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Doreen Spencer WILLS (1918 - 1956)
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Doreen Spencer WILLS (1918 - 1956)

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Colin Henry BESCH
 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. 20 May 1918
m. 09 Dec 1944 Colin Henry BESCH at Rockhampton, Queensland, Australia
d. 12 Feb 1956 aged 37
Near Relatives of Doreen Spencer WILLS (1918 - 1956)
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 Doreen Spencer WILLS 20 May 1918 12 Feb 1956 37

Husband Colin Henry BESCH

Brother James Cedric Spencer WILLS 09 Sep 1916 30 Jan 1969 52
Brother Living or Recently Deceased
Sister Living or Recently Deceased
Brother Thomas Brian Spencer WILLS 13 Nov 1922 Springsure, Queensland, Australia 1994 Minerva Creek, Springsure, Queensland, Australia 72
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
Sister in Law Living or Recently Deceased
Brother in Law Living or Recently Deceased
Sister in Law Zita Agnes BURSLE 1922 Kyogle, NSW, Australia 2002 Springsure, Queensland, Australia 80
Brother in Law Living or Recently Deceased
Events in Doreen Spencer WILLS (1918 - 1956)'s life
Date Age Event Place Notes Src
20 May 1918 Doreen Spencer WILLS was born 55
1943 25 Residence Lillarea Station, Aramac, Queensland Note 1 37
09 Dec 1944 26 Married Colin Henry BESCH Rockhampton, Queensland, Australia Note 2 55, 60
14 Apr 1952 33 Death of mother Constance Annie WILSON (aged 65) Queensland, Australia Note 3 52, 60
1954 36 Residence Centre Creek, Wowan, Mount Morgan, Queensland Note 4 37
12 Feb 1956 37 Doreen Spencer WILLS died 55
Note 1: WILLS Doreen Spencer - governess
Note 2: Morning Bulletin (Rockhampton) 18 Dec 1944
MARRIAGE NOTICE
BESCH -WILLS On 9th December, at St Andrews Presbyterian church. Rockhampton, by Rev. Stewart Lang, Doreen Spencer, eldest daughter of Mr and Mrs Colden Wills, Minerva Creek Springsure, to Colin Henry, eldest son of Mr and Mrs A. H. Besch, Prospect Vale, Bajool.
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: BESCH Colin Henry - grazier; Doreen Spencer -hd
Personal Notes:
http://tww.id.au/family-history-wills/edward-spencer-wills-celene/pafg16.htm#11
394. Doreen Spencer Wills (Colden Spencer , Cedric Spencer , Horatio Spencer Howe , Edward Spencer ) was born on 20 May 1918 in ,,,Australia. She was christened on 27 Apr 1927 in "Lexington",Springsure,Queensland,Australia. She died on 12 Feb 1956 in Rockhampton,Queensland,,Australia. She was buried in Gracemere,Rockhampton,Queensland,Australia.

Married Colin Besch 9 December 1944
Died of breast cancer,

Doreen married Colin Henry Besch on 9 Dec 1944 in ,Rockhampton,Queensland,Australia. Colin was born about 1918 in ,,Queensland,Australia. He died about 1976 in ,Rockhampton,Queensland,Australia.

They had the following children:

588 F i Constance Ruth Besch was born on 25 Mar 1955 in ,Rockhampton,Queensland,Australia.
Constance married Phillip Bambrick on 17 Aug 1974 in 120 Fitzroy St,Rockhampton,Queensland,Australia. Phillip was born about 1955.
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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 = (Marriage)
- Reference = (Birth)
- Reference = (Name, Notes)
- Reference = (Death)
60. Type: Newspaper, Title: Trove, http://trove.nla.gov.au
- Reference = (Marriage)
- Notes: Morning Bulletin (Rockhampton) 18 Dec 1944
MARRIAGE NOTICE
BESCH -WILLS On 9th December, at St Andrews Presbyterian church. Rockhampton, by Rev. Stewart Lang, Doreen Spencer, eldest daughter of Mr and Mrs Colden Wills, Minerva Creek Springsure, to Colin Henry, eldest son of Mr and Mrs A. H. Besch, Prospect Vale, Bajool.
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