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- 1909-1933 (Creation)
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4 folders
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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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Documents and correspondence relating to the Fryer Family
Box 3
Folder 1
• Remnants of brooch presented to Elizabeth Gilmour [née Fryer], before her marriage, by an admirer who was later killed ‘from a horse’, 1980
• Examination supervision papers
• Miscellaneous envelopes and stamp collections
Folder 2
• Letter to Aunty Kathleen from Alexis Gilmour, 10 Dec 1933, with attached note and envelope dated 1990
• Postcard to Mum from Henry Fryer, 25 Mar 1917
• Photograph, Uncle Bill Fryer’s Ford, Springsure, nd
• Photograph, baby, nd
• Photograph, Graham K and Grandma Fryer, Eunice Gilmour behind and “Toby”, nd
• Photograph, Grandma Fryer in her youth, nd
• Photograph, Charles George Fryer with Eunice Gilmour, nd
• Photograph, Charles George Fryer Senior to left of flag, Springsure Railway Station,John Denis to open door (?), nd
• Photograph, Charles George Fryer (Senior) when younger, nd
• Photograph, Nurses Quarters [Springsure], nd
• Photograph, Old Hospital [Springsure], nd
• Photograph, Springsure Hospital, nd
Folder 3
• Christmas card, nd
• Embroidered postcard from Henry [Fryer] to Liz, 11 Mar 1917, [With explanatory handwritten note]
• Postcard from H Renault to Mr Fryer, 1 Feb 1918
• Postcard, 6CLR Australian Commonwealth Military Force, unsigned, nd
• 4 postcards, blank, depicting various soldiers and camps
• Postcard, JD Fryer, signed ‘love to u from Jack’, nd
• Postcard, blank, JD Fryer’s grave
• Postcard, blank, Private Charles George Fryer, nd
• Postcard from Grace to Will, 8 Jul 1918
• Photograph, Elizabeth and Bill, nd
• Photograph, Staffield Hall (Cumberland, Jack invited here), nd
• Postcard from Liz Fryer to Jack Fryer, 16 Mar 1909
• Postcard, St John’s cricket, 1920
• Postcard, St John’s cricket, 1921
• 3 postcards, cricket and rugby teams
• Postcard from Will Fryer to Mum, nd
• Postcard, ‘Hospital in England where Uncle Henry was’, nd
• Photograph, Rose Cottage?, nd
• Photograph, Will Fryer, nd
• 2 photographs of soldiers, nd
• 2 photographs of rugby teams, nd
• 2 photographs of house, nd
• Photograph, Steve West, nd
• Photograph, May Miller, nd
• Photograph, nurse Alice Kemp, nd
• Postcard, ‘The clutching hand Fred’, Jul 1918
• 3 portraits, Charles George Fryer, nd
Folder 6
Contains a partly preserved booklet of ten poems by HM Morris and one poem by Percy Ranninger 1915 to 1916.
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Copyright expired.
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- English
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Box 3 Folders 1-3, 6.
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Created, Linda Justo, 11-May-2023.