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Thomas Brian Spencer WILLS (1922 - 1994)
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Thomas Brian Spencer WILLS (1922 - 1994)

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Zita Agnes BURSLE (1922 - 2002)
 Colden Spencer WILLS (1888 - 1972) Cedric Spencer WILLS (1844 - 1914) Horatio Spencer Howe WILLS (1811 - 1861)
Elizabeth (MCGUIRE) WYRE (1817 - 1907)
Elizabeth Henrietta (Berry) MACDONALD (1850 - 1944) George MACDONALD (1824 - 1924)
Elizabeth Henrietta (DOW DOUSE DOUX) DOWSE (1822 - 1910)
Constance Annie WILSON (1886 - 1952) James WILSON



Sarah Agnes SHANKS



b. 13 Nov 1922 at Springsure, Queensland, Australia
m. 15 Oct 1946 Zita Agnes BURSLE (1922 - 2002) at Rockhampton, Queensland, Australia
d. 1994 at Minerva Creek, Springsure, Queensland, Australia aged 72
Near Relatives of Thomas Brian Spencer WILLS (1922 - 1994)
Relationship Person Born Birth Place Died Death Place Age
Grandfather Cedric Spencer WILLS 01 Dec 1844 'Lexington', Ararat, Victoria, Australia 23 Jan 1914 Springsure, Queensland, Australia 69
Grandmother Elizabeth Henrietta (Berry) MACDONALD 26 Dec 1850 Brewarrina, NSW, Australia 25 Jan 1944 Minerva Creek, Springsure, Queensland, Australia 93
Grandfather James WILSON
Grandmother Sarah Agnes SHANKS

Father Colden Spencer WILLS 15 Oct 1888 'Cullin-la-ringo', Springsure, Queensland, Australia 20 May 1972 Rockhampton, Queensland, Australia 83
Mother Constance Annie WILSON 17 Aug 1886 Queensland, Australia 14 Apr 1952 Queensland, Australia 65

Self Thomas Brian Spencer WILLS 13 Nov 1922 Springsure, Queensland, Australia 1994 Minerva Creek, Springsure, Queensland, Australia 72

Wife Zita Agnes BURSLE 1922 Kyogle, NSW, Australia 2002 Springsure, Queensland, Australia 80

Brother James Cedric Spencer WILLS 09 Sep 1916 30 Jan 1969 52
Sister Doreen Spencer WILLS 20 May 1918 12 Feb 1956 37
Brother Living or Recently Deceased
Sister Living or Recently Deceased
Sister Living or Recently Deceased

Aunt Elizabeth Spencer WILLS 12 Mar 1873 Queensland, Australia 24 Oct 1956 Queensland, Australia 83
Uncle Arthur John Carden COLLINS 26 Mar 1873 Stanage Bay Cattle Station, Queensland 15 Feb 1956 Bowen, Queensland, Australia 82
Aunt Edith Spencer WILLS 10 Jun 1874 Queensland, Australia 15 Sep 1956 Queensland, Australia 82
Uncle George Leslie Graham MACDONALD 1905 Queensland, Australia
Aunt Emily (Emilyne) Spencer WILLS 16 Aug 1875 Kew, Victoria, Australia 05 Feb 1960 Queensland, Australia 84
Uncle Angus Alexander MCLEAN 02 Aug 1861 Broadmeadows, Victoria, Australia 29 Sep 1944 Queensland, Australia 83
Uncle Horatio Spencer Howe WILLS 28 Aug 1876 'Cullin-la-ringo', Springsure, Queensland, Australia 30 Aug 1960 Springsure, Queensland, Australia 84
Aunt Margaret Alice COOPER 24 Feb 1882 Queensland, Australia 04 Nov 1918 Springsure, Queensland, Australia 36
Aunt Sybil HASSAL 17 Dec 1896 08 Apr 1945 Queensland, Australia 48
Uncle Cedric Spencer WILLS 29 Nov 1877 'Cullin-la-ringo', Springsure, Queensland, Australia 25 Sep 1957 Home Hill, Queensland, Australia 79
Aunt Lucea (Luzyja) Margurette (Margrette) EADE 27 Feb 1888 Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia 21 Jul 1974 Ayr, Queensland, Australia 86
Uncle George WILLS abt 1879
Aunt Minnie Spencer WILLS 27 Apr 1880 Queensland, Australia 23 Sep 1962 Queensland, Australia 82
Uncle George Albert CREED 17 May 1869 Brisbane, Queensland, Australia 04 May 1933 Queensland, Australia 63
Uncle Egbert Spencer WILLS 23 Jul 1881 Queensland, Australia 04 Aug 1888 Queensland, Australia 7
Aunt Rose Spencer WILLS 16 Sep 1882 'Cullin-la-ringo', Springsure, Queensland, Australia 21 Feb 1969 Queensland, Australia 86
Uncle William Cleminson GEDDES 28 Feb 1871 Queensland, Australia 26 Sep 1939 Queensland, Australia 68
Aunt Ruby Spencer WILLS 23 Nov 1883 Queensland, Australia 1978 Queensland, Australia 95
Uncle Stephen James Allen CREED 23 Feb 1874 Queensland, Australia 17 Feb 1961 Longmorn Station, Queensland, Australia 86
Aunt Ivy Spencer WILLS 30 Jul 1885 Queensland, Australia 09 Feb 1968 Casino, NSW, Australia 82
Uncle Frederick William TYRRELL 07 Apr 1945 Casino, NSW, Australia
Uncle Thomas Wentworth Spencer WILLS 25 Jul 1886 Queensland, Australia 22 May 1963 Queensland, Australia 76

Cousin Ada Berry Helen Carden COLLINS 22 Feb 1900 Queensland, Australia 12 Oct 1995 Queensland, Australia 95
Cousin James Cedric Carden COLLINS 11 Jun 1902 Queensland, Australia 1993 91
Cousin Jack Egbert Carden COLLINS 03 Jun 1903 Queensland, Australia abt 1993 90
Cousin Cora Zuill Carden COLLINS 30 May 1905 Toowong, Queensland, Australia 08 Aug 1933 Brisbane, Queensland, Australia 28
Cousin Mary Frances Carden COLLINS 19 Feb 1913 Queensland, Australia
Cousin Donald Stuart Graham MACDONALD 1894 04 Jan 1941 Queensland, Australia 47
Cousin Myra Myee (Myce) MACDONALD 20 May 1895 Queensland, Australia 1974 Townsville, Queensland, Australia 79
Cousin Elizabeth Margaret MCLEAN abt 1899 Queensland, Australia 27 Sep 1912 Queensland, Australia 13
Cousin Donald Angus MCLEAN abt 1900 Queensland, Australia abt 1900 Queensland, Australia 0
Cousin Alexander Robert MCLEAN 28 Feb 1908 Queensland, Australia 24 Nov 1995 Blackall, Queensland, Australia 87
Cousin Gordon Cedric MCLEAN 10 Sep 1909 Queensland, Australia 04 Oct 1999 'Harden Park', Blackall, Queensland, Australia 90
Cousin Unnamed WILLS 19 Sep 1915 Queensland, Australia
Cousin Cedric Henry Spencer WILLS 26 Jul 1902 Queensland, Australia 17 Dec 1954 Queensland, Australia 52
Cousin Egbert Horatio Spencer WILLS 15 Nov 1903 Queensland, Australia 19 Nov 1922 Queensland, Australia 19
Cousin May WILLS 11 Nov 1905 Queensland, Australia 11 Nov 1905 Queensland, Australia 0
Cousin Marjorie Alice WILLS 23 Jan 1910 Queensland, Australia
Cousin Ida WILLS 10 Jan 1915 Springsure, Queensland, Australia 21 Feb 1976 Blackall, Queensland, Australia 61
Cousin Stuart Spencer WILLS 09 Apr 1917 Springsure, Queensland, Australia 22 Mar 1996 Ayr, Queensland, Australia 78
Cousin Living or Recently Deceased
Cousin Thelma Margurette Spencer WILLS 03 Jul 1914 Cloncurry, Queensland, Australia 03 Mar 1995 Ayr, Queensland, Australia 80
Cousin Robert Spencer WILLS 20 Apr 1916 1916 Queensland, Australia 0
Cousin Cedric Spencer (Dooley) WILLS 07 Aug 1916 Townsville, Queensland, Australia 22 Nov 1991 Home Hill, Queensland, Australia 75
Cousin Living or Recently Deceased
Cousin Egbert Spencer WILLS abt 1922 Townsville, Queensland, Australia 23 Mar 2000 Ayr, Queensland, Australia 78
Cousin Silas Spencer WILLS 25 Apr 1925 2001 Innisfail, Queensland, Australia 76
Cousin Edith Elizabeth CREED 30 Oct 1902 Queensland, Australia
Cousin Ethel Ruby CREED 22 Nov 1903 Queensland, Australia
Cousin Minnie Rhoda CREED 08 Oct 1905 Queensland, Australia Rockhampton, Queensland, Australia
Cousin Florence Isabel CREED 12 Aug 1908 Queensland, Australia
Cousin Cedric Spencer Wills CREED 17 May 1910
Cousin Catherine Una CREED abt 1913 Queensland, Australia
Cousin Hazel Honor CREED 30 Sep 1918
Cousin Clemenson Wills GEDDES 26 Sep 1904 Queensland, Australia 20 Apr 1990 "Balmoral", Glen Geddes, Queensland, Australia 85
Cousin Wilsey Rose GEDDES 02 Apr 1907 Queensland, Australia
Cousin Thomas Horatio CREED 02 Apr 1906 Queensland, Australia 20 May 1975 69
Cousin Ruby Audrey CREED 21 Feb 1908 Queensland, Australia
Cousin Stephen Allen CREED 26 Feb 1911 Queensland, Australia 09 Jan 1975 63
Cousin Winifred Joan CREED 26 Jun 1917
Cousin Spencer Wentworth CREED 18 Mar 1919
Cousin Marjorie Lorrain CREED 11 May 1922 1967 45
Cousin Molly Dolland TYRRELL 29 Apr 1917
Cousin Lesley MacDonald TYRRELL 27 Jun 1919
Cousin Ruth Rose TYRRELL 1922 17 Dec 1922 Queensland, Australia 0

Sister in Law Elsie Margaret PLOGER
Brother in Law Colin Henry BESCH
Sister in Law Living or Recently Deceased
Brother in Law Living or Recently Deceased
Brother in Law Living or Recently Deceased
Events in Thomas Brian Spencer WILLS (1922 - 1994)'s life
Date Age Event Place Notes Src
13 Nov 1922 Thomas Brian Spencer WILLS was born Springsure, Queensland, Australia 55
15 Oct 1946 23 Married Zita Agnes BURSLE (aged 24) Rockhampton, Queensland, Australia Note 1 55, 60
1949 27 Residence Barsdale, Ilfracombe, Queensland, Australia Note 2 37
14 Apr 1952 29 Death of mother Constance Annie WILSON (aged 65) Queensland, Australia Note 3 52, 60
1954 32 Residence Barsdale, Ilfracombe, Queensland, Australia Note 4 37
20 May 1972 49 Death of father Colden Spencer WILLS (aged 83) Rockhampton, Queensland, Australia Note 5 18, 54, 55
1994 72 Thomas Brian Spencer WILLS died Minerva Creek, Springsure, Queensland, Australia Ancestry - Celenewills
Note 1: Morning Bulletin (Rockhampton) 28 Nov 1946
WEDDING BELLS
Wills-Bursle
A quiet wedding was celebrated at St Peter's Catholic Church. Rockhampton, when Zita Agnes, second daughter of Mr and Mrs F. G. Bursle, of Casino, NSW; was married to Thomas Brian Spencer, of Barsdale station, Ilfracombe, youngest son of Mr and Mrs C. S. Wills, Minerva Creek, Springsure. Father ' McAlister officiated.
The bride, who was given away by Mr C. Besch, was frocked in embossed silk featuring a long waist, a V-shaped neckline and three-quarter sleeves. Her long tulle veil was edged with lace and held in place with a ' coronet ' of orange blossoms. She carried a sheath of white gladioli and St Joseph lilies.

Mrs C. Besch was matron of honour and wore dark cyclamen corded silk made with a draped skirt finished with sequins. She carried a sheath of cyclamen shaded gladioli and pansies. The bride- groom's brother, Mr J. Wills, acted as best man.

Mr and Mrs Wills later left by plane for Brisbane and Casino.
Note 2: WILLS Thomas Brian Spencer - grazier; Zita Agnes - hd
Note 3: Reg No 1952/C2298 - James Wilson and Sarah Agnes Shanks

Morning Buletin (Rockhampton) 18 April 1952
WILLS : Easter Monday saw the passing of a well-known Springsure district identity in Mrs Colden Wills, aged 63 years, of Minerva. The funeral was held at Minerva on 15th April at 11 a.m. She was survived by her husband, Mr Colden Wills, Minerva, and a family consisting of Mr J. Wills, Lexington, Mr T. B. Wills, Ilfracombe, Mr C. A. Wills and Mrs C. Ireland, Rockhampton, Mrs C. Besch, Wowan, and Mrs A. Lees, Adelaide.
Note 4: WILLS Thomas Brian Spencer - grazier; Zita Agnes - hd
Note 5: Qld bmd - 1972 C3045 Colden Spencer Wills parents Cedric Spencer Wills and Elizabeth McDonald
Ancestry - Celenewills
Personal Notes:
Morning Bulletin (Rockhampton) 4 Aug 1948
BIRTH NOTICE
WILLS: Daughter to Mr and Mrs T. B. S. Wills, of Barsdale, Ilfracombe, at Mater Hospital, Rockhampton.
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397. Thomas Brian Spencer Wills (Colden Spencer , Cedric Spencer , Horatio Spencer Howe , Edward Spencer ) was born on 13 Apr 1922 in ,Springsure,Queensland,Australia. He was christened on 28 Apr 1927 in "Lexington",Springsure,Queensland,Australia. He died on 24 Jun 1994 in "Minerva Creek",Springsure,Queensland,Australia. He was buried on 27 Jun 1994 in Minerva Creek Privat Cemetery,Springsure,Queensland,Australia.

Educated Rockhampton Boys Grammar School 1937-1939
1942-1945 joined Army -2nd A.I.F. saw service in New Guinea
15 October 1946 married Zita Agnes Bursle
died Jun 1994 at home
Service Record
Name WILLS, THOMAS BRIAN SPENCER Service Australian Army Service Number QX32327
Date of Birth 13 Apr 1922 Place of Birth SPRINGSURE, QLD Date of Enlistment 19 May 1942 Locality on Enlistment MINERVA, QLD Place of Enlistment BRISBANE, QLD Next of Kin WILLS, COLDEN Date of Discharge 3 Nov 1945 Rank Lance Sergeant

Thomas married Zita Agnes Bursle on 15 Oct 1946 in Rockhampton,,Queensland,Australia. Zita was born on 23 Mar 1922 in Kyogle,,New South Wales,Australia. She died on 16 Dec 2002 in Hospital,Springsure,Queensland,Australia. She was buried on 20 Dec 2002 in "Minerva Creek",Springsure,Queensland,Australia.

born Kyogle
moved to Casino when about four
moved to Sydney about 1941
employed as Companion/Help when she met and married Brian Wills of
"Barsdale" Ilfracombe
moved to "Willsmere" Talwood between Goondiwindi and St George Q in
1959
moved to Gap Street Springsure in 1966
Moved to Chrisney Street Yepoon 1969 and then to "Minerva Creek" in
1974

Thomas and Zita had the following children:

591 F i Jennifer Joye Spencer Wills was born on 1 Aug 1948 in Rockhampton,Queensland,,Australia. She was christened in St Peter's,Rockhampton,Queensland,Australia.

Married Kevin Joseph Ryan 1975 at St Peter's Rockhampton
Jennifer married Kevin Joseph Ryan on 20 Dec 1975 in St Peter's,Rockhampton,Queensland,Australia.
592 F ii Constance Celene Spencer Wills was born on 28 Jan 1950 in ,Rockhampton,Queensland,Australia. She was christened on 19 Apr 1950 in St Brigid's,Longreach,C.W. Queensland,Australia.

Birth Register No. E 40018
Baptism Sponsers Doreen Besch and Ruby Avery
Constance married Frederick Christopher Muller on 18 Apr in St Peter's,Rockhampton,Queensland,Australia. Frederick was born on 23 Dec 1949 in St George,Darling Downs,Queensland,Australia. He was christened on 21 Jan 1950 in St Patrick's,St George,Queensland,Australia.
593 M iii Roderick Ronald Colden Wills Spencer was born on 21 May 1954 in Rockhampton,Queensland,,Australia. He was christened in St Brigid's,Longreach,Queensland,Australia.

Educated St Brendan's College Yeppoon Queensland
594 F iv Bronwyn Berry Spencer Wills was born on 22 Dec 1957 in Rockhampton,Queensland,,Australia. She was christened in St Peter's,Rockhampton,Queensland,Australia.

Educated St Ursula's College Yeppoon Queensland
Married Quintus Richard Pease June 1978
Bronwyn married Quintus Richard Pease on 10 Jun 1978 in ,Rockhampton,Queensland,Australia. Quintus was born on 18 Mar 1958 in ,,Kenya,Africa.
595 M v Thomas Horatio Spencer Wills was born on 18 Oct 1961 in St George,Queensland,,Australia. He was christened in Rockhampton,Queensland,,Australia.

Educated St Brendan's College Yeppoon and The Emerald Pastoral College
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Source References:
37. Type: Vital Record, Abbr: Australian electoral rolls, Title: Australian Electoral Rolls, Auth: Australian government
- Reference = (Residence)
- Reference = (Residence)
55. Type: Book, Abbr: Edward Wills Family and Descendants, Title: Ancestor Treasure Hunt; The Edward Wills Family and Descendants in Australia 1797 - 1976, Auth: R.V. Pockley, Publ: Wentworth Books - Sydney, Date: 1976
- Reference = (Name, Notes)
- Reference = (Birth)
- Reference = (Marriage)
60. Type: Newspaper, Title: Trove, http://trove.nla.gov.au
- Reference = (Marriage)
- Notes: WEDDING BELLS

Wills-Bursle

A quiet wedding was celebrated at St Peter's Catholic Church.

Rockhampton, when Zita Agnes, second daughter of Mr and Mrs F. G. Bursle, of Casino, NSW; wa» married to Thomas Brian Spencer, of Barsdale station, Ilfracombe, youngest son of Mr and Mrs C. S. Wills, Minerva Creek, Spring-

sure. Father ' McAlister officiated.

The bride, who was given away ¡by Mr C. Besch, was frocked in embossed silk featuring a long waist, a V-shaped neckline and three-quarter sleeves. Her long tulle veil was edged with lace and held in place with a ' coronet ' of orange blossoms. She carried a sheath of white gladioli and St Joseph lilies.

Mrs C. Besch ' was matron ot

honour and wore dark cyclamen corded silk made with a .draped skirt finished with sequins. She carried a sheath of cyclamen shad- ed gladioli and pansies. The bride- groom's brother, Mr J. Wills, acted as best man.

Mr and Mrs Wills later left by plane for Brisbane and' Casino.
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