William Rufus LYONS

1878 - 1950  (72 years)

• Name	William Rufus LYONS
  Birth	12 Sep 1878	Seacombe, Cheshire, United Kingdom
  Gender	Male
  Death	3 Nov 1950	Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, Australia
  Burial	Wagga Wagga Monumental Cemetery, Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, Australia   [1]
  Siblings	5 brothers and 4 sisters
  + 1. Jane Henry LYONS,   b. 10 Oct 1875, Seacombe, Cheshire, United Kingdom d. 22 Nov 1969, Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, Australia  (Age 94 years) + 2. Harry LYONS,   b. 22 Apr 1877, Seacombe, Cheshire, United Kingdom d. 23 Jul 1931, Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, Australia  (Age 54 years)   3. William Rufus LYONS,   b. 12 Sep 1878, Seacombe, Cheshire, United Kingdom d. 3 Nov 1950, Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, Australia  (Age 72 years)   4. Richard Sackville LYONS,   b. 12 Jul 1881, Birkenhead, Cheshire, United Kingdom d. 6 Mar 1882, Cheshire, United Kingdom  (Age 0 years)   5. Mary Edith LYONS,   b. 30 Jul 1884, Liscard, Cheshire, United Kingdom d. 4 Jul 1976, Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, Australia  (Age 91 years) + 6. George Herbert LYONS,   b. 19 Sep 1886, Egremont, Cheshire, United Kingdom d. 30 Mar 1965, Victoria, Australia  (Age 78 years) + 7. Ernest Thomson LYONS,   b. 18 Apr 1889, Egremont, Cheshire, United Kingdom d. 14 Jun 1972, Tampworth, New South Wales, Australia  (Age 83 years)   8. Howard Maitland LYONS,   b. 21 Aug 1890, Egremont, Cheshire, United Kingdom d. 27 Feb 1917, Somme, France  (Age 26 years)   9. Florence Alice LYONS,   b. 10 Mai 1893, Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, Australia d. 11 Jul 1968, Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, Australia  (Age 75 years)   10. Muriel LYONS,   b. 8 Feb 1900, Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, Australia d. 14 Oct 1985  (Age 85 years)
  Person ID	I15341	bmds
  Last Modified	4 Sep 2020

  
  

  Father	Capt. William Henry LYONS,   b. Jul 1837, Sackville, Westmorland, New Brunswick d. 12 Nov 1911, Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, Australia (Age 74 years)
  Mother	Mary Agnes THOMSON,   b. 9 Feb 1854, Liverpool, Lancashire, United Kingdom d. 30 Apr 1940, Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, Australia (Age 86 years)
  Family ID	F6260	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map		Birth - 12 Sep 1878 - Seacombe, Cheshire, United Kingdom Death - 3 Nov 1950 - Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, Australia Burial - - Wagga Wagga Monumental Cemetery, Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, Australia
  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

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