| [Index] |
| William FUNNELL (1852 - 1937) |
| Mounter police |
| Children | Self + Spouses | Parents | Grandparents | Greatgrandparents |
| William FUNNELL (1852 - 1937) + Mary SEYMOUR (1857 - 1911) |
James FUNNELL (1814 - 1901) | |||
| Esther HILDER (1817 - 1895) | ||||
| b. 28 Jan 1852 at Razorback, New South Wales, Australia |
| m. 19 Feb 1873 Mary SEYMOUR (1857 - 1911) at Yass, New South Wales, Australia |
| d. 03 Mar 1937 at Bowral, New South Wales, Australia aged 85 |
| Parents: |
| James FUNNELL (1814 - 1901) |
| Esther HILDER (1817 - 1895) |
| Siblings (1): |
| Sarah Ann FUNNELL (1845 - 1923) |
| Events in William FUNNELL (1852 - 1937)'s life | |||||
| Date | Age | Event | Place | Notes | Src |
| 28 Jan 1852 | William FUNNELL was born | Razorback, New South Wales, Australia | 63 | ||
| 19 Feb 1873 | 21 | Married Mary SEYMOUR (aged 16) | Yass, New South Wales, Australia | ||
| 1895 | 43 | Death of mother Esther HILDER (aged 78) | |||
| 15 Jan 1901 | 48 | Death of father James FUNNELL (aged 86) | Burraga, New South Wales, Australia | ||
| 1911 | 59 | Death of wife Mary SEYMOUR (aged 54) | |||
| 03 Mar 1937 | 85 | William FUNNELL died | Bowral, New South Wales, Australia | 63 | |
| Personal Notes: |
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The Tumut and Adelong Times 9 Mar 1937
OBITUARY MR. W. FUNNELL The death of Mr. William Funnell at the age of 90 years at Bowral on Wednesday removes a familiar figure from the early life of the south. As a young man Mr. Funnell was a member of the mounted police, and was in the force in 1878 when the Gundagai and Wagga police met at a point between Wantabadgery and Eurongully at the homestead of the M'Glede family and engaged in battle the five members of the Moonlight bushrangers' gang under Captain Moonlite, alias Scott, an ex-clergy man. The fight resulted in the capture of the gang. One constable and a bushranger were shot dead . It was in the early hours of the morning that two constables were deputed to drive the bodies of the dead policeman and bushranger to Gundagai. Funnell and another constable were selected for the ugly job, as it was then thought that several bushrangers had escaped . While one policeman drove the cart the other kept watch. Near Sheather's Hotel at Nangus they saw a swag on the roadside and were suspicious. They challenged and out from behind some bushes emerged a man, a harmless swagman with his hands up. He did not even know that there were bushrangers in the locality. Sheather, the licensee, got a shock when the two policemen asked for food and drinks, and he was told of the two dead men in the cart outside the hotel. After Funnell left the police force he asked and obtained permission of the Police Department to keep his service revolver, which he retained until the time of his death. Mrs. A. Wright, wife of railway officer A. Wright, Harefield, is a daughter. Deceased was three times married and a large grown-up family survives. For many years Mr. Funnell resided at Junee, prior to which he lived at Cootamundra . |
| Source References: |
| 63. Type: Web Page, Abbr: Trove, Title: Trove National Library of Australia, Locn: http://trove.nla.gov.au/ |
| - Reference = The Tumut and Adelong Times 9 Mar 1937 (Name, Notes) |
| - Reference = The Tumut and Adelong Times 9 Mar 1937 (Birth) |
| - Reference = The Tumut and Adelong Times 9 Mar 1937 (Death) |