Person:Michael Horsfall (1)

Wellgate Independent Chapel of the Town of Clitheroe, Lancaster, 1815-1837
p. 45 - Michael Edward Rawsthorne, son of Jeremiah and Ann Horsfall, Farfield, Addingham, born 17 June 1836, baptized 2[8] Aug 1836, by J. Wadsworth

Farfield Hall
Sarah Ann Horsfall, age 15*, female, Ind., No [Not born in County]
Elizabeth Horsfall, age 15, female, Ind., Yes [born in County]
Alfred, 12, male, yes
Mary, 10, female, yes
Esther, 9, yes
Michael D., 5, yes
Jeremiah, 1, male, yes
Hannah Taylor, 25, female, F. S. [female servant], yes
Sarah Wilson, 40, female, F.S., yes
p. 25
Farfield Halll
Samuel Horsfall, 2 years, male, omitted by mistake should have been entered on the top of page 2, yes

1. 144 Saint Johns
   Cross, William, head, married, 68, Clergyman no cure of souls, Warwick, Ashted
   , Catherine, wife, married, 46, Master in the West Riding School, b. Gloucester
   , William B., son, 18, solicitor articled clerk, b. Middlesex, London
   Horsfall, Michael E., boarder, 14, scholar, Yorks, Addingham
   14 other male boarders/scholars, ages 9-16
   3 female General servants (unmarried) ages 21, 22, 25

"Michael, a strange quaint reserved boy, went to Australia and had a not unsuccessful experience at the diggings. He then went to Queensland, and was unheard of for 17 years when he suddenly turned up in Melbourne in 1884. . . ."
(Source: W. J. Garnett, music critic of "The Age" in Melbourne, Australia, 1911).
[NOTE: 1884-17=1867, implied date of immigration. However, it must have been in the late 1850s, as Michael married in Australia in 1862.]

"Michael, . . . suddenly turned up in Melbourne, at his niece's Mrs. Syme, in 1884 but after a week or so went back to Qld & has never reported himself since." (W. J. Garnett, music critic of "The Age" in Melbourne, Australia, 1911). This was the year his nephew Captain Alfred Horsfall and wife visited Melbourne.

Michael must have kept in touch with the family to some degree, as we know that he visited the 'Symes' in Melbourne when Fred HORSFALL visited from England and there is a record of the family in the "pedigree" although inaccurate.

In 1883 Michael, listed as a Miner in Brisbane, gave evidence to the Government re “Operation of the traffic departments of the railways of the colony” “1883/v.40 1729-1730, held at the State Library.

Michael Edward Rawsthorne HORSFALL d.10th December 1901, aged 65, at Park Parade, Sandgate Qld., of Epileptic Fit, Heart Dilation, Syncope, buried on 11th December 1901 at Toowong Cemetery

After his death the following property was divided between 5 of the children.
Cottage and Land at High St., Petrie Terrace Rented to Rich
Cottage and Land at Campbell St., Bowen Hills Rented to Hillier
Cottage & Land at Campbell St., Bowen Hills Rented to Treverthan
Cottage & Land at Grey St., South Brisbane Rented to Simpson
Land at Thompson St., Bulimba
Land at Merry St., Bulimba
£370/16/11 ($741.70) in Bank, 75 Shares in Brisbane Permanent Building Society., Interest in Moxon Trust., Sulky, Pony, Leather Bag, Waterbury Watch & Chain, 2 Pair of Spectacles, Webster’s Dictionary.

Death of Mr. M. E. R. Horsfall
A very sad occurrence took place on Tuesday at Sandgate (writes our corespondent). Mr. Michael E. R. Horsfall, who has been staying in Sandgate for some days, went down about 10 a.m. for a bath in the men's bathing-place at the end of Park-parade. After he came out of the water he was seen to fall as if in a fit. Dr. Guilford Davidson and the police were at once communicated with, and were soon in attendance. The doctor ordered Mr. Hofsfall's removal on an ambulance litter to the house where he was staying. Sergeant King and Constable Tracey had started to carry him thither, but before they were gone very far the sufferer breathed his last. The friends of the family were sent for, and the two sons arrived in Sandgate about 3 p.m. Arrangements were at once made to bring the body to town, which was done about 7 p.m. the same evening. The doctor gave the cause of death as syncope. The funeral took place yesterday afternoon from Mr. J. G. Horfall's residence, Woolcowin.

Funeral Notices
Funeral Notice -- The Friends of the late Mr. Michael E. R. Horsfall are respectfully invited to attend his Funeral, to move from the residence of his son, Mr. J. G. Horsfall, Wooloowin, THIS (Wednesday) AFTERNOON, at 2.30 o'clock, for the Toowong Cemetery.
John Hislop, Undertaker

No. 1292
In the Supreme Court of Queensland.
In the Will of Michael Edward Rawsthorne Horsfall, late of Sandgate, in the State of Queensland, formerly of Cooper's Plains, near Brisbane, in the said State, freeholder (in the Will called retired miner), deceased.
Notice is hereby given tht, after the expiration of fourteen days from the date of the publication hereof, application will be made to this Honourable Court that Probate of the Will of the abovenamed Michael Edward Rawsthorne Horsfall, deceased, may be granted to Queensland Trustees, Limited, the sole Executors name in the said Will. Any person interested who desires to object to the application, or to be head upon it, may file a caveat in the Registry at any time before the grant is made.
Dated this twelfth day of May, A.D. 1903
Chambers, Bruce, and McNab
Solicitors for the said Executors
30 Adelaide street, Brisbane.
8x. 6d.

Alphabetical List of Births
Horsfall, Alfred, son of Jeremiah and Ann, resident Farfield Hall, Co. Yorkshire, b . Addingham, Co. Yorkshire, bapstised 30 Dec 1837
, Mary, daughter of Jeremiah and Ann, resident Farfield Hall, Co. Yorkshire, b . Addingham, Co. Yorkshire, bapstised 30 Dec 1837
, Esther, daughter of Jeremiah and Ann, resident Farfield Hall, Co. Yorkshire, b . Addingham, Co. Yorkshire, bapstised 30 Dec 1837
, Michael Edwardof, son of Jeremiah and Ann, resident Farfield Hall, Co. Yorkshire, b . Addingham, Co. Yorkshire, bapstised 30 Dec 1837

Jeremiah Horsfall, of Addingham, born 1792, married Anne, dau. John Tomlin, Esq., Clitheroe. Their children:
Michael Edw. R., no issue

Horsfall, Michael Edward Rosterant
born Eng, 40 yrs Qld
died 10 Dec 1901, age 65
wife Euphinny nee Watson
ch David (28), Saumuel (35), Jeremiah Garnet (33), Agnes (28), William Watson (26), 2 m dec
Toowon Cemetery, Brisbane