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John Henry SHEARS (1866 - 1940)

Children	Self + Spouses	Parents	Grandparents	Greatgrandparents
Ada Bessie SHEARS (1900 - 1966) May Lillian SHEARS (1902 - ) John Henry SHEARS (1905 - 1969)	John Henry SHEARS (1866 - 1940) + Ada Bessie MUTTETT (1863 - 1943)	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. 14 Feb 1866

m. 19 Apr 1899 Ada Bessie MUTTETT (1863 - 1943) at Brisbane, Queensland, Australia

d. 29 Jun 1940 aged 74

Near Relatives of John Henry SHEARS (1866 - 1940)
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	Samuel MUTTETT	10 May 1835	Walpole, Suffolk, England
Mother in Law	Anna GOUGH	1840	Gillingham, Dorset, England
Father	John SHEARS		Somerset, England	14 Mar 1915
Mother	Elizabeth (Betsy) WAIN	17 Jan 1847	Wolston, Warwickshire, England	1918	Brisbane, Queensland, Australia	71
Self	John Henry SHEARS	14 Feb 1866		29 Jun 1940		74
Wife	Ada Bessie MUTTETT	abt Sep 1863	Wandsworth, London, England	09 Apr 1943		79
Step Daughter	Ruby BURNELL	27 Jul 1895	Brisbane, Queensland, Australia	21 Sep 1992		97
Daughter	Ada Bessie SHEARS	05 Feb 1900	Queensland, Australia	abt 1966		66
Daughter	May Lillian SHEARS	19 Nov 1902	Queensland, Australia
Son	John Henry SHEARS	11 Jun 1905	Queensland, Australia	20 Mar 1969		63
Sister	Louisa SHEARS	29 Mar 1864		28 Mar 1872		7
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	Clara Jane SHEARS	20 Oct 1880	Queensland, Australia	20 Jul 1963	Redland Bay, Queensland, Australia	82
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	Thomas GARDINER
Son in Law	William Edward BUNKER
Daughter in Law	Annie Jane HERRMANN	05 Sep 1908	Brisbane, Queensland, Australia	04 Sep 2003	Brisbane, Queensland, Australia	94
Granddaughter	Living or Recently Deceased
Grandson	Living or Recently Deceased
Grandson	Living or Recently Deceased
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
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
Niece	Adelaide COLBURN	1903	Queensland, Australia
Nephew	George William COLBURN	1904	Queensland, Australia
Niece	Ivy COLBURN	1908	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
Brother in Law	Frederick George MUTTETT	abt 1867	Clapham, Surrey, England
Brother in Law	Frederick Henry MUTTETT	abt Dec 1872	Wandsworth, London, England
Brother in Law	Benjamin PRESTON
Brother in Law	Nicholas THRELFELL
Brother in Law	Andreas Heinrich PETERSEN
Brother in Law	Edward LANGDON
Brother in Law	Daniel William COLBURN	31 Jan 1870	Brisbane, Queensland, Australia	20 Nov 1954	Redland Bay, Queensland, Australia	84
Brother in Law	Henry James (Gary) COLBURN	26 Jun 1871	Brisbane, Queensland, Australia	07 Nov 1915	Brisbane, Queensland, Australia	44
Sister in Law	May Louisa JARRETT	1887	Brisbane, Queensland, Australia	1912	Brisbane, Queensland, Australia	25
Sister in Law	Ethel ALLWORTH

Events in John Henry SHEARS (1866 - 1940)'s life
Date	Age	Event	Place	Notes	Src
14 Feb 1866		John Henry SHEARS was born			18
19 Apr 1899	33	Married Ada Bessie MUTTETT (aged 35)	Brisbane, Queensland, Australia	1899/B19908	18
05 Feb 1900	33	Birth of daughter Ada Bessie SHEARS	Queensland, Australia	1900/C8500	18
19 Nov 1902	36	Birth of daughter May Lillian SHEARS	Queensland, Australia	1903/C7207	18
11 Jun 1905	39	Birth of son John Henry SHEARS	Queensland, Australia	1905/C8018	18
14 Mar 1915	49	Death of father John SHEARS
1918	52	Death of mother Elizabeth (Betsy) WAIN (aged 71)	Brisbane, Queensland, Australia	1918/B26843
29 Jun 1940	74	John Henry SHEARS died			18

Source References:

18. Type: E-mail Message, Abbr: e-mails general pool, Title: e-mails general pool

- Reference = Patrica Haynes 13 Aug 2010 (Birth)

- Reference = Patrica Haynes 13 Aug 2010 (Death)

- Reference = Patrica Haynes 13 Aug 2010 (Name, Notes)

- Reference = Patrica Haynes 13 Aug 2010 (Marriage)

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