Boolburra Queensland.

[tazzie]

Hello.

 I am looking for some information on John and Susan Pattel who are buried in Boolburra cemetery.
A photo appears on findagrave  showing the fact they died on the same day " accidentally drowned" in 1908.

The name Ricketts is added to the bio online but Susan's maiden name was Rickwood.
 Can anyone please point me at a news clipping if there is one to find out what happened to them. They died aged 82 and 81 years.

Many thanks.

 Tazzie

[Neale1961]

News item
https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/72159449?searchTerm=Pattel

[Neale1961]

This is easier to read
https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/215748970?searchTerm=Pattel

[Neale1961]

There were numerous reports, all very similar.
https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/175143545?searchTerm=Pattel

https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/53143974?searchTerm=Pattel

[tazzie]

How sad. They had quite an adventure to get there and I hope a good life. Their daughter Emily my 2x great grandmother was married when they left but stayed in England so probably never saw them again. I some how never followed this line further other than ancestral lines, now I have more to look into and will follow Emily's siblings and their lives in Australia.

Many thanks for the quick response Neale.

 Tazzie

[Neale1961]

Index to Queensland BMD might be useful for your search
https://www.familyhistory.bdm.qld.gov.au/

[tazzie]

Brilliant

 Thank you Neale.

Tazzie

[Neale1961]

Arriving Rockhampton on the “Suffolk” 14 Nov 1874
John Pattel   47
Susan Pattel   41
George Pattel   20
John Pattel   17
Joseph Pattel   12
William Pattel   10
Frederick Pattel   8
Charles Pattel   3
Annetta Pattel   infant - she died 26/03/1875

Looks to have been a frightening voyage
https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/51802428?searchTerm=suffolk

(It must have been difficult to leave a child in England, even though she was married.)

It looks like some of the children could not quite remember their mother’s maiden name.

George Pattel - died 13/01/1942  (mother - Suzanne Ricketts)
Joseph John Pattel - died 19/07/1920  (mother - Susan Ricket)
Frederick Pattel - died 23/07/1949  (mother  - Susan Rickwood)

[tazzie]

Good morning.

There were 3 older children, Thomas died young 1847-1852. Elizabeth 1849 birth registered as Paddle mmm Rickwood . She married George Maslen in 1872 and my Emily who married Thomas Fitzjohn.

 The journey must have been frightening with a small baby I wonder what persuaded them to leave and take on a new life so far away. They were a family of ag labs in Fordham, so a chance of a better life would interest them. John and Susan died in their eighties so possibly longer than it they had stayed and carried on the old life.

 Tazzie