William Joseph Kelly

• Birth Notes

  I believe this to be our William KELLY...
  Qld Birth cert no. 1869/C2352 states that the birth of William KELLY was recorded in Queensland, in 1869. His father's name was recorded as Edward KELLY and his mother's name was recorded as Margaret KELLY (nee Pacey).
  
  William was aged 69 when he died on the 13th July 1938. He was born at Gracemere Station where his father, Mr Edward (Howard?) Kelly, being overseer of Gracemere station. His father, Howard, died in 1870.
  The Kelly family, along with the Archers, had arrived in the Gracemere Station area in 1856. 

• Death Notes

  I believe this to be our William...
  Qld Death Cert no. 1938/C3466 states that the death of William KELLY was registered in Queensland, in 1938. His father's name was recorded as Edward KELLY and his mother's name was recorded as Margaret KELLY (nee Pacey).
  
  Morning Bulletin (Rockhampton, Qld) - Thursday 14 July 1938 - News article 
  "Death of Mr W. J. Kelly - Owner of Banksia Station.
  The death occurred in a private hospital in Rockhampton yesterday morning of Mr William Joseph Kelly, owner of Banksia Station, near Torilla, at the age of 69.
  Deceased was a member of a pioneering family which arrived at Gracemere with the Archers in 1830. He was born at Gracemere in 1809, his father, Mr Edward (Howard?) Kelly, being overseer of Gracemere station. The father died in 1870. After a residence at Gracemere for many years, Mr Kelly, about 35 years ago, acquired Banksia station.
  Deceased is survived by a widow, four daughters (Mrs A. Halberstater, Doreen, St Lawrence, and Misses Constance Mary, Ellen Margaret, and Mary Gertrude) and two sons (Messrs Mark Thomas and Frank Edward).
  The funeral will leave St Joseph's Cathedral at 11 o'clock this morning for the Rockhampton cemetery."
  
  The Central Queensland Herald (Rockhampton, Qld) - Thursday 21 July 1938
  "OBITUARY
  MR W. J. KELLY. ROCKHAMPTON July 14.
  The death occurred in a private hospital in Rockhampton yesterday morning of Mr William Joseph Kelly, owner of Banksia Station, near Torilla, at the age of 69. Deceased was a member of a pioneering family which arrived at Gracemere with the Archers in 1856. He was born at Gracemere in 1869, his father, Mr Edward Kelly, being overseer of Gracemere station. The father died in 1879. After a residence at Gracemere for many years, Mr Kelly, about 35 years ago, acquired Banksia station. Deceased is survived by a widow, four daughters (Mrs A. Halberstater, 'Doreen', St Lawrence, and Misses Constance Mary, Ellen Margaret, and Mary Gertrude) and two sons (Messrs Mark Thomas and Frank Edward)."