William Jarvis and Harriet

[Phoenix]

William is born c 1847 in Thursford, Norfolk.

He and wife Harriet vanish - I assume to Australia - because I find this detail of letters of admin on Trove:

William Jarvis, North Rockhampton*
lorryman-to Harriet Jarvis. Death oc-
curred 18th January.(1903) Realty and personal-
ty, £92.

So, where is Rockhampton? Are there any online indexes I can search?

[Phoenix]

Okay, that might not be the right Harriet....

[kiterunner]

Rockhampton is in Queensland.

[kiterunner]

The online Queensland BDM index shows that the parents of the only listed William Jarvis who died in 1903 were Thomas Jarvis and Alice Beesworth, if that's any help.
https://www.bdm.qld.gov.au/IndexSearch/querySubmit.m?ReportName=DeathSearch

[Shona]

Here they are in 1871 living in Keswick, Norfolk.

http://interactive.ancestry.co.uk/7619/NFKRG10_1825_1827-0363?pid=14584053&backurl=http%3a%2f%2fsearch.ancestry.co.uk%2f%2fcg i-bin%2fsse.dll%3findiv%3d1%26db%3duki1871%26gss%3da ngs-d%26new%3d1%26rank%3d1%26msT%3d1%26gsfn%3dwilliam% 26gsfn_x%3d1%26gsln%3djarvis%26gsln_x%3d1%26MSAV%3 d1%26mssng%3dharriet%26mssng_x%3d1%26gskw%3dnorfol k%26gskw_x%3d1%26cpxt%3d1%26cp%3d11%26catbucket%3d rstp%26uidh%3dfpy%26pcat%3d35%26fh%3d0%26h%3d14584 053%26recoff%3d%26ml_rpos%3d1&treeid=&personid=&hintid=&usePUB=true

Keswick - by the road to Cringleford

William Jarvis, 25, head, farm bailiff, born Norfolk, Thursford
Harriet Jervis, 21, wife, born Norfolk, Terrington St Clement
John W Jervis, 10 mo, son, born Norfolk, Keswick
Elizabeth Stone, 16, gen servant, born Norfolk, Mulbarton (?)

[Shona]

There is a Harriet Skippon, born c1850 in Terrington on the 1861 census:
http://interactive.ancestry.co.uk/8767/NFKRG9_1258_1262-0160?pid=17446182&backurl=http%3a%2f%2fsearch.ancestry.co.uk%2f%2fcg i-bin%2fsse.dll%3findiv%3d1%26dbid%3d8767%26h%3d1744 6182%26ssrc%3dpt%26tid%3d73269828%26pid%3d46272766 765%26usePUB%3dtrue&ssrc=pt&treeid=73269828&personid=46272766765&hintid=&usePUB=true

[kiterunner]

FamilySearch has Thomas Jarvis marrying Alice Beesworth 18 Sep 1853 at Cottingham, Northamptonshire. On the 1861 census this couple (still at Cottingham) has a son William age 5. He married a Harriet Fisher 23 Oct 1882 at Titchmarsh, Northants, so that must be the William whose letters of adminstration you found, Phoenix.

[Phoenix]

Thank you both for chasing the red herring.

I have established what happened to his thirteen brothers and sisters. William is a mystery, though I have a nagging feeling that he is remembered on a tombstone in Brinton churchyard.