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Jack BYERS (1891 - 1940)
Children Self + Spouses Parents Grandparents Greatgrandparents
Jack BYERS (1891 - 1940) John BYERS (1859 - 1939)











Jessie MCLEAN ( - 1957) Thomas Ross MCLEAN ( - 1882) Kenneth MCLEAN
Margaret ROSS
Mary GORDON



b. 1891 at Queensland, Australia
d. 1940 at Ayr, Queensland, Australia aged 49
Near Relatives of Jack BYERS (1891 - 1940)
Relationship Person Born Birth Place Died Death Place Age
Grandfather Thomas Ross MCLEAN 1882 Queensland, Australia
Grandmother Mary GORDON

Father John BYERS 1859 Canonbie, Dumfriesshire, Scotland 1939 Ayr, Queensland, Australia 80
Mother Jessie MCLEAN 1957 Queensland, Australia

Self Jack BYERS 1891 Queensland, Australia 1940 Ayr, Queensland, Australia 49

Sister Grace Rubenna BYERS 1887 Queensland, Australia 1951 Ayr, Queensland, Australia 64
Sister Kate BYERS 1889 Queensland, Australia 1978 Ayr, Queensland, Australia 89
Brother Tom Leslie BYERS 1894 Queensland, Australia 1971 Queensland, Australia 77
Brother Alex (Alick) BYERS 1897 Queensland, Australia 1917 Queensland, Australia 20
Sister Jessie BYERS 1899 Queensland, Australia 1899 Queensland, Australia 0
Sister Nellie BYERS 1900 Queensland, Australia
Brother Robert BYERS 1902 Queensland, Australia 18 Jun 1955 Ayr, Queensland, Australia 53
Sister Jessie BYERS 1905 Queensland, Australia 1956 Brisbane, Queensland, Australia 51
Sister Rosie Jean BYERS 1907 Queensland, Australia 1982 Queensland, Australia 75
Brother Kenneth BYERS 1910 Queensland, Australia 1938 Ayr, Queensland, Australia 28

Brother in Law George RENNIE 1952 Ayr, Queensland, Australia
Sister in Law Isabella Mary BROOK 1897 Queensland, Australia
Brother in Law W. PATTERSON
Sister in Law Margaret Jane CARCARY 10 Jun 1902 Queensland, Australia 18 Oct 1988 Ayr, Queensland, Australia 86
Brother in Law B ROMER
Events in Jack BYERS (1891 - 1940)'s life
Date Age Event Place Notes Src
1891 Jack BYERS was born Queensland, Australia Note 1 18
1939 48 Death of father John BYERS (aged 80) Ayr, Queensland, Australia Note 2 60
1940 49 Jack BYERS died Ayr, Queensland, Australia Note 3 18, 59
Note 1: 1891 C11929 Jack Byers John Jessie McLean
Note 2: The Northern Miner (Charters Towers) - 21 June 1939
PERSONAL
At one time a master tailor in Charters Towers. Mr. John Byers died at a private hospital in Ayr on June 1. Born at Canonbie, Dumfrieshire, Scotland, on the 23rd October, 1859, the late Mr. Byers came to Australia by the sailing ship 'Stirlingshire,' arriving
at Townsville on the 2nd November, 1882. Before landing he had his first great adventure in Australian waters, an experience which he remembered to the end. The ship in which he made, what was in those days a great and hazardous voyage, ran on to a reef at Picnic Bay and he with others, swam ashore to Magnetic Island. They returned to the ship, which was safely refloated and landed its passengers at the Port. Townsville, in those days, was a little bush town and here the deceased settled down to quiet Industry which characterised his life throughout. It was at Townsville that he met and married Jessie MacLean and commenced a happy partnership which lasted for 54 years, during which they were seldom parted. The 54th anniversary of the wedding took place on the 7th June, 1939. Leaving Townsville, the deceased came to Charters Towers in 1891 and worked at his profession for some years, eventually opening a business here which he carried on until May, 1910, when he went to Brandon to open a similar business. In 1913 he turned his attention to Ayr and established a business there which he conducted to within a few weeks of his death. In his early days the late Mr. Byers was an athlete of some note and was an accomplished footrunner and cricketer. The late Mr. Byers Is survived by his widow, two sons, Tom (Proserpine), Robert (Ayr), six daughters, Mrs. G.L. Rennie (Ayr). Mrs. W. Patterson (Julia Creek), Mrs. B. Romer (Charters Towers), the Misses Kate, Nellie and Jessie Byers, and twenty six grandchildren. One son, Alec., was killed during the Great War, and a younger son, Kenneth, died last year.
Note 3: died 1940 - age 49 = 1891

1941 C1052 Jack Byers John Jessie McLean
Source References:
18. Type: Vital Record, Abbr: Queensland bdm index, Title: Queensland bdm index
- Reference = (Birth)
- Notes: 1891 C11929 Jack Byers John Jessie McLean
- Reference = (Death)
- Notes: 1941 C1052 Jack Byers John Jessie McLean
59. Type: Web Page, Abbr: Burdekin Burial Register, Title: Burdekin Burial Register, Auth: Burdekin Shire Council
- Reference = (Death)
- Notes: died 1940 - age 49 = 1891