Andrew Purcell
1811 — 1888
Andrew Purcell (7‑50‑1)
Born 1811 at Drumcliff, Ennis, Co. Clare, Purcell was the son of Thomas Purcell and Mary Flannery. This well‑to‑do grazier arrived in Brisbane 19 June 1853 with wife and 4 children on the John Fielden. He married Bridget Scanlan (1827‑1913) and had 10 children. His son Thomas, a grazier of Rockhampton, was partner in the Rockhampton Newspaper The Daily Record with the Hon. T. J. Ryan in 1912. Purcell, a man of independent means, was buried by Hislops in March 1888 with Fr. Canali officiating.