Patterson and Taylor Families

1854 BM608 Edward Barton Southerden Mary Elizabeth Cribb

MARRIED,
At Brisbane, by license, on the 17th inst., by
the Rev. Edward Griffith, Mr E. B. Southerden,
draper, to Mary Elizabeth, only daughter of Mr.
R. Cribb.

On the 3rd instant, the wife of Mr. E. Souther-
den, draper, Brisbane, of a daughter.

1857 B313 Lucy Mary Southerden Edward Barton Mary Elizabeth Cribb

On Sunday last, at Ipswich, in her 57th year,
Sarah, the beloved wife of Mr. Robert Cribb, of
North Brisbane, Moreton Bay.

1858 B634 Robert Samuel Southerden Edward Barton Mary Elizabeth Cribb

1858 B238 Robert Samuel Southerden Edward Barton Southerden Mary Elizabeth Cribb

1859 B999 Edward Barton Southerden Edward Barton Mary Elizabeth Cribb

1860 B354 Annie Catherine Southerden Edward Barton Mary Elizabeth Cribb

1862 B1133 Caroline Jane Southerden Edward Barton Mary Elizabeth Cribbs

SOUTHERDEN.-On the 7th instant, CarolineFix this text
Jane, infant daughter.of. Mr. E. B, Southerden
aged 5 months and 21 days.

1863 B2147 Robert William Southerden Edward Barton Mary Elizabeth Cribb

On the 25th instant at Wickham Terrace, the wife
of Mr. E. B. Southerden, of a son.

1865 B4064 John Stephen Southerden Edward Barton Mary Elizabeth Cribb

1867 B6913 Clarissa Bertha Southerden Edward Barton Mary Elizabeth Cribb

1869 B10426 Edith Ada Southerden Edward Barton Mary Elizabeth Cribb

1872 B14423 Alice Maud Southerden Edward Barton Mary Elizabeth Cribb

1873 B16200 Charles Benjamin Southerden Edward Barton Mary Elizabeth Cribb

SOUTHERDEN -On the 18th July, at her residence,
Wickham Terrace, the wife of E. B. Southerden, of a
son.

1879 C3058 Percy Barton Berry William Sarah Elizabeth Southerden

1883 C3550 Frieda Muriel Berry William Sarah Elizabeth Southerden

1883 C1547 Frieda Muriel Berry William Berry Sarah Elizabeth Southerden

BERRY.-On the 5th January, at his residence,
Thorn-street, Ipswich, William Berry, M.A.,
aged 35.

THE LATE MR. WILLIAM BERRY.

It is with extreme regret that we have to recordthe death of Mr. William Berry, jun., of ,this town, who died, after a protracted illness, at his residence in Thorn-street, at noon. on Saturday, the 5th instant. The deceased gentleman was essentially an Ipswich man, for though possessing talents and good qualities. which might have fitted him for a wider sphere of labour, yet, having been born in Ipswich, he lived almost the whole of his life within its precincts. As a scholar he was one of Queensland'sbrightest examples, for his whole life affords evidence of an indomitable perseverance, in the face of many obstacles, to obtain name and fame in the country of his birth. Entering the Ipswich Grammar School at its very commencement he soon became its most promising pupil, and under the guidance of the first head master, Mr. Stuart Hawthorne, he became ripe for a University training. Unfortunately, at this time (1886), many parents were brought to the verge of ruin, and William Berry had to forego those great advantages which a University training would have given him, and was obliged to adopt some calling to gain a livelihood. He took service under the Board of Education, and did good work. as many of his old pupils could testify. Domestic affliction overtaking him, and after many anxious watchings over loved sick ones, long since gone, he repaired to Brisbane, and engaged in press work. He held a position on the Telegraph for about twelve months, fulfilling his duties admirably and conscientiously, when, having higher aims in view, and wishing to gain time for study, he applied for, and obtained, a place on the staff of the Ipswich Grammar School. Here, he continued to work from July, 1876, to near the end of 1880. During this time he was zealous for work, giving the boys a living example of great energy and steadfastness of purpose; year after year Mr. Donald Cameron gave testimony to his high abilities, and his skill as a teacher. While thus serving the school, both in and out of ordinary school hours, he carried on his own studies with such success that he gained University prizes almost every year, and finally graduated, with honours, as B.A. of Sydney University in 1880, and as M.A. in 1881. But the hand of death was upon him. He lost his voice to such a degree that he was obliged to abandon any life which entailed much talking, and this dashed to pieces his highest hopes. After many vicissitudes he obtained the post of secretary to the Gas Company which he held till his death. Those who knew him best can testify to his uprightness and singleness of heart. His tastes were few and simple ; he had a smile and a pleasant word for every one he met, and admired truth and goodness by whomsoever possessed. From the untarnished, consistent honour of his life, he deserves a high position in the hearts of his fellow townsmen. He was ever ready to acknowledge and encourage merit, but was an open enemy to all hypocrisy and cant. But; he is gone- "Dead ere his prime." His life only affords another example of the words of Shakespeare- "We are such stuffAs dreams are made of, and our little life Is rounded with a sleep."' The funeral procession-which was a very large one-left Mr. Berry's late residence about 4 o'clock on Sunday afternoon, and the last sad rites were per- formed in the presence of many sorrowing friends. Mr. Berry was twice married; he leaves a widow and one son ; and certain we are that all who were acquainted with the deceased gentleman will heartily sympathise, not only with his grief-stricken father and mother, but also with Mrs. Berry in her hour of bereavement.

CORNELL-SOUTHERDEN.-On the 6th June, at
Langholme, Sandgate, the residence of the bride's
parents, by the Rev. E. Griffith, Arthur Edward,
youngest son of the late James Cornell, Mark-lane,
London, to Clarissa Bertha, fourth daughter of E. B.
Southerden, Sandgate.

SOUTHERDEN-McGAW.-On the 29th October, at
Bryanston, Vulture-street, South Brisbane, by the
Rev. G. D. Buchanan, John Stephen Southerden,
third son of E. B. Southerden, of Sandgate, to
Janesta (Nettie) Margaret McGaw, second daughter
of the late Alex. McGaw, of Ardenclutha, Port
Glasgow.

1893 C4168 Robert Cribb John Cribb Mary Dirham

CRIBB.-On the 16th April, at his residence, River-
road, Toowong, Robert Cribb, aged 88

NOTHER OLD COLONIST GONE.

DEATH OF MR. ROBERT CRIBB.

Mr. Robert Cribb, who died peacefully on Sunday morning at his residence, Milton, will be remembered by all old Brisbane residents as a prominent figure in public life. His increasing years have of late kept him somewhat in the background, but up to within a few days of his death he might have been seen driving to his place of business, and he may be said to have retained most of his faculties unimpaired to the end. He was 88 years of age, and it is a somewhat curious fact that exactly one-half of this long life was spent in the colony, as he landed in Brisbane from the ship Fortitude just 44 years ago. While of late Mr. Cribb's wonted activity was somewhat shaken and pre- monitions were not wanting of the approaching end, his mind was clear and his interest in affairs keen up to the close. On Monday last after an unusually busy day in the city he sat chatting with his son Mr. William Cribb till about 11 o'clock. Retiring to his room he was seized with a feeling of giddiness, and fell on the floor. After a violent fit of retching he was got to bed, where he remained till his decease yesterday morning at 10 o'clock. After the first seizure he appears to have been without pain, and from the commencement recognised what the issue would be, calmly remarking to his son, "I think I'm passing quietly away."

Mr. Cribb leaves a very large family, chiefly in Brisbane and Ipswich, extending to the third generation, and he had many warm friends among the older residents of Brisbane. Indeed it may be said that though his life had exceeded the allotted span by eighteen years, and he had long since reached the period beyond which our strength in ordinary cases is but " labour and sorrow," yet he will be greatly missed by many who knew him as guide, counsellor, and friend. He was throughout life a man of simple, almost austere, habits, and remarkable for his energy, vigour, and tanacity of purpose in any course which he regarded as right and just. His father was a merchant captain trading to Newfoundland and the Mediterranean, and as a boy of ten or twelve years Mr. Cribb frequently accompanied him on these trips, being on one occasion wrecked on the ice off Newfoundland. It was no doubt in these voyages that he acquired much of the hardihood and simplicity of life which characterised his subsequent career.

The following notes of Mr. Cribb's life in Queensland are taken from "Pugh's Almanac":-"He was born at Poole, Dorset, England, January, 1805. Was educated at a Lancasterian school in his native town in the early days of the system ; served his time as a baker, &c., and then left for London, where for twenty-two years he followed his calling. In January, 1840, he arrived in Moreton Bay by the ship Fortitude, the first of three shipments of middle class immigrants sent in that year to this district through the patriotic and self denying efforts of the late Dr. Lang. Shortly after his arrival the squatters made great efforts to get Moreton Bay separated from New South Wales as a Crown colony, with convicts hoping thus to secure low rents and cheap labour, and the British Government were favourable to the design. Feeling that this would be destructive of the free public life to which they had been accustomed, he, with others, took an active part in the conflict which followed, resulting in the victory of the popular cause, and, after nearly ten years' unremitting effort, in Separation, with a Constitutional Government. Before and at the time of Separation be represented East Moreton in the New South Wales Legislature, and subsequently served in the first and second Parliaments of the new colony of Queensland, using his influence in behalf of liberal legislation generally, with special interest in securing the separation of Church and State, and the passing of the Real Property Act of 1861, which has proved so great a boon to the colony. During several sessions he endeavoured to obtain an alteration in the law of primogeniture, to permit marriage with a deceased wife's sister, and the amalgamation of the two main branches of the legal profession ; all of which have since become law."

The funeral will move from Mr. Cribb's late residence at Milton this afternoon at 4 o'clock.

FUNERAL NOTICE.—The Funeral of
ROBERT CRIBB, Sen., will leave his
Residencoe River-road, Toowong, TO-DAY (Mon-
day), at 4 p.m.