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| WIlliam Joseph FRANCIS (1880 - 1954) |
| Children | Self + Spouses | Parents | Grandparents | Greatgrandparents |
| WIlliam Joseph FRANCIS (1880 - 1954) + Alma Maria Louisa SUSZBIER (1883 - 1947) |
James FRANCIS (1856 - 1938) | Joseph FRANCIS (1827 - 1909) | Joseph FRANCIS (1797 - 1855) | |
| Ann GREEN (1798 - 1891) | ||||
| Ellen HEATHFIELD (1833 - 1886) | James HEATHFIELD (1797 - 1848) | |||
| Elizabeth MERRYWEATHER (1793 - 1862) | ||||
| Elizabeth YOUNG (1856 - 1915) | William YOUNG | |||
| Theresa JERRARD (1830 - ) | Daniel JERRARD (1782 - 1854) | |||
| Elizabeth EVELEIGH (1796 - ) |
| b. abt 1880 at Merton, Surrey, England |
| m. 1929 Alma Maria Louisa SUSZBIER (1883 - 1947) at Queensland, Australia |
| d. 14 Oct 1954 at Kumbia, Queensland, Australia aged 74 |
| Parents: |
| James FRANCIS (1856 - 1938) |
| Elizabeth YOUNG (1856 - 1915) |
| Events in WIlliam Joseph FRANCIS (1880 - 1954)'s life | |||||
| Date | Age | Event | Place | Notes | Src |
| abt 1880 | WIlliam Joseph FRANCIS was born | Merton, Surrey, England | 18 | ||
| Jun 1884 | 4 | Immigration | Australia | per "Waroonga" | 18 |
| 24 Mar 1915 | 35 | Death of mother Elizabeth YOUNG (aged 58) | Esk, Queensland, Australia | ||
| 1929 | 49 | Married Alma Maria Louisa SUSZBIER (aged 46) | Queensland, Australia | 1929/C566 | 18 |
| 03 Aug 1938 | 58 | Death of father James FRANCIS (aged 81) | Esk, Queensland, Australia | ||
| 04 Jun 1947 | 67 | Death of wife Alma Maria Louisa SUSZBIER (aged 64) | Queensland, Australia | 18 | |
| 14 Oct 1954 | 74 | WIlliam Joseph FRANCIS died | Kumbia, Queensland, Australia | 18 | |
| Personal Notes: |
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William came to Australia with his parents at the age offour years and was enrolled at Biarra School in June 1888 at the age of eight He left school in May 1893. As a young man he owned 'Glenmorey' in the Harlin district He is on record as purchasing a Kumbia allotment at the first sale oftown blocks on 30th July 1912, and later aggregated three farms south of Kumbia township, having acquired them from their original owners. He suffered the disability of being very deaf and, as there was little relief from that affliction in those times, he was hard to converse with and consequently was a quiet, retiring man.
He married Alma Suszbier in 1929 and they lived in the house on the Kumbia property that was built the same year. Ernie Suszbier, Alma's brother, lived with them for a while. He became somewhat confused in his later years, possibly from overwork and never having married. He was known to go around moving the barbs on barbed wire fences closer together. In late 1944 William sold the farm to his nephew Alwyn, and moved to Kingaroy where he died. Alma had predeceased him. They had no family. |
| Source References: |
| 18. Type: E-mail Message, Abbr: e-mails general pool, Title: e-mails general pool |
| - Reference = Tracy Berry email 29-1-09 (Marriage) |
| - Reference = Tracy Berry email 29-1-09 (Name, Notes) |
| - Reference = Tracy Berry email 29-1-09 (Birth) |
| - Reference = Tracy Berry email 29-1-09 (Death) |