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Tom Leslie BYERS (1894 - 1971)
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Tom Leslie BYERS (1894 - 1971)

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Isabella Mary BROOK (1897 - )
John BYERS (1859 - 1939)











Jessie MCLEAN ( - 1957) Thomas Ross MCLEAN ( - 1882) Kenneth MCLEAN
Margaret ROSS
Mary GORDON




b. 1894 at Queensland, Australia
m. 1921 Isabella Mary BROOK (1897 - ) at Queensland, Australia
d. 1971 at Queensland, Australia aged 77
Near Relatives of Tom Leslie BYERS (1894 - 1971)
Relationship Person Born Birth Place Died Death Place Age
Grandfather Thomas Ross MCLEAN 1882 Queensland, Australia
Grandmother Mary GORDON

Father in Law Joseph BROOK 1863 Ovens, Victoria, Australia 1904 Townsville, Queensland, Australia 41
Mother in Law Isabella Elizabeth CAMERON 1870 Bowen, Queensland, Australia 1926 Proserpine, Queensland, Australia 56

Father John BYERS 1859 Canonbie, Dumfriesshire, Scotland 1939 Ayr, Queensland, Australia 80
Mother Jessie MCLEAN 1957 Queensland, Australia

Self Tom Leslie BYERS 1894 Queensland, Australia 1971 Queensland, Australia 77

Wife Isabella Mary BROOK 1897 Queensland, Australia

Sister Grace Rubenna BYERS 1887 Queensland, Australia 1951 Ayr, Queensland, Australia 64
Sister Kate BYERS 1889 Queensland, Australia 1978 Ayr, Queensland, Australia 89
Brother Jack BYERS 1891 Queensland, Australia 1940 Ayr, Queensland, Australia 49
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

Niece Living or Recently Deceased
Nephew Living or Recently Deceased
Nephew Living or Recently Deceased
Niece Eunice Olive WIGHT 1923 1926 Ayr, Queensland, Australia 3

Sister in Law Flora Jane BROOK 1895 Queensland, Australia 1971 Ayr, Queensland, Australia 76
Sister in Law Irene Sophie BROOK 1900 Queensland, Australia 1988 Ayr, Queensland, Australia 88
Sister in Law Alexandra Edith BROOK 1903 Queensland, Australia
Brother in Law George RENNIE 1952 Ayr, 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 Tom Leslie BYERS (1894 - 1971)'s life
Date Age Event Place Notes Src
1894 Tom Leslie BYERS was born Queensland, Australia Note 1 52
1921 27 Married Isabella Mary BROOK (aged 24) Queensland, Australia Note 2 52
1939 45 Death of father John BYERS (aged 80) Ayr, Queensland, Australia Note 3 60
1957 63 Death of mother Jessie MCLEAN Queensland, Australia Note 4 18
1971 77 Tom Leslie BYERS died Queensland, Australia Note 5 18
Death of wife Isabella Mary BROOK Note 6
Note 1: Tom Leslie Byers
in the Australia, Birth Index, 1788-1922
Name: Tom Leslie Byers
Birth Date: 3 Oct 1894
Birth Place: Queensland
Registration Year: 1894
Registration Place: Queensland, Australia
Father: John Byers
Mother: Jessie Mclean
Page Number: 3581
Registration Number: 006678
Note 2: Isabella Mary Brook
in the Australia, Marriage Index, 1788-1950
Name: Isabella Mary Brook
Spouse Name: Tom Leslie Byers
Marriage Date: 27 Sep 1921
Marriage Place: Queensland
Registration Place: Queensland
Registration Year: 1921
Registration Number: 003754
Page Number: 420
Note 3: 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 4: 1957 C4309 Jessie Byers Thomas Ross McLean Mary Gordon
Note 5: 1971 C5932 Tom Leslie Byers John Byers Jessie McLean
Note 6: Ancestry trees 1989, Townsville
Source References:
18. Type: Vital Record, Abbr: Queensland bdm index, Title: Queensland bdm index
- Reference = (Death)
- Notes: 1971 C5932 Tom Leslie Byers John Byers Jessie McLean
52. Type: Australia Birth Marriage Death Index 1787 - 1985 Record
- Reference = (Birth)
- Notes: Tom Leslie Byers
in the Australia, Birth Index, 1788-1922
Name: Tom Leslie Byers
Birth Date: 3 Oct 1894
Birth Place: Queensland
Registration Year: 1894
Registration Place: Queensland, Australia
Father: John Byers
Mother: Jessie Mclean
Page Number: 3581
Registration Number: 006678
- Reference = (Marriage)
- Notes: Isabella Mary Brook
in the Australia, Marriage Index, 1788-1950
Name: Isabella Mary Brook
Spouse Name: Tom Leslie Byers
Marriage Date: 27 Sep 1921
Marriage Place: Queensland
Registration Place: Queensland
Registration Year: 1921
Registration Number: 003754
Page Number: 420