• Find
  • Surnames
  • Bookmarks
  • Places
  • Dates
  • Cemeteries
  • Search People
  • Search Families
• Media
  • Photos
  • Documents
  • Headstones
  • Histories
  • Recordings
  • Videos
  • Albums
  • All Media
• Info
  • What's New
  • Most Wanted
  • Reports
  • Statistics
  • Notes
  • Sources
  • Repositories
  • Contact Us

Malcolm Colin Joseph BRODIE
1875 - 1961

Home    Search    Print    Login    Add Bookmark

• Birth	04 Apr 1875	"Benvorlick", Emu Creek, Qld. Aust.
  Christened	Source (Q.BDM 1875/004095)
  Gender	Male
  Died	24 Dec 1961	Toowoomba Qld. Aust.
  Person ID	I1283	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	Jessie Reid MAXWELL,   d. 02 Jan 1964, Toowoomba Qld. Aust.
  Married	28 Jun 1899	Ipswich Qld Aust Source Qld BDM 1899/001169
  Children	1. Living   2. Malcolm Maxwell BRODIE,   b. 16 May 1901, Source Qld BDM 1901/002469   3. Jessie Doreen BRODIE,   b. 26 Jun 1905, Source Qld BDM 1905/002358   4. Nellie Frances BRODIE,   b. 12 May 1907, Source Qld BDM 1907/002698   5. Living
  Family ID	F499	Group Sheet

  
  

• Notes

  Extracts from the Book :Lock Lomond to Australia 1862. The Family of Peter & Jane Mc Intyre". "Malcolm Colin Joseph Brodie ws the youngest child and fourth son on Daniel and Violet Brodie. He was born at "Benvorlick:, Emu Creek on 4 April 1875. eight and a half months after his father's death. He was enrolled at Emu Creek State School in 1880, walking there from Grenmount. After leasrning accountancy and business management, Malcolm joined his brother Daniel, working in the Brodie store and they took over its management when their mother, Violet, retired in 1899. In June 1899, Malcolm marrid Jessie Reid Maxwell, daughter of John and Elizabeth Maxwell (nee Wilson). Their family were Mac, a dentist in Gosford and Sydney, Ron, who had a store in Greenmount until forced to sell by ill health; Doreen, who married Jack Lemon in 1925; Nell who married Rob Anderson in 1936 and who has lived in Monto all her married life; and Jock, who was a dentist in Tamworth and Hay in N.S.W. The family grew up in a house called "Ardlui: (Still there) on the corner of Ramsay and Campbell Street, Greenmount. Malcolm built a two rink bowling green almost where the Bicentennial Park is today. He was a Cambooya Shire Councillor from 1914 to 1924. V. Brodie & Co. conducted business in both Greenmount and Nobby and both stores had dual fuel agencies, Vacuum Oil (now Mobil) and Shell, with 2 x 4 gallon tins of petrol in pine cases as well as 44 gallon drums. Both branches traded in grain, potatoes and pumpkins. A large sale of the Brodie Estate in Greenmount was conducted in 1906 by H.D. Davies & Co. Malcolm retired to Toowoomba in 1934 when his son Ron took over the Greenmount store. After retiring, Malcolm and Jessie purchased a house at 42 Campbell Street, Toowoomba. A very keen bowls player, malcolm built a small green on which on which croquet could also be pllayed. He became one of the early directors of the Darling Downs Building Society, which merged with the Toowoomba Permanent Building Society about 15 years ago. Malcolm died on 24 December 1961, aged 86 years. Jessie passed away on 2 January 1964".