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Wilfred Alexander Watt DE BEUZEVILLE (1884 - 1954)
Children Self + Spouses Parents Grandparents Greatgrandparents
Wilfred Paressien DE BEUZEVILLE (1908 - )
Helene Babette DE BEUZEVILLE (1910 - )
Wilfred Alexander Watt DE BEUZEVILLE (1884 - 1954)

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Frances Fanny Helena RATLIFF (1870 - )
James Paroissien BEUZEVILLE (1843 - )











Hannah Ann WATT ( - 1924)












b. 13 Feb 1884 at Bombala, Monaro, New South Wales, Australia
m. 09 Jan 1907 Frances Fanny Helena RATLIFF (1870 - ) at Tumut, New South Wales, Australia
d. 28 Mar 1954 at Kiama, New South Wales, Australia aged 70
Near Relatives of Wilfred Alexander Watt DE BEUZEVILLE (1884 - 1954)
Relationship Person Born Birth Place Died Death Place Age
Father in Law Charles Checkley Hodges RATLIFF 05 Aug 1823 Coventry, Warwickshire, England 22 Dec 1898 Tumut, New South Wales, Australia 75
Mother in Law Julia Henrietta BINGHAM 27 Sep 1832 Mallow, Co Cork, Ireland 20 Nov 1916 Tumut, New South Wales, Australia 84

Father James Paroissien BEUZEVILLE 1843 Braintree, Essex, England
Mother Hannah Ann WATT 1924 North Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Self Wilfred Alexander Watt DE BEUZEVILLE 13 Feb 1884 Bombala, Monaro, New South Wales, Australia 28 Mar 1954 Kiama, New South Wales, Australia 70

Wife Frances Fanny Helena RATLIFF 23 Jul 1870 Tumut, New South Wales, Australia

Son Wilfred Paressien DE BEUZEVILLE 23 Jul 1908 Tumut, New South Wales, Australia
Daughter Helene Babette DE BEUZEVILLE 29 Jun 1910 Tumut, New South Wales, Australia

Brother James BEUZEVILLE 1878 Balmain, New South Wales, Australia 1942 Drummoyne, New South Wales, Australia 64
Brother Harold Ernest BEUZEVILLE 1879 Cooma, Monaro, New South Wales, Australia 1879 Cooma, Monaro, New South Wales, Australia 0
Sister infant BEUZEVILLE 1880 Cooma, Monaro, New South Wales, Australia 1880 Cooma, Monaro, New South Wales, Australia 0
Brother Andrea Andrew J BEUZEVILLE 1882 Cooma, Monaro, New South Wales, Australia 1882 Cooma, Monaro, New South Wales, Australia 0
Sister Annie Ruth G BEUZEVILLE 1885 Bombala, Monaro, New South Wales, Australia 1945 Gloucester, New South Wales, Australia 60
Brother Herbert O BEUZEVILLE 1887 Bombala, Monaro, New South Wales, Australia 1889 Bombala, Monaro, New South Wales, Australia 2

Daughter in Law Elsa Jean McMaster KENNEDY
Son in Law David John BYLES

Niece Peggy LARGE 1917
Niece Patricia Ruth LARGE 1922
Niece Maud Ellen RATLIFF 04 Aug 1877 Tumut, New South Wales, Australia 1958 81
Nephew Eric Hodges RATLIFF 1879 Tumut, New South Wales, Australia 1951 72
Niece Gertrude Clara RATLIFF 1881 Tumut, New South Wales, Australia 1968 87
Niece Grace Britannia RATLIFF 1883 Tumut, New South Wales, Australia 1971 88
Nephew Henry Ray RATLIFF 1885 Tumut, New South Wales, Australia 1968 83
Niece Herbery Bingham RATLIFF 1887 Tumut, New South Wales, Australia 1968 81
Niece Doris RATLIFF 1890 Tumut, New South Wales, Australia
Nephew Richard William LARGE May 1882 Tumut, New South Wales, Australia 10 Jan 1967 Taree, New South Wales, Australia 84
Nephew Walter Bingham STEEVES abt Jun 1889 Toxteth Park, Lancashire, England
Nephew Douglas Taylor STEEVES abt Mar 1890 Toxteth Park, Lancashire, England
Niece Netta May STEEVES abt Mar 1891 Toxteth Park, Lancashire, England

Sister in Law Grace R RATLIFF Aug 1852 Tumut, New South Wales, Australia 08 Dec 1854 Tumut, New South Wales, Australia 2
Brother in Law Checkley Hodges RATLIFF 29 Oct 1855 Tumut, New South Wales, Australia 17 Dec 1931 Tumut, New South Wales, Australia 76
Sister in Law Isabella Rhoda RATLIFF 26 Jan 1858 Tumut, New South Wales, Australia 1924 Sydney, New South Wales, Australia 66
Sister in Law Julia Matilda RATLIFF 12 Feb 1860 Tumut, New South Wales, Australia 1955 Broward, Florida, USA 95
Brother in Law John Cleophas RATLIFF 29 Aug 1862 Tumut, New South Wales, Australia 01 May 1928 Tumut, New South Wales, Australia 65
Brother in Law Charles James Byng RATLIFF 26 Oct 1864 Tumut, New South Wales, Australia 1935 71
Brother in Law Edward George RATLIFF 25 Jul 1866 Tumut, New South Wales, Australia 12 Jul 1955 Manilla, New South Wales, Australia 88
Sister in Law Eva Violet GROVES 1879 Tumut, New South Wales, Australia 1959 80
Brother in Law Richard William LARGE May 1882 Tumut, New South Wales, Australia 10 Jan 1967 Taree, New South Wales, Australia 84
Events in Wilfred Alexander Watt DE BEUZEVILLE (1884 - 1954)'s life
Date Age Event Place Notes Src
13 Feb 1884 Wilfred Alexander Watt DE BEUZEVILLE was born Bombala, Monaro, New South Wales, Australia 25033/1884
09 Jan 1907 22 Married Frances Fanny Helena RATLIFF (aged 36) Tumut, New South Wales, Australia 73
23 Jul 1908 24 Birth of son Wilfred Paressien DE BEUZEVILLE Tumut, New South Wales, Australia 73
29 Jun 1910 26 Birth of daughter Helene Babette DE BEUZEVILLE Tumut, New South Wales, Australia 73
1924 40 Death of mother Hannah Ann WATT North Sydney, New South Wales, Australia 6644/1924
28 Mar 1954 70 Wilfred Alexander Watt DE BEUZEVILLE died Kiama, New South Wales, Australia 4950/1954
Personal Notes:
Wilfred Alexander Watt de Beuzeville, was born at Aston Station, Bombala, New Sonth Wales, on 13 February 1884, son of James Paroissien de Beuzeville, station manager, and his wlfe Hannah Ann, née Watt. He was educated at a prlvate school at Bombala and at Tumut Superior Public School, passing the junior public examination in 1899, then worked on the land. He was a grazier at Tumut when he married Frances Helena Ratliff on 9 January 1907.

De Beuzeville joined the Department of Forestry (Forestry Commission from 1916) on 26 March 1912, and was stationed at Warialda. As a forest assessor from November 1915, he surveyed the resources of the Pilliga scrub south-west of Narrabri. In 1920 he became Assistant Forester at Tumbarumba and in 1925 was promoted to Senior Forester. At Tumut he supervised the establishment of the conifer plantations from September 1925 until 1928.

With the local headmaster C. A. Teasdale he helped to establish the Tumut School Forest, which interested children in forestry, and became a source of revenue for the school.

From 1928 he was stationed in the metropolitan district, Sydney. He made extensive collections of specimens for the National Herbarium of New South Wales. In 1938 he became a divisional officer and from 1947 headed the new Forest Ecology Branch. He retired in 1948.

Survived by a son and daughter de Beuzeville died in hospital it Kiama on 28 March 1954.
Source References:
73. Type: Book, Abbr: Pioneers of Tumut Valley, Title: Pioneers of the Tumult Valley , The History of Early Settlement, Auth: H.E. Snowden, Publ: Tumut & District Historical Society Incorporated, Date: 2004
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- Reference = 72 (Marriage)

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