Edwin Da COSTA^{[1, 2]}

1840 - 1905  (65 years)

• Name	Edwin Da COSTA  [1]
  Birth	MAY/JUNE 1840	Jamaica, West Indies   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Census	1841	King's Row, Saint Giles, Reading, Berkshire, England, UK   [3]
  Census	1851	Dudley House , Landsdown Place, Hove, Brighton, England, UK   [4]
  Emigration	30 Mar 1859	Melbourne, Victoria, Australia aboard the ship Southampton
  Death	24 Dec 1905	Brisbane, Qld, Australia   [1, 2]
  Burial	Brisbane, Brisbane City, Queensland, Australia   [1]
  Person ID	I18313088826	NunnSuffolk
  Last Modified	7 Mar 2024

  
  

  Father	Aaron Gomez Da COSTA,   b. 12 Sep 1802, Hackney, Middlesex, England, UK d. 28 Jan 1873, St Pancras, Marylebone, London, England, UK (Age 70 years)
  Mother	Mary Anne POLHILL,   b. Sep 1808, Lydd, Kent, England, UK d. Jun 1872, England, UK (Age 63 years)
  Family ID	F1602	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Agnes Sarah WARNER,   b. 17 Apr 1844, Qld, Australia d. 27 Nov 1909, Runnymeade, Petrie Terrace, Brisbane, Qld, Australia (Age 65 years)
  Marriage	7 Jan 1863	Kangaroo Point, Brisbane, Qld, Australia   [5]
  Children	1. Edith Emma DA COSTA,   b. 19 Oct 1863, Brisbane City, Queensland, Australia d. 28 Aug 1951, Brisbane City, Queensland, Australia (Age 87 years)   2. Alfred Ernest DA COSTA,   b. 14 Mar 1866, Kangaroo Pt, Brisbane, Qld, Australia d. ?   3. Villiers Edwin James DA COSTA,   b. 20 Oct 1869, Dalby, Qld, Australia d. 6 Feb 1928, Great Thorn St, Edgecliff, Sydney, NSW (Age 58 years)   4. Beatrice Inez DA COSTA,   b. 8 Jul 1874, Dalby, Queensland, Australia d. 24 Jul 1964, Queensland, Australia (Age 90 years)   5. Muriel Rosa DA COSTA,   b. 22 Aug 1879, Qld, Australia d. ?   6. Emily Clare DA COSTA,   b. 6 May 1882, Rockhampton, Qld, Australia d. 1966 (Age 83 years)   7. Charles Brandon DA COSTA,   b. 4 Mar 1889, Townsville, Qld, Australia d. 14 Jun 1974 (Age 85 years)
  Family ID	F1600	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	7 Mar 2024

  
  

• Notes

  Obituary, Brisbane Courier, 30 Dec 1905: The Post and Telegraph Department have lost an old and popular officer by the death of Mr Edwin Da Costa, late post and telegraph master at Townsville, who died on the 24th instant after a long and painful illness. Mr Da Costa was born in Jamaica, and after receiving an education in England, France, and Germany left for Australia on the sailing ship Southampton, arriving in Victoria in 1859. After two years on the Murray River Downs obtaining "colonial experience," he came to Queensland, and entered into squatting pursuits. In 1865 he gave up station life and entered the service of the Postal Department at Brisbane. Three years later he was appointed postmaster at Dalby where he remained for eleven years being transferred as postmaster to Rockhampton in 1879. After six years' service in Rockhampton he was appointed to Townsville, and remained there until superannuated in July of the present year. At the time of his retirement he was senior post and telegraph master in the service of the Commonwealth. APA citation PERSONAL. (1905, December 30). The Brisbane Courier (Qld. : 1864-1933), p. 5. Retrieved March 6, 2011, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article19427244 <hr>

  
  

• Sources

  [S_890319360] Ancestry.com, Australia and New Zealand, Find A Grave Index, 1800s-Current, (Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.). . DA COSTA -On the 24th December, at the residence of his daughter, Mrs F J Brown, Kelvin Grove, Brisbane, Edwin Da Costa, late of Townsville, aged 65 years (Townsville papers please copy ) APA citation Family Notices. (1905, December 26). The Brisbane Courier (Qld. : 1864-1933), p. 4. Retrieved March 6, 2011, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article19426443 <hr> . 1841 census for Kings Row, Saint Giles, Reading, Berkshire, England Aaron Da Costa, aged 38, merchant Mary Da Costa, aged 30 Frederick Da Costa, aged 7 Alfred Da Costa, aged 4 Emma Da Costa, aged 3 Edith Da Costa, aged 2 Edwin Da Costa, aged 10 months <hr> . 1851 census for Dudley House , Landsdown Place, Hove, Brighton: Class: HO107; Piece: 1647; Folio: 74; Page: 33; GSU roll: 193552. In this school: Alfred Da Costa, aged 13, pupil, born Jamaica Edwin Da Costa, aged 10, pupil, born Jamaica <hr> . On the 7th January, by the Rev. E. Griffith, Edwin Da Costa, Esq., of Winton, Western Downs, to Agnes Sarah, second daughter of James Warner, Esq., of Kangaroo Point, Brisbane. APA citation Family Notices. (1863, January 12). The Courier (Brisbane, Qld. : 1861-1864), p. 2. Retrieved March 6, 2011, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article3160824 <hr>