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Henry (Harry) SAW (1847 - )

Children	Self + Spouses	Parents	Grandparents	Greatgrandparents
James William SAW (1882 - 1953) Emma Margaret SAW (1885 - 1927)	Henry (Harry) SAW (1847 - ) + Rozanna Jane TOOZE (1859 - )	Joseph SAW

b. 1847 at Oxfordshire, England

m. 1874 Rozanna Jane TOOZE (1859 - ) at Allahabad, Bengal, India

Near Relatives of Henry (Harry) SAW (1847 - )
Relationship	Person	Born	Birth Place	Died	Death Place	Age
Father in Law	James TOOZE
Father	Joseph SAW
Self	Henry (Harry) SAW	1847	Oxfordshire, England
Wife	Rozanna Jane TOOZE	abt 1859	Calcutta, India
Son	James William SAW	1882	Cawnpore, Bengal, India	1953	Cairns, Queensland, Australia	71
Daughter	Emma Margaret SAW	1885	Cawnpore, Bengal, India	1927	Watford, Hertfordshire, England	42
Daughter in Law	Beatrice MCPHERSON	1900	Queensland, Australia	1966	Innisfail, Queensland, Australia	66
Grandson	Living or Recently Deceased

Events in Henry (Harry) SAW (1847 - )'s life
Date	Age	Event	Place	Notes	Src
1847		Henry (Harry) SAW was born	Oxfordshire, England	Note 1
1874	27	Married Rozanna Jane TOOZE (aged 15)	Allahabad, Bengal, India	Note 2
1882	35	Birth of son James William SAW	Cawnpore, Bengal, India	Note 3
1885	38	Birth of daughter Emma Margaret SAW	Cawnpore, Bengal, India	Note 4
1911	64	Census	24 Minster Road, Oxford, Oxfordshire, England	Note 5
1927	80	Death of daughter Emma Margaret SAW (aged 42)	Watford, Hertfordshire, England
1953	106	Death of son James William SAW (aged 71)	Cairns, Queensland, Australia	Note 6	52

Note 1: 1911 census - age 66 = 1845 Henry Saw in the Indian Army Quarterly List for 1 January 1912 Name: Henry Saw Birth Date: 29 Aug 1847 First Commission Date: 13 Sep 1892 Page Number: 682 Rank: Capt. Corps: Ord., B.

Note 2: Rozanna Jane Tooze in the India, Select Marriages, 1792-1948 Name: Rozanna Jane Tooze Gender: Female Age: 16 Birth Date: 1858 Marriage Date: 21 Sep 1874 Marriage Place: Allahabad, Bengal, India Father: James Tooze Spouse: Henry Saw FHL Film Number: 499230

Note 3: Ancestry trees India, Select Births and Baptisms, 1786-1947 Name. James William Saw Gender Male Birth Date 17 Jul 1882 Baptism Date 29 Jul 1882 Baptism Age 0 Baptism Place Cawnpore, Bengal, India Father Henry Saw Mother Reginna Jane FHL Film Number 510868 Household Members NameAge NameJames William Saw NameReginna Jane NameHenry Saw

Note 4: Emma Margaret Saw in the India, Select Births and Baptisms, 1786-1947 Name: Emma Margaret Saw Gender: Female Baptism Date: 20 Nov 1885 Baptism Place: Cawnpore, Bengal, India Father: Henry Saw Mother: Rozanna FHL Film Number: 510877

Note 5: SAW Henry (66) - b Chinnor, Oxfordshire - Army Pensioner Rozanna Jane (52) - b Calcutta (British subject by parentage) Married 37 years - 5 children born with 3 still alive

Note 6: Australia, Death Index, 1787-1985 Name James William Saw Death Date 19 Jan 1953 Death Place Queensland Father's Name Harry Mother's Name Rosanah Sarah Tooze Registration Year 1953 Registration Place Queensland Registration Number 000168 Page number 2102 Cairns Post 20 Jan 1953 MR. J. W. SAW A well known resident of Machan's Beach, Mr. James William Saw. died in the Cairns. Base Hospital yester- day, aged 70. He was born, in India, his father being a major in the Indian Army. He was educated in the Military Col- lege at Lucknow until the fam- ily went to England, when he was apprenticed to the world famous engineering firm of Dorman Long Ltd. When out of his time the urge to travel led him into a colourful life and many different positions. He was wheat farming in Can- ada, worked for the C.P.R. on the Lake steamer Kootenay, and finally came to Sydney in 1911. He soon went north to Townsville, where he worked for the N.Q.M.E. company in charge of the tin stamping plant. Later he was employed at several sugar mills and was third engineer of Mourilyan Mill for nine years. He mar- ried in 1922. Miss Beatrice McPherson, of Croydon. He tried cane farming for three years, but gave it up in 1939 to work in the Cairns railway workshops, and later in rhe Great Northern Brewery. Ill health compelled his retire- ment to Machan's Brach, where he lived until his death, taking a keen interest in local affairs. He leaves a widow and one son. Harry. The funeral will move from St. John's Church of England. Cairns, at 4.30 o'clock this afternoon.

Personal Notes:

from death reg of son James

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