George RAWSON, 18421890 (aged 48 years)

Birth February 5, 1842 46 38
Christening February 13, 1842 46 38 (aged 8 days)
MarriageMary HERCLIFFView this family
November 10, 1861 (aged 19 years)
Occupation
Miner and later a farmer

Birth of a sonHenry RAWSON
September 4, 1862 (aged 20 years)
Birth of a sonRichard RAWSON
January 7, 1864 (aged 21 years)
Birth of a daughterMargaret RAWSON
March 25, 1865 (aged 23 years)
Death of a brotherJohn RAWSON
about 1865 (aged 22 years)
Birth of a sonGeorge RAWSON
July 4, 1866 (aged 24 years)
Birth of a sonRobert RAWSON
April 24, 1868 (aged 26 years)
Birth of a daughterMary RAWSON
February 21, 1869 (aged 27 years)
Birth of a sonFrancis RAWSON
September 21, 1871 (aged 29 years)
Birth of a daughterAnnie RAWSON
May 21, 1872 (aged 30 years)
Birth of a sonWilliam RAWSON
February 7, 1873 (aged 31 years)
Death of a motherMary EZARD
December 1874 (aged 32 years)
Birth of a sonCharles RAWSON
November 29, 1876 (aged 34 years)
Death of a fatherRichard RAWSON
June 1878 (aged 36 years)
Birth of a sonFrederick RAWSON
October 17, 1879 (aged 37 years)
Marriage of a childHenry RAWSONHenrietta HORROCKSView this family
1884 (aged 41 years)
Marriage of a childRichard RAWSONMary Ann BARRETTView this family
November 26, 1886 (aged 44 years)
Marriage of a childJohn Thomas NELSONMargaret RAWSONView this family
1887 (aged 44 years)
Medical
Had been sick for three years before dying of what was then commonlyknown as 'Miner's Disease'.

Death May 6, 1890 (aged 48 years)
Burial May 8, 1890 (2 days after death)
Family with parents
father
17951878
Birth: about July 2, 1795 31Bridlington, Yorkshire, England
Death: June 1878Bridlington, Yorkshire, England
mother
18031874
Birth: about July 10, 1803 32Bessingby, Yorkshire, England
Death: December 1874Bridlington, Yorkshire, England
Marriage
Marriage: May 8, 1824Bridlington, Yorkshire, England
16 months
elder brother
18251865
Birth: about September 7, 1825 30 22Bridlington, Yorkshire, England
Death: about 1865USA
3 years
elder brother
1828
Birth: about November 5, 1828 33 25Bridlington, Yorkshire, England
Death:
3 years
elder brother
1831
Birth: about May 11, 1831 35 27Bridlington, Yorkshire, England
Death:
3 years
elder brother
1834
Birth: about September 21, 1834 39 31Bridlington, Yorkshire, England
Death:
3 years
elder brother
4 years
himself
18421890
Birth: February 5, 1842 46 38Bridlington, Yorkshire, England
Death: May 6, 1890Moondarra, Victoria, Australia
Family with Mary HERCLIFF
himself
18421890
Birth: February 5, 1842 46 38Bridlington, Yorkshire, England
Death: May 6, 1890Moondarra, Victoria, Australia
wife
18371914
Birth: about May 14, 1837 45 40Middleton, Yorkshire, England
Death: 1914Warragul, Victoria, Australia
Marriage
Marriage: November 10, 1861Bridlington, Yorkshire, England
10 months
son
18621934
Birth: September 4, 1862 20 25Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Death: 1934Warragul, Victoria, Australia
16 months
son
18641932
Birth: January 7, 1864 21 26Stratford, Victoria, Australia
Death: February 26, 1932North Fitzroy, Victoria, Australia
15 months
daughter
18651922
Birth: March 25, 1865 23 27Stratford, Victoria, Australia
Death: September 3, 1922East Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
16 months
son
22 months
son
18681926
Birth: April 24, 1868 26 30Walhalla, Victoria, Australia
Death: 1926Glenhuntly, Victoria, Australia
10 months
daughter
18691870
Birth: February 21, 1869 27 31Walhalla, Victoria, Australia
Death: June 11, 1870Walhalla, Victoria, Australia
3 years
son
18711872
Birth: September 21, 1871 29 34Walhalla, Victoria, Australia
Death: March 11, 1872Walhalla, Victoria, Australia
8 months
daughter
18721944
Birth: May 21, 1872 30 35Walhalla, Victoria, Australia
Death: June 13, 1944Coburg, Victoria, Australia
9 months
son
18731878
Birth: February 7, 1873 31 35Walhalla, Victoria, Australia
Death: May 12, 1878Walhalla, Victoria, Australia
4 years
son
18761942
Birth: November 29, 1876 34 39Walhalla, Victoria, Australia
Death: December 22, 1942Warragul, Victoria, Australia
3 years
son
18791917
Birth: October 17, 1879 37 42Walhalla, Victoria, Australia
Death: October 5, 1917France
Shared note

George and Mary Rawson came to Australia on board the ship 'Boamerges' which arrived in Victoria in July 1862. According to family stories Henry, their first child, was born either at sea or shortly after arriving. However, after investigating this on the Victorian Marine Births Deaths and marriage CD, there is no listing of a Rawson being born at sea in 1862.

The 1908 Ratepayers Register for Walhalla found at the Walhalla Museum contains the following information: George Rawson - Miner, House Allotment 139 Mary Rawson - Home Duties

(Source - Belinda Simpson)

He became a farmer at some stage and his farm was on Allotments 7 and 7a, Parish of Moondarra, which look to be right in the middle of the town of Rawson.

As a miner he was declared insolvent in 1867, but discharged from insolvency in April 1868. See Trove Newspaper Clippings.