GOOPY: John. Looking for info.

[Billyblue]

The above DN for GOOPY won't be up on Ryerson Index until 11 Jan 2019, earliest, which is when next update is scheduled.

Kanimbla is a suburb of Cairns.

Dawn M

[Joe Costello]

Thank you and much appreciated.

[Jamjar]

Joe, have just realised that you have posted this in the ‘completed’ section. I have asked the moderator to move it to the main Oz board.

Jamjar

[cando]

Australian Electoral Roll
Qld 1903. 1905, 1913
GOOPY Catherine Alfred Street, Fortitude Valley   Domestic duties
GOOPY John  Alfred Street, Fortitude Valley   Clerk

1913
GOOPY Catherine   142 Constance Street,  Fortitude Valley Domestic Duties
GOOPY John  142 Constance Street, Fortitude Valley  Clerk

1915
GOOPY Catherine  Wynnum Hotel, Wynnum  Domestic duties
GOOPY John  Wynnum Hotel, Wynnum   Hotel Manager

1917
GOOPY John 180 Constance Street   Clerk

and

City Directory - 1919
GOOPY John   180 Constance St, Fortitude Valley

[cando]

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article179204720
The Telegraph 23 Mar 1921
FUNERAL NOTICES.
GOOPY. — The friends of Mr. JOHN GOOPY, deceased, are respectfully Invited to attend his Funeral, to move from the residence of his sister, Mrs R. A. Copeland, corner of Water and Constance streets, Valley, TO-MORROW (Thursday) AFTERNOON, at 3.30 o'clock, to the Toowong Cemetery.
K, M. SMITH, Undertaker.

Edit....this is John and Catherine's son.

[Aussie1947]

Hi,

Possibility

Records show a John GOUPY, cook/stwd originally from Calcutta, 45 arriving on the Milton Badger into Sydney on 22nd Jan 1877 from the Daintree River North Queensland.

Gerry

[Aussie1947]

1876 Brisbane Directory and Squatters Guide
GOOPY, Mrs, washerwoman, Charlotte St.

1888 Queensland PO Directory and Country Guide
GOOPY, WM, brewer, Mary St.
GOOPY, Mrs Catherine, Bartley St SH.
GOOPY, James, storeman, Fortesque st, SH.

(SH would be Spring Hill in Brisbane)

Newspaper info

Feb 1868 there were unclaimed letters for Jno GOOPY at the GPO in Brisbane.

Jan 1866 there was Court action between  John Goopy and James Davisson.

Jan 1879, 3 vacancies at Mrs Goopy's Private Boarding House in Turbot st Brisbane.

Gerry