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Hugh Octavius Blackwell (c. 1847–1937)
Blackwell, Hugh Octavius (c.1847-1937) carpenter, gaoled union leader Birth: possibly on the Isle of Wight, England or on 9 July 1847 at Bombay, India, son of Thomas Blackwell, “mercantile line” and Annie, née Scott. Unmarried. Death: 6 January 1937 in the Benevolent Asylum, Dunwich, Queensland. Religion: freethinker, nominally Anglican. His gaol documents, Dunwich admission records, and death certificate state he was born at Ryde in the Isle of Wight, England. His parents may have come...