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This page has 'W' 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.

WADDLING Jane
WADE Hugh
WADE Hugh
WADE Sarah Elizabeth
WADE William
WAGENER Frederika P
WAGNER Carl
WAGNER John
WAGNER Louisa
WAITE Eleanor
WAITE Eleanor
WAKEFIELD Elizabeth Ann
WAKEFIELD Henry
WAKEHAM Jane
WAKEHAM Richard James
WAKERLEY John
WALDEN Enoch
WALDRON Matilda
WALES Eliza
WALKER Alexander
WALKER Betsy
WALKER Chareton Jas ?
WALKER Christian Gottlieb
WALKER David
WALKER David
WALKER David
WALKER Edwin
WALKER Eliza
WALKER George
WALKER Henry
WALKER James
WALKER Johannah
WALKER John
WALKER John Charles
WALKER John George
WALKER Kate
WALKER Margaret Ann
WALKER Mary
WALKER Mary
WALKER Mary
WALKER Mary Jane
WALKER Robert
WALKER William
WALKLETT Mary Ann
WALL Margaret
WALL Thomas
WALLACE Frederick
WALLACE Janet
WALLACE John
WALLACE Margaret
WALLACE Patrick
WALLACE Thomas James
WALLACE William
WALLEN Stuart Morgan
WALLIN Eliza
WALLIN James
WALLIS Sarah
WALMSLEY Alice
WALMSLEY Mary Jane
WALMSLEY Moses
WALSH Anne
WALSH Charles
WALSH Charles
WALSH Ellen
WALSH Emily Constance
WALSH James
WALSH James
WALSH Jeremiah
WALSH John
WALSH John
WALSH John David
WALSH Maria
WALSH Maria
WALSH Mary
WALSH Mary
WALSH Mary
WALSH Mary
WALSH Mary
WALSH Mary Anne
WALSH Michael
WALSH Michael
WALSH Michael
WALSH Richard
WALSH Thomas
WALSH Thomas
WALSH William
WALTER Anna Christina
WALTER Frederick
WALTER James
WALTER James
WALTER William Henry
WALTERS Ann
WALTERS Charles
WALTERS James
WALTERS John
WALTERS John
WALTERS Susan
WALTERS Thomas Atkins
WALTON Isabella
WALZ Joseph Martin
WANDT Heneritte
WANG Niels Petersen Jorgensen
WANMER Bridget
WANMER Bridget
WANMER Helen
WANSTALL Mary
WANT Agnes
WARBURTON Bridget
WARD Albert Thos
WARD Ann
WARD Bridget
WARD Caroline
WARD Caroline
WARD Catherine
WARD Catherine
WARD Denis
WARD Edward
WARD Harriet
WARD Henry
WARD Henry Thomas
WARD John
WARD John Luke
WARD Margaret
WARD Margaret
WARD Margurite
WARD Mary
WARD Roger
WARD Samuel
WARD Sarah
WARD Sarah Elizabeth
WARD Sarah Jane
WARD Sibyna
WARD Simon
WARD Thomas
WARDE Hannah
WARDLEY John
WARDLEY Mary
WARE Joel
WARE Margaret
WARE Margaret
WARHURST Jane
WARIDEL Clara
WARLOW James Phillips
WARLOW James Phillips
WARMAN Annie
WARMAN William
WARNER Ann
WARNER Annie
WARNES Charlotte
WARNES William John
WARREN Albert
WARREN Emily
WARREN James
WARREN John
WARREN Maria
WARREN Mary
WARREN Nicholas
WARRENER Emily
WARRIAN Mary Ann
WASHINGTON James
WATERS John
WATKIN Joseph Wynne
WATKINS Robert
WATKINS Samuel
WATKINS William
WATKINS William
WATKINS William Henry
WATSON David
WATSON Dora
WATSON Elijah
WATSON Eliza
WATSON Ellen
WATSON Ellen
WATSON Emily
WATSON Emily
WATSON George
WATSON James Henry
WATSON James Henry
WATSON James Hunter
WATSON John C
WATSON John Fraser
WATSON Joseph
WATSON Joshua
WATSON Laura Sophia
WATSON Mary
WATSON Mary Ann
WATSON Phoebe
WATSON Ridley
WATSON Solomon James
WATSON William
WATSON William Henry
WATT John
WATTERS Annie
WATTERSON James
WATTON Susannah
WATTS Bennett
WATTS Daniel
WATTS Elizabeth
WATTS Ellen
WATTS Emanuel
WATTS Geo Alexander
WATTS Margaret
WATTS Margaret
WATTS Mary Ann
WATTS Philip
WATTS Rachael
WATTS Rachel
WATTS Thomas
WATTS William
WAUGH James Balderson
WAUGH John
WAUGH John
WAUGH Mary
WAY James John
WAYLETT George
WAYMAN Angelina
WEABER Henry
WEATHERILL Elizabeth
WEATHERILL Walter
WEAVER George
WEAVER Sarah Ann
WEBB Ann
WEBB Barnabas
WEBB Edward John
WEBB Ellenor Doreas
WEBB Joseph
WEBB Mary
WEBB Mary Anne
WEBBER Catherine
WEBBER Elizabeth
WEBBER Henrich
WEBBER James
WEBBER James
WEBBER Margaret
WEBBER Priscilla Isabella
WEBBER Rachel
WEBSTER Abner James
WEBSTER James
WEBSTER Joseph
WEDD Lizzey
WEDD Lizzie
WEDLOCK Elizabeth
WEDLOCK William
WEEDON Harry Lush
WEEDON Henry
WEEDON Peter
WEGENER August Fredrick
WEGENER Christian
WEGENER Emilie A H
WEGENER Wilhelmine
WEGENER William
WEGNER Wilhelmina F C
WEIDEMANN Fritz
WEIR Mary Ann
WEIR William
WEISS Caroline
WELCH Ann
WELCH James
WELDON Mary
WELLBY Ann Jane Dawson
WELLBY Edwin
WELLBY Robert
WELLER Ann
WELLINGTON Jane
WELLINGTON Jane
WELLS Ann
WELLS Elizabeth
WELLS William
WELSH Catherine
WELSH Joseph
WELSH Martin
WELTON Esther
WELTON William
WENDT Caroline D
WENER Maria
WERDA Wilhelm
WERDA Wilhelmine Ferdinand
WERNER Carl
WERTZ Gottfried
WESSELS Henry
WEST Charles
WEST Elizabeth
WEST Ellen
WEST Ellen
WEST Fanny
WEST Hannah Sarah
WEST James
WEST Mary
WEST Mary
WEST Philip
WEST Richard Samuel
WEST William
WEST William
WESTON Charles
WESTON Charles
WESTON Mary
WESTOVER Friend
WETZIG Friedrich
WHALEN Daniel
WHALLEY Edwin
WHALLEY Samuel
WHALLEY Samuel
WHEALAN John
WHEALAN John
WHEELE Lucy
WHEELER Eliza
WHEELER Ellen
WHEELER George
WHEELER Margaret
WHEELER Peter
WHELAN Denis
WHELAN Eleanor
WHELAN Mary Ann
WHELAN Michael
WHELEHAN Andrew
WHELEN Ellen
WHELL John
WHILLANS Christina
WHILLANS John
WHITBY Charles
WHITBY Mary Theresa
WHITBY Sarah
WHITBY Thomas
WHITCHURCH William Henry
WHITCOMB Miriam
WHITE Andrew
WHITE Ann
WHITE Ann
WHITE Annie
WHITE Daniel
WHITE Daniel Burdett
WHITE Elijah
WHITE Elizabeth
WHITE Elsie
WHITE Emma
WHITE Henrietta
WHITE James
WHITE Jane
WHITE Jane
WHITE Jessie
WHITE John
WHITE John
WHITE John
WHITE John
WHITE Leonard
WHITE Leonard
WHITE Margaret Cath
WHITE Marie
WHITE Marion
WHITE Mary
WHITE Mary
WHITE May
WHITE Robert
WHITE Thomas
WHITE Thomas
WHITE Thomas
WHITE Thomas Hawkshaw
WHITEHEAD James
WHITEHEAD Mary Ann
WHITEHEAD Richard Robinson
WHITEHEAD Thomas
WHITELEY Henry
WHITESIDE Margaret Ann
WHITESIDE William
WHITFIELD Sarah Jane
WHITFIELD William
WHITFORD William Henry
WHITMORE Aron
WHITMORE Joseph
WHITTAKER David
WHITTAKER James
WHITTAKER Jane Britton
WHITTEN Eliza Jane
WHITTEN Mary
WHITTEN Sarah Jane
WHITTINGHAM John Corbett
WHITTINGTON Mary
WHITTON Catherine
WHITTON John
WHITWORTH Edward
WHOULEY Annie
WICKS Eliza
WIDDERICH Jurgen
WIDDERICH Marie Christina
WIECKHORST Martha Jane
WIEGAND Nicholas
WIEKIN Eliza ?
WIEKIN William ?
WIELAND Gottlieb
WIEMERS Heinrich
WIESE Maria
WIESE Wilhelmine
WILD Hannah
WILD John
WILDE James Joshua Alex
WILDE Joel
WILDER Julius
WILEY Thomas
WILKIN Eliza ?
WILKIN William ?
WILKINS Jacob
WILKINS William Selway
WILKINS William Selway
WILKINSON Basil Blake
WILKINSON Eliza
WILKINSON Elizabeth
WILKINSON Fredk James
WILKINSON Harry S
WILKINSON Harry Strongitharm ?
WILKINSON Henry H
WILKINSON John
WILKINSON Martha
WILKS Athalia
WILLIAMS Alice
WILLIAMS Alice
WILLIAMS Alice Martha
WILLIAMS Bridget
WILLIAMS Bridget
WILLIAMS Bridget
WILLIAMS Catherine
WILLIAMS Charles John
WILLIAMS Edward Percy
WILLIAMS Eliza
WILLIAMS Eliza
WILLIAMS Eliza
WILLIAMS ELiza
WILLIAMS Elizabeth
WILLIAMS Elizabeth
WILLIAMS Emily Lavinia
WILLIAMS Emma
WILLIAMS Fanny Charlotte Armstrong
WILLIAMS Frank
WILLIAMS George
WILLIAMS Harriet
WILLIAMS James
WILLIAMS James
WILLIAMS James
WILLIAMS Jane
WILLIAMS John
WILLIAMS John
WILLIAMS John
WILLIAMS John
WILLIAMS John
WILLIAMS John Samuel
WILLIAMS John William Henry
WILLIAMS John Wynn
WILLIAMS Joseph
WILLIAMS Joseph George
WILLIAMS Margaret
WILLIAMS Margaret Ecking
WILLIAMS Maria
WILLIAMS Martha
WILLIAMS Martha
WILLIAMS Martha
WILLIAMS Mary
WILLIAMS Mary
WILLIAMS Mary
WILLIAMS Mary Anne
WILLIAMS Nancy
WILLIAMS Rebecca
WILLIAMS Robert
WILLIAMS Susan
WILLIAMS Susannah
WILLIAMS Thomas
WILLIAMS Thomas Henry
WILLIAMS William
WILLIAMSON Agnes
WILLIAMSON Archibald
WILLIAMSON Elizabeth
WILLIAMSON Elizabeth
WILLIAMSON Mary
WILLIAMSON Matilda
WILLIAMSON Robert
WILLIS Charles
WILLIS Elizabeth
WILLIS Henry
WILLMANN Wilhelm C
WILLMOTT Charles Bret
WILLS Mary Ann
WILMOT James John
WILSEN Frederick
WILSON
WILSON Anne
WILSON Catherine
WILSON Catherine
WILSON Catherine
WILSON Catherine
WILSON David
WILSON Duncan
WILSON Elizabeth
WILSON Fanny
WILSON Fanny
WILSON Frederick
WILSON George
WILSON George
WILSON Henry
WILSON Irwin
WILSON James
WILSON James
WILSON James
WILSON James
WILSON Jane
WILSON Jessie
WILSON John
WILSON John
WILSON John
WILSON John William
WILSON Margaret
WILSON Mary
WILSON Mary
WILSON Nathan
WILSON Robert
WILSON Robert Campbell Gain
WILSON Sarah
WILSON Simeon Lawton
WILSON Thomas
WILSON Thomas
WILSON William
WILSON William
WILSON William Otley
WILSON William Samuel
WIMBERLEY Albert William
WINDEKNECHT Eustace
WINKEL Wilhelmine
WINKLEMAN Dorothea Marie
WINKWORTH Charles
WINSHIP Eliza Mary
WINTER Frederick L
WINTER Frederick Leonard
WINTER Helene C F
WINTERBINE Henry
WINTERBINE Mary Ann
WINTERFORD William
WINTERS James
WINTERS James
WINTERS John
WINTLE Eliza Margaret
WINTZLOF Tina
WINTZLOFF Tena
WISE George
WISSMANN Hannah
WITH Simon Judas
WITT Hannah Louisa
WITZKE August Henrich
WIXON Levina
WOGANDT Carl Gottlieb Julius
WOGANDT Fredericka W D
WOLFENDEN Peter
WOLSTENCROFT Elizabeth
WOOD Andrew
WOOD Ann
WOOD David
WOOD Elizabeth
WOOD Elizabeth
WOOD Isabella
WOOD Isabella
WOOD James
WOOD Jane
WOOD John
WOOD John Dyson
WOOD Martha
WOOD Matilda Jane
WOOD Michael
WOOD Robinson
WOOD Sarah
WOOD Sarah Ann
WOOD Sophia Matilda
WOOD William
WOODBURNE Alexander
WOODCOCK John James
WOODCOCK Joseph
WOODCOCK Mary
WOODCROFT Charles
WOODERSON Rebecca
WOODERSON Rebecca
WOODESON Alfred
WOODFORD Mary
WOODGATE Jane
WOODHOUSE Thomas Stephen
WOODLAND Emily
WOODLAND George
WOODLAND George
WOODLAND Joseph
WOODS Arnot
WOODWARD Arthur Wilton Barnes
WOODWARD Mary
WOODWARD Robert
WOODWARD Sarah
WOODWARD William Thomas
WOOLCOCK George
WOOLFORD Emily
WOOLLEY Thomas
WOOLLEY William
WOOTTON William Joseph
WORLEY Francis
WOTHERSPOON John
WRAFTER Ann
WRAFTER James
WRAIGHT Eliza
WRAY Phoebe
WREN James Walter
WRIGHT Agnes
WRIGHT Annie
WRIGHT Annie
WRIGHT Charles William
WRIGHT Edward
WRIGHT Elizabeth
WRIGHT Elizabeth
WRIGHT George
WRIGHT John
WRIGHT John
WRIGHT John Thomas
WRIGHT Joseph
WRIGHT Mary
WRIGHT Mary
WRIGHT Naomi
WRIGHT Robert Jas
WRIGHT Thomas Phillip Essex
WROBLUSKY Valentine
WRUCKE Johann E H
WULF Anna Maria Eliz'th
WULFF Martin
WUNDRACH William
WYBORN Jane Hannah
WYETH Amos Edwin
WYETH Ann
WYETH Jane Elizabeth
WYLES Joseph Brittain
WYLLIE Alexander Walker
WYNBERG Adrianus
WYTON Alfred
WYVILL William

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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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