The Koa People are the biological and adopted descendants of one or more of the following people:
(a) Mary Ann Watson (mother of (at least) Zoe Button nee Watson, Topsy Mitchell, Nancy Chambers nee Watson, George Mitchell, and Valentine Mingo);
(b) Maria Watson (mother of Tommy Watson, George Watson, and Jack Watson);
(c) Jack Chermside (father of Jacob Chermside and Charlie Riley);
(d) Lois Tye/Tie/Tighe;
(e) Lucy Creed (mother of Maria Miller nee Creed aka Maria Jeffries, Timothy Creed, William ‘Trantum’ Creed, Rosie Creed, and Jack Creed); or
(f) Minnie Winton.
Some Notes from blogpost of 24 October 2019.
Lucy Creed buried 23. 7.1900 at Winton aged 35 years, born Hughenden
Bernard Smith Creed aged about 10 years, son of an unknown white man and Maria, was baptised at Yarrabah on 12. 2.1905
Mavis Amethyst Creed, daughter of Bernard Smith Creed and May Burnett was born at Yarrabah on 21. 5.1921
Bernard Euston Creed, daughter of Bernard Smith Creed and May Burnett was born at Yarrabah on 13. 2.1924
William John Needham Creed, son of Timothy Creed and Eulie was born at Yarrabah on 10. 7.1925
Bernard Smith Creed aged about 10 years, son of an unknown white man and Maria, was baptised at Yarrabah on 12. 2.1905
Mavis Amethyst Creed, daughter of Bernard Smith Creed and May Burnett was born at Yarrabah on 21. 5.1921
Bernard Euston Creed, daughter of Bernard Smith Creed and May Burnett was born at Yarrabah on 13. 2.1924
William John Needham Creed, son of Timothy Creed and Eulie was born at Yarrabah on 10. 7.1925
Valentine Mingo aged 18 years from Kynuna was exempt in 1908
Jacob Chermside, aged 32 years, parents Long Charlie and Maggie Churnside (Chermside) married Mary Jaro at Barambah in 1924
Jacob Chermside and wife Mary and children Sheila, Rachel, Maisey and Charlie were removed from Hawkwood to Cherbourg in 1933
Jacob Chermside, aged 32 years, parents Long Charlie and Maggie Churnside (Chermside) married Mary Jaro at Barambah in 1924
Jacob Chermside and wife Mary and children Sheila, Rachel, Maisey and Charlie were removed from Hawkwood to Cherbourg in 1933
Jack Chermside died 28. 1.1943 aged 87 years at Woorabinda
Jacob Chermside and wife Mary and children Sheila, Rachel, Maisey and Charlie were removed from Hawkwood to Cherbourg in 1933
Jacob Chermside, aged 32 years, parents Long Charlie and Maggie Churnside (Chermside) married Mary Jaro at Barambah in 1924
Jacob Chermside and wife Mary and children Sheila, Rachel, Maisey and Charlie were removed from Hawkwood to Cherbourg in 1933
Jack Chermside died 28. 1.1943 aged 87 years at Woorabinda
Lois Tighe was the mother of Mary Solomon who was born at Winton around 1879
Nancy Chambers aged 85 years was buried on 19. 7.1968 at Cherbourg
Livingstone Charles Chambers, son of Charles and Nancy Chambers was baptised at Yarrabah on 9. 2.1908
Livingstone Charles Chambers, son of Charles and Nancy Chambers was baptised at Yarrabah on 9. 2.1908
Zoe Button died 10. 4.1948 at Fantome Island aged 66 years, parents Billy and Mary Ann Watson
Zoe Button, aged 55 years, married with six children, Domestic, Residence Cherbourg Settlement, parents Billy Watson and Mary Ann transferred to Fantome Island Lazaret 8. 1.1940 from Peel Island
Zoe Button is mentioned in the The Caroline Tennant-Kelly Ethnographic Collection. Described as an Zoe Button an old woman, intelligent, sternly practises her rule today.
Zoe Button, aged 55 years, married with six children, Domestic, Residence Cherbourg Settlement, parents Billy Watson and Mary Ann transferred to Fantome Island Lazaret 8. 1.1940 from Peel Island
Zoe Button is mentioned in the The Caroline Tennant-Kelly Ethnographic Collection. Described as an Zoe Button an old woman, intelligent, sternly practises her rule today.
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