[Index]
Dorothy Beatrice DARWEN (1910 - 1969)
Children Self + Spouses Parents Grandparents Greatgrandparents
Dorothy Beatrice DARWEN (1910 - 1969) John (Jack) DARWEN (1874 - 1954) James DARWEN (1835 - 1875) James DARWEN
Ellizabeth PORTER
Elizabeth Hume TAYLOR (1835 - 1901) Thomas TAYLOR
Nancy HUME
Ellen Mary CORNFORD (1881 - 1934) Barnaby Robert CORNFORD (1850 - 1930)



Amelia Jane CHOAT (1854 - 1927)



b. 1910 at Queensland, Australia
d. 1969 at Queensland, Australia aged 59
Near Relatives of Dorothy Beatrice DARWEN (1910 - 1969)
Relationship Person Born Birth Place Died Death Place Age
Grandfather James DARWEN 1835 Chorley, Lancashire, England 1875 Bowen, Queensland, Australia 40
Grandmother Elizabeth Hume TAYLOR 1835 Halliwell, Bolton, Lancashire, England 1901 Dunwich, Redlands, Queensland, Australia 66
Grandfather Barnaby Robert CORNFORD 1850 Kent, England 1930 Ayr, Queensland, Australia 80
Grandmother Amelia Jane CHOAT 1854 Gillingham, Kent, England 1927 Ayr, Queensland, Australia 73

Father John (Jack) DARWEN 1874 Bowen, Queensland, Australia 1954 Ayr, Queensland, Australia 80
Mother Ellen Mary CORNFORD 1881 Kent, England 1934 Home Hill, Queensland, Australia 53

Self Dorothy Beatrice DARWEN 1910 Queensland, Australia 1969 Queensland, Australia 59

Brother Henry Gordon DARWEN 1967 Queensland, Australia
Brother Arthur James DARWEN 1900 Queensland, Australia 1979 Queensland, Australia 79
Sister Ethel May DARWEN 1901 Queensland, Australia 1971 Queensland, Australia 70
Brother John Thomas DARWEN 1902 Queensland, Australia 1988 Queensland, Australia 86
Brother William John (Robert) DARWEN 1904 Queensland, Australia 1921 Queensland, Australia 17
Sister Amelia Jane DARWEN 1906 Queensland, Australia
Sister Daisy Eveline DARWEN 1908 Queensland, Australia
Sister Mabel Isabella DARWEN 1911 Queensland, Australia 1914 Queensland, Australia 3
Brother Albert Edward DARWEN 1914 Queensland, Australia 1984 Queensland, Australia 70
Brother Frederick Alexander DARWEN 1915 Queensland, Australia
Sister Cynthia Jean DARWEN 1918 Queensland, Australia

Aunt Alice DARWEN 1856 Bolton, Lancashire, England 1889 Charters Towers, Queensland, Australia 33
Uncle John BARR 1838 Nottinghamshire, England 1913 Charters Towers, Queensland, Australia 75
Uncle Albert DARWEN 1859 Walton, Lancashire, England 1896 Bowen, Queensland, Australia 37
Aunt Annie MEIZNER 1865 Bowen, Queensland, Australia 1933 Queensland, Australia 68
Aunt Margaret Ann DARWEN 1861 England 1863 Bowen, Queensland, Australia 2
Uncle Edward DARWEN 1864 Bowen, Queensland, Australia 1912 Bowen, Queensland, Australia 48
Aunt Sarah Elizabeth WOODWARD 1865 Newbury, Berkshire, England 1929 Bowen, Queensland, Australia 64
Uncle James DARWEN 1867 Bowen, Queensland, Australia 1906 Barcaldine, Queensland, Australia 39
Aunt Ellizabeth Ann DARWEN 1870 Bowen, Queensland, Australia 1950 Bowen, Queensland, Australia 80
Uncle George (E. A.) SPENCER England 1907 Townsville, Queensland, Australia
Uncle William Henry DARWEN 1872 1931 Bowen, Queensland, Australia 59
Aunt Caroline CHRISTOFFERSON 1877 Bowen, Queensland, Australia 1946 Bowen, Queensland, Australia 69
Uncle John Thomas CORNFORD 1880 Kent, England 1959 Ayr, Queensland, Australia 79
Aunt Margaret Creelman RICHIE 1886 Queensland, Australia 1977 Ayr, Queensland, Australia 91

Cousin Elizabeth Annie DARWEN 1884 Queensland, Australia 1945 Bowen, Queensland, Australia 61
Cousin Albert Charles (Sonny) DARWEN 1885 Queensland, Australia 1955 Bowen, Queensland, Australia 70
Cousin Alice Mary DARWEN 1887 Queensland, Australia 1968 Gladesville, New South Wales, Australia 81
Cousin Arthur James DARWEN 1889 Queensland, Australia 1949 Bowen, Queensland, Australia 60
Cousin John Henry DARWEN 1891 Queensland, Australia 1968 Bowen, Queensland, Australia 77
Cousin William DARWEN 1893 Bowen, Queensland, Australia 1974 New South Wales, Australia 81
Cousin Ethel May DARWEN 1895 Queensland, Australia 1896 Queensland, Australia 1
Cousin Winnifred DARWEN 1901 Queensland, Australia 1901 Bowen, Queensland, Australia 0
Cousin Edie DARWEN
Cousin Wilfred DARWEN
Cousin Allan Edward DARWEN 1893 Bowen, Queensland, Australia 1926 Bowen, Queensland, Australia 33
Cousin Son SPENCER bef 1950
Cousin Minnie Ann DARWEN 1892 Bowen, Queensland, Australia 1899 Bowen, Queensland, Australia 7
Cousin William Howard SPENCER 1898 Bowen, Queensland, Australia 1981 Bowen, Queensland, Australia 83
Cousin Amy Elizabeth SPENCER 1902 Bowen, Queensland, Australia 1998 Sydney, NSW, Australia 96
Cousin Martha Hannah SPENCER 1907 Bowen, Queensland, Australia 1994 Bowen, Queensland, Australia 87
Cousin Granville Beatty SPENCER 1911 Bowen, Queensland, Australia 1998 Townsville, Queensland, Australia 87
Cousin Daughter 4 DARWEN
Cousin Jim DARWEN
Cousin Mildred Doris DARWEN 1898 Bowen, Queensland, Australia 1974 Bowen, Queensland, Australia 76
Cousin Victor DARWEN 1900 Bowen, Queensland, Australia 1957 Bowen, Queensland, Australia 57
Cousin Ronald "Curry" DARWEN 1902 Bowen, Queensland, Australia 1950 Bowen, Queensland, Australia 48
Cousin Madge DARWEN 1904 Bowen, Queensland, Australia 1987 Bowen, Queensland, Australia 83
Cousin Douglas James DARWEN 1906 Bowen, Queensland, Australia 1988 Bowen, Queensland, Australia 82
Cousin Mabel DARWEN 1907 Bowen, Queensland, Australia 1997 Bowen, Queensland, Australia 90
Cousin Claude Leslie DARWEN 1909 Bowen, Queensland, Australia 1994 Bowen, Queensland, Australia 85
Cousin Marjorie DARWEN 1911 Queensland, Australia 1987 Bowen, Queensland, Australia 76
Cousin Henry William DARWEN 1913 Queensland, Australia 1994 Bowen, Queensland, Australia 81
Cousin Irene May DARWEN 1915 Bowen, Queensland, Australia 1988 Bowen, Queensland, Australia 73
Cousin Ivy Caroline DARWEN 1917 Bowen, Queensland, Australia 1917 Bowen, Queensland, Australia 0
Cousin Roy Edward DARWEN 1918 Queensland, Australia 1993 Bowen, Queensland, Australia 75
Cousin Walter Robert (Bob) DARWEN 1921 Bowen, Queensland, Australia 2003 Bowen, Queensland, Australia 82
Cousin Enid DARWEN 1923 Bowen, Queensland, Australia 2007 Point Clare, Central Coast, NSW, Australia 84
Cousin Victor John CORNFORD 1907 Queensland, Australia 1990 Ayr, Queensland, Australia 83
Cousin Elizabeth May CORNFORD 1910 Queensland, Australia 2000 Ayr, Queensland, Australia 90
Cousin Thomas Gilbert CORNFORD 1913 Ayr, Queensland, Australia 1996 Ayr, Queensland, Australia 83
Cousin Norman Robert CORNFORD 1916 Queensland, Australia 1973 Ayr, Queensland, Australia 57
Cousin Gordon Richard CORNFORD 1922 2002 Ayr, Queensland, Australia 80

Sister in Law Violet NEWTON
Brother in Law Possibly Joseph Gladstone LEWIS
Sister in Law Possibly Olive Elsie FARMER
Events in Dorothy Beatrice DARWEN (1910 - 1969)'s life
Date Age Event Place Notes Src
1910 Dorothy Beatrice DARWEN was born Queensland, Australia Note 1 18
1934 24 Death of mother Ellen Mary CORNFORD (aged 53) Home Hill, Queensland, Australia Note 2 18, 60
1954 44 Death of father John (Jack) DARWEN (aged 80) Ayr, Queensland, Australia Note 3 60
1969 59 Dorothy Beatrice DARWEN died Queensland, Australia Note 4 18
Note 1: Dorothy Beatrice Darwen
Event date: 10/01/1910
Event type: Birth registration
Registration details: 1910/C/12279
Mother: Ellen Mary Cornford
Father/parent: John Darwen
Note 2: Ellen Mary Darwen
Event date: 07/03/1934
Event type: Death registration
Registration details: 1934/C/46
Mother: Amelia Jane Chaot
Father/parent: Barnaby Robert Cornford

Townsville Daily Bulletin 14 Mar 1934
We are sorry to see reported the
death or Mrs. J. Darwen (Home Hill)
which took place last Wednesday in
the Home Hill hospital. Mrs. Dar
wen was a daughter of the late Mr.
and Mrs. B. R. Cornford. The hus
band, Mr. Jack Darwen, Is a brother
of our late townsman, Mr. W. H
Darwen. The burial took place at Ayr.

Bowen Independent 12 March 1934
The many friends of Mr. J. Darwen will hear with regret of the death of his wife, which took place at the Home Hill Hospital on Wednesday at 1 o'clock at the age of 52 years The late Mrs. Darwen was a daughter, of the late Mr. and Mrs B. R. Cornford. who had spent many years of their life in the Ayr district. She came to Australia with her parents from Kent (England.) 48 years ago, and most of her life had been spent on the Burdekin The deceased was a most industrious woman in her home life.
A husband and ten children are left to mourn their sad loss, three of whom are married, one of the daughters being Mrs. Joseph Lewis (Ayr) whose husband recently met with a serious accident, whilst, driving a tractor at Airdmillan the other married members of the family being Mrs. J. Searle and Mr. A. J. Darwen, both of Ayr. For many years the family have been interested in the dairying industry and it was only some 12 months ago they came to Home Hill to follow this calling. Mr. Jack Darwen is a brother of the late Mr. W. H. Darwen, who took such an active part in the public life of Bowen. The burial service took place at Ayr, when a large circle of friends gathered to pay their respects to one hold in high esteem.
Note 3: Bowen Independent 17 Dec 1954
OBITUARY JOHN DARWEN
The death took place at Ayr on Monday of Mr John Darwen, a very old resident of Ayr, and member of one of Bowen’s oldest families. The late “Jack" Darwen was born in Bowen eighty years ago, being a son of Mr. and Mr. James Darwen, who came to Bowen from England in 1863. Jack was the last surviving member of their family of seven, which included the founder of the “Bowen Independent,” the late Mr. W. H. Darwen. Jack was looked upon us a sickly child in what was a rather vigorous family, but his later life belied this unpromising start. At the age of nineteen he went to Ayr and engaged in all sorts of arduous jobs, before settling down to the butchering trade, which he followed for more than forty years. Apart from working long hours at this trade, he conducted a sugar farm at Airdmillan with the help of his sturdy wife, and for one period of five years they had a dairy farm at Home Hill. They raised a family of twelve children, of whom ten survive. His wife predeceased him in 1934, and Jack had spent the reremaining years in Ayr. A quiet spoken and gentle man, with a lively sense of humour, he was held in high regard by all who knew him, and this was evidenced by the very large attendance at the funeral, which was held on Tuesday afternoon. Kev. Canon A- D- Thorpe performed the last sad rites at the graveside.
Note 4: Dorothy Beatrice Darwen
Event date: 08/05/1969
Event type: Death registration
Registration details: 1969/C/3034
Mother: Ellen Mary Cornford
Father/parent: John Darwen
Source References:
18. Type: Vital Record, Abbr: Queensland bdm index, Title: Queensland bdm index
- Reference = (Death)
- Notes: Dorothy Beatrice Darwen
Event date: 08/05/1969
Event type: Death registration
Registration details: 1969/C/3034
Mother: Ellen Mary Cornford
Father/parent: John Darwen
- Reference = (Birth)
- Notes: Dorothy Beatrice Darwen
Event date: 10/01/1910
Event type: Birth registration
Registration details: 1910/C/12279
Mother: Ellen Mary Cornford
Father/parent: John Darwen