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This page has 'G' 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.

GAFFEL Mary Ann
GAFFNEY Peter
GAGER Carolina Frederika W
GAINEY Bridget
GALBALLY Oliver
GALBRAITH John Henderson
GALL Elizabeth
GALL James
GALL Luigi
GALLAGHER Anne
GALLAGHER Anne
GALLAGHER Bridget
GALLAGHER Charles
GALLAGHER Eliza
GALLAGHER John
GALLAGHER Margaret
GALLAGHER Martha
GALLAGHER Mary Ann
GALLAGHER Mary Eliza
GALLEY Harriet Elizabeth
GALVIN Mary
GAMBIER William Christopher
GAMBIER William Christopher
GAMMIE Bathia ?
GANDRY Margaret
GANLY Valentine
GANNON Mary Agnes
GANTER James
GANTZ Wilhelmine
GARBUTT Agness
GARDENER Emma
GARDINER Bridget
GARDINER Margaret Howit
GARDNER Mary Jane
GARELLA Johann
GARELLO Jessie
GARGET Margaret Ann
GARLING Frederick
GARNER Emma
GARRETT Amelia Charlotte
GARRETT Mary
GARRETT Mary
GARSKI Gertrude
GARTON John
GARVEY James
GARVIE Margaret
GAUVIN Harriet
GAVEN John
GAVEN Mary Ann
GAVESTON John Joseph
GAVESTON Joseph John
GAVET Frank
GAVIN Denis
GAY David
GAY Jacob
GAY Robina Sus
GAYFORD Frederick George
GAYNOR Thomas
GAZE Isaac Samuel
GAZE Matilda Elizbeth
GEANEY Mary
GEARY Catherine
GEARY James
GEARY James
GEDDES David
GEDDES Elizabeth
GEDDES Martha
GEE Jane
GEE John
GEE John
GEHRMANN Elsabe
GEIGER Frederick
GEIKE Elizabeth
GEITZ Friedrich
GEITZEL August
GELDART Charles
GENGE James
GENRICH Ernst
GENRICH Wilhelmine
GEOGHEGAN Catherine
GEOGHEGAN Patrick
GEORGE Henry
GEORGE Rachel
GEORGE William Whitta
GERAGHTY Honoria
GERAGHTY John
GERAGHTY William
GERITZ Anna
GERITZ Anna Margaretha
GERITZ August
GERITZ August
GERLOFF Johanna
GERRING William
GESCH Charlotte
GESLER Frederick William
GESLER Wilhelmina
GHEE Catherine
GHEE Henry
GHEE James
GIBB James
GIBBETT Joseph Samuel
GIBBINS Caroline Mary
GIBBS James
GIBBS William
GIBNEY Esther
GIBSON Ann
GIBSON Caroline
GIBSON Caroline
GIBSON David
GIBSON Eliza
GIBSON Eliza
GIBSON Harriet Alice
GIBSON James
GIBSON John
GIBSON Mary
GIBSON Thomas
GIBSON William Dumbar
GIERKE August F W
GIERKES Minnie
GIESS Gottfried
GIESS Margaret
GIFFIN Mary Ann
GILBERT Frances
GILBERT Jane
GILBERT William Cunnington
GILES Selina
GILES William
GILES William
GILLARD Nicholas Reed
GILLESPIE Andrew
GILLESPIE John
GILLESPIE William
GILLETT Louisa
GILLIES Alexander
GILLIES Donald
GILLIES Donald
GILLIES Flora
GILLIES James
GILLIES Peter
GILLIGAN Ann
GILLIGAN James Joseph
GILLIGAN Michael
GILLINGWATER Edward
GILLINGWATER Mary
GILLSON Robert James
GILMORE Adam
GILMORE Annabella
GILMOUR Sarah
GILPIN William
GILSHENAN Patrick
GINN Eliza Jane
GIVEN Martha
GLADDISH Margaret
GLAZIER Clarissa Adelaide
GLEESON Catherine
GLEESON Catherine
GLEESON Catherine
GLEESON Daniel
GLEESON John
GLEESON Mary
GLEESON Michael
GLEESON Richard
GLEESON Timothy
GLENN Annie
GLENN John
GLINDON Ellen
GLINSTER Maria Sophia
GLOVER Edith
GLOVER William
GLYNN Bridget
GLYNN Jane
GLYNN Michael
GNECK Henrietta Friedericka
GODENSCHWAGER Christian
GODENSCHWAGER Louise
GODFREY Ellen
GODFREY Harry Thomas
GODFREY James
GODFREY John
GODWIN George Henry
GODWIN Jane
GOGGIN Thomas
GOGGINS Anne
GOGGINS Bartholomew
GOHDES Henriette
GOING John
GOLDING Bridget
GOLDING Charles
GOLDSPINK Charlotte
GOLDUP Daniel
GOLL Elizabeth Margaretha
GOLL Kaspar
GOODIN Joseph
GOODMAN Fred
GOODWIN John
GOODWORTH Esther
GOOSTREY William Morton
GORDON Adam
GORDON Ann
GORDON Geo Sunderland
GORDON George Sunderland
GORDON Isabella
GORDON Isabella
GORDON James
GORDON James
GORDON Jane
GORDON Martha
GORDON Mary
GORDON Robert
GORDON William
GOREY Michael
GORMAN Bridget
GORMAN Catherine
GORMAN Patrick
GORMLEY Ellen
GORMLEY Rose
GORMLY Michael
GORRIE Thomas Ferguson
GOSSAGE Anna
GOTTSCHALK Henry William
GOTTSCHALK Marie Dorothy
GOUDY Ann
GOUDY James
GOUGH John
GOULD Alice
GOULD Catherine
GOULD Elizabeth
GOULD George
GOULD John
GOULDEN Mary Ann
GOULDEN William
GOURLAY Margaret
GOURLEY Ellen
GOW James
GOWER Alice
GRABS Friederich Wm
GRABS Henrietta
GRACE Margaret
GRACE Mary
GRACE Michael F J
GRACE William
GRACE William
GRADDON Mary
GRAHAM Alexander
GRAHAM Andrew
GRAHAM Andrew
GRAHAM Bedelia
GRAHAM Charles
GRAHAM Eliza
GRAHAM Elizabeth
GRAHAM James
GRAHAM James
GRAHAM James
GRAHAM James
GRAHAM James
GRAHAM James
GRAHAM Maria
GRAHAM Marion
GRAHAM Mary
GRAHAM Mary
GRAHAM Mary Ann
GRAHAM Peter
GRAHAM Peter
GRAHAM Robert
GRAHAM Sarah
GRAHAM William
GRAHAM William
GRAHAM William
GRAMS Johan Julius ?
GRANT Alexander
GRANT Benjamin
GRANT Honora
GRANT James
GRANT John
GRANT Sarah
GRANZIN Adolph
GRASNICK Augusta
GRAY Adam
GRAY Elizabeth
GRAY George
GRAY James
GRAY James
GRAY James Hamilton
GRAY Jane
GRAY John
GRAY Maria
GRAY Mary
GRAY Mary Ann
GRAY Robert
GRAY Robert McGowan
GRAY Thomas
GRAY William John Best
GREALY Patrick
GREANEY Catherine
GREAVES Valentine Blake
GREEN Ann Amelia
GREEN Eliza
GREEN Elizabeth
GREEN George John
GREEN George John
GREEN Henry
GREEN James Brooks
GREEN James Brooks
GREEN John
GREEN John
GREEN John Garner
GREEN Margaret
GREEN Maria M E
GREEN Maria Margaretha Eliz
GREEN Martha
GREEN Martha
GREEN Mary
GREEN Michael
GREEN Richard
GREEN Thomas
GREEN William
GREEN William
GREENALCH James
GREENALSH Robert
GREENAWAY William
GREENOUGH Ann
GREENSLADE William Frederick
GREENWAY Kate
GREENWOOD Emma
GREENWOOD Stephen
GREET Grace Elger
GREGG Annie
GREGG Sarah Ann
GREGG Thomas
GREGG Thomas
GREGORY Jabez
GREGORY Mary Ann
GREGORY Nathaniel
GREGORY Nathaniel T R
GREGSON Ellen
GREIG Alexander
GREIG Ellen
GREIG Isabella
GREIG Mary
GREIN Susan
GREVES Ellen
GREY David Peter
GRIFFIN Frances Henriette
GRIFFIN James
GRIFFIN John
GRIFFIN Thomas
GRIFFITH Amelius Charles C
GRIFFITH John
GRIFFITHS John
GRIFFITHS Letitia Ann
GRIMSTON William Henry
GRIMSTONE Charlotte Baker
GRINN Margaret Ellena
GRINOUTH Job
GRIPSKE Carl F
GROFF John
GROGAN Bridget
GROGAN Thomas
GROSS Johann Gottlieb
GROSSMAN Louisa
GROSSMANN Ernst
GROTE Charles
GROVES Rose
GROVES Thomas
GROW Friedericka W
GRULKE August Friedrich Wilhelm
GUARD Edward
GUARD Edward
GUDENSWAGER Sydney J H
GUDENSWAGER William
GUDGE Eliza
GUELPH James
GUERIN Margaret
GUERIN Patrick V
GUILFOY John
GUMMOW George
GUMMOW Margaret
GUNDER Henry
GUNDRY Susan
GUNN Oman
GUNSTONE Elizabeth
GUNTHORPE Louisa Martha
GURNEY William
GUSCOTT Jane
GUSTHART James
GUTHRIE Catherine
GUTTRIDGE Elizabeth
GUY Elizabeth Betsey
GUY John
GWYNNE Agnes Rhoda
GWYNNE Robert

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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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