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Beatrice Emma KEPPEL (1890 - 1932)

Children	Self + Spouses	Parents	Grandparents	Greatgrandparents
	Beatrice Emma KEPPEL (1890 - 1932)	Francis Henry KEPPEL ( - 1919)
		Louisa Clarke HANN (1860 - 1895)	William HANN (1837 - 1889)	Joseph HANN (1815 - 1864)
				Elizabeth SHARPE ( - 1864)
			Mary Burge HEARN (1833 - 1894)	James HEARN (1811 - 1857)
				Louisa CLARKE (1812 - 1890)

b. 1890 at Queensland, Australia

d. 1932 at Stanthorpe, Queensland, Australia aged 42

Near Relatives of Beatrice Emma KEPPEL (1890 - 1932)
Relationship	Person	Born	Birth Place	Died	Death Place	Age
Grandfather	William HANN	1837	Wiltshire, England	1889	Townsville, Queensland, Australia	52
Grandmother	Mary Burge HEARN	1833	England	1894	Townsville, Queensland, Australia	61
Father	Francis Henry KEPPEL			1919	Charters Towers, Queensland, Australia
Mother	Louisa Clarke HANN	1860		1895	Townsville, Queensland, Australia	35
Self	Beatrice Emma KEPPEL	1890	Queensland, Australia	1932	Stanthorpe, Queensland, Australia	42
Sister	Florence Isabelle KEPPEL	1882	Queensland, Australia
Brother	Frederick Henry KEPPEL	1884	Queensland, Australia
Sister	Jessie Alice Mabel KEPPEL	1885	Queensland, Australia
Sister	Mary Louisa KEPPEL	1887	Queensland, Australia
Brother	Arthur KEPPEL	1891	Queensland, Australia
Brother	William Hann KEPPEL	1892	Queensland, Australia
Sister	Lilian Olive KEPPEL	1894	Queensland, Australia
Half Brother	Walter Francis KEPPEL	1905	Queensland, Australia	1978	Charters Towers, Queensland, Australia	73
Half Brother	Clarence Victor KEPPEL	1907	Queensland, Australia	1947	Killarney, Queensland, Australia	40
Half Brother	Jack Edward KEPPEL	1910	Queensland, Australia	1979	Brisbane, Queensland, Australia	69
Half Sister	Dulcie Maud KEPPEL	1913	Queensland, Australia	1974	Brisbane, Queenland, Australia	61
Half Brother	Gordon KEPPEL	1918	Queensland, Australia	1919	Queensland, Australia	1
Aunt	Elizabeth Caroline (Lilly) (youngest Dau) HANN	1868	Queensland, Australia	1943	Townsville, Queensland, Australia	75
Uncle	Charles Macedon CLARKE	1868		1931	Queensland, Australia	63
Niece	Violet Olive KEPPEL	1929	Queensland, Australia	2000	Charters Towers, Queensland, Australia	71
Nephew	Donald Barry WATTS	1945	Warwick, Queensland, Australia	2005	Killarney, Queensland, Australia	60
Sister in Law	Elsie Maud HERROD	1905	Queensland, Australia	1994	Charters Towers, Queensland, Australia	89
Brother in Law	Thomas Lindsay WATTS	1911		1962		51

Events in Beatrice Emma KEPPEL (1890 - 1932)'s life
Date	Age	Event	Place	Notes	Src
1890		Beatrice Emma KEPPEL was born	Queensland, Australia	Note 1	18
1895	5	Death of mother Louisa Clarke HANN (aged 35)	Townsville, Queensland, Australia	Note 2	52
1919	29	Death of father Francis Henry KEPPEL	Charters Towers, Queensland, Australia	Note 3
1932	42	Beatrice Emma KEPPEL died	Stanthorpe, Queensland, Australia	Note 4	60

Note 1: Beatrice Emma Keppel Event date: 06/04/1890 Event type: Birth registration Registration details: 1890/C/7051 Mother: Louisa Clarke Hann Father/parent: Francis Henry Keppel

Note 2: Louisa Clark Keppel in the Australia, Death Index, 1787-1985 Name: Louisa Clark Keppel Death Date: 24 Aug 1895 Death Place: Queensland Registration Date: 1895 Registration Place: Australia Father: William Hann Mother: Mary Burge Hearn Registration Number: 003832 Page number: 13915

Note 3: POSSIBLE Qld bdm Francis Henry Keppel Event date: 11/09/1919 Event type: Death registration Registration details: 1919/C/4073 Mother: Elizabeth Lowry Father/parent: Francis Henry Keppel Townsville Daily Bulletin 12 Sept 1919 By the sudden death of Mr Francis Henry Keppel on Thursday, at Charters Towers, another old timer is gone. He came to Charters Towers quite a lad about 1874 and was for a time associated with Tom Moody, on the Cape River. Afterwards he was employed at Maryvale by Mr William Hann. Mr Keppel married Miss Hann and settled at 'Niall" on Maryvale Creek. He became a successful pastoralist and dealer in stock and properties. In partnership with Mr Harry Daintree, he bought Glengalder and Barrington, and afterwards sold well to Lyons and Rollenston. He had previously acquired Victoria Downs on the Cape, and lived there for a time—but afterwards made Charters Towers his home. Mr Keppel was married a second time to Miss Woolley, of the Clarke River. Willie Keppel, his second son, was a fine man, who died at the war. His second son, Fred, manages Rokeby in the peninsula. Mrs Jas. Ferguson, now of Lyndhurst, a famous horsewoman at Townsville Show, was a Miss Jessie Keppel, and Miss Bea Keppel has made good as a nurse during the war. Some years ago, Mr Keppel bought the butchery business of Moran and Co on Charters Towers, and also the sheep station Wimmera on Alick's Creek, below Richmond. A few weeks ago he purchased Kolonglo, near Prairie, and had just commenced stocking that. He was once a famous horseman, and always had ready money for a classy horse. Latterly, Mr Keppel invested fairly heavily in Charters Towers hotel properties, and he also had control of the Alexandra Hotel, Townsville. He was a very busy man and bold speculator, and his demise will affect many ventures.

Note 4: Brisbane Courier 29 November 1932 Keppel, Beatrice Emma (Bea) (1890–1932) A wide circle of friends will regret to learn of the death of Matron Beatrice Emma Keppel, of the Stanthorpe Hospital, as a result of a motor accident near Stanthorpe on 22nd inst. The late Miss Keppel was a grand-daughter of the late Mr. William Hann, who took up and owned Maryvale and Bluff Downs stations, in the Charters Towers district, and a daughter of the late Mr. Fred Keppel, who owned Victoria Downs and Niall stations in the same area. Miss Keppel was born and brought up in the bush, which partly accounted for her general all-round usefulness, and on leaving school joined the staff of the Charters Towers District Hospital. On the outbreak of the Great War Miss Keppel, then a certified nurse, at once volunteered for service. Being accepted she went to France, accompanied by her brother, William, as a member of the A.I.F. The latter was badly wounded in a battle on the Marne, and died in a Paris hospital, being nursed by his sister up to the time of his death. The sister and brother were a splendid couple, both being of magnificent physique, Miss Keppel standing 6ft. 1in., and her brother 6ft. 4in. On the declaration of peace Miss Keppel returned to Queensland and continued her nursing career, and was eventually appointed to the matronship of the Stanthorpe Hospital ten years ago, a position that she held with the highest credit to herself and the institution, and the benefit of all sufferers who came under her care up to the time of her death. Miss Keppel is survived by her aunt, Mrs. C. W. Clarke, of Maryvale, Charters Towers, who was a daughter of the late William Hann, also a sister, Mrs. I. D. Ferguson, of Lawn Hill, Burketown, a station once owned by the late Frank Hann, a grand-uncle of Miss Keppel; two sisters in the Charters Towers district, and a brother, Fred., owner of Rokeby station, Cape York Peninsula. The late Miss Keppel was a lady of striking personality, a charming manner, and a sweet disposition, and many a North Queenslander will deeply regret the passing of one who was such a true type of that noble band of "women of the west."

Source References:

18. Type: Vital Record, Abbr: Queensland bdm index, Title: Queensland bdm index

- Reference = (Birth)

- Notes: Beatrice Emma Keppel Event date: 06/04/1890 Event type: Birth registration Registration details: 1890/C/7051 Mother: Louisa Clarke Hann Father/parent: Francis Henry Keppel

60. Type: Newspaper, Title: Trove, http://trove.nla.gov.au

- Reference = (Death)

- Notes: Brisbane Courier 29 November 1932 Keppel, Beatrice Emma (Bea) (1890–1932) A wide circle of friends will regret to learn of the death of Matron Beatrice Emma Keppel, of the Stanthorpe Hospital, as a result of a motor accident near Stanthorpe on 22nd inst. The late Miss Keppel was a grand-daughter of the late Mr. William Hann, who took up and owned Maryvale and Bluff Downs stations, in the Charters Towers district, and a daughter of the late Mr. Fred Keppel, who owned Victoria Downs and Niall stations in the same area. Miss Keppel was born and brought up in the bush, which partly accounted for her general all-round usefulness, and on leaving school joined the staff of the Charters Towers District Hospital. On the outbreak of the Great War Miss Keppel, then a certified nurse, at once volunteered for service. Being accepted she went to France, accompanied by her brother, William, as a member of the A.I.F. The latter was badly wounded in a battle on the Marne, and died in a Paris hospital, being nursed by his sister up to the time of his death. The sister and brother were a splendid couple, both being of magnificent physique, Miss Keppel standing 6ft. 1in., and her brother 6ft. 4in. On the declaration of peace Miss Keppel returned to Queensland and continued her nursing career, and was eventually appointed to the matronship of the Stanthorpe Hospital ten years ago, a position that she held with the highest credit to herself and the institution, and the benefit of all sufferers who came under her care up to the time of her death. Miss Keppel is survived by her aunt, Mrs. C. W. Clarke, of Maryvale, Charters Towers, who was a daughter of the late William Hann, also a sister, Mrs. I. D. Ferguson, of Lawn Hill, Burketown, a station once owned by the late Frank Hann, a grand-uncle of Miss Keppel; two sisters in the Charters Towers district, and a brother, Fred., owner of Rokeby station, Cape York Peninsula. The late Miss Keppel was a lady of striking personality, a charming manner, and a sweet disposition, and many a North Queenslander will deeply regret the passing of one who was such a true type of that noble band of "women of the west."

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