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George Wordie FURMAGE

George Wordie FURMAGE

Male 1891 - 1951  (60 years)


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  • Name George Wordie FURMAGE 
    Birth 28 Aug 1891  Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2] 
    Gender Male 
    Emigration Abt 1913  Melbourne, Victoria, Australia Find all individuals with events at this location  [3] 
    Reference Number P1891-011 
    Death 21 Oct 1951  Werribee, Victoria, Australia Find all individuals with events at this location  [4, 5, 6] 
    Person ID I1574  Furmedge
    Last Modified 24 Aug 2026 

    Father William Ross FURMAGE,   b. 24 Oct 1866, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 15 Nov 1937, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 71 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Mother Robina Turnbull HOWDEN,   b. Abt 1867, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 8 Oct 1923, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 56 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Marriage 1889  Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location  [7] 
    Family ID F697  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Hilda Janet EWART,   b. 1890, Scarborough, Yorkshire, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Jan 1918, Kiribati Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 28 years) 
    Marriage 10 May 1916  Werribee, Victoria, Australia Find all individuals with events at this location  [8, 9] 
    Family ID F703  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 24 Aug 2026 

    Family 2 Mary Auld Boyd MCLEAN,   b. 1899, Anderston, Lanarkshire, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 18 Feb 1964, Werribee, Victoria, Australia Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 65 years) 
    Marriage 25 Nov 1922  Kiribati Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 10] 
    Family ID F704  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 24 Aug 2026 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 28 Aug 1891 - Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsEmigration - Abt 1913 - Melbourne, Victoria, Australia Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - 10 May 1916 - Werribee, Victoria, Australia Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - 25 Nov 1922 - Kiribati Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 21 Oct 1951 - Werribee, Victoria, Australia Link to Google Earth
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    Pin Legend  : Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  • Notes 
    • George Wordie Furmage, aged 21 years, travelled from London, England to Melbourne, Australia on board the “ Themistocles” on the 19 June 1913. Also on board (and listed just above George in the passenger list) were the Ewart family consisting of David Thomson Ewart, his wife Jane Ann and their 22 year old daughter Hilda Janet. George married Hilda Janet in 1916 however she died in 1918 on Ocean Island.

      George re-married in 1922 on Ocean Island. His occupation in various records is Clerk / Bookkeeper and it appears he may have been employed on Ocean Island in the phosphate mining industry (Special photographs taken by Thomas J McMahon, Senior Staff and Office Staff, Ocean Island, 1916-17; National Archives of Australia, Series: R32, Volume 117/29, Item ID 6448942).

      George was one of two executors named in the last will and testament of David T Ewart, his first wife’s father, who died in 1948. George was bequeathed land in Synnott Street, Werribee, Victoria, with a dwelling house and its contents at 35, Synnott Street (VPRS 7591/P0002, 402/401; digital image on www.prov.vic.gov.au).

  • Sources 
    1. [S699] Australia: Citizen Military Forces Personnel Dossiers, George Wordie Furmage, World War II Military Service Records, Series B884, Service No.: V372260; digital images accessed on www.recordssearch.naa.gov.au.

    2. [S199] Scotland, Statutory Register Birth Index, George Furmage, Registered: 1891, District: St George, Edinburgh, Reference: 685/1/1477; transcript accessed on www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk.

    3. [S386] Passenger Lists, Board of Trade: Commercial and Statistical Department & Successors: Outwards Passenger Lists: BT 27/812, Port: London: 1913 May [part]-1913 July [part]; digital image accessed on www.findmypast.co.uk; original data: The National Archives.

    4. [S153] Wills & Probate: Victoria, Australia, George W Furmage, Accountant, of Werribee; Probate granted 11 February 1952, Reference: 447/392; Transcript accessed on www.prov.vic.giv.au.

    5. [S701] Werribee Cemetery, Werribee, Wyndham, Victoria, Australia, George Wordie Furmage, memorial page, Find a Grave database and images, Memorial ID: 141499023, Plot: Presbyterian A, Grave 830.

    6. [S141] Deaths: Victoria, Australia, George Wordie Furmage, Registered: 1951, Registration Number: 24552/1951; Transcript accessed on www.bdm.vic.giv.au.

    7. [S556] Scotland, Statutory Register Marriage Index, William Ross Furmage, Registered: 1889, District: St Andrew, Edinburgh, Reference: 685/2/317; transcript accessed on www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk.

    8. [S698] Werribee Shire Banner, Victoria, Australia (online archive), Marriage Notice: Furmage - Ewart, Presbyterian Church, Werribee, published 11 May 1916, Page: 2.

    9. [S149] Marriages: Victoria, Australia, Geo Wordie Farmage, 1916, Registration No: 5147/1916; Transcript accessed on https://www.bdm.vic.gov.au.

    10. [S674] The Argus, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia (online archive), Silver Wedding announcement: Furmage - McLean, published 25 November 1947, Page: 9.


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