The D'Arcy Archive
1864–1931

George Pitt D'Arcy

Chief Clerk Railway Department

George Pitt D'Arcy 1864–1931 direct line · on the spine
married Ida Kathleen Atkinson 1869–1937 tree · direct line
written in a record this archive has read from the family tree, untested

None of the 13 relationships shown here is written in a record this archive has read. Every one comes from the family tree. That is not a claim that they are wrong — it is a statement about what has been checked, and on this site the difference is the point. How claims are labelled →

The record

Born 5 MAY 1864 Brisbane, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
Died 21 MAR 1931 Brisbane, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
Buried Dutton Park, Queensland, Australia
Trade Chief Clerk Railway Department

direct line

Counted here with the D'Arcy family · that family →

Family

Parents

George Lindsay D'Arcy · Eliza Keeling

Married

Ida Kathleen Atkinson · 10 OCT 1888 at Trinity Church, Fortitude Valley, Queensland, Australia

Brothers and sisters

Robert Lindesay D'Arcy (1865–1868) · Catherine D'Arcy (1867–1939) · William Arthur D'Arcy (1868–1870) · Charlotte Maria D'Arcy (1869–1939) · Ida Grace D'Arcy (1872–1941) · Edwin Francis D'Arcy (1873–1949)

Children

Hilda Georgina D'Arcy (1890–1969) · Lindesay Atkinson D'Arcy (1892–1936) · Florence Isabel D'Arcy (1894–1918) · Ida Joyce D'Arcy (1908–1969)

Where this comes from

No relationship on this page has been checked against a record. Everything here is what the family tree says, which is a claim and not a source. How claims are labelled →

Every entry naming George Pitt D'Arcy in the register →

See this generation on the spine →

Others of the same name

This family reuses forenames relentlessly. These are different people, kept apart on purpose rather than merged into one. Why →

Everywhere George appears in this archive

Every page of this site that writes about George Pitt D'Arcy, gathered automatically — 17 in total. This is the same evidence as the rest of the archive, brought together in one place.

Twelve generations, and two claims too far.

…eon's journal says "Received on board a detachment of the 39th regt. of foot commanded by George Pitt D'Arcy, B. Major , consisting of 39 men … 6 women and 7 children." Cabin passengers included Mrs. D'Arcy and family . The convict ship E…

The Papers

…ted forever. 21 March 1931 Found in the kitchen at Banyo At the inquiry into the death of George Pitt D'Arcy, 76, railway pensioner , who was found dead in the kitchen of his residence, in Victoria street, Banyo , on March 21, Lindsay Atk…

What changed

…f Ruabon. Well covered, and he is not in it. Read the Gazette for Joseph, Constantine and George Pitt D'Arcy. Nothing, with an OCR caveat. Was blocked by Cloudflare at irishgenealogy.ie — three Irish lines, one free database, and no way i…

How they got here

…'s Own) Regiment of Foot, doing convict-guard duty — the same work that had brought Major George Pitt D'Arcy out six years earlier. documented He is correctly absent from the assisted-immigration index: a soldier's passage is not an emigr…

Australia

…irgin baptised Charlotte D'Arcy on 31 March 1826 — born 29 April 1825, father entered as “George Pitt D'Arcy, Bt: Major 39th Foot” , mother Maria , abode Chatham. On 8 April 1826 , eight days later, the surgeon of the convict ship England…

What This Archive Got Wrong

…arithmetic from an age on a burial register, and nothing places him in Yorkshire. → Major George Pitt D'Arcy married twice at Chatham in 1810 He married Miss Ludlam in 1805 and Maria White in County Wicklow about 1819. → Arthur Hartley Sn…

Open Questions

…at a new domain, with its old index addresses dead — which is what stopped the search for George Pitt D'Arcy's 1849 probate. All three are waiting on somebody else's rebuild, not on research. Searched, and genuinely empty The 4th Earl of…

Errands

…free, ten minutes, but behind a bot check The entire D'Arcy side were New South Welshmen. George Pitt D'Arcy died at Parramatta in 1849, George Lindsay was born there in 1829, Frederick Robert and Charlotte both crossed. NSW death registr…

The Spine

…icer, Major General and Commander of Royal Engineers, Chatham, Kent, England documented 7 George Pitt D'Arcy Miss Ludlam — m. September 1805 Maria White — m. c. 1819, County Wicklow 18 Feb 1783 Portsmouth, Hampshire, England or West Indie…

What Has Been Read

…married by licence in 1806, witnessed by her brother Joseph. And Charlotte, daughter of “George Pitt D'Arcy, Bt: Major 39th Foot”, born 29 April 1825 and baptised eight days before the England sailed. → FreeREG — Hanley St John the Evang…

Sergeant Sneyd

…he regiments doing convict-guard duty in the colony, the same work that had brought Major George Pitt D'Arcy out six years earlier. The other soldier in this family → On 13 February 1837 he married Catherine Margaret Mulcahy at Camden . T…

Brisbane

…stepped off the Flying Cloud at Moreton Bay. Seven children. Buried at Dutton Park. 1864 George Pitt D'Arcy · 1864–1931 The railway clerk Named for the major of the 39th Foot, and the first of the line born in Brisbane. Chief Clerk in th…

Chatham

…otte D'Arcy Born 29 April 1825 Baptised 31 March 1826 , Chatham St Mary the Virgin Father George Pitt D'Arcy — “ Bt: Major 39th Foot ” Mother Maria Abode Chatham On 8 April 1826 — eight days later — the convict ship England embarked a det…

The Hornby Claim

…a son from things the family believes into things a register says. documented Above Major George Pitt D'Arcy of the 39th Foot the family tree keeps climbing: to a Major-General of Royal Engineers, to a man said to be born in St James's Pa…

Timeline

…— the Corps posted men across the empire → 1805 Constantine D'Arcy dies at Chatham → 1814 George Pitt D'Arcy at Orthes, with the 39th Foot → 1826 The convict ship England sails: a Major of the 39th, 39 men, 6 women, 7 children, and Mrs D'…

The Women

…dence in this archive. Ida Kathleen Atkinson · 1869–1937 The organist's daughter. Married George Pitt D'Arcy at Trinity Church, Fortitude Valley, on 10 October 1888, and outlived him by six years. Martha Blum · 1870–1904 Married at Muttab…

The Atkinsons

…organ in All Saints' Wickham Terrace — and then played it. Ida Kathleen Atkinson married George Pitt D'Arcy at Trinity Church, Fortitude Valley, on 10 October 1888. Her father is the most engaging in-law in the archive, and the only one…

Written about here

Pages of this archive where George is part of the argument, not just a name in a list.

Sources attached in the tree

  • Defranceski Family Site (23andMe) — https://www.myheritage.com/person-5500657_OYYV74B6SJLM7Q6KXMGJKGEDWQRV3CQ_OYYV74B6SJLM7Q6KXMGJKGEDWQRV3CQ/george-pitt-darcy
  • Defranceski Family Site (23andMe) — https://www.myheritage.com/person-1024065_OYYV6TYGNMKFCUZG5GBBUGZIW24Q4BA_OYYV6TYGNMKFCUZG5GBBUGZIW24Q4BA/george-pitt-darcy
  • FamilySearch Family Tree — https://www.myheritage.com/research/record-40001-103564137/george-pitt-darcy-in-familysearch-family-tree
  • Australian Newspapers — https://www.myheritage.com/research/record-10450-29280071/brisbane-courier-qld
  • Australian Newspapers — https://www.myheritage.com/research/record-10450-57724369/the-telegraph-brisbane-qld
  • South Brisbane Cemetery Monumental Inscriptions — https://www.myheritage.com/research/record-10137-8506/george-pitt-darcy-in-south-brisbane-cemetery-monumental-inscriptions

These are the citations the family tree carries. Where this archive has checked one against the original, it says so on the relevant page. Method →

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