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Granville Beatty SPENCER (1911 - 1998)
Children Self + Spouses Parents Grandparents Greatgrandparents
Granville Beatty SPENCER (1911 - 1998)

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Lucy Hannah WELBURN (1916 - 1996)
George (E. A.) SPENCER ( - 1907)











Ellizabeth Ann DARWEN (1870 - 1950) James DARWEN (1835 - 1875) James DARWEN
Ellizabeth PORTER
Elizabeth Hume TAYLOR (1835 - 1901) Thomas TAYLOR
Nancy HUME

b. 1911 at Bowen, Queensland, Australia
+. Lucy Hannah WELBURN (1916 - 1996)
d. 1998 at Townsville, Queensland, Australia aged 87
Near Relatives of Granville Beatty SPENCER (1911 - 1998)
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

Father George (E. A.) SPENCER England 1907 Townsville, Queensland, Australia
Mother Ellizabeth Ann DARWEN 1870 Bowen, Queensland, Australia 1950 Bowen, Queensland, Australia 80

Self Granville Beatty SPENCER 1911 Bowen, Queensland, Australia 1998 Townsville, Queensland, Australia 87

Spouse/Partner Lucy Hannah WELBURN 1916 1996 Queensland, Australia 80

Brother Son SPENCER bef 1950
Sister Minnie Ann DARWEN 1892 Bowen, Queensland, Australia 1899 Bowen, Queensland, Australia 7
Brother William Howard SPENCER 1898 Bowen, Queensland, Australia 1981 Bowen, Queensland, Australia 83
Sister Amy Elizabeth SPENCER 1902 Bowen, Queensland, Australia 1998 Sydney, NSW, Australia 96
Sister Martha Hannah SPENCER 1907 Bowen, Queensland, Australia 1994 Bowen, Queensland, Australia 87

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
Uncle William Henry DARWEN 1872 1931 Bowen, Queensland, Australia 59
Aunt Caroline CHRISTOFFERSON 1877 Bowen, Queensland, Australia 1946 Bowen, Queensland, Australia 69
Uncle John (Jack) DARWEN 1874 Bowen, Queensland, Australia 1954 Ayr, Queensland, Australia 80
Aunt Ellen Mary CORNFORD 1881 Kent, England 1934 Home Hill, Queensland, Australia 53

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 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 Henry Gordon DARWEN 1967 Queensland, Australia
Cousin Arthur James DARWEN 1900 Queensland, Australia 1979 Queensland, Australia 79
Cousin Ethel May DARWEN 1901 Queensland, Australia 1971 Queensland, Australia 70
Cousin John Thomas DARWEN 1902 Queensland, Australia 1988 Queensland, Australia 86
Cousin William John (Robert) DARWEN 1904 Queensland, Australia 1921 Queensland, Australia 17
Cousin Amelia Jane DARWEN 1906 Queensland, Australia
Cousin Daisy Eveline DARWEN 1908 Queensland, Australia
Cousin Dorothy Beatrice DARWEN 1910 Queensland, Australia 1969 Queensland, Australia 59
Cousin Mabel Isabella DARWEN 1911 Queensland, Australia 1914 Queensland, Australia 3
Cousin Albert Edward DARWEN 1914 Queensland, Australia 1984 Queensland, Australia 70
Cousin Frederick Alexander DARWEN 1915 Queensland, Australia
Cousin Cynthia Jean DARWEN 1918 Queensland, Australia

Brother in Law Stanley Frederick GRIFFITH 1884 Adelaide, South Australia, Australia 1958 Victoria, Australia 74
Brother in Law George Reid MCCULLUM 1910 1992 Rockhampton, Queensland, Australia 82
Events in Granville Beatty SPENCER (1911 - 1998)'s life
Date Age Event Place Notes Src
1907 Death of father George (E. A.) SPENCER Townsville, Queensland, Australia Note 1
1911 Granville Beatty SPENCER was born Bowen, Queensland, Australia Note 2 18
1950 39 Death of mother Ellizabeth Ann DARWEN (aged 80) Bowen, Queensland, Australia Note 3 60
1996 85 Death of wife Lucy Hannah WELBURN (aged 80) Queensland, Australia Burial info
1998 87 Granville Beatty SPENCER died Townsville, Queensland, Australia Burial info
1998 87 Burial Woongarra Crematorium, Townsville, Queensland, Australia Note 4 90
Note 1: Burial info

POSSIBLE
George Spencer
Event date: 17/10/1907
Event type: Death registration
Registration details: 1907/C/3799
Products available:
Mother: Martha Spencer
Father/parent: Samuel Spencer
Note 2: Granville Bettie Spencer
Event date: 25/02/1911
Event type: Birth registration
Registration details: 1911/C/433
Mother: Elizabeth Ann Darwen Spencer
Note 3: Burial info

Bowen Independent 17 Nov 1950
Bowen Independent (Qld. : 1911 - 1954), Friday 17 November 1950, page 7
OBITUARY
ELIZABETH ANN SPENCER.
The death on 30th October of Mrs. Elizabeth Ann Spencer, aged 80 years, removed one of Bowen’s oldest natives, and a member of a family associated with the town since two years after the first settlement. The late Mrs. Spencer was a daughter of two Lancashire weavers, the late Mr. and Mrs. James Darwen, who emigrated to Australia in 1862. Their ship took twelve months to make the voyage and her skipper lost his ticket for making such a dilatory passage. The couple left England with two children and arrived at Bowen in 1863 with three, on the second vessel to bring settlers to the newly established port. Two other children were born in Bowen, including the late W. H. Darwen and Mrs. Spencer and John Darwen (now at Ayr), the only survivor of the family. The immigrant members of the family first lived at the police camp, under the protection of black troopers, and later built a home where the Club Hotel now stands. The father became Bowen’s first professional fisherman and was drowned while following this calling in 1875. Life was not easy for the family, and at an early age the late Mrs. Spencer went to work as a dressmaker, with Miss B. Zimmerman, who still follows that profession. In 1867, deceased married the late George Spencer, who worked with one of the town’s early Butchers, the late Mr. Champion. While their family was still in childhood, the husband met with a serious accident, falling from a delivery cart, which led to his demise in 1910. Left to provide for four young children, and without the benefit of pensions and child endowment, the late Mrs. Spencer returned to dressmaking, which she practised for many years until failing sight compelled her to retire. She had since lived quietly in her home in Norris Street with her sons. A devoted mother of a kindly disposition, she was well liked and respected by all who knew her. Deep sympathy is extended to sons William and Granville, daughters Amy (Mrs. S. Griffiths, Melbourne) and Martha (Mrs. G. W. McCallum, Bowen), also nine grandchildren and one greatgrandchild, and her brother (Mr. John Darwen, Ayr). A daughter and son predeceased her. The funeral left the Holy Trinity Church at 10 a.m. on 31st October, Rev. A. D. Thorpe performing the last sad rites at the graveside.
Note 4: Granville Beatty Spencer
Birth 25 Feb 1911
Bowen, Whitsunday Region, Queensland, Australia
Death 1 Dec 1998 (aged 87)
Burial
Woongarra Crematorium
Townsville, Townsville City, Queensland, Australia
Plot Palm Bed 1
Source References:
18. Type: Vital Record, Abbr: Queensland bdm index, Title: Queensland bdm index
- Reference = (Birth)
- Notes: Granville Bettie Spencer
Event date: 25/02/1911
Event type: Birth registration
Registration details: 1911/C/433
Mother: Elizabeth Ann Darwen Spencer
90. Type: Web Page, Abbr: Find A Grave, Title: Findagrave.com
- Reference = (Burial)
- Notes: Granville Beatty Spencer
Birth 25 Feb 1911
Bowen, Whitsunday Region, Queensland, Australia
Death 1 Dec 1998 (aged 87)
Burial
Woongarra Crematorium
Townsville, Townsville City, Queensland, Australia
Plot Palm Bed 1