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- 1923-1966 (Creation)
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The Fryer Family of Springsure began with the marriage when Rosina Richards (16 Aug 1865-24 Aug 1949) and Charles George Fryer married on 19 December 1883. They had six sons and one daughter. The children were: Elizabeth Stuart Gilmour (nee Fryer) (21 Dec 1884-10 Jul 1984); William Thomas Fryer (20 Feb 1887-21 Feb 1946); Charles George Fryer (2 Jul 1889-10 Apr 1917); Henry Hardy Fryer (15 Mar 1892-17 Sep 1990); John Denis (11 Sep 1895-7 Feb 1923); Richard Alexander James (23 Oct 1899-17 Jun 1986) and Walter Ponsonby (18 Jan 1906-16 May 1980).
Elizabeth Stuart Fryer married James Stephen Gilmour. They had three children: Eunice Catherine Gilmour (11 Nov 1921-1 Jan 2022); Lex and John.
Henry Hardy Fryer married Irene Margaret Holmes on 21 November 1923.
Richard Alexander Fryer married Myrtle Ellen Rowlands (19 Apr 1913-?) on 11 November 1934.
Walter Ponsonby Fryer married Emma Amelia Simpkins on 9 October 1935.
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Accounts of John D Fryer’s Life and Obituaries
• ‘The Death of A Friend’, Galmahra, May 1923, author P. R. S. (Inky) Stephenson [photocopy].
• An Old Boy, an ode to John D Fryer by H.A. Kellow Headmaster, Rockhampton Grammar School. Published in the Rockhampton School Magazine, Jun 1923
• Copy of letter sent from Reverend Stevenson, Warden of St John’s College, Tasmania to Mr and Mrs Charles G Fryer, circa 1923
• ‘John Denis (“Chut”) Fryer, 1895-1923’, Colin Bingham, 11 May 1931
• An account of the Early Life of John Denis Fryer by Elizabeth Gilmour [née Fryer]. Nineteen pages typed
• Photocopy of Elizabeth Gilmour [née Fryer] biography, An account of the Early Life of John Denis Fryer
• Additions to Elizabeth Gilmour’s biography of John D Fryer
• Letter from FW Patterson recounting his friendship with John D Fryer, [197?]
• ‘JD Fryer at the University of Queensland’, [author possibly Lord Robert Hall]
• ‘Student Soldier Remembered’. Newspaper cutting and one photocopy of same
• Handwritten notes on the life of John D Fryer, seven pages
• Handwritten note from Mrs Macmillan re three Rhodes Scholarship recipients and early reading of John D Fryer
• Note from Dr. Cecil Hadgraft re John D Fryer’s nickname of “Chut”, 16 Jun 1966
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- English
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Box 1 Folder 11
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Created, Linda Justo, 11-May-2023.