James FRANCIS (1887

James FRANCIS (1887 - 1959)

Children	Self + Spouses	Parents	Grandparents	Greatgrandparents
Gladys Evelyn FRANCIS (1917 - 1997) Ronald James FRANCIS (1922 - ) Living	James FRANCIS (1887 - 1959) + Elsie Winifred FRANCIS (1900 - 1998)	James FRANCIS (1856 - 1938)	Joseph FRANCIS (1827 - 1909)	Joseph FRANCIS (1797 - 1855)
				Ann GREEN (1798 - 1891)
			Ellen HEATHFIELD (1833 - 1886)	James HEATHFIELD (1797 - 1848)
				Elizabeth MERRYWEATHER (1793 - 1862)
		Elizabeth YOUNG (1856 - 1915)	William YOUNG

			Theresa JERRARD (1830 - )	Daniel JERRARD (1782 - 1854)
				Elizabeth EVELEIGH (1796 - )

b. 16 Sep 1887 at Ipswich, Queensland, Australia

m. 10 Jan 1917 Elsie Winifred FRANCIS (1900 - 1998) at Kingaroy, Queensland, Australia

d. 22 Jan 1959 at Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia aged 71

Near Relatives of James FRANCIS (1887 - 1959)
Relationship	Person	Born	Birth Place	Died	Death Place	Age
Grandfather	Joseph FRANCIS	07 Jan 1827	Campton, Bedfordshire, England	03 Apr 1909	Merton, Surrey, England	82
Grandmother	Ellen HEATHFIELD	27 Jan 1833	Campton, Bedfordshire, England	01 Feb 1886	Merton, Surrey, England	53
Grandfather	William YOUNG
Grandmother	Theresa JERRARD	1830

Father in Law	William Herbert FRANCIS	08 Jun 1871	Merton, Surrey, England	18 Oct 1947	Kingaroy, Queensland, Australia	76
Mother in Law	Annie Mary DEXTER	18 Feb 1870	England	24 Jul 1949	Kingaroy, Queensland, Australia	79

Father	James FRANCIS	29 Aug 1856	Hampton, Middlesex, England	03 Aug 1938	Esk, Queensland, Australia	81
Mother	Elizabeth YOUNG	Oct 1856	Chideock, Dorset, England	24 Mar 1915	Esk, Queensland, Australia	58

Self	James FRANCIS	16 Sep 1887	Ipswich, Queensland, Australia	22 Jan 1959	Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia	71

Wife	Elsie Winifred FRANCIS	21 Oct 1900	Wimbledon, Surrey, England	24 Aug 1998	Normanby, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia	97

Daughter	Gladys Evelyn FRANCIS	08 Jul 1917	Kumbia, Queensland, Australia	12 Mar 1997	Batemans Bay, New South Wales, Australia	79
Son	Ronald James FRANCIS	11 Feb 1922	Kingaroy, Queensland, Australia
Daughter	Living or Recently Deceased

Sister	Ada Maria FRANCIS	06 Aug 1879	Merton, Surrey, England	10 Sep 1966	Hendra, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia	87
Brother	WIlliam Joseph FRANCIS	abt 1880	Merton, Surrey, England	14 Oct 1954	Kumbia, Queensland, Australia	74
Sister	Ellen Teresea (Nellie) FRANCIS	19 Nov 1881	Merton, Surrey, England	13 Aug 1975	Kingaroy, Queensland, Australia	93
Sister	Alice FRANCIS	02 Nov 1883	Merton, Surrey, England	01 Feb 1973	Esk, Queensland, Australia	89
Brother	George FRANCIS	03 Oct 1885	Ipswich, Queensland, Australia	11 Sep 1986	Kingaroy, Queensland, Australia	100
Brother	Charles FRANCIS	09 Mar 1890	Esk, Queensland, Australia	28 Mar 1991	Esk, Queensland, Australia	101
Sister	Eliza FRANCIS	26 Nov 1891	Esk, Queensland, Australia	03 Dec 1967	Brisbane, Queensland, Australia	76
Brother	Frank FRANCIS	14 Sep 1893	Esk, Queensland, Australia	12 Aug 1973	Kingaroy, Queensland, Australia	79

Son in Law	Raymond EDYVEAN-WALKER	19 May 1912	Nambour, Queensland, Australia
Daughter in Law	Living or Recently Deceased
Son in Law	Patrick David LLOYD	16 Aug 1926	Maryborough, Queensland, Australia	12 Sep 1988	Brisbane, Queensland, Australia	62

Granddaughter	Living or Recently Deceased
Grandson	Living or Recently Deceased
Granddaughter	Living or Recently Deceased
Grandson	Geoffrey James FRANCIS	02 Mar 1949	Brisbane, Queensland, Australia	03 Mar 1949	Brisbane, Queensland, Australia	0
Grandson	Living or Recently Deceased
Granddaughter	Living or Recently Deceased

Uncle	John FRANCIS	16 Feb 1858	England	08 Oct 1934	Wimbledon, Surrey, England	76
Uncle	George FRANCIS	07 Jun 1860	Wimbledon, Surrey, England	10 Aug 1944	Mortlake, Surrey, England	84
Aunt	unknown (FRANCIS)
Uncle	Charles FRANCIS	abt 1861	England	abt 1865	England	4
Aunt	Eliza FRANCIS	09 Feb 1862	Wimbledon, Surrey, England	11 May 1943	England	81
Uncle	Jesse MEARS	07 May 1828	England	12 Sep 1904	England	76
Aunt	Ellen (Nellie) FRANCIS	28 Sep 1864	Merton, Surrey, England	04 Nov 1945	Toogoolawah, Queensland, Australia	81
Uncle	Robert MEARS	05 Oct 1864	England	14 Sep 1940	Toogoolawah, Queensland, Australia	75
Uncle	Joseph FRANCIS	11 Apr 1867	Merton, Surrey, England	abt 1901	England	34
Uncle	William Herbert FRANCIS	08 Jun 1871	Merton, Surrey, England	18 Oct 1947	Kingaroy, Queensland, Australia	76
Aunt	Annie Mary DEXTER	18 Feb 1870	England	24 Jul 1949	Kingaroy, Queensland, Australia	79
Aunt	Elizabeth (Lizzie) FRANCIS	18 Mar 1874	Merton, Surrey, England	abt 1949	England	75
Uncle	George YOUNG	1855		1937		82
Uncle	Charles YOUNG	1858
Uncle	James YOUNG	1866

Cousin	Lily FRANCIS	abt 1883			Canada
Cousin	Ellen FRANCIS	abt 1885		1966		81
Cousin	Henry FRANCIS	abt Mar 1894	Surrey, England		England
Cousin	Ernest MEARS
Cousin	Robert MEARS	05 Oct 1864	England	14 Sep 1940	Toogoolawah, Queensland, Australia	75
Cousin	Gilbert Robert MEARS	18 Jul 1892	Stockwell, England	18 Mar 1987	Esk, Queensland, Australia	94
Cousin	Stanley Edward MEARS	14 Dec 1894	Wimbledon, Surrey, England	20 Jun 1989	Esk, Queensland, Australia	94
Cousin	Ernest Harold MEARS	01 Feb 1896	Wimbledon, Surrey, England	14 May 1977	Kingaroy, Queensland, Australia	81
Cousin	Ellen (Nellie) Elizabeth MEARS	13 Nov 1900	Morden, Surrey, England	09 Dec 1991	Esk, Queensland, Australia	91
Cousin	Grace Rosalind FRANCIS	07 Nov 1898	Wimbledon, Surrey, England	30 Dec 1954	Kingaroy, Queensland, Australia	56
Cousin	Elsie Winifred FRANCIS	21 Oct 1900	Wimbledon, Surrey, England	24 Aug 1998	Normanby, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia	97
Cousin	Arthur William FRANCIS	08 Mar 1905	Wimbledon, Surrey, England	31 May 1987	Kingaroy, Queensland, Australia	82

Niece	Alice Elizabeth HIMSTEDT	12 Dec 1901	Esk, Queensland, Australia	21 Jul 1960	Brisbane, Queensland, Australia	58
Nephew	William Frederick HIMSTEDT	22 Jan 1903	Esk, Queensland, Australia	21 Mar 1907	Esk, Queensland, Australia	4
Nephew	Charles Walter HIMSTEDT	13 Jun 1906	Moore, Queensland, Australia	11 Aug 2001	Yarraman, Queensland, Australia	95
Nephew	Ernest Stuart HIMSTEDT	29 Oct 1908	Esk, Queensland, Australia	14 Dec 1912	Yarraman, Queensland, Australia	4
Nephew	Alexander Mervyn HIMSTEDT	23 Dec 1910	Esk, Queensland, Australia	Jun 1950	Brisbane, Queensland, Australia	39
Niece	Cora Sylvia HIMSTEDT	09 May 1916	Esk, Queensland, Australia	30 May 1996	Brisbane, Queensland, Australia	80
Nephew	Arthur Cedric HIMSTEDT	30 May 1919	Yarraman, Queensland, Australia	07 May 1922	Brisbane, Queensland, Australia	2
Nephew	Albert James HIMSTEDT	11 Jan 1903	Esk, Queensland, Australia	06 Aug 1997	Esk, Queensland, Australia	94
Nephew	Stanley Lewis HIMSTEDT	21 Oct 1904	Esk, Queensland, Australia	09 Jul 1907	Esk, Queensland, Australia	2
Nephew	George Edward HIMSTEDT	19 May 1906	Esk, Queensland, Australia	10 Nov 1970	Mt Thompson, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia	64
Nephew	Leslie Frank HIMSTEDT	02 Jan 1908	Esk, Queensland, Australia	25 May 1925	Esk, Queensland, Australia	17
Nephew	Robert Victor HIMSTEDT	16 Apr 1913	Esk, Queensland, Australia	31 Aug 1966	Nambour, Queensland, Australia	53
Nephew	Norman Arthur HIMSTEDT	11 Oct 1906	Esk, Queensland, Australia	20 Nov 1993	Brisbane, Queensland, Australia	87
Nephew	Herbert Walter HIMSTEDT	14 Feb 1908	Esk, Queensland, Australia	10 Mar 1996	Esk, Queensland, Australia	88
Niece	Ivy Lillian HIMSTEDT	22 Aug 1909	Esk, Queensland, Australia	12 Aug 1983	Esk, Queensland, Australia	73
Nephew	George Leslie FRANCIS	29 Sep 1915	Kumbia, Queensland, Australia	29 Sep 1915	Kumbia, Queensland, Australia	0
Nephew	Alwyn FRANCIS	25 Oct 1916	Kingaroy, Queensland, Australia	31 Mar 2002		85
Nephew	Leslie FRANCIS	15 Jun 1918	Esk, Queensland, Australia	17 Dec 1998	Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia	80
Niece	Muriel Joyce FRANCIS	19 Apr 1920	Esk, Queensland, Australia	09 Apr 2005	Caboolture, Queensland, Australia	84
Niece	Living or Recently Deceased
Niece	Esme Elizabeth FRANCIS	15 Dec 1915	Biarra, Queensland, Australia
Nephew	Stanley Charles FRANCIS	07 Jan 1919	Toogoolawah, Queensland, Australia	06 Mar 1998		79
Nephew	Ernest James FRANCIS	16 Aug 1920	Esk, Queensland, Australia
Niece	Elsie Phyllis FRANCIS	17 Aug 1924	Toogoolawah, Queensland, Australia
Nephew	Living or Recently Deceased
Niece	Living or Recently Deceased
Nephew	Living or Recently Deceased
Nephew	Allan James ANDISON	16 Oct 1913	Paddington, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
Nephew	Keith Francis ANDISON	13 Jul 1919	Nundah, Queensland, Australia
Nephew	Owen Francis ANDISON	17 Jul 1921	Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
Nephew	Lawrence FRANCIS	Sep 1919	Kingaroy, Queensland, Australia	27 Nov 1920	Kingaroy, Queensland, Australia	1
Nephew	Lewis Jack FRANCIS	13 Mar 1921	Kingaroy, Queensland, Australia	15 Nov 1979		58
Niece	Maude FRANCIS	07 May 1923	Kingaroy, Queensland, Australia
Nephew	Living or Recently Deceased
Nephew	Living or Recently Deceased
Niece	Joyce Dorothy FRANCIS	05 Jul 1931	Kingaroy, Queensland, Australia	15 Dec 1971	Kingaroy, Queensland, Australia	40
Niece	Living or Recently Deceased
Niece	Living or Recently Deceased
Niece	Coral May FRANCIS	14 Feb 1938	Kingaroy, Queensland, Australia	29 Jul 1939	Kingaroy, Queensland, Australia	1

Sister in Law	Grace Rosalind FRANCIS	07 Nov 1898	Wimbledon, Surrey, England	30 Dec 1954	Kingaroy, Queensland, Australia	56
Brother in Law	Arthur William FRANCIS	08 Mar 1905	Wimbledon, Surrey, England	31 May 1987	Kingaroy, Queensland, Australia	82
Brother in Law	Frederick William HIMSTEDT	28 Jun 1869	Queensland, Australia	25 Apr 1954	Toombul, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia	84
Sister in Law	Alma Maria Louisa SUSZBIER	1883	Borung, Victoria, Australia	04 Jun 1947	Queensland, Australia	64
Brother in Law	Albert James Herman (Hermie) HIMSTEDT	19 Aug 1867	Toogoolawah, Queensland, Australia	17 Nov 1947	Brisbane, Queensland, Australia	80
Brother in Law	Walter Herbert HIMSTEDT	18 Nov 1879	Esk, Queensland, Australia	28 Jul 1953	Esk, Queensland, Australia	73
Sister in Law	Harriet May TAYLOR	07 May 1894	Esk, Queensland, Australia	05 Sep 1959	Kumbia, Queensland, Australia	65
Sister in Law	Mary Amelia MUSCH	11 Sep 1903	Queensland, Australia	29 Apr 1981	Buderim, Queensland, Australia	77
Sister in Law	Elsie Rose TAYLOR	01 Dec 1895	Biarra, Queensland, Australia	16 Sep 1965	Biarra, Queensland, Australia	69
Brother in Law	James Henry (Harry) ANDISON	10 Oct 1877	Queensland, Australia	26 Aug 1965	Brisbane, Queensland, Australia	87
Sister in Law	Ethel Mary CRISP	26 Jan 1897	Charters Towers, Queensland, Australia	22 Apr 1973	Kingaroy, Queensland, Australia	76

Events in James FRANCIS (1887 - 1959)'s life
Date	Age	Event	Place	Notes	Src
16 Sep 1887		James FRANCIS was born	Ipswich, Queensland, Australia	1887/C7920	18
24 Mar 1915	27	Death of mother Elizabeth YOUNG (aged 58)	Esk, Queensland, Australia
10 Jan 1917	29	Married Elsie Winifred FRANCIS (aged 16)	Kingaroy, Queensland, Australia	1917/C489	18
08 Jul 1917	29	Birth of daughter Gladys Evelyn FRANCIS	Kumbia, Queensland, Australia		17
11 Feb 1922	34	Birth of son Ronald James FRANCIS	Kingaroy, Queensland, Australia		17
03 Aug 1938	50	Death of father James FRANCIS (aged 81)	Esk, Queensland, Australia
22 Jan 1959	71	James FRANCIS died	Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia		18

Personal Notes:

After the family had moved to Biarra, in 1887 Elizabeth returned to Ipswich for the birth of James. He was enrolled at Biarra School in September 1892 at the age of fIve and left in December 1901. He lived with his parents at Biarra until 1912, when he moved to the Kumbia district after selecting Taabinga Resumption land at Glencliffe.

James married his cousin, Elsie, and they had two daughters and a son. In 1928 the family leased their property and moved to Kingaroy where James worked at the Kingaroy Butter Factory. In 1932 they returned to their property 'Surrey Hills' at Glencllffe. During their absence a new school had been built at Glencliffe, the previous one having been blown down by a windstorm prior to 1928.

In 1940 a property was purchased near Kingaroy and the sale of the Glencliffe interests finalised in 1943. James farmed the Kingaroy block until 1945 when it was sold and the family moved to a home in Kingaroy. At the same time a grazing property was purchased at Gordonbrook. In 1948, after selling the Kingaroy and Gordonbrook properties, James and Elsie moved to Gordon Park, Brisbane, and later to Lutwyche where he was residing when he died.

James was keen on sport, especially cricket, athletics (foot running) and tennis, and won bowling trophies for cricket and awards for 75 and 100 yards events in athletics. He was an original member of the Kumbia Progress Association formed in 1913. His particular interest was horse bloodlines and he was an enthusiastic supporter ofthe Kumbia Race Club, where he raced his horses as well as at club meetings throughout the South Bumett District.

Source References:

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- Reference = Tracy Berry email 29-1-09 (Marriage)

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