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Ernest Harold MEARS (1896 - 1977)
Children Self + Spouses Parents Grandparents Greatgrandparents
Ernest Harold MEARS (1896 - 1977) Robert MEARS (1864 - 1940) Jesse MEARS (1828 - 1904)



unknown (MEARS)



Ellen (Nellie) FRANCIS (1864 - 1945) Joseph FRANCIS (1827 - 1909) Joseph FRANCIS (1797 - 1855)
Ann GREEN (1798 - 1891)
Ellen HEATHFIELD (1833 - 1886) James HEATHFIELD (1797 - 1848)
Elizabeth MERRYWEATHER (1793 - 1862)
b. 01 Feb 1896 at Wimbledon, Surrey, England
d. 14 May 1977 at Kingaroy, Queensland, Australia aged 81
Parents:
Robert MEARS (1864 - 1940)
Ellen (Nellie) FRANCIS (1864 - 1945)
Siblings (3):
Gilbert Robert MEARS (1892 - 1987)
Stanley Edward MEARS (1894 - 1989)
Ellen (Nellie) Elizabeth MEARS (1900 - 1991)
Events in Ernest Harold MEARS (1896 - 1977)'s life
Date Age Event Place Notes Src
01 Feb 1896 Ernest Harold MEARS was born Wimbledon, Surrey, England 17
14 Sep 1940 44 Death of father Robert MEARS (aged 75) Toogoolawah, Queensland, Australia
04 Nov 1945 49 Death of mother Ellen (Nellie) FRANCIS (aged 81) Toogoolawah, Queensland, Australia
14 May 1977 81 Ernest Harold MEARS died Kingaroy, Queensland, Australia 17
Personal Notes:
Born in Wimbledon, Harold emigrated to Biarra with his parents in 1910. He lived on the family property 'Morden', Toogoolawah, until he drew at ballot in 1912, a portion of 'Taabinga Station' in the Kumbia-Kingaroy district.

Still only a teenager, he had to work hard improving his land that he named 'Surrey Park' after Surrey, his home County in England. He lived there for the remainder of his life.

In the initial years Harold often had to seek other work to survive, for instance, in 1915 he worked at 'Taabinga Station' mostly as a gardener. He developed his hobby, photography, to a high standard of professionalism and became a freelance contributor to various magazines and pictorial papers in Australia and overseas. His specialisation was animal studies and landscapes that found ready acceptance by editors. He spent much of his time following the Agricultural Show circuit, contributing to livestock journals. He was considered to be one of the top rural photographers in the state.

In his later years, on the suggestion of Mr Arthur Angove, the Kingaroy Shire Council Clerk, he worked on the compilation of an historical book titled 'The First Hundred Years - The Story of Early Kingaroy'. When Harold died, this history was almost completed. He had approved a final plan for the book with the material that he had gathered over the years, and his executors agreed that his wish would be posthumously fulfilled. He financed the publication of this history through the Kingaroy Shire Council, and its completion in 1978 is considered a memorial to him. His indexed negatives covering a lifetime of photography, are now held in the Oxley Library, Brisbane.
Source References:
17. Type: Book, Abbr: Francis 2000, Title: Francis 2000, Auth: Warwick & Kate Francis, Date: 2000
- Reference = 83 (Death)
- Reference = 83 (Birth)
This public tree has about 60,100 people. Every person in the tree is related by birth or marriage to at least one other person in the tree - no strays. The people in the tree come mainly from four projects.
  1. My family tree. The original project begun about 1998. ID numbers less than about 6,000
  2. Canberra and Queanbeyan Pioneers. The next 30,000 begun about 2004. Sourced almost entirely from HAGSOC's excellent 'Biographical Register of Canberra and Queanbeyan'. The project began when I decided to add siblings, spouses and parents for a relation with an entry in the Register. 12 years work.
  3. Wagga Pioneers. I moved to Wagga and thought I would extend the Queanbeyan project by adding people from Wagga Wagga & District Family History Society's 'Pioneers of Wagga Wagga and District'. About 10,300 people added over about a year.
  4. Tumut Valley Pioneers. During the COVID-19 pandemic of 2020, I decided to extend the above projects by adding pioneers of the Tumut Valley. Initial sources were Snowden's 'Pioneers of the Tumut Valley' and 'Relict of ... Lives of Pioneering Women of Tumut and District'. Excellent references published by Tumut Family History Group. I've also added material from newspapers of the time - especially, death records, obituaries and weddings from 'Tumut and Adelong Times'. This project is in its early stage and might take a few years. I plan to extend to the upper Monaro (Adaminaby, Kiandra, Cooma, Jindabyne).
I upload new information to this website about every 3 months. My motivation for these projects is to provide public information for people seeking to trace ancestors and what became of them. Much of the information I provide can be difficult to find.
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