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Kate BYERS (1889 - 1978)

Children	Self + Spouses	Parents	Grandparents	Greatgrandparents
	Kate BYERS (1889 - 1978)	John BYERS (1859 - 1939)
		Jessie MCLEAN ( - 1957)	Thomas Ross MCLEAN ( - 1882)	Kenneth MCLEAN
				Margaret ROSS
			Mary GORDON

b. 1889 at Queensland, Australia

d. 1978 at Ayr, Queensland, Australia aged 89

Near Relatives of Kate BYERS (1889 - 1978)
Relationship	Person	Born	Birth Place	Died	Death Place	Age
Grandfather	Thomas Ross MCLEAN			1882	Queensland, Australia
Grandmother	Mary GORDON
Father	John BYERS	1859	Canonbie, Dumfriesshire, Scotland	1939	Ayr, Queensland, Australia	80
Mother	Jessie MCLEAN			1957	Queensland, Australia
Self	Kate BYERS	1889	Queensland, Australia	1978	Ayr, Queensland, Australia	89
Sister	Grace Rubenna BYERS	1887	Queensland, Australia	1951	Ayr, Queensland, Australia	64
Brother	Jack BYERS	1891	Queensland, Australia	1940	Ayr, Queensland, Australia	49
Brother	Tom Leslie BYERS	1894	Queensland, Australia	1971	Queensland, Australia	77
Brother	Alex (Alick) BYERS	1897	Queensland, Australia	1917	Queensland, Australia	20
Sister	Jessie BYERS	1899	Queensland, Australia	1899	Queensland, Australia	0
Sister	Nellie BYERS	1900	Queensland, Australia
Brother	Robert BYERS	1902	Queensland, Australia	18 Jun 1955	Ayr, Queensland, Australia	53
Sister	Jessie BYERS	1905	Queensland, Australia	1956	Brisbane, Queensland, Australia	51
Sister	Rosie Jean BYERS	1907	Queensland, Australia	1982	Queensland, Australia	75
Brother	Kenneth BYERS	1910	Queensland, Australia	1938	Ayr, Queensland, Australia	28
Brother in Law	George RENNIE			1952	Ayr, Queensland, Australia
Sister in Law	Isabella Mary BROOK	1897	Queensland, Australia
Brother in Law	W. PATTERSON
Sister in Law	Margaret Jane CARCARY	10 Jun 1902	Queensland, Australia	18 Oct 1988	Ayr, Queensland, Australia	86
Brother in Law	B ROMER

Events in Kate BYERS (1889 - 1978)'s life
Date	Age	Event	Place	Notes	Src
1889		Kate BYERS was born	Queensland, Australia	Note 1	18
1939	50	Death of father John BYERS (aged 80)	Ayr, Queensland, Australia	Note 2	60
1957	68	Death of mother Jessie MCLEAN	Queensland, Australia	Note 3	18
1978	89	Kate BYERS died	Ayr, Queensland, Australia	Note 4	18, 59

Note 1: 1889 C11295 Kate Byers John Jessie McLean

Note 2: The Northern Miner (Charters Towers) - 21 June 1939 PERSONAL At one time a master tailor in Charters Towers. Mr. John Byers died at a private hospital in Ayr on June 1. Born at Canonbie, Dumfrieshire, Scotland, on the 23rd October, 1859, the late Mr. Byers came to Australia by the sailing ship 'Stirlingshire,' arriving at Townsville on the 2nd November, 1882. Before landing he had his first great adventure in Australian waters, an experience which he remembered to the end. The ship in which he made, what was in those days a great and hazardous voyage, ran on to a reef at Picnic Bay and he with others, swam ashore to Magnetic Island. They returned to the ship, which was safely refloated and landed its passengers at the Port. Townsville, in those days, was a little bush town and here the deceased settled down to quiet Industry which characterised his life throughout. It was at Townsville that he met and married Jessie MacLean and commenced a happy partnership which lasted for 54 years, during which they were seldom parted. The 54th anniversary of the wedding took place on the 7th June, 1939. Leaving Townsville, the deceased came to Charters Towers in 1891 and worked at his profession for some years, eventually opening a business here which he carried on until May, 1910, when he went to Brandon to open a similar business. In 1913 he turned his attention to Ayr and established a business there which he conducted to within a few weeks of his death. In his early days the late Mr. Byers was an athlete of some note and was an accomplished footrunner and cricketer. The late Mr. Byers Is survived by his widow, two sons, Tom (Proserpine), Robert (Ayr), six daughters, Mrs. G.L. Rennie (Ayr). Mrs. W. Patterson (Julia Creek), Mrs. B. Romer (Charters Towers), the Misses Kate, Nellie and Jessie Byers, and twenty six grandchildren. One son, Alec., was killed during the Great War, and a younger son, Kenneth, died last year.

Note 3: 1957 C4309 Jessie Byers Thomas Ross McLean Mary Gordon

Note 4: 1978 C1673 Kate Byers John Byers Jessie McLain

Source References:

18. Type: Vital Record, Abbr: Queensland bdm index, Title: Queensland bdm index

- Reference = (Death)

- Notes: 1978 C1673 Kate Byers John Byers Jessie McLain

- Reference = (Birth)

- Notes: 1889 C11295 Kate Byers John Jessie McLean

59. Type: Web Page, Abbr: Burdekin Burial Register, Title: Burdekin Burial Register, Auth: Burdekin Shire Council

- Reference = (Death)

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