Continuing on from last
week’s post about fire fighting relatives / ancestors, my Dad reminded me that
his side of the family had a fire captain too.
My 3 x great grandfather,
James GRENFELL (1833 – 1896) was the first captain of the Long Gully Fire
Brigade (near Sandhurst / Bendigo).
James had arrived in
Australia with his wife Nanny HATTAM (1836 – 1915) and four children in July
1866 on the FitzJames and settled in the Sandhurst area.
James was mine manager of
the Old Chum Mine, Long Gully – more about that another post – this one is
about fire fighters.
In August 1875, Captain
James Grenfell received “a very handsome tea and coffee service…in appreciation
of his services as captain for the past two years”. (I wonder where that went!)
I found a number of articles
about his ‘great work’ but no photo yet. I’ll keep searching.
I have included a couple of
photos (not from Trove): my brother and his son (just qualified this year) in their fire fighting gear - scroll right down.
They are 3 x great grandson
and 4 x great grandson of Fire Captain James Grenfell – a long line of firemen.
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