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Agnes BRODIE
1863 - 1922

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• Birth	10 Mar 1863	Ipswich Qld Aust (Q/BDM 1863/000523)
  Gender	Female
  Died	11 Dec 1922	Allora Qld Aust
  Buried	Greenmount Cemetary, Qld. Aust.
  Person ID	I1279	Qld Branch Tree 1
  Last Modified	29 Sep 2012

  
  

  Father	Daniel BRODIE,   b. 19 Dec 1834, "Garbel" Arrochar, Dunbardon, Scotland ,   d. 17 Jul 1874, Oxley, Brisbane, Qld, Aust (Q/BDM 1874/000341)
  Relationship	Natural
  Mother	Violet McINTYRE,   b. 11 Feb 1835, "Edintaggarl", Glen Luss, Dunbartonshire, Scotland ,   d. 10 Sep 1911, Greenount, Qld, Aust
  Relationship	Natural
  Married	30 Nov 1860
  Family ID	F484	Group Sheet

  
  

  Family	Richard DAVIS,   b. 07 Jan 1863, Qld Aust.(Q/BDM 1863/000169) ,   d. 29 Nov 1924, Greenmount, Qld Aust.
  Married	21 Feb 1885	Greenmount, Qld Aust. Q/BDM 1885/000424)
  Children	1. Thomas DAVIS,   b. 18 Nov 1885, Anthony Siding, Ipswich - Dugandan Line, Fassifern. Qld Aust   2. Violet Christina DAVIS,   b. 21 May 1887, Anthony Siding, Ipswich - Dugandan Line, Fassifern. Qld Aust ,   d. 08 Feb 1917   3. Jack DAVIS,   b. Abt 1890, Anthony Siding, Ipswich - Dugandan Line, Fassifern. Qld Aust   4. Daniel Brodie DAVIS,   b. Abt 1892, Anthony Siding, Ipswich - Dugandan Line, Fassifern. Qld Aust ,   d. Abt 1915, Somme, France   5. Richard DAVIS,   b. Abt 1895, Wallumbilla, Near Roma, Qld. Aust.   6. Mary Evelyne DAVIS,   b. Abt 1897, Wallumbilla, Near Roma, Qld. Aust.   7. Agnes Jane DAVIS,   b. Abt 1899, Wallumbilla, Near Roma, Qld. Aust.   8. Malcolm Colin DAVIS,   b. Abt 1904, Wallumbilla, Near Roma, Qld. Aust.   9. Arthur Edward DAVIS,   b. Abt 1906, Miles, Qld. Aust.
  Family ID	F494	Group Sheet

  
  

• Notes

  EXTRACTS FROM THE BOOK "Lock Lomond to Australia 1862. The family of Peter & Jane Mc Intyre". "Agnes Brodie was the first Australian born grandchild of Peter Mc Intyre andthe second of seven children of Daniel and Violet Brodie. Agnes was born in Ipswich on 10 mar 1863, a little over four months after her parents had arrived in Queensland from Scotland. After her father's accidental death in 1874, her mother took the family to live with her father, Peter Mc Intyre at "Benvolick" at Emu Creek. From "Benvorlick" Agnes, Jack Peter and Tean walk to the two miles to attend Emu Creek School as first day pupils. among the other pupils were a number of children of the Davis family, including Richard and Arthur Hoey Davis. In July 1876, the family moved to The Siding, later Greenmount, where Violet opened a store. Tt may be assumed that Agnes provided her share of assistance to her mother in the store as she grew to womanhood. On 21 February 1885 in Greenmount, Agnes married her former classmate, Richard Davis and returned to live in a small cottage at Limestone. Richard had taken up his first appointment as a porter at Ipswich in March 1884. For several months, Richard's younger brother, Arthur Hoey davis, boarded with the newly wed couple. Around Noverber 1885 Agnes & Richard moved to Anthony, a siding 25 miles south of Ipswich, on the Fassifern branch railway line to Dugandan near Boonah, construction of which was completed in 1887. Agnes gave birth to her first four children at Anthony siding - Thomas in 1885, Violet Christina 1887, Jack 1890 and Daniel Brodie in 1892. The June 1889 Railway Department report records that Richard as a porter was earning the (at least stable) wage of 1 Pound 16 Shillings per week and was the first Office Keeper of the Postal Receiving Office operated from the station. Not long after the birth of daniel, it was necessary for Agnes to establish a new home at Wallumbilla, near roma, where Richard was appointed stationmaster. His salary was increased to 120 Pounds per year but with the salary increase went increased isolation. Researchers of the history of the Bungil Shire indicate that:- ' Of Wallumbilla and Pickanjinnie settlemnts it might be said: "they sprung up in the night". It might also be said that no settlement began under less auspicious conditions and succeeded. these heroic people encountered and overcame many difficulties: dropped off the night train in the heart of dense scrub: strangers in a strang place - no credit or anyone to advise or help them with the herculean task awaiting them in the morning, and for many weary days to come.' Was it really any different for the wife of the newly arrived stationmaster? Regardless of the nature of the country and the isolation, Agnes created a happy home environment in the railway cottage at Wallumbilla and in later life none of the family seemed to have any complaints of undue early hardships. The family increased with the addition of richard in 1895, Mary Evelyne 1897, Agnes Jane 1899 and Malcolm Colin in 1904. The seven older children attended Wallumbilla school. In 1905,after almost 13 years at Wallumbilla, the family moved to Miles. Agnes made a new home in the railway cottage where her ninth and last child Arthur Edward was born in 1906. The older children were starting their career in the railway department and later all would be absorbed into the department in various positions. It would be understandable if Agnes grew a little tired of hearing all about the various "up" and "down" trains at family get togethers. A further move in 1912 took Agnes to the railway stationmaster's residence in Allora when Richard was promoted to that position. In February 1917 her eldest daughter, Violet Christina who was not yet 30, died suddenly from heart attack while visiting Drillham. Agnes must have missed her greatly as she had been her constant companion and a second mother to the younger family members. Sadness again in 1918, when her son Daniel, who had enlisted in the AIF in December 1915, was killed in action inthe Somme River Valley in France on 29 August. The award, in January 1919, of a Military Medal for bravery in the field under heavy shell fire in early August 1918, would have been little consolation to Agnes who would have undoubtedly preferred a railway sonalive in Allora to a dead hero buried in France. Members of Agnes' family had married and she had six grandchildren by June 1921. Agnes died after a heart attack and was buried in the Greenmount cemetery next to her daughter Violet. Agnes with her busband Richard had stood by one another through the good times and the difficult times of life and they were not to be separated for long. On 29 November 1924 richard died in Greenmount and was buried next to Agnes.