Laurence John Townsend DEAR (1909

Laurence John Townsend DEAR (1909 - 1995)

Children	Self + Spouses	Parents	Grandparents	Greatgrandparents
Living Living	Laurence John Townsend DEAR (1909 - 1995) + Heather Belle HAIG (1913 - 1947) Living	Charles John DEAR (1867 - 1935)	John William DEAR (1836 - 1920)

			Sophia Matilda Emily CRAMP (1840 - 1901)	John CRAMP (1809 - 1873)
				Sophia Matilda BALLS (1813 - 1866)
		Adelaide Elizabeth (Ada) ELWORTHY (1868 - 1933)	George Gregory Townsend ELWORTHY (1837 - 1905)	George ELWORTHY (1813 - 1878)
				Emma BOWCHER (1810 - 1854)
			Marion (Mary Ann) SUGDEN (1837 - 1907)	William SUGDEN (1809 - 1895)
				Ellen Anne MORTON (1811 - 1893)

b. 26 Aug 1909 at Brisbane, Queensland, Australia

m. (1) 09 May 1936 Heather Belle HAIG (1913 - 1947) at Brisbane, Queensland, Australia

m. (2) Living Living or Recently Deceased

d. 12 Feb 1995 at Budina, Queensland, Australia aged 85

Parents:

Charles John DEAR (1867 - 1935)

Adelaide Elizabeth (Ada) ELWORTHY (1868 - 1933)

Siblings (4):

Alan Rex Gregory DEAR (1890 - 1942)

Geoffrey DEAR (1892 - 1935)

Charles Valentine DEAR (1895 - 1965)

Nora Marjorie DEAR (1897 - 1898)

Children (2):

Grandchildren (5):

Events in Laurence John Townsend DEAR (1909 - 1995)'s life
Date	Age	Event	Place	Notes	Src
26 Aug 1909		Laurence John Townsend DEAR was born	Brisbane, Queensland, Australia	1909/B020757
08 Aug 1933	23	Death of mother Adelaide Elizabeth (Ada) ELWORTHY (aged 65)	Brisbane, Queensland, Australia	1933/B021607
20 Apr 1935	25	Death of father Charles John DEAR (aged 68)	Brisbane, Queensland, Australia	1935/B027354
09 May 1936	26	Married Heather Belle HAIG (aged 23)	Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
02 Mar 1942	32	Enlisted - Army	Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
02 Jan 1946	36	Discharged
30 Jan 1947	37	Death of wife Heather Belle HAIG (aged 34)
12 Feb 1995	85	Laurence John Townsend DEAR died	Budina, Queensland, Australia		22

Personal Notes:

Service Record
Name DEAR, LAURENCE JOHN
Service Australian Army
Service Number QX42968 (Q145178)
Date of Birth 26 Aug 1909
Place of Birth BRISBANE, QLD
Date of Enlistment 2 Mar 1942
Locality on Enlistment ASHGROVE, QLD
Place of Enlistment BRISBANE, QLD
Next of Kin DEAR, H
Date of Discharge 2 Jan 1946
Rank Sergeant
Posting at Discharge 13 AUSTRALIAN ADVANCED WORKSHOP
WW2 Honours and Gallantry None for display
Prisoner of War No

Had a dry cleaning business in Kempsey, then a motel in Tamworth. Retired to Sunshine Coast.

Source References:

2. Type: Book, Abbr: Devon to Downunder, Title: Devon to Downunder, Auth: Bettie Elworthy, Publ: Bookbound, Date: 1997

- Reference = 120 (Name, Notes)

22. Type: Web Page, Abbr: Ryerson obituary index, Title: Ryerson Obituary Index, Locn: http://ryersonindex.net/search.php

- Reference = (Death)

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.

My family tree. The original project begun about 1998. ID numbers less than about 6,000
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.
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.
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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