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| Marcus 'Mark' Gervais DE LA POER BERESFORD (1846 - 1883) |
| Children | Self + Spouses | Parents | Grandparents | Greatgrandparents |
| Marcus 'Mark' Gervais DE LA POER BERESFORD (1846 - 1883) + Elizabeth Anne SCOTT (1849 - 1941) |
George Hamilton DE LA POER BERESFORD (1801 - 1869) | |||
| Elizabeth NISBET | ||||
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| b. 03 Feb 1846 at Co Fermanagh, Ireland |
| m. 1869 Elizabeth Anne SCOTT (1849 - 1941) at Braidwood, New South Wales, Australia |
| d. 24 Jan 1883 at Cloncurry, Queensland, Australia aged 36 |
| Cause of Death: |
| murdered by blacks |
| Near Relatives of Marcus 'Mark' Gervais DE LA POER BERESFORD (1846 - 1883) | ||||||
| Relationship | Person | Born | Birth Place | Died | Death Place | Age |
| Father | George Hamilton DE LA POER BERESFORD | 1801 | Dublin, Ireland | 02 Mar 1869 | Mohill, Ireland | 68 |
| Mother | Elizabeth NISBET | |||||
| Self | Marcus 'Mark' Gervais DE LA POER BERESFORD | 03 Feb 1846 | Co Fermanagh, Ireland | 24 Jan 1883 | Cloncurry, Queensland, Australia | 36 |
| Wife | Elizabeth Anne SCOTT | 02 Sep 1849 | New South Wales, Australia | 08 Oct 1941 | Carcoar, New South Wales, Australia | 92 |
| Brother | George DE LA POER BERESFORD | 16 Aug 1830 | 07 Oct 1913 | 83 | ||
| Sister | Mary Matilda BERESFORD | 1834 | 22 Nov 1862 | 28 | ||
| Sister | Elizabeth BERESFORD | 29 Jun 1834 | Ireland | 13 Jun 1925 | Sunninghill, Berkshire, England | 90 |
| Brother | Henry Tristram DE LA POER BERESFORD | 29 Jul 1841 | 12 Aug 1930 | 89 | ||
| Nephew | George DE LA POER BERESFORD | 21 Jul 1885 | Armidale, New South Wales, Australia | 29 Sep 1964 | Dalgety, Monaro, New South Wales, Australia | 79 |
| Nephew | William Coventry DE LA POER BERESFORD | 02 Jun 1887 | 10 Jul 1938 | 51 | ||
| Nephew | Marcus Gervas DE LA POER BERESFORD | 22 Oct 1888 | Gunning, New South Wales, Australia | 06 Oct 1967 | 78 | |
| Brother in Law | James Maurice PRIMROSE | 1819 | Colchester, Essex, England | 25 Nov 1892 | Dublin, Ireland | 73 |
| Sister in Law | Louisa Margaret COVENTRY | |||||
| Events in Marcus 'Mark' Gervais DE LA POER BERESFORD (1846 - 1883)'s life | |||||
| Date | Age | Event | Place | Notes | Src |
| 03 Feb 1846 | Marcus 'Mark' Gervais DE LA POER BERESFORD was born | Co Fermanagh, Ireland | |||
| 1869 | 23 | Married Elizabeth Anne SCOTT (aged 20) | Braidwood, New South Wales, Australia | ||
| 02 Mar 1869 | 23 | Death of father George Hamilton DE LA POER BERESFORD (aged 68) | Mohill, Ireland | ||
| 24 Jan 1883 | 36 | Marcus 'Mark' Gervais DE LA POER BERESFORD died | Cloncurry, Queensland, Australia | 1883/C374 | |
| Personal Notes: |
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Marcus Gervais de la Poer Beresford was born circa 1847 at County Fermanagh, Ireland.1 He was the son of Reverend George Hamilton de la Poer Beresford and Elizabeth Nisbet.1 He married Elizabeth Anne Scott circa 1870.1 He died on 24 January 1883 at McKinlay Range, Queensland, Australia, murdered by 'the Blacks'.1
He emigrated to Queensland, Australia, arriving on 1881. The Queenslander 24 Mar 1883 Murder of Mr. Marcus Beresford. THE depositions taken at the inquiry into the death of Mr. Marcus Beresford, of the native police force, who was murdered by the blacks on the night of the 24th January, about twenty-four miles from Farley head station, in the Mackinlay Ranges, have just reached Brisbane, and from them we extract the following account of the sad occurrence : — On the 17th January Mr. Beresford, in charge of five troopers, left Devoncourt station for Chatsworth. Nothing further was seen of him by white men until the report of his murder was brought in by three of the troopers, all of whom had been badly wounded. The other two reached Farley head station, but were too badly hurt to proceed further. It was stated that Mr. Beresford had been killed by the blacks while asleep, and his body was found as the troopers had described, rolled up in blankets and lightly covered over with sand. The skull and forehead were smashed in, and there was also a spear wound in the right thigh. All round where the body lay were tracks of the blacks, and a great quantity of their implements of war were strewn about, many of the latter being stained with blood. All the witnesses agree in the belief that there is no reason to suspect the troopers of foul play. Indeed, the two troopers who reached Farley head station had quite a number of spear points in them, and the other three, as before stated, were severely wounded. A grave was dug on the spot, and, on the order of Mr. A. A. Hart, J.P., the body was interred. A rough head and foot stone were put in the ground to mark the place of his burial, and the grave was paved round with rough stones, to keep the heavy rains from washing the earth away. The Queenslander 7 Apr 1883 DEATHS. BERESFORD.—On the 24th January, murdered by the blacks at Cloncurry, Marcus Gervaise De La Poer Beresford, youngest son of the Hon. and Rev. Dr. George De La Poer Beresford, of Fenagh, County Leitrim, Ireland, grandson of the Lord Archbishop of Tuam, cousin of the Marquis of Waterford, of Curraghmore, Ireland. A first-class constable Beresford received a commendation for bravery in 1879 for catching the Hatfield bushrangers The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser (NSW : 1871 - 1912) View title info Sat 8 Mar 1879 Page 390 The Hatfield Bushrangers. The Sydney Mail 8 Mar 1879 The Hatfield Bushrangers. Day, the storeman, effected his escape from Hatfield, although shot at twice. Upon reaching Balranald he was sworn in as a special constable, and in company with constables Beresford and Power, started in pursuit of the gang. On Sunday morning, at 9.30, a start was made by the police, who con ducted the pursuit with commendable vigour. The gang were tracked to Clare, where the services of a black tracker were procured. The pursuit was continued to Kilfera, 200 miles from Balranald, where the police encountered the gang at sunset on Monday evening. The bushrangers were encamped in a lignum scrub on Wiilandra Creek, and when the police came upon them they were, no doubt, taken by surprise, as ' they had their horses hobbled a 6hort distance from where supper was in course of preparation. Upon see ing the police the men rushed and secured their arms. The police called upon them to surrender whilst they in turn called the police to bail up, and followed the command by firing at the troopers, who returned the fire. In the encounter the firing on both sides was without effect The bushrangers, finding the police determined to make a good stand, deemed it well to make an effort to secure their horses. Those hid, however, besoms alarmed at the firing decamped to some distance, where they were rounded up by special-constable Day, at whom Gorman fired several shots, and in return met with a warm response. Finding it impossible to secure the horses the members of the gang opened a sharp fire upon the police, to which so good a response was made that the bushrangers found it necessary to surrender. During this last firing one of the miscreants succeeded in sending a bullet through the right shoulder of constable Power; the wound, however, is not of a serious nature. The men, who are named Thomas Gorman, William Kaye, W. Hobbs, and Charles Jones, were taken to Balranald, yesterday after noon, about 1 o'clock, in chaige of the officers, and safely lodged in the lock-up. When arrested, the desperado® were found well-armed, and plentifully supplied with ammunition, so that their arrest may be looked upon as highly satisfactory. The police suc ceeded in recovering eight horses, and the property and money, with the exception of twelve pounds, stolen by the gang during their short career. The residents out back rendered all the assistance they could to the police, supplying horses, &c. The police did their work well, and deserve the best thanks of the community for . their prompt action. They travelled 200 miles in some ' thirty-four hours, out of which they had only two hours' rest |