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Robert BYERS (1902 - 1955)
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Robert BYERS (1902 - 1955)

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Margaret Jane CARCARY (1902 - 1988)
 John BYERS (1859 - 1939)











Janet (Jessie) MCLEAN (1865 - 1957) Thomas Ross MCLEAN ( - 1882) Kenneth MCLEAN
Margaret ROSS
Mary GORDON



Robert BYERS Margaret Jane CARCARY
Robert BYERS Robert BYERS
Robert BYERS Margaret Jane CARCARY Robert BYERS Robert BYERS
Pic P1. copied from Crombie Family - Oct 2010 - ancestry

Pic S1. copied from Crombie Family - Oct 2010 - ancestry

Pic 1. copied from Crombie Family - Oct 2010 - ancestry

Pic 2. In Loving Memory of
a dear husband
father & grandfather
ROBERT BYERS
died 18th June 1988
aged 83 years
and our dear mother
MARGARET JANE KEYSE
died 18th October 1988
aged 86 years

b. 1902 at Queensland, Australia
m. 20 Apr 1926 Margaret Jane CARCARY (1902 - 1988) at Queensland, Australia
d. 18 Jun 1955 at Ayr, Queensland, Australia aged 53
Near Relatives of Robert BYERS (1902 - 1955)
Relationship Person Born Birth Place Died Death Place Age
Grandfather Thomas Ross MCLEAN 1882 Queensland, Australia
Grandmother Mary GORDON

Father in Law Charles CARCARY 25 Sep 1860 Farnell, Angus, Scotland 29 Jul 1953 Ayr, Queensland, Australia 92
Mother in Law Annie Elizabeth PORTER 1871 Queensland, Australia 29 Aug 1958 Ayr, Queensland, Australia 87

Father John BYERS 1859 Canonbie, Dumfriesshire, Scotland 1939 Ayr, Queensland, Australia 80
Mother Janet (Jessie) MCLEAN 1865 Queensland, Australia 1957 Queensland, Australia 92

Self Robert BYERS 1902 Queensland, Australia 18 Jun 1955 Ayr, Queensland, Australia 53

Wife Margaret Jane CARCARY 10 Jun 1902 Queensland, Australia 18 Oct 1988 Ayr, Queensland, Australia 86

Sister Grace Rubenna BYERS 1887 Queensland, Australia 1951 Ayr, Queensland, Australia 64
Sister Kate BYERS 1889 Queensland, Australia 1978 Ayr, Queensland, Australia 89
Brother John (Jack) BYERS 1891 Queensland, Australia 1940 Ayr, Queensland, Australia 49
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
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

Nephew Harold (Bunny) George SMITH 17 Jul 1923 Ayr, Queensland, Australia 18 Aug 2009 Ayr, Queensland, Australia 86
Nephew Kenneth Charles SMITH 12 Feb 1925 Ayr, Queensland, Australia 09 Dec 2007 Ayr, Queensland, Australia 82
Nephew Living or Recently Deceased
Nephew Living or Recently Deceased
Nephew Gordon Charles CARCARY 1921 Ayr, Queensland, Australia 2013 Ayr, Queensland, Australia 92
Nephew Harold John CARCARY 1926 Ayr, Queensland, Australia 1982 Queensland, Australia 56

Brother in Law James CARCARY 31 Jan 1879 Luthermuir, Scotland 05 Feb 1879 Luthermuir, Scotland 0
Sister in Law Annie CARCARY 18 Dec 1890 Queensland, Australia 1975 Brisbane, Queensland, Australia 85
Brother in Law Charles Harry CARCARY 12 Jun 1893 Queensland, Australia 22 Nov 1902 Queensland, Australia 9
Brother in Law William James (Jim) CARCARY 27 May 1895 Queensland, Australia 14 Sep 1973 Ayr, Queensland, Australia 78
Sister in Law Mary Elizabeth (bessie) CARCARY 18 Aug 1897 Ayr, Queensland, Australia 12 Jul 1989 Ayr, Queensland, Australia 91
Brother in Law George Samuel CARCARY 01 Apr 1900 Queensland, Australia 1982 Queensland, Australia 82
Brother in Law David Alexander CARCARY 20 Aug 1904 Queensland, Australia 24 Jul 1926 Ayr, Queensland, Australia 21
Brother in Law John Howard (Jack) (Jock) CARCARY 05 Aug 1906 Queensland, Australia 1977 Brisbane, Queensland, Australia 71
Sister in Law Frances Elsie CARCARY 20 Oct 1908 Queensland, Australia 15 Jun 1981 Ayr, Queensland, Australia 72
Sister in Law Alice Heatherbelle CARCARY 04 Oct 1911 Ayr, Queensland, Australia 06 May 1980 Home Hill, Queensland, Australia 68
Brother in Law Gordon Arthur CARCARY 1914 Queensland, Australia 22 Jun 1915 Ayr, Queensland, Australia 1
Brother in Law George RENNIE 1952 Ayr, Queensland, Australia
Sister in Law Isabella Mary BROOK 1897 Queensland, Australia
Brother in Law W. PATTERSON
Brother in Law B ROMER
Events in Robert BYERS (1902 - 1955)'s life
Date Age Event Place Notes Src
1902 Robert BYERS was born Queensland, Australia Note 1 18
20 Apr 1926 24 Married Margaret Jane CARCARY (aged 23) Queensland, Australia Note 2 52, 60
1930 28 Residence Graham St, Ayr, Qld Note 3 37
1939 37 Death of father John BYERS (aged 80) Ayr, Queensland, Australia Note 4 60
1954 52 Residence Graham St, Ayr, Qld Note 5 37
1955 53 Burial Ayr Cemetery, Queensland, Australia Note 6 90
18 Jun 1955 53 Robert BYERS died Ayr, Queensland, Australia Note 7 18, 59
Note 1: Burdekin cemetery records - died 1955 - age 53 = c1902

Qld bmd - 1902 C6595 Robert Byers John and Jessie McLean
Note 2: Cert. 1926/C1880

Townsville Daily Bulletin 1 May 1926
BYERS— CARCARY. At the Presbyterian Church, Ayr, on Tuesday, April 20.. the marriage of Miss Margaret Carcary, third daughter of Mr and Mrs C. Carcary, to Mr Robert Byers, fourth son of Mr and Mrs J Byers was solemnised Rev. Steel officiated.
Miss Jean Byers was chief bridesmaid and Miss Elsie Carcary, second bridesmaid
Note 3: BYERS Margaret Jane - hd, Robert - tailor
Note 4: 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 5: BYERS Margaret Jane - hd, Robert - tailor
Note 6: Robert Byers
Birth 17 Jun 1902
Queensland, Australia
Death 18 Jun 1955 (aged 53)
Queensland, Australia
Burial
Ayr Cemetery
Ayr, Burdekin Shire, Queensland, Australia
Plot Grave 2498
Note 7: Robert BYERS - age 53 - died 18/6/1955 - buried 22/6/1955

1955 B8193 Robert Byers John Jessie McLean
Source References:
18. Type: Vital Record, Abbr: Queensland bdm index, Title: Queensland bdm index
- Reference = (Birth)
- Notes: 1902 C6595 Robert Byers John and Jessie McLean
- Reference = (Death)
- Notes: 1955 B8193 Robert Byers John Jessie McLean
37. Type: Vital Record, Abbr: Australian electoral rolls, Title: Australian Electoral Rolls, Auth: Australian government
- Reference = (Residence)
- Reference = (Residence)
52. Type: Australia Birth Marriage Death Index 1787 - 1985 Record
- Reference = (Marriage)
59. Type: Web Page, Abbr: Burdekin Burial Register, Title: Burdekin Burial Register, Auth: Burdekin Shire Council
- Reference = (Death)
60. Type: Newspaper, Title: Trove, http://trove.nla.gov.au
- Reference = (Marriage)
- Notes: Townsville Daily Bulletin 1 May 1926
BYERS— CARCARY. At the Presbyterian Church, Ayr, on Tuesday, April 20.. the marriage of Miss Margaret Carcary, third daughter of Mr and Mrs C. Carcary, to Mr Robert Byers, fourth son of Mr and Mrs J Byers was solemnised Rev. Steel officiated.
Miss Jean Byers was chief bridesmaid and Miss Elsie Carcary, second bridesmaid
90. Type: Web Page, Abbr: Find A Grave, Title: Findagrave.com
- Reference = https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/152325483/robert-byers (Burial)
- Notes: Robert Byers
Birth 17 Jun 1902
Queensland, Australia
Death 18 Jun 1955 (aged 53)
Queensland, Australia
Burial
Ayr Cemetery
Ayr, Burdekin Shire, Queensland, Australia
Plot Grave 2498
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