Person:George Grasby (2)

According to an article written after his son's death, he had the title Captain George Grasby of the 59th London Yeomanry, and he fought in The Crimean War.

1829 - Baptism may have been either the 4th or 10th of May.

1852 - George emigrated from England to Victoria, Australia on board Arundel.

1866 - He returned to Australia after a visit to England at age of 37.

1875 - In the Geelong Advertiser on Tuesday 7 Sep: The Mortlake Despatch remarks :—-"Letters sometimes travel to very out-of-the-way places in search of their owners, and an instance has come under our notice of a missive having turned up in Mortlake on its journey from one part of Great Britain to another. By the last mail Mr Grasby received from England a newspaper, on opening which he found a letter addressed to Montrose, Scotland. It must by some means or other have been pushed into the folds of the paper, and thus, having escaped the vigilance of the London postal authorities, was conveyed to Mortlake. It was at once placed by Mr Grasby in the hands of the postmaster, and will be duly forwarded to its address by the outgoing mail. Doubtless the person for whom the letter is intended will be rather surprised at receiving it after its long absence. The English Government will not at any rate be must the gainer by the conveyance of the epistle, as it will have been carried upwards of 20,000 miles for the sum of one penny."

1892 - Notice of Probate in The Argus, Melbourne, on Tuesday 19 July: NOTICE is hereby given, that after the expiration of fourteen days from the publication hereof application will be made to the Supreme Court of the Colony of Victoria, in its Probate jurisdiction that PROBATE of the LAST WILL and TESTAMENT of GEORGE GRASBY, late of Mortlake, in the county of Hampden, in the colony of Victoria, verger of the Church of England at Mortlake aforesaid, deceased, may be granted to William Couch Bromley, of Mortlake aforesaid, butcher, and St George William Edward Grasby, of Mortlake aforesaid, labourer, the executors named in and appointed by the said will. Dated this 18th day of July 1892. KLINGENDER, O'MAHONY, and MURRAY, Kepler street, Warrnambool, proctors for the said executors.

1. ↑ Vic Death Reg. No. 7621/1892.