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William Rufus LYONS

Male 1878 - 1950  (72 years)


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  • Name William Rufus LYONS 
    Born 12 Sep 1878  Seacombe, Cheshire, United Kingdom Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Died 3 Nov 1950  Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, Australia Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Buried Wagga Wagga Monumental Cemetery, Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, Australia Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    Person ID I15341  bmds
    Last Modified 4 Sep 2020 

    Father Capt. William Henry LYONS,   b. Jul 1837, Sackville, Westmorland, New Brunswick Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 12 Nov 1911, Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, Australia Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 74 years) 
    Mother Mary Agnes THOMSON,   b. 9 Feb 1854, Liverpool, Lancashire, United Kingdom Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 30 Apr 1940, Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, Australia Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 86 years) 
    Family ID F6250  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - 12 Sep 1878 - Seacombe, Cheshire, United Kingdom Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDied - 3 Nov 1950 - Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, Australia Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBuried - - Wagga Wagga Monumental Cemetery, Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, Australia Link to Google Earth
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    Pin Legend  : Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  • Notes 
    • Source: Who’s Who in Australia, 1929
      LYONS, William Rufus
       Pastoralist. Mixed Farming. Mng. Dir “Sackville” Stn., Wagga Wagga, N.S.W. Commitee member Murrumbidgee Pastoral and Agricultural Assoc. for 20 years. Also member of Committee Farmers and Settlers’ Assoc. of N.S.W., Wagga branch. Born: Cheshire, Eng., 1878. Son of Wm. Henry Lyons and Mary Agnes (née Thomson) Lyons, of Sackville, Nova Scotia, Halifax, and Liverpool, Lancashire, Eng., respectively. Educated: Wallasey Grammar School, Cheshire, eng. Arrived Vic. 1892. Father purchased “Sackville” 1892, and he became Mgr. on death of father 1913. “Sackville” was subsequently formed into a coy., and he became Mng. Dir. Recreations: Tennis and gardening. Politics: Country Party. Creed: Protestant. Home address: “Sackville”, Wagga, Wagga, N.S.W.

  • Sources 
    1. [S5] Find A Grave, → Memorial ID 180236525.