[Index]
Walter Francis KEPPEL (1905 - 1978)
Children Self + Spouses Parents Grandparents Greatgrandparents
Violet Olive KEPPEL (1929 - 2000)
 Walter Francis KEPPEL (1905 - 1978)

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Elsie Maud HERROD (1905 - 1994)
 Francis Henry KEPPEL ( - 1919)











Mary Caroline WOOLLEY (1875 - 1958) Joseph WOOLLEY (1843 - 1917)



Mary (WALSH) WELSH (1843 - 1934) Thomas (WELSH)
Mary CONNELLY
Walter Francis KEPPEL
Walter Francis KEPPEL
Walter Francis KEPPEL Walter Francis KEPPEL
Pic P1. In Loving Memory of
our dear husband
father and grandfather
WALTER FRANCIS KEPPEL
died 3rd Feb 1978

Pic 1. In Loving Memory of
our dear husband
father and grandfather
WALTER FRANCIS KEPPEL
died 3rd Feb 1978

b. 1905 at Queensland, Australia
m. 1927 Elsie Maud HERROD (1905 - 1994)
d. 1978 at Charters Towers, Queensland, Australia aged 73
Near Relatives of Walter Francis KEPPEL (1905 - 1978)
Relationship Person Born Birth Place Died Death Place Age
Grandfather Joseph WOOLLEY 1843 Cheshire, England 1917 Bowen, Queensland, Australia 74
Grandmother Mary (WALSH) WELSH 1843 1934 Brisbane, Queensland, Australia 91

Father Francis Henry KEPPEL 1919 Charters Towers, Queensland, Australia
Mother Mary Caroline WOOLLEY 1875 Queensland, Australia 1958 Brisbane, Queenland, Australia 83
Step Mother Louisa Clarke HANN 1860 1895 Townsville, Queensland, Australia 35

Self Walter Francis KEPPEL 1905 Queensland, Australia 1978 Charters Towers, Queensland, Australia 73

Wife Elsie Maud HERROD 1905 Queensland, Australia 1994 Charters Towers, Queensland, Australia 89

Daughter Violet Olive KEPPEL 1929 Queensland, Australia 2000 Charters Towers, Queensland, Australia 71

Half Sister Florence Isabelle KEPPEL 1882 Queensland, Australia
Half Brother Frederick Henry KEPPEL 1884 Queensland, Australia
Half Sister Jessie Alice Mabel KEPPEL 1885 Queensland, Australia
Half Sister Mary Louisa KEPPEL 1887 Queensland, Australia
Half Sister Beatrice Emma KEPPEL 1890 Queensland, Australia 1932 Stanthorpe, Queensland, Australia 42
Half Brother Arthur KEPPEL 1891 Queensland, Australia
Half Brother William Hann KEPPEL 1892 Queensland, Australia
Half Sister Lilian Olive KEPPEL 1894 Queensland, Australia
Brother Clarence Victor KEPPEL 1907 Queensland, Australia 1947 Killarney, Queensland, Australia 40
Brother Jack Edward KEPPEL 1910 Queensland, Australia 1979 Brisbane, Queensland, Australia 69
Sister Dulcie Maud KEPPEL 1913 Queensland, Australia 1974 Brisbane, Queenland, Australia 61
Brother Gordon KEPPEL 1918 Queensland, Australia 1919 Queensland, Australia 1

Son in Law Living or Recently Deceased

Uncle Arthur James WOOLLEY 1871 Queensland, Australia 1951 Townsville, Queensland, Australia 80
Aunt Emily BRABON 1876 Queensland, Australia 1941 Townsville, Queensland, Australia 65
Uncle Walter WOOLLEY 1873 Queensland, Australia 1895 Queensland, Australia 22
Aunt Esther Louisa WOOLLEY 1879 Queensland, Australia 1962 Home Hill, Queensland, Australia 83
Uncle George Edward Johan PETERS 1927 Home Hill, Queensland, Australia
Aunt Alice Maude WOOLLEY 1882 Queensland, Australia 1969 Warwick, Queensland, Australia 87
Uncle John Ambrose DALY 1870 Queensland, Australia 1926 Clermont, Queensland, Australia 56

Cousin Joseph WOOLLEY 1898 Queensland, Australia 1985 Clermont, Queensland, Australia 87
Cousin Arthur George WOOLLEY 1900 Queensland, Australia 1980 Queensland, Australia 80
Cousin Harriett Maude WOOLLEY 1902 Queensland, Australia
Cousin Adelaide Marion PETERS 1909 Queensland, Australia 1936 Queensland, Australia 27
Cousin John Ambrose DALY 1922 1942 20

Nephew Donald Barry WATTS 1945 Warwick, Queensland, Australia 2005 Killarney, Queensland, Australia 60

Brother in Law Thomas Lindsay WATTS 1911 1962 51
Events in Walter Francis KEPPEL (1905 - 1978)'s life
Date Age Event Place Notes Src
1895 Death of step mother Louisa Clarke HANN (aged 35) Townsville, Queensland, Australia Note 1 52
1905 Walter Francis KEPPEL was born Queensland, Australia Note 2 18
1919 14 Death of father Francis Henry KEPPEL Charters Towers, Queensland, Australia Note 3
1927 22 Married Elsie Maud HERROD (aged 22)
1929 24 Birth of daughter Violet Olive KEPPEL Queensland, Australia Burial info
1958 53 Death of mother Mary Caroline WOOLLEY (aged 83) Brisbane, Queenland, Australia Note 4 52
1978 73 Walter Francis KEPPEL died Charters Towers, Queensland, Australia Note 5 18
1978 73 Burial Charters Towers Monumental & Lawn Cemetery Note 6 90
Note 1: Louisa Clark Keppel
in the Australia, Death Index, 1787-1985
Name: Louisa Clark Keppel
Death Date: 24 Aug 1895
Death Place: Queensland
Registration Date: 1895
Registration Place: Australia
Father:
William Hann
Mother:
Mary Burge Hearn
Registration Number: 003832
Page number: 13915
Note 2: QLD bdm
Walter Francis Keppel
Event date: 21/04/1905
Event type: Birth registration
Registration details: 1905/C/11051
Mother: Mary Caroline Woolley
Father/parent: Francis Henry Keppel
Note 3: POSSIBLE

Qld bdm
Francis Henry Keppel
Event date: 11/09/1919
Event type: Death registration
Registration details: 1919/C/4073
Mother: Elizabeth Lowry
Father/parent: Francis Henry Keppel

Townsville Daily Bulletin 12 Sept 1919
By the sudden death of Mr Francis Henry Keppel on Thursday, at Charters Towers, another old timer is gone. He came to Charters Towers quite a lad about 1874 and was for a time associated with Tom Moody, on the Cape River. Afterwards he was employed at Maryvale by Mr William Hann. Mr Keppel married Miss Hann and settled at 'Niall" on Maryvale Creek. He became a successful pastoralist and dealer in stock and properties. In partnership with Mr Harry Daintree, he bought Glengalder and Barrington, and afterwards sold well to Lyons and Rollenston. He had previously acquired Victoria Downs on the Cape, and lived there for a time—but afterwards made Charters Towers his home. Mr Keppel was married a second time to Miss Woolley, of the Clarke River. Willie Keppel, his second son, was a fine man, who died at the war. His second son, Fred, manages Rokeby in the peninsula. Mrs Jas. Ferguson, now of Lyndhurst, a famous horsewoman at Townsville Show, was a Miss Jessie Keppel, and Miss Bea Keppel has made good as a nurse during the war. Some years ago, Mr Keppel bought the butchery business of Moran and Co on Charters Towers, and also the sheep station Wimmera on Alick's Creek, below Richmond. A few weeks ago he purchased Kolonglo, near Prairie, and had just commenced stocking that. He was once a famous horseman, and always had ready money for a classy horse. Latterly, Mr Keppel invested fairly heavily in Charters Towers hotel properties, and he also had control of the Alexandra Hotel, Townsville. He was a very busy man and bold speculator, and his demise will affect many ventures.
Note 4: Mary Caroline Keppel
in the Australia, Death Index, 1787-1985
Name: Mary Caroline Keppel
Death Date: 25 Apr 1958
Death Place: Queensland
Registration Date: 1959
Registration Place: Australia
Father:
Joseph Woolley
Mother:
Mary Walsh
Registration Number: B031220
Page number: 1371
Note 5: QLD bdm
Walter Francis Keppel
Event date: 03/02/1978
Event type: Death registration
Registration details: 1978/C/885
Mother: Mary Caroline Woolley
Father/parent: Francis Henry Keppel
Note 6: Walter Francis Keppel

Birth
21 Apr 1905
Queensland, Australia
Death
3 Feb 1978 (aged 72)
Burial
Charters Towers Monumental & Lawn Cemetery
Charters Towers, Charters Towers Region, Queensland, Australia
Plot
LYND, Section 56, Plot 142, Grave # 339
Source References:
18. Type: Vital Record, Abbr: Queensland bdm index, Title: Queensland bdm index
- Reference = (Birth)
- Notes: QLD bdm
Walter Francis Keppel
Event date: 21/04/1905
Event type: Birth registration
Registration details: 1905/C/11051
Mother: Mary Caroline Woolley
Father/parent: Francis Henry Keppel
- Reference = (Death)
- Notes: QLD bdm
Walter Francis Keppel
Event date: 03/02/1978
Event type: Death registration
Registration details: 1978/C/885
Mother: Mary Caroline Woolley
Father/parent: Francis Henry Keppel
90. Type: Web Page, Abbr: Find A Grave, Title: Findagrave.com
- Reference = (Burial)
- Notes: Walter Francis Keppel

Birth
21 Apr 1905
Queensland, Australia
Death
3 Feb 1978 (aged 72)
Burial
Charters Towers Monumental & Lawn Cemetery
Charters Towers, Charters Towers Region, Queensland, Australia
Plot
LYND, Section 56, Plot 142, Grave # 339
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