Children of Denis and Lucy Byrne
1. Denis Byrne 1871-1926
Born on the 16th October 1871 in Balmoral (21429). He served in the Boer war and remained a bachelor, living in a tent in his brother's backyard for many years. He died in Temora 13th December 1926 age 55 and is buried there (20530).
2. George Byrne 1873-1935
Born at Kadnook Harrow on the 24th July 1873 (17054). He married Edith Russell and the known children are Alan and George. George was a landowner in Peak Hill and also owned Byrne Transport as well as working in steel fabrication. He died on the 22nd of February 1935.
3. Mick (Michael) Byrne 1875-1949Born 10th May 1875 at Kadnook Harrow (9561). He married Janie McLure in 1900 (3383). Jane was born 1st January 1874 in Natimuk. They spent the early years of their married life farming at Gymbowen where Michael's uncle Jimmy had a farm. Two children, John and Kathleen were born here. In 1908 they went to Tara NSW where Mary was born. In 1924 they moved to Temora where they are both buried in grave 267. Michael's gravestone is pictured. Michael died 22 May 1949 and Jane died 24th July 1968 aged 94. They are both buried in Temora in grave 267. Children of Michael and Janie Byrne
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William, Michael and Evelyn Byrne
Michael's son John
Michael's gravestone at Temora |
4. Mary Anne Sivereight nee Byrne 1877-1948
Born 7th June 1877at Kadnook Harrow (3029). Married Robert Sivewright in 1900 (7410). Known children are Bob, Jum, Jack, Bill, Lottie, Lucy and Connie. Lottie, married Muriel Collier's Uncle Mundy (Muriel married Mick Byrne, grandson of Jimmy (Denis brother). Muriel told me of her visits to Sivewright sister's in NSW. They eventually inherited from their Uncle George who never married. Mary Ann died on the 16th April 1948.
5. Ted (Edmund) Bertram Byrne 1878-1940Born at Kadnook Harrow on the 9th March 1878 (9505) and died 1940. He did not marry. |
6. Tot (Alecia Jane) Byrne
Born 24th March 1879 at Kadnook Harrow (9789) and never married. She kept house for the unmarried brothers in Temora.
Died 5th November 1935.
7. Bill (William) Bertram Byrne 1880-1949
Born 12th April 1880 at Kadnook Harrow (23090) and died in 1949. He did not marry. Bill is pictured above with Michael and Evelyn.
8. James Henry Byrne 1881-1883
Born on the 8th February 1882 at Kadnook Harrow (3153) and died 4th March 1883 (1807) aged 1 at Tea Tree Creek Connewirrico. He is buried at Harrow and the grave inscription says he was 13 months old and the son of a laborer.
9. Annie Bertram Byrne 1883-1883
Born 1883 Natimuk and died one day old (9159).
10. Evelyn Stewart Byrne 1886-1965Evelyn was born on the 12th August 1886 at Goroke (30848) and died 8th August 1965, aged 79. He did not marry. At 29 years of age, he joined up to serve in WW1 on the 14th June 1916 at Cootamundra in NSW, giving his address as Ariah Park. His brother Michael was listed as contact person. Both parents had died a few years earlier, when Evelyn was in his mid twenties. He was listed as of dark complexion, black hair, brown eyes and 5 feet 11 and half inches. His occupation was farmer. He was enlisted into the 1st Battalion and was sent to England aboard the "Port Napier" in 1916. In 1917 he served as a member of 22nd reinforcement to the 7th Battalion and was sent to France in 1917. During 1917 a miss E M Reid of Rawson St Waverly wrote to the army trying to contact him, but they were unable to give out his details. In 1919 he was appointed Lieutentant. He was awarded the 1914/15 Star, the British Service Medal and the Victory Medal. He returned to Australia in September 2019 and was discharged from the army in October. During his time of service he suffered from bronchitis, influenza and an ear problem. In June 1919 Michael received tickets to "The Anzac Buffet". At this point, Evelyn was still serving. |
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"Should Diggers Marry Belgian Girls"Poem written by Evelyn for a formal debate betweem 7th Battalion soldiers stationed in Belgium in 1919 The poem is found in the War Diary on the Australian War Museum website - https://www.awm.gov.au/collection/C1338583?search - 7th Battalion Report February 1919 in BelgiumAlso found on the site, a report mentioning the peom above |
11. Bert (Bertram) Roach Byrne 1888-1956Born 12th August 1888 Goroke (20981) and married Margaret Page. Known children are Ethel, Margaret and Norma. Ethel married to Lloyd Woodford at Ballarat and had five boys. Margaret married twice, first to Nathaneil Goudie who was killed in action in WW2 and second to Stan Rossiter. They had one boy and one girl. |
12. John Blane Byrne 1890-1970Born 2nd July 1890, Goroke (23637). He married Cora May Gould in Jeparit on the 16th June 1920 and died at Kangaroo Flat in 1970. Cora died at Kangaroo Flat in 1968. They had five children:
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13. Lucy Emily Byrne 1893-1907Born 15th October 1892 at Gymbowen (13400) and died Natimuk aged 14 in 1907 (1645) from Appendicitis. The inscription on Lucy Emily's gravestone at Goroke reads: Sacred is the memory of |
Blane Connections
A George and Alice Bertram had two children, Leila M b 1911 and Lucy b 1915 in Temora.
Also an Edmund Bertram, son of George Blane Bertram and Mary Ann, died in Temora in 1944 ( 21180).
The Blane links to a George Bertram, son of James and Mary Jane Blane who died at Gymbowen in 1889 aged 73 (16836) - probably George, Lucy and Lillias father.