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Janet (Jessie) MCLEAN (1865 - 1957)

Children	Self + Spouses	Parents	Grandparents	Greatgrandparents
Grace Rubenna BYERS (1887 - 1951) Kate BYERS (1889 - 1978) John (Jack) BYERS (1891 - 1940) Tom Leslie BYERS (1894 - 1971) Alex (Alick) BYERS (1897 - 1917) Jessie BYERS (1899 - 1899) Nellie BYERS (1900 - ) Robert BYERS (1902 - 1955) Jessie BYERS (1905 - 1956) Rosie Jean BYERS (1907 - 1982) Kenneth BYERS (1910 - 1938)	Janet (Jessie) MCLEAN (1865 - 1957) + John BYERS (1859 - 1939)	Thomas Ross MCLEAN ( - 1882)	Kenneth MCLEAN
			Margaret ROSS
		Mary GORDON

b. 1865 at Queensland, Australia

m. 1886 John BYERS (1859 - 1939) at Queensland, Australia

d. 1957 at Queensland, Australia aged 92

Near Relatives of Janet (Jessie) MCLEAN (1865 - 1957)
Relationship	Person	Born	Birth Place	Died	Death Place	Age
Grandfather	Kenneth MCLEAN
Grandmother	Margaret ROSS
Father	Thomas Ross MCLEAN			1882	Queensland, Australia
Mother	Mary GORDON
Self	Janet (Jessie) MCLEAN	1865	Queensland, Australia	1957	Queensland, Australia	92
Husband	John BYERS	1859	Canonbie, Dumfriesshire, Scotland	1939	Ayr, Queensland, Australia	80
Daughter	Grace Rubenna BYERS	1887	Queensland, Australia	1951	Ayr, Queensland, Australia	64
Daughter	Kate BYERS	1889	Queensland, Australia	1978	Ayr, Queensland, Australia	89
Son	John (Jack) BYERS	1891	Queensland, Australia	1940	Ayr, Queensland, Australia	49
Son	Tom Leslie BYERS	1894	Queensland, Australia	1971	Queensland, Australia	77
Son	Alex (Alick) BYERS	1897	Queensland, Australia	1917	Queensland, Australia	20
Daughter	Jessie BYERS	1899	Queensland, Australia	1899	Queensland, Australia	0
Daughter	Nellie BYERS	1900	Queensland, Australia
Son	Robert BYERS	1902	Queensland, Australia	18 Jun 1955	Ayr, Queensland, Australia	53
Daughter	Jessie BYERS	1905	Queensland, Australia	1956	Brisbane, Queensland, Australia	51
Daughter	Rosie Jean BYERS	1907	Queensland, Australia	1982	Queensland, Australia	75
Son	Kenneth BYERS	1910	Queensland, Australia	1938	Ayr, Queensland, Australia	28
Son in Law	George RENNIE			1952	Ayr, Queensland, Australia
Daughter in Law	Isabella Mary BROOK	1897	Queensland, Australia
Son in Law	W. PATTERSON
Daughter in Law	Margaret Jane CARCARY	10 Jun 1902	Queensland, Australia	18 Oct 1988	Ayr, Queensland, Australia	86
Son in Law	B ROMER

Events in Janet (Jessie) MCLEAN (1865 - 1957)'s life
Date	Age	Event	Place	Notes	Src
1865		Janet (Jessie) MCLEAN was born	Queensland, Australia	Burial info
1882	17	Death of father Thomas Ross MCLEAN	Queensland, Australia	Note 1	52
1886	21	Married John BYERS (aged 27)	Queensland, Australia	Note 2	52
1887	22	Birth of daughter Grace Rubenna BYERS	Queensland, Australia	Note 3	18
1889	24	Birth of daughter Kate BYERS	Queensland, Australia	Note 4	18
1891	26	Birth of son John (Jack) BYERS	Queensland, Australia	Note 5	18
1894	29	Birth of son Tom Leslie BYERS	Queensland, Australia	Note 6	52
1897	32	Birth of son Alex (Alick) BYERS	Queensland, Australia	Note 7	18
1899	34	Birth of daughter Jessie BYERS	Queensland, Australia	Note 8	18
1899	34	Death of daughter Jessie BYERS	Queensland, Australia	Note 9	18
1900	35	Birth of daughter Nellie BYERS	Queensland, Australia	Note 10	18
1902	37	Birth of son Robert BYERS	Queensland, Australia	Note 11	18
1905	40	Birth of daughter Jessie BYERS	Queensland, Australia	Note 12	18
1907	42	Birth of daughter Rosie Jean BYERS	Queensland, Australia	Note 13	18
1910	45	Birth of son Kenneth BYERS	Queensland, Australia	Note 14	18
1917	52	Death of son Alex (Alick) BYERS (aged 20)	Queensland, Australia	Note 15	52
1938	73	Death of son Kenneth BYERS (aged 28)	Ayr, Queensland, Australia	Note 16	59, 60
1939	74	Death of husband John BYERS (aged 80)	Ayr, Queensland, Australia	Note 17	60
1940	75	Death of son John (Jack) BYERS (aged 49)	Ayr, Queensland, Australia	Note 18	18, 59
1951	86	Death of daughter Grace Rubenna BYERS (aged 64)	Ayr, Queensland, Australia		59
18 Jun 1955	90	Death of son Robert BYERS (aged 53)	Ayr, Queensland, Australia	Note 19	18, 59
1956	91	Death of daughter Jessie BYERS (aged 51)	Brisbane, Queensland, Australia	Note 20	18
1957	92	Janet (Jessie) MCLEAN died	Queensland, Australia	Note 21	18
1957	92	Burial	Ayr Cemetery, Queensland, Australia	Note 22	90

Note 1: Name: Thomas Ross McLean Death Date: 25 Dec 1882 Death Place: Queensland Father's name: Kenneth Mclean Mother's name: Margaret Ross Registration Year: 1882 Registration Place: Queensland Registration Number: 003258 Page Number: 9906

Note 2: Name: Jessie McLean Spouse Name: John Byers Marriage Date: 07 Jun 1886 Marriage Place: Queensland Registration Place: Queensland Registration Year: 1886 Registration Number: 001736 Page Number: 9899

Note 3: 1887 C10143 Grace Rubenna Byers John Jessie McLean

Note 4: 1889 C11295 Kate Byers John Jessie McLean

Note 5: 1891 C11929 Jack Byers John Jessie McLean

Note 6: Tom Leslie Byers in the Australia, Birth Index, 1788-1922 Name: Tom Leslie Byers Birth Date: 3 Oct 1894 Birth Place: Queensland Registration Year: 1894 Registration Place: Queensland, Australia Father: John Byers Mother: Jessie Mclean Page Number: 3581 Registration Number: 006678

Note 7: 1897 C6057 Alex Byers John Jessie McLean

Note 8: 1899 C6332 Jessie Byers John Jessie McLean

Note 9: 1899 C2787 Jessie Byers John Byers Jessie McLean

Note 10: Qld bmd - 1900 C6831 Nellie Byers John and Jessie McLean

Note 11: Burdekin cemetery records - died 1955 - age 53 = c1902 Qld bmd - 1902 C6595 Robert Byers John and Jessie McLean

Note 12: Qld bmd - 1905 C5935 Jessie Byers John and Jessie McLean

Note 13: 1907 C6779 Rosie Jean Byers John Jessie McLean

Note 14: 1910 C6631 Kenneth Byers John Jessie McLean

Note 15: KIA - recorded in Aust death index Name Alick Byers Death Date 20 Sep 1917 Death Place Queensland Father's Name John Byers Mother's Name Jessie McLean Registration Place Queensland Registration Number 001238 Page number 278

Note 16: Burdekin Burial Regester. Townsville Daily Bulletin 2 Sept 1938 DEATH. BYERS- At Ayr. on August 16th, Kenneth, dearly beloved youngest son of Mr. and Mrs. John Byers, and brother of Thomas (Proserpine). Jack and Robert (Ayr), Mrs. G. Rennlc (Ayr), Mrs. W. Patterson (Oorindi). Mrs. B. Romer (Charters Towers). Kate and Jess (Ayr). Aged 28 years.

Note 17: 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 18: died 1940 - age 49 = 1891 1941 C1052 Jack Byers John Jessie McLean

Note 19: Robert BYERS - age 53 - died 18/6/1955 - buried 22/6/1955 1955 B8193 Robert Byers John Jessie McLean

Note 20: 1956 B15499 Jessie Byers John Jessie McLean

Note 21: 1957 C4309 Jessie Byers Thomas Ross McLean Mary Gordon

Note 22: Janet McLean Byers Birth 4 Dec 1865 Queensland, Australia Death 9 Aug 1957 (aged 91) Queensland, Australia Burial Ayr Cemetery Ayr, Burdekin Shire, Queensland, Australia Plot Grave 1298

Personal Notes:

from birth reg of son Robert

Source References:

18. Type: Vital Record, Abbr: Queensland bdm index, Title: Queensland bdm index

- Reference = (Death)

- Notes: 1957 C4309 Jessie Byers Thomas Ross McLean Mary Gordon

52. Type: Australia Birth Marriage Death Index 1787 - 1985 Record

- Reference = (Marriage)

- Notes: Name: Jessie McLean Spouse Name: John Byers Marriage Date: 07 Jun 1886 Marriage Place: Queensland Registration Place: Queensland Registration Year: 1886 Registration Number: 001736 Page Number: 9899

90. Type: Web Page, Abbr: Find A Grave, Title: Findagrave.com

- Reference = https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/207340741/janet-byers (Burial)

- Notes: Janet McLean Byers Birth 4 Dec 1865 Queensland, Australia Death 9 Aug 1957 (aged 91) Queensland, Australia Burial Ayr Cemetery Ayr, Burdekin Shire, Queensland, Australia Plot Grave 1298

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