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Tom Leslie BYERS (1894 - 1971)

Children	Self + Spouses	Parents	Grandparents	Greatgrandparents
	Tom Leslie BYERS (1894 - 1971) + Isabella Mary BROOK (1897 - )	John BYERS (1859 - 1939)
		Janet (Jessie) MCLEAN (1865 - 1957)	Thomas Ross MCLEAN ( - 1882)	Kenneth MCLEAN
				Margaret ROSS
			Mary GORDON

Pic S1. In Loving Memory of JANE SOPHIA beloved wife of DONALD CAMERON died 10th Jan 1911 aged 69 years also of DONALD CAMERON died 17th June 1927, aged 76 years also our loving mother ISABELLA ELIZABETH BROOK died 1st April 1926 aged 36 years and our dear little daughter and niece OLIVE EUNICE WIGHT died 1st April 1926 aged 3 years

b. 1894 at Queensland, Australia

m. 1921 Isabella Mary BROOK (1897 - ) at Queensland, Australia

d. 1971 at Queensland, Australia aged 77

Near Relatives of Tom Leslie BYERS (1894 - 1971)
Relationship	Person	Born	Birth Place	Died	Death Place	Age
Grandfather	Thomas Ross MCLEAN			1882	Queensland, Australia
Grandmother	Mary GORDON
Father in Law	Joseph BROOK	1863	Ovens, Victoria, Australia	1904	Townsville, Queensland, Australia	41
Mother in Law	Isabella Elizabeth CAMERON	1870	Bowen, Queensland, Australia	1926	Proserpine, Queensland, Australia	56
Father	John BYERS	1859	Canonbie, Dumfriesshire, Scotland	1939	Ayr, Queensland, Australia	80
Mother	Janet (Jessie) MCLEAN	1865	Queensland, Australia	1957	Queensland, Australia	92
Self	Tom Leslie BYERS	1894	Queensland, Australia	1971	Queensland, Australia	77
Wife	Isabella Mary BROOK	1897	Queensland, Australia
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	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
Niece	Living or Recently Deceased
Nephew	Living or Recently Deceased
Nephew	Living or Recently Deceased
Niece	Eunice Olive WIGHT	1923		1926	Ayr, Queensland, Australia	3
Sister in Law	Flora Jane BROOK	1895	Queensland, Australia	1971	Ayr, Queensland, Australia	76
Sister in Law	Irene Sophie BROOK	1900	Queensland, Australia	1988	Ayr, Queensland, Australia	88
Sister in Law	Alexandra Edith BROOK	1903	Queensland, Australia
Brother in Law	George RENNIE			1952	Ayr, 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 Tom Leslie BYERS (1894 - 1971)'s life
Date	Age	Event	Place	Notes	Src
1894		Tom Leslie BYERS was born	Queensland, Australia	Note 1	52
1921	27	Married Isabella Mary BROOK (aged 24)	Queensland, Australia	Note 2	52
1939	45	Death of father John BYERS (aged 80)	Ayr, Queensland, Australia	Note 3	60
1957	63	Death of mother Janet (Jessie) MCLEAN (aged 92)	Queensland, Australia	Note 4	18
1971	77	Tom Leslie BYERS died	Queensland, Australia	Note 5	18
		Death of wife Isabella Mary BROOK		Note 6

Note 1: 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 2: Isabella Mary Brook in the Australia, Marriage Index, 1788-1950 Name: Isabella Mary Brook Spouse Name: Tom Leslie Byers Marriage Date: 27 Sep 1921 Marriage Place: Queensland Registration Place: Queensland Registration Year: 1921 Registration Number: 003754 Page Number: 420

Note 3: 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 4: 1957 C4309 Jessie Byers Thomas Ross McLean Mary Gordon

Note 5: 1971 C5932 Tom Leslie Byers John Byers Jessie McLean

Note 6: Ancestry trees 1989, Townsville

Source References:

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

- Reference = (Death)

- Notes: 1971 C5932 Tom Leslie Byers John Byers Jessie McLean

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

- Reference = (Marriage)

- Notes: Isabella Mary Brook in the Australia, Marriage Index, 1788-1950 Name: Isabella Mary Brook Spouse Name: Tom Leslie Byers Marriage Date: 27 Sep 1921 Marriage Place: Queensland Registration Place: Queensland Registration Year: 1921 Registration Number: 003754 Page Number: 420

- Reference = (Birth)

- Notes: 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

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