NSW Death Index
POPE, GEORGE
5645/1871
AGE 67 YEARS
DIED RYDE
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Headstone
Description: Sacred to the memory of George Pope who departed this life April 2 1871 aged 67 years; also...
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"Australia, New South Wales, Index to Bounty Immigrants, 1828-1842"
Name: George Pope
Birth Year (Estimated): 1807
Age: 31
Native Residence Place: Newport, Isle Of Wight,
Father's Name: George Pope
Mother's Name: Anne Chatfield
Spouse's Name: Jane Pope
Spouse's Residence Place: Southampton, ,
Spouse's Father's Name: John Millar
Spouse's Mother's Name: Elizabeth Scotson
Ship Name: William Mitcalfe
Event Date: 31 Aug 1838
Volume: 12
GS Film number: 416875
Digital Folder Number: 4117087
Image Number: 05334
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Arrived Australia on 'William Metcalf'.
The WILLIAM MITCALFE (occasionally spelt Metcalfe) was launched in 1834 at Sunderland in Britain for emigration.
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The Pope's (Graves on north side of the church), came from the Isle of Wight in 1838. George ran the Ryde Store and became Postmaster in 1850.
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Living at Kissing Point was George Pope Snr, a shoemaker by trade. He and his wife Jane had four children. On October 1, 1841 a post office was opened at Kissing Point and the first postmaster was Mr Pope. The Pope family became the recognised postal personnel so when Mr Pope died his position was taken by another member of the family. It seems as if some of the locals had started to call the area Ryde while officialdom persisted with Kissing Point. The Rev George Edward Weaver Turner who, with his wife and George Pope, played an important role in the naming of Ryde.
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