Lillian Fairbanks^[1]

Abt 1886 - 1971  (85 years)

• Name	Lillian Fairbanks  [2, 3, 4]
  Birth	Abt 1886	Easky, County Sligo, Province of Connacht, Ireland, United Kingdom   [2, 5]
  Gender	Female
  Also Known As	Mary J Fairbanks  [5]
  Occupation	Nurse  [2]
  Emigration	30 Jun 1888	London, England, United Kingdom   [6]
  	Aboard the Taroba
  Immigration	17 Aug 1888	Brisbane, Colony of Queensland   [5]
  	Aboard the Taroba
  Residence	Mar 1913	Toowoomba, Toowomba District, Darling Downs Region, Queensland, Australia   [7]
  Corner of Shipley and Lilley Streets
  Cause of Death	Coronary occlusion, atherosclerosis  [8]
  Death	27 Nov 1971	Laidley, Lockyer Valley Region, Queensland, Australia   [8]
  	Lockyer Hospital
  Burial	29 Nov 1971	Helidon General Cemetery, Helidon, Lockyer Valley Region, Queensland, Australia   [8]
  Person ID	I4041	Lindell-Herndon Genealogy
  Last Modified	5 Mar 2017

  
  

  Father	John Edward Fairbanks,   b. Bef 31 Aug 1862, Kenilworth, Parish of Stoneleigh, Warwickshire, England, United Kingdom d. 28 Apr 1938, Toowoomba, Darling Downs Region, Queensland, Australia (Age > 75 years)
  Mother	Elizabeth Lush,   b. Abt 1863, Easky, County Sligo, Province of Connacht, Ireland, United Kingdom d. 19 Mar 1954, Gatton, Lockyer Valley Region, Queensland, Australia (Age 91 years)
  Marriage	23 May 1882	Easky, County Sligo, Province of Connacht, Ireland, United Kingdom   [9]
  Notes	Dates for the marriage of John Edward Fairbanks to Elizabeth Lush vary greatly across the Australian birth entires of their children. Sources [QDoJaAG-1891a] and [QDoJaAG-1891b] have the date 23 May 1882; [QDoJaAG-1892a] has 22 May 1882; [QDoJaAG-1894a] has 23 May 1883; [QDoJaAG-1900a] and [QDoJaAG-1902a] have 22 May 1884. On the assumption that John and Elizabeth’s memories would have been more accurate earlier in their marriage, and because it appears as frequently as any other date, this database uses “23 May 1882”, but a Irish marriage record should be sought. [3, 4, 9, 10, 11, 12]
  Family ID	F2925	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Henry John Lear Conley,   b. Abt 1887, Helidon, Tarampa Division, Colony of Queensland d. 5 Apr 1946, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia (Age 59 years)
  Marriage	17 Apr 1912	Helidon, Shire of Gatton, Southeast Region, Queensland, Australia   [2]
  Notes	Lillian Fairbanks and Henry John Lear Conley marriage was solemnized in the presence of Dave Conley (probably the groom’s brother) and Myra Fairbanks, Lillian’s younger sister. [2]
  Children	1. Iris Lear Conley,   b. 13 Mar 1913, Toowoomba, Toowomba District, Darling Downs Region, Queensland, Australia d. 14 Jan 1964, Maryborough, Queensland, Australia (Age 50 years)   2. (Living)
  Family ID	F3030	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	26 Feb 2017

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - Abt 1886 - Easky, County Sligo, Province of Connacht, Ireland, United Kingdom Immigration - 17 Aug 1888 - Brisbane, Colony of Queensland Marriage - 17 Apr 1912 - Helidon, Shire of Gatton, Southeast Region, Queensland, Australia Residence - Mar 1913 - Toowoomba, Toowomba District, Darling Downs Region, Queensland, Australia Burial - 29 Nov 1971 - Helidon General Cemetery, Helidon, Lockyer Valley Region, Queensland, Australia  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Notes

  In source [QSA-1888a], the second eldest daughter John Edward and Elizabeth (Lush) Fairbanks, is listed as “Mary J”. However every other available record from the birth records of all her Australian born siblings, to her marriage certificate, and including the death records for both of her parents, record this woman’s name as “Lillian”—which appears to the name she used throughout her life. [2, 5, 13, 14]

  
  

• Reference

  Herndon, William Robert. "Lillian Fairbanks", Lindell-Herndon Genealogy. [Online]. Available: https://lindell-herndon.org/getperson.php?personID=I4041&tree=LindellHerndon. [Accessed: 09-Jun-2026].