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William Rufus LYONS

Male 1878 - 1950  (72 years)


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  1. 1.  William Rufus LYONS was born on 12 Sep 1878 in Seacombe, Cheshire, United Kingdom; died on 3 Nov 1950 in Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, Australia; was buried in Wagga Wagga Monumental Cemetery, Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, Australia.

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    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.