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Clara Jane SHEARS (1880 - 1963)
Children Self + Spouses Parents Grandparents Greatgrandparents
Adelaide COLBURN (1903 - )
George William COLBURN (1904 - )
Ivy COLBURN (1908 - )
 Clara Jane SHEARS (1880 - 1963)

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Henry James (Gary) COLBURN (1871 - 1915)
 John SHEARS ( - 1915) Robert SHEARS



Susan HAWKES



Elizabeth (Betsy) WAIN (1847 - 1918) Charles WAIN (1822 - 1893) John WAIN
Catherine ROBINSON (1791 - )
Susannah Mary DUCKETT (1823 - 1871) Thomas DUCKETT
Susannah PERKIN
b. 20 Oct 1880 at Queensland, Australia
m. 15 Jan 1902 Henry James (Gary) COLBURN (1871 - 1915) at Queensland, Australia
d. 20 Jul 1963 at Redland Bay, Queensland, Australia aged 82
Near Relatives of Clara Jane SHEARS (1880 - 1963)
Relationship Person Born Birth Place Died Death Place Age
Grandfather Robert SHEARS
Grandmother Susan HAWKES
Grandfather Charles WAIN abt 1822 Twycross, Leicestershire, England 31 Oct 1893 Dalby, Queensland, Australia 71
Grandmother Susannah Mary DUCKETT abt 1823 Claydon, Oxfordshire, England 29 Aug 1871 Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia 48

Father in Law Daniel William COLBOURNE COLBURN 1837 Whatley, Somerset, England 18 May 1918 Brisbane, Queensland, Australia 81
Mother in Law Mary CLARK 19 Dec 1847 England 02 May 1931 Redland Bay, Queensland, Australia 83

Father John SHEARS Somerset, England 14 Mar 1915
Mother Elizabeth (Betsy) WAIN 17 Jan 1847 Wolston, Warwickshire, England 1918 Brisbane, Queensland, Australia 71

Self Clara Jane SHEARS 20 Oct 1880 Queensland, Australia 20 Jul 1963 Redland Bay, Queensland, Australia 82

Husband Henry James (Gary) COLBURN 26 Jun 1871 Brisbane, Queensland, Australia 07 Nov 1915 Brisbane, Queensland, Australia 44

Daughter Adelaide COLBURN 1903 Queensland, Australia
Son George William COLBURN 1904 Queensland, Australia
Daughter Ivy COLBURN 1908 Brisbane, Queensland, Australia

Sister Louisa SHEARS 29 Mar 1864 28 Mar 1872 7
Brother John Henry SHEARS 14 Feb 1866 29 Jun 1940 74
Sister Sarah SHEARS 25 Apr 1868 Brisbane, Queensland, Australia 29 Mar 1872 Queensland, Australia 3
Sister Mary Alice SHEARS 06 Mar 1870 Brisbane, Queensland, Australia 30 Aug 1944 74
Sister Emmeline SHEARS 24 Oct 1871 Brisbane, Queensland, Australia 13 Aug 1953 81
Sister Bethel Betsy SHEARS 14 Jan 1874 Brisbane, Queensland, Australia 27 Jan 1940 66
Sister Lilly SHEARS 06 Mar 1876 Queensland, Australia 21 Mar 1940 64
Sister Beatrice Selina Arrena SHEARS 27 Apr 1878 Queensland, Australia 21 Jun 1961 Redland Bay, Queensland, Australia 83
Sister Isabella SHEARS 18 Sep 1882 Queensland, Australia 01 Jan 1933 50
Brother Charles Edwin SHEARS 30 Sep 1884 Queensland, Australia 31 Oct 1948 64

Son in Law William Robert MURRAY 01 Mar 1903 Queensland, Australia

Uncle John WAIN abt 1851 Market Bosworth, Leistershire, England
Aunt Ellen DALE
Aunt Sarah Jane WAIN abt 1853 Market Bosworth, Leistershire, England
Uncle Jeffrey John MADDICK
Uncle Thomas WAIN abt 1855 Market Bosworth, Leistershire, England
Aunt Mary BROWN
Uncle Joseph WAIN abt 1858 Exhall, Warwickshire, England 19 Mar 1909 51
Aunt Annie QUIGG
Aunt Mary WAIN abt 1860 Exhall, Warwickshire, England
Uncle Morris MERRITT
Aunt Emma WAIN abt 1862 England 1862 Queensland, Australia 0
Uncle Charles WAIN abt 1863 02 Apr 1865 Queensland, Australia 2

Niece Ada Bessie SHEARS 05 Feb 1900 Queensland, Australia abt 1966 66
Niece May Lillian SHEARS 19 Nov 1902 Queensland, Australia
Nephew John Henry SHEARS 11 Jun 1905 Queensland, Australia 20 Mar 1969 63
Nephew Sydney William COLBURN 1898 Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
Niece Beatrice Mary COLBURN 1901 Queensland, Australia
Niece Constance Muriel COLBURN 1912 Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
Nephew Harold Archibald COLBURN 1914 Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
Nephew Edward Lancelot Stephen SHEARS 1909 Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
Nephew Oliver Roy SHEARS 1910 Queensland, Australia
Niece Muriel Louisa SHEARS 12 Jun 1912 Queensland, Australia 29 Apr 1983 70
Niece Mary Clark DOWRIE 1887 Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
Niece Elizabeth Lindsay DOWRIE 1888 Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
Nephew James COLBURN 1882 Queensland, Australia 1882 Queensland, Australia 0
Niece Eliza MACKAY 11 Jul 1894 Queensland, Australia 03 Jun 1960 65
Nephew Angus George MACKAY 24 Aug 1896 Queensland, Australia 20 Aug 1930 Queensland, Australia 33
Niece Ethel Jean MACKAY 30 Mar 1899 Queensland, Australia
Nephew Thomas Norman MACKAY 08 Apr 1901 Queensland, Australia
Niece Mary Julia MACKAY 12 Mar 1906 Queensland, Australia
Nephew David Gordon MACKAY 01 Mar 1908 Queensland, Australia
Nephew Joseph Norman GRAHAM 1906 Queensland, Australia
Nephew William John GRAHAM 1909 Queensland, Australia
Niece Vera Mary Ann GRAHAM 1912 Queensland, Australia
Niece Doris Maud COLBURN 1909 Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
Niece Irene Mary COLBURN 1912 Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
Niece Enid Emily COLBURN 1914 Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
Niece Isabelle May SHIELD 1909 Queensland, Australia
Nephew Ernest SHIELD 1910 Queensland, Australia
Nephew Edward SHIELD 1911 Queensland, Australia
Niece Doris Ann SHIELD 1912 Queensland, Australia
Niece Ivy Myrtle SHIELD 1914 Queensland, Australia
Nephew Roy SHIELD 1914 Queensland, Australia
Niece Edith Jean ELMES 1911 Queensland, Australia
Niece Phyllis Edith ELMES 1912 Queensland, Australia
Niece Phyllis Elfreda COLBURN 22 Sep 1912 Brisbane, Queensland, Australia 05 Apr 1989 76
Nephew Wallace Fredrick COLBURN 21 Jul 1914 Brisbane, Queensland, Australia 30 May 1980 65
Nephew Stanley Gordon COLBURN 12 Mar 1916 Mt Thompson, Queensland, Australia 19 Aug 1990 74
Niece Marjorie COLBURN 13 Nov 1919
Nephew Kenneth COLBURN 12 Dec 1920 22 Jan 1986 65
Nephew Clive Colin COLBURN 18 Sep 1922 2007 85

Sister in Law Mary Ann Ellen COLBURN 22 Dec 1864 Brisbane, Queensland, Australia 17 May 1931 66
Sister in Law Elizabeth Ann COLBURN 26 May 1866 Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
Sister in Law Eliza Ann COLBURN 06 Sep 1867 Brisbane, Queensland, Australia 14 Jan 1947 Brookfield, Queensland, Australia 79
Sister in Law Martha Ann COLBURN 14 Dec 1868 Brisbane, Queensland, Australia 02 Apr 1871 Brisbane, Queensland, Australia 2
Brother in Law Daniel William COLBURN 31 Jan 1870 Brisbane, Queensland, Australia 20 Nov 1954 Redland Bay, Queensland, Australia 84
Sister in Law Martha Ann COLBURN 14 Feb 1873 Brisbane, Queensland, Australia 07 Feb 1963 Toowong, Queensland, Australia 89
Brother in Law Francis Joseph COLBURN 1874 Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
Brother in Law Thomas John COLBURN 15 Jun 1876 Queensland, Australia 26 Jan 1921 Brisbane, Queensland, Australia 44
Sister in Law Isabella Edwards COLBURN 27 Jun 1878 Victoria Point, Queensland, Australia 30 Dec 1968 90
Sister in Law Anna Emma Jane COLBURN 06 Nov 1881 Queensland, Australia
Brother in Law Alfred Frederick COLBURN 07 Sep 1882 Queensland, Australia 06 Aug 1960 77
Sister in Law Jemima Josephine COLBURN 18 Mar 1884 Queensland, Australia 06 Oct 1961 77
Sister in Law Eleanor Esther (Lena) COLBURN 23 Oct 1886 Queensland, Australia
Sister in Law Beatrice Maude COLBURN 24 Mar 1889 Queensland, Australia
Brother in Law Ernest Edward COLBURN 17 May 1891 Queensland, Australia
Sister in Law Ada Bessie MUTTETT abt Sep 1863 Wandsworth, London, England 09 Apr 1943 79
Brother in Law Benjamin PRESTON
Brother in Law Nicholas THRELFELL
Brother in Law Andreas Heinrich PETERSEN
Brother in Law Edward LANGDON
Sister in Law May Louisa JARRETT 1887 Brisbane, Queensland, Australia 1912 Brisbane, Queensland, Australia 25
Sister in Law Ethel ALLWORTH
Events in Clara Jane SHEARS (1880 - 1963)'s life
Date Age Event Place Notes Src
20 Oct 1880 Clara Jane SHEARS was born Queensland, Australia 1880/C2319 18
15 Jan 1902 21 Married Henry James (Gary) COLBURN (aged 30) Queensland, Australia 1902/C1665
1903 23 Birth of daughter Adelaide COLBURN Queensland, Australia 1903/C7190
1904 24 Birth of son George William COLBURN Queensland, Australia 1904/C8275
1908 28 Birth of daughter Ivy COLBURN Brisbane, Queensland, Australia 1908/B18580
14 Mar 1915 34 Death of father John SHEARS
07 Nov 1915 35 Death of husband Henry James (Gary) COLBURN (aged 44) Brisbane, Queensland, Australia 1915/B21527
1918 38 Death of mother Elizabeth (Betsy) WAIN (aged 71) Brisbane, Queensland, Australia 1918/B26843
20 Jul 1963 82 Clara Jane SHEARS died Redland Bay, Queensland, Australia 18
Source References:
18. Type: E-mail Message, Abbr: e-mails general pool, Title: e-mails general pool
- Reference = Ray Colburn email 31/12/08 (Birth)
- Reference = Ray Colburn email 31/12/08 (Death)
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