William Pettigrew (26 August 1825 – 28 October 1906) was an alderman and mayor of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia and a Member of the Legislative Council of Queensland, Australia. Personal life William Pettigrew was born on 26 August 1825 at Tarbolton, Ayr, Scotland, the son of Robert Pettigrew (a farmer) and Mary McWhinnie. He trained as a surveyor and emigrated to Brisbane in 1848 on the arriving in Moreton Bay in January 1849. He married Amelia Boughay in Brisbane on 19 February 1859. Amelia was born on 19 Jan 1824 in London, the daughter of Philip Boughay and Elizabeth Nash. Amelia had also immigrated on the Fortitude. They had the following children: Margaret, born Brisbane 1859 Robert, born Brisbane 1862 Mary Ann, born Brisbane 1866 Amelia had previously been married to Joseph Ward Davis, registered in the September quarter of 1848 in Newington, Surrey, England. So, William had two stepsons from Amelia's first marriage: Charles Ward Davis, born 1850 Joseph Boughay Davis, born 1854 Sadly, William's stepson Joseph Davis accidentally drowned in the Brisbane River in October 1859, while playing with other boys. On 15 December 1881, William's daughter Margaret married Philip, the eldest son of another Brisbane alderman and mayor, John Hardgrave. At that time, the Pettigrew family were living in William Street. Mary Ann Pettigrew married Harry Ward Davis, son of E. Davis Esq of Charlton Kent on 7 April 1891. William was a strict Presbyterian who believed in keeping Sabbath sacred. He practised this belief by walking to church and banning musical instruments during the church service. William's wife Amelia died at their home "Nungurum", Eagle Junction, Brisbane on 1 September 1893 and is buried in Toowong Cemetery together with her son Charles Ward Davis who died in 1895. William retired to Bowen where he lived with his daughter Mary Ann and her husband Harry Davis until he died on 28 Oct 1906 and is buried in Bowen. Business life William Pettigrew was a surveyor who established a number of businesses including sawmills and a shipping business. His early work in the Brisbane area as a surveyor revealed to him the quantity and quality of timber available and how profitable it could be if it was milled efficiently without the need for intensive labour. Brisbane businesses In January 1852, William Pettigrew purchased land on the banks of the Brisbane River near the corner of William Street and Margaret