The D'Arcy Archive
1864–1931

George Pitt D'Arcy

Chief Clerk Railway Department

DocumentedProved by 2 records. 1 record that names them has been read, set out on this page. How this archive grades a claim →

George Pitt D'Arcy1864–1931direct line · on the spine
marriedIda Kathleen Atkinson1869–1937tree · direct line
written in a record this archive has read from the family tree, untested

2 of the 13 relationships shown here are written in a record this archive has read; the other 11 come from the family tree and have not been tested. How claims are labelled →

The record

Born5 MAY 1864Brisbane, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
Died21 MAR 1931Brisbane, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
Buried—Dutton Park, Queensland, Australia
TradeChief Clerk Railway Department

direct line

Counted here with the D'Arcy family · that family →

Family

Parents

George Lindsay D'Arcy · Eliza Keeling

Married

Ida Kathleen Atkinson · 10 OCT 1888 at Trinity Church, Fortitude Valley, Queensland, Australia

Brothers and sisters

Robert Lindesay D'Arcy (1865–1868) · Catherine D'Arcy (1867–1939) · William Arthur D'Arcy (1868–1870) · Charlotte Maria D'Arcy (1869–1939) · Ida Grace D'Arcy (1872–1941) · Edwin Francis D'Arcy (1873–1949)

Children

Hilda Georgina D'Arcy (1890–1969) · Lindesay Atkinson D'Arcy (1892–1936) · Florence Isabel D'Arcy (1894–1918) · Ida Joyce D'Arcy (1908–1969)

Where this comes from

2 of the relationships drawn above are written in a record this archive has read. Qld death reg. 1931, parents named.

Every entry naming George Pitt D'Arcy in the register →

See this generation on the spine →

Others of the same name

This family reuses forenames relentlessly. These are different people, kept apart on purpose rather than merged into one. Why →

What the records say

2 people in this family tree carry the name George Pitt D'Arcy, and these records have been assigned to this one on the dates they give. Which record belongs to whom is set out in tools/record-owners.json, rule by rule. The others: george-pitt-d-arcy-1783. Why they are kept apart →

died 21/03/1931 · parents: Eliza Keeling · George Lindesay D'Arcy

recordQueensland death index 1931/B/13634 · the source ↗

Everywhere George appears in this archive

Every page of this site that writes aboutGeorge Pitt D'Arcy in prose, gathered automatically — 25 in total. This counts pages, not records: the lists and registers are skipped on purpose, so a person can be well documented and appear here once or not at all. How claims are labelled →

Twelve generations, and two claims too far.

…eon's journal says "Received on board a detachment of the 39th regt. of foot commanded by George Pitt D'Arcy, B. Major , consisting of 39 men … 6 women and 7 children." Cabin passengers included Mrs. D'Arcy and family . The convict ship E…

Our line, drawn

…goes the less of it has been read. Self Gen 1 Gen 2 Gen 3 Gen 4 Gen 5 17 more generations George Pitt D'Arcy 1783–1849 Portsmouth, Hampshire, England or West Indies 1 more generation Maria (Catherine) Whiite 1800–1856 George Lindsay D'Arc…

The Papers

…ted forever. 21 March 1931 Found in the kitchen at Banyo At the inquiry into the death of George Pitt D'Arcy, 76, railway pensioner , who was found dead in the kitchen of his residence, in Victoria street, Banyo , on March 21, Lindsay Atk…

What changed

…AND A REFUSAL NOBODY HAD READ. The REL table carried «Charlotte Maria D'Arcy» pointing at George Pitt D'Arcy, and the tree calls her CHARLOTTE D'ARCY — so build_register.py had been printing «ambiguous or absent, so no edge was drawn» for…

How they got here

…'s Own) Regiment of Foot, doing convict-guard duty — the same work that had brought Major George Pitt D'Arcy out six years earlier. documented He is correctly absent from the assisted-immigration index: a soldier's passage is not an emigr…

South Leith

…ther has yielded none. The Sanigers → Peninsular War, British Army Officers 1808–1814 And George Pitt D'Arcy was in the Peninsula. The archive knows George Pitt D'Arcy as “Bt: Major 39th Foot” in the Chatham baptism register of March 1826…

Australia

…irgin baptised Charlotte D'Arcy on 31 March 1826 — born 29 April 1825, father entered as “George Pitt D'Arcy, Bt: Major 39th Foot” , mother Maria , abode Chatham. On 8 April 1826 , eight days later, the surgeon of the convict ship England…

Open Questions

…at a new domain, with the old index addresses dead — which is what stopped the search for George Pitt D'Arcy's 1849 probate. What would settle it Time, and their migrations finishing. Open since 2026-09-10. · attempts are in this register…

Errands

…ve ruled the licence bonds out by date on 14 September. The live route to the marriage of George Pitt D'Arcy and Maria White is now a paid lookup, and it needs a parish named first. Context → 04 Answered Bristol Archives — St James marria…

The Spine

…icer, Major General and Commander of Royal Engineers, Chatham, Kent, England Documented 7 George Pitt D'Arcy Miss Ludlam — m. September 1805 Maria White — m. c. 1819, County Wicklow 18 Feb 1783 Portsmouth, Hampshire, England or West Indie…

What Has Been Read

…ROBERT MEAD PEARSON at PARRAMATTA in 1859, registration 2618 — the town where her father George Pitt D'Arcy died in 1849. She would have been 34. The index spells the middle name CATHCART in one entry and CATHERINE in another, and the Ch…

Sergeant Sneyd

…he regiments doing convict-guard duty in the colony, the same work that had brought Major George Pitt D'Arcy out six years earlier. The other soldier in this family → On 13 February 1837 he married Catherine Margaret Mulcahy at Camden . T…

Brisbane

…stepped off the Flying Cloud at Moreton Bay. Seven children. Buried at Dutton Park. 1864 George Pitt D'Arcy · 1864–1931 The railway clerk Named for the major of the 39th Foot, and the first of the line born in Brisbane. Chief Clerk in th…

Reading the archive against itself

…rgaret Maria Isabella D'Arcy documented 1781–1843 26 Sep 1781 Portsmouth Le Havre, France George Pitt D'Arcy documented 1783–1849 18 Feb 1783 Portsmouth — “or West Indies” Parramatta, New South Wales Richard d'Arcy inferred b. 1784 1784 P…

Chatham

…otte D'Arcy Born 29 April 1825 Baptised 31 March 1826 , Chatham St Mary the Virgin Father George Pitt D'Arcy — “ Bt: Major 39th Foot ” Mother Maria Abode Chatham On 8 April 1826 — eight days later — the convict ship England embarked a det…

Miss Ludlam of Guernsey

George Pitt D'Arcy · found 14 September 2026 Miss Ludlam of Guernsey A marriage notice of 1805 calls him the son of a Lieutenant-Colonel D'Arcy — an…

The Hornby Claim

…a son from things the family believes into things a register says. documented Above Major George Pitt D'Arcy of the 39th Foot the family tree keeps climbing: to a Major-General of Royal Engineers, to a man said to be born in St James's Pa…

The Corps

…e entry worth a second look. John D'Arcy, 1826, Royal Veteran Companies, New South Wales. George Pitt D'Arcy sailed for New South Wales in 1826 in command of a detachment of the 39th aboard the convict ship England , and the same volume c…

Lieutenant-Colonel Joseph D'Arcy

…'s line runs through GEORGE PITT D'ARCY — the name recurs for four generations, down to a George Pitt D'Arcy born at Brisbane in 1864 — and nobody has ever known where the Pitt came from. Carefully. A census does not say who she was. She…

The Timeline

…tain Walcheren: arrested at Flushing for refusing to write a report 1814 Georgian Britain George Pitt D'Arcy at Orthes, with the 39th Foot 1818 Georgian Britain Joseph D'Arcy comes home from five years with Prince Abbas Mirza and christen…

The Women

…dence in this archive. Ida Kathleen Atkinson · 1869–1937 The organist's daughter. Married George Pitt D'Arcy at Trinity Church, Fortitude Valley, on 10 October 1888, and outlived him by six years. Martha Blum · 1870–1904 Married at Muttab…

What the indexes actually hold

…rather than the URL. It produced Robert D'Arcy's seventeen death notices and his funeral, George Pitt D'Arcy's marriage and the only statement of his paternity, Joseph D'Arcy's obituary and his wife's name, and the Irish service of the 39…

The Atkinsons

…organ in All Saints' Wickham Terrace — and then played it. Ida Kathleen Atkinson married George Pitt D'Arcy at Trinity Church, Fortitude Valley, on 10 October 1888. Her father is the most engaging in-law in the archive, and the only one…

What This Archive Got Wrong

…UBLISHED. Where it was corrected → 27 September 2026 was Published, and told David, that «George Pitt D'Arcy died at Parramatta in 1849 and this archive has never searched for a notice». His obituary has been in this archive's own registe…

The work list

…y grocer. Surname pages joined SKIP. The remaining four are birth-versus-residence, and a George Pitt D'Arcy «born at Brisbane in 1864» who is the fourth of the name. 78. Done — finished and published this archive Run crossread.py, which…

Written about here

Pages of this archive where George is part of the argument, not just a name in a list.

Sources attached in the tree

  • Defranceski Family Site (23andMe) — https://www.myheritage.com/person-5500657_OYYV74B6SJLM7Q6KXMGJKGEDWQRV3CQ_OYYV74B6SJLM7Q6KXMGJKGEDWQRV3CQ/george-pitt-darcy
  • Defranceski Family Site (23andMe) — https://www.myheritage.com/person-1024065_OYYV6TYGNMKFCUZG5GBBUGZIW24Q4BA_OYYV6TYGNMKFCUZG5GBBUGZIW24Q4BA/george-pitt-darcy
  • FamilySearch Family Tree — https://www.myheritage.com/research/record-40001-103564137/george-pitt-darcy-in-familysearch-family-tree
  • Australian Newspapers — https://www.myheritage.com/research/record-10450-29280071/brisbane-courier-qld
  • Australian Newspapers — https://www.myheritage.com/research/record-10450-57724369/the-telegraph-brisbane-qld
  • South Brisbane Cemetery Monumental Inscriptions — https://www.myheritage.com/research/record-10137-8506/george-pitt-darcy-in-south-brisbane-cemetery-monumental-inscriptions

These are the citations the family tree carries. Where this archive has checked one against the original, it says so on the relevant page. Method →

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