore street, Canterbury, homes duties

1958 N.S.W Electoral Roll – Parkes – Campsie
BRIGGS Francis Stewart 34 Fore street, Canterbury, storekeeper
BRIGGS Miriam 34 Fore street, Canterbury, homes duties

1963 N.S.W Electoral Roll – Parkes – Hurlstone Park
BRIGGS Francis Stewart 34 Melford street, no occupation
BRIGGS Miriam 34 Melford street, home duties


Digger - South Australian Deaths, Registrations 1916 to 1972
Surname: BRIGGS
Given Names: Eliza
Date: 1918-02-01
Sex: F
Age: 60y
Status: W
Relative: George BRIGGS [DH]
Relative 2:
Residence: Prospect
Death Place: Adelaide
District Code: Ade
Symbol: H
Book: 416
Page: 221
Cross Reference:

cheers
cp

[DaveHam9]

Thanks cp.

Seems Eliza is Elizabeth Sophia ROSS and they married in India. Can we get any closer to the actual marriage date?

Record details
Name: George Howard Briggs
Event type: Marriage
Start date:
Start year: 1881 - 1885
End date:
End year:
Location:
Spouse: Elizabeth Sophia Ross
Age:
Status:
Parents:
Notes:
Transcribed by: FIBIS
India Office Records Reference:
Z/N/11/6/f. 335
Source name: Registry Office Marriage Index
Source year: 1881 - 1885
Source edition:
Presidency:

Record details
Name: George Howard BRIGGS
Event type: Death
Date: 05 Jun
Year: 1897
Location: Allahabad
Age:
Status: Cdctr, Bengal Ordnance Dept
Will administration:
Notes:
Transcribed by: British Library
India Office Records Reference:
Source name: Unspecified
Source year:
Source edition:
Presidency:

Regards,

Dave

[DaveHam9]

I can't find a death for Miriam.

Birth 26618/1906 CARTER MIRIAM - HENRY S - EMILY M - NARRANDERA


Elizabeth Sophia ROSS born abt 1858.

Now I wonder where George was born.

cdctr = Conductor - Bengal Ordnance Dept.

Conductor
The higher of the two appointments within the Warrant Officer rank in the EIC/Indian Army, the lower being that of Sub-Conductor . Conductors and Sub Conductors worked mainly in the Ordnance, Commissariat and Public Works Departments. Conductors were eligible for promotion to the higher grade of Departmental Officer.

So he was in either the East India Company's Civil Service or the Army.

[crankypants]

Hi Dave

census
Civil parish: St Helier
County/Island: Jersey
Country: Channel Islands
Street Address: 8 The Terrace Jersey Ci
Registration district: Jersey
Registration District Number: 637
Sub-registration district: St Heier
ED, institution, or vessel: 14
Household schedule number: 95
Piece: 34892
BRIGGS Eliza head widow 1857 trained nurse 54 London, England
BRIGGS Francis Stewart 1898 13 school Calcutta, India


shipping
Name: Eliza BRIGGS
Date of departure: 29 March 1912
Port of departure: London
Passenger destination port: Adelaide, Australia
Passenger destination: Adelaide, Australia
Date of Birth:
Age:
Marital status: Single
Sex: Female
Occupation: Nurse
Passenger recorded on: Page 4 of 22
The following people with the same last name travelled on this voyage: -
Francis S BRIGGS Page 4 of 22 Clerk
Ship: OMRAH
Official Number: 108782
Master's name: P N Layton
Steamship Line: Orient
Where bound: Australia
Square feet: 8886
Registered tonnage: 4419
Passengers on voyage: 542


1937 QLD Electoral Rolls – Griffith – Coorparoo
BRIGGS Francis Stewart, cnr Rose and Waterton sts, Annerley, representative
BRIGGS Miriam, cnr Rose and Waterton sts, Annerley, homr duties

1943 QLD Electoral Rolls – Moreton – Mount Gravatt
BRIGGS Francis Stewart, Cavan and Tiverton sts, Annerley, aviation officer
BRIGGS Miriam, Cavan and Tiverton sts, Annerley, home duties

1968 N.S.W Electoral Rolls – Parkes – Hurlstone Park
BRIGGS Miriam, 34 Melford street, home duties

(no Miriam in 1980 N.S.W, one in 1980 QLD Surfers Pardise)


cheers
cp

[crankypants]

Hi Dave


SMH Thursday, May 22, 1958
One of the earliest pioneers of civil aviation in Australia now runs a grocery at Canterbury.
He is Captain F. S. Briggs, who flew the first official air mails into and out of Sydney, Melbourne, and Adelaide.
That was in 1921.
He was also the first man to fly a passenger service into the interior.
And he would have flown a single-engined plane from here to New Zealand in 1921 – seven years before
Smithy and Ulm did it – bur for the pleading of the late Col. Brinsmead, our first Controller of Civil Aviation.
Brinsmead pointed out that if the flight ended in disaster, untold harm would be done to aviation.
Before that, Briggs flew delegates from Britain to the Versailles peace conference and carried the original
draft of the peace treaty to Versailles.
But the rewards of the pioneer are meagre – in Captain Briggs’ case, a grocer’s shop.


Two engagements
The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954) Saturday 5 March 1949 p 38 Family Notices
he Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954) Tuesday 12 December 1950 p 24 Family Notices

Patricia = Frances Patricia
Jill = Miriam Jill
Stewart = ? might be Howard Stewart

cheers
cp

[DaveHam9]

Hello cp,

Thank you very much. That fills in a bit more of the story.

So we have Eliza born abt 1858 London.

Births Sep 1857
Ross Eliza Lambeth 1d 312

Births Mar 1859
ROSS Elizabeth E London 1c 37

Births Sep 1859
ROSS Eliza Strand 1b 445

Regards,

Dave