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Judy Webster's Genealogy Tips and Indexes for local, interstate & overseas folk with historical records in Queensland and other Australian States. © Copyright, Judy Webster.    Search this site Why I use and recommend Findmypast

This page has 'Q' & 'R' surnames. See surnames beginning with other letters (A-Z links). Make sure you understand what the details in a pension record actually mean (this opens in a new window).

Explanation of name lists:

• Names are from five (5) volumes within four (4) separate record series. Two volumes have provision for: name; date claim was registered; country (or Australian State) of birth; alleged age; total number of years in Queensland; town or suburb of current residence; whether the application was approved or rejected; if approved, the amount of pension payable, date payment commenced, and town where paid; if rejected, the reason for rejection; and sometimes other remarks (eg, 'sent to Dunwich Benevolent Asylum'). The other 3 volumes usually have extra details (eg, marital status; exact birthdate; full residential address; spouse's name; or letters to, or about, the pensioner).
• Most applicants were born in England, Ireland, Scotland, Wales, Germany or Scandinavia. Some were born elsewhere including Australia.
• Most were born before 1843-1844, but some were younger.
• For those whose application was rejected, the stated reason may reveal unexpected personal details.
• Scroll through the list. You may recognise names that were spelled incorrectly in the records.
• A question mark means handwriting was difficult to decipher, and the spelling here may be wrong.
• Names beginning with 'Mc' precede other 'M' surnames.
• Apostrophes have been removed from names such as O'LEARY.
• NOTE: If the same name is listed twice, it usually means that there are two separate records for the same person, one with details that aren't in the other.
• For names below, see how to get information, or copies of the original records.

QUAINTON Elizabeth Stephens
QUAYLE Margaret
QUELCH Jane
QUELCH Sarah
QUELCH William
QUIGLEY Margaret
QUIGLEY Martin
QUIGLEY Martin
QUIGLEY Michael
QUIN James
QUINCE Ann
QUINLAN Margaret
QUINLAN Mary
QUINN Ann
QUINN Bridget
QUINN Elizabeth
QUINN James William
QUINN James William
QUINN John
QUINN Martha Ann
QUINN Mary
QUINN Peter
QUINN Sarah
QUINTON Martha
QUINTON William S
QUIRK Margaret
QUIRK Mary

RAATZ Ferdinand
RABBITT Ann
RACHOW Christian Frederick
RACHOW Marie Jugana
RACK Ludwig
RACKERMANN Johanna C
RADFORD Jane
RADFORD Samuel
RADFORD Susan
RADIG Franz
RAE Andrew
RAE Mary
RAE William
RAFTER Mary
RAFTER Mary Katherine
RAFTER Patrick
RAFTREY Mary
RAIN Charles
RAINBIRD John
RAINBIRD Selina
RAINBIRD Selina
RAINBOW Sarah
RAINEY Edward Burnett
RAISCH Johannes
RALEY Mary Anne ?
RALLINGS Emma
RALPH Daniel
RAMAGE Andrew
RAMMUT Gregory
RAMSAY Grace
RAMSAY James
RAMSAY William
RAMSBOTHAM Mary Foster
RAMSDEN William Ramsey
RAMSEY Henry
RAMSEY Margaret
RAMSEY Thomas
RANDALL Alfred
RANDALL Alfred
RANDALL Harriet
RANDALL Thomas Edward
RANDALL William
RANDLE Agnes
RANKIN Caroline Dorthea
RANKIN James
RANKIN Janet
RANKIN Jessie
RANSOM Margaret Ann
RAPER James Henry
RAPKINS William
RAPPORT Henry Albert
RASHLEIGH Esther
RASHLEIGH William Henry
RASMUSSEN Jens
RASMUSSEN Maren
RATCLIFFE Joseph
RATTRAY Hugh
RATTRAY Margaret
RAUT Elizabeth
RAVERTY Amelia
RAVERTY Thomas
RAWLINS Margaret
RAY Ann Jane
RAY Mary
RAY Mary
RAY Mary
RAYMER John
RAYMER Maria Apolonia
RAYNOR George
RAZEY Jane
RAZEY Jane
RAZEY Jonathan
READ Jane
READFORD Mary Ann
REDDEN William Peter
REDMAN Henry
REDPATH Isaac
REECE Francis
REED Alick
REED Alick
REED Eliza
REED Emma
REED Hannah
REEDY John
REES George
REES John
REES Margaret
REES Mary
REES Rees
REES Rees
REES Thomas
REESE John
REEVES Henry
REEVES Michael
REGAN Timothy
REICH Charles
REICHENBACH Andrew
REID David
REID Henry
REID Janet
REID John
REID John James
REID Joseph
REID Martha
REID Mary Ann
REID Peter
REID Sarah Ann
REID William
REID William
REID William
REIDY Peter
REIF Johannes
REIF Johannes
REILLY Ann
REILLY Catherine
REILLY Charles
REILLY Frank
REILLY John
REILLY John
REILLY Patrick
REILLY Patrick
REILLY William
REIMER John Fredk
REIMER Mary Dorothea
REIMER Wilhelmina
REIN Nicholas
REINHARDT Veronica
REINHOLD William
REINKE William
REISS Elizabeth
REMFRY George Powers
RENFREY George
RENFREY Mary Ann
RENNIE William
RESTALL Alfred
RETZ George
RETZ George
RETZ George
RETZ George
REX Caroline Wilhelmine
REYEN James ?
REYNOLDS Elizabeth
REYNOLDS James
REYNOLDS Joseph Francis
REYNOLDS Lydia
REYNOLDS Mary
REYNOLDS Mary Ann
RHIGAS Vacilis Nicholas
RHIND Peter Inglis
RHIND Peter Inglis
RICE Daniel
RICE Richard
RICH Charles
RICH Eliza
RICHARDS Charles Francis
RICHARDS Elizabeth
RICHARDS Frederick
RICHARDS Jane
RICHARDS John
RICHARDS Mary Ann
RICHARDS Morgan
RICHARDS Richard
RICHARDS Sarah
RICHARDS Solomon George
RICHARDS Thomas
RICHARDS William Nathan
RICHARDSON Charlotte
RICHARDSON Ellen
RICHARDSON James
RICHARDSON Jane
RICHARDSON Louis
RICHARDSON Mary
RICHARDSON Mary Ann
RICHARDSON Robt Alexander
RICHARDSON Samuel
RICHARDSON Thomas
RICHARDSON Thomas William
RICHTER Karoline
RICK Louise Friedericke
RICKARD Elizabeth
RICKERTS Johann Detlef
RICKETTS Henrietta
RICKUSS John
RIDDELL Andrew
RIDGE John
RIDGE Thomas
RIDGWAY Maria
RIDING William
RIECK Wilhelm Frederick
RIEDEL Christian Friedrich
RIEDEL Edward
RIEDEL Elizabeth
RIEDEL Wilhelm
RIEGELHUTH John George
RIEMER Friederike
RIGBY Edwin George
RIGBY Elizabeth
RIGBYE Charles
RIKENBERG Christina
RILEY James Richard
RILEY James Richard
RILEY John
RILEY Mary Eleanor
RILEY William
RILEY William
RINCHERY James
RINGUET Lisis Peter
RINGUET Peter
RISSMANN Elenora
RISSMANN William
RITCHIE Archibald
RITCHIE Archibald
RITCHIE James
RITCHIE Robert
RIVERS Albert Thomas
ROACH Thomas
ROACH William
ROACHE Elizabeth
ROBART Sarah
ROBB Elizabeth
ROBB Elizabeth
ROBB William
ROBB William
ROBBERDS Charles Unthank
ROBERTS Bridget
ROBERTS Caroline Marg
ROBERTS Daniel
ROBERTS Edward Rokeherst
ROBERTS Eliza
ROBERTS Emma
ROBERTS George
ROBERTS Isaas
ROBERTS John Ambrose
ROBERTS Richard
ROBERTS Robert
ROBERTS Robert
ROBERTS Sarah
ROBERTS William
ROBERTS William
ROBERTS William
ROBERTSON Agnes
ROBERTSON Agnes
ROBERTSON Alexander
ROBERTSON David
ROBERTSON Euphemia
ROBERTSON James
ROBERTSON Jane
ROBERTSON Robert
ROBERTSON Sarah
ROBERTSON Thomas
ROBERTSON William
ROBIN Henry Chester
ROBINS John
ROBINSON Agnes
ROBINSON David
ROBINSON Frank
ROBINSON Honoria
ROBINSON James
ROBINSON Jane Bishop
ROBINSON John
ROBINSON Margaret
ROBINSON Michael
ROBINSON Samuel Emanuel
ROBINSON Sarah
ROBINSON Selina
ROBINSON Susannah
ROBINSON Thomas
ROBINSON Thomas
ROBINSON William
ROBINSON William
ROBINSON William Henry
ROBISON Isabella
ROBSON George
ROBSON Sarah
ROCHE Eleanor
ROCHE Eleanor
ROCHE John
ROCHE Parker
ROCHFORD Mary
ROCK Agnes
ROCK Christian
ROCK James
ROCK Julia
RODE Emma
RODEN Mary
RODEN Mary
RODGERS John Bernard
ROFT George
ROGAN William
ROGERS Andrew Septimus
ROGERS Edward
ROGERS Eliza Cooper
ROGERS Elizabeth
ROGERS James
ROGERS Maria
ROGERS Maria Cundy
ROGERS Richard
ROGERS Robert Bell
ROGERS William
ROHDE Christopher
ROLANDS John
ROLES Sarah Ann
ROLLS Alexander
ROLLS Francis
ROLLY Samuel
ROLLY Sarah Ann
ROME Edward
ROMMEL Barbara
ROONEY Alexander
ROONEY Mary
ROONEY Mary
ROONEY Patrick
ROOTS James William
ROPER Thomas
ROSBACK Martin ?
ROSBOROUGH Fullarton
ROSE George
ROSE Henry
ROSE Joseph
ROSE Wilhelmine
ROSE William
ROSENDAHL Hanne Marie
ROSS Donald
ROSS Donald
ROSS Duncan
ROSS Emily
ROSS James
ROSS James
ROSS Janet
ROSS Joseph
ROSS Malcolm
ROSS Margaret
ROSS Robert
ROSS Susan
ROSS William
ROSS William
ROSSITER Mary Ann
ROSTRON Madoline
ROSTRON William ?
ROTH Philip
ROUGETEL Charlotte
ROUGETEL George
ROUGHAN Elizabeth Curtis ?
ROURKE James
ROUTH Joseph
ROWBOTTOM Samuel
ROWE Alice
ROWE Fanny
ROWE Mary
ROWE Michael
ROWE Walter
ROWLAND Caroline Elizabeth
ROWLAND Henry
ROWLANDS John
ROWLANDS Sarah Sutton
ROWLEY William Robert
ROWLINGS William
ROWSE Elizabeth Ann
ROWSELL William
ROXBURGH Elizabeth
ROYAL John Samuel
ROYEN James ?
ROYLE Elizabeth
RUBIE Christiana
RUDDALL Ellen
RUDDELL David
RUDDLE David
RUDDLE Ellen
RUDDY Anne
RUDGLEY Elizabeth Jane
RUE James
RUFF Henry Cornelius
RUFF Margaret Elizabeth
RUFT Ida
RUGE Mark
RUHL Conrad
RUHLING William
RUHNAU Mary Annie ?
RUHNAU Samuel Gottfried ?
RUSSELL Ann
RUSSELL Benjamin
RUSSELL Catherine
RUSSELL Frederick
RUSSELL George
RUSSELL Henry
RUSSELL James
RUSSELL Jane
RUSSELL John
RUSSELL Martha
RUSSELL Mary
RUSSELL Mary
RUSSELL Robert
RUSSELL Sarah Alcock
RUSSELL Thomas
RUSSOW John Ch Fredk
RUTHERFORD George
RUTHERFORD Samuel William
RUTTER Nicholas
RYALLS Isabella
RYAN Anthony
RYAN Bridget
RYAN Bridget
RYAN Catherine
RYAN Catherine
RYAN Cornelius
RYAN Daniel
RYAN Daniel
RYAN Daniel
RYAN Edward
RYAN Edward
RYAN Elizabeth
RYAN Honora
RYAN James
RYAN Jane
RYAN Jane
RYAN Johanna
RYAN John
RYAN John
RYAN John
RYAN John
RYAN John
RYAN John
RYAN Julia
RYAN Kate
RYAN Margaret
RYAN Martin
RYAN Mary
RYAN Mary
RYAN Mary
RYAN Michael
RYAN Michael
RYAN Michael
RYAN Michael
RYAN Michael
RYAN Michael
RYAN Michael
RYAN Patrick
RYAN Patrick
RYAN Patrick
RYAN Richard Kennedy
RYAN Thomas
RYAN Thomas
RYAN Thomas
RYAN Timothy
RYDER James
RYDIN Kjeastei
RYDIN Sven Mansen
RYE William David
RYLE George
RYLE Louisa
RYNN John
RYNNE David
RYRIE Isabella

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Genealogy is my business (not just a hobby), and I've spent over 35 years learning about (and indexing) original records, so I charge fees for my time (including time taken to consult my index).

You don't pay for '(see...)' cross-references. For example, if the list said
    BLOGGS Joe
    BLOGGS Joe
    BLOGGS Joseph (see BLOGGS Joe)
then you'd request '2 x BLOGGS Joe' and pay for 2 entries (not 3, because the 3rd entry is just a cross-reference).

Option No.1:  Old Age Pension INDEX: Record Series & Quote.

$2 for one entry, plus $1 for each additional entry (same name or different names). NOTE: If the same name is listed twice, it usually means that there are two separate records for the same person, one with details that aren't in the other.

What I'll tell you (from my index):

• If the entry is in a digitised register, I'll say 'You can download the register (free) at [webpage link]'.
  
  
• If the entry is in another source, I'll tell you the possible contents of that document and give you a no-obligation quote (usually $10 or less) for the time involved in taking a digital photo.

To send a request, follow these steps:

1. Calculate the cost ($2 for one entry, plus $1 each for extras).
2. Send payment by bank deposit or PayPal as explained here (opens in a new window).
3. In an email, type 'Old Age Pension INDEX: record series & quote', and...
4. List the entries you want. Don't send biographical details - just the names.
5. In your email, tell me the payment date, amount and method, and (if you have one) an alternative email address.
6. Send your email to the address shown on the payment page.

Option No.2:  Old Age Pension records: Digital COPY.

Use the Record Series/Quote service above to check whether the entry is in a register that is available online. If it isn't, I'll give you a quote for copying.

Other Suggestions

Police Department correspondence re old age pensions and invalid pensions 1908-1952 (for Queenslanders plus a few interstate residents).

In Specialist Indexes in Australia: a genealogist's guide, see

• Goulburn District (NSW) - Pioneers, Pensioners, and Small Cemeteries
• Imperial Pensions (Queensland)
• Ireland: Old Age Pension Claims, 1908-1922

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