Ninth Generation (Continued)
Family of Alfred BOORMAN (559) & Frances Jane “Fanny” BROWNHILL
1149. Alfred Brownhill BOORMAN (Alfred8, Thomas7, Thomas6, William5, William4, William3, Thomas2, William1). Born on 7 Mar 1873 in 26 (Towsley?) Hill, Wandsworth, Surrey, England. Alfred Brownhill died in Sydney, Waverley Reg Dist, New South Wales, Australia, in 1944; he was 70. Occupation: Schoolmaster.

- 1873 England & Wales, FreeBMD Birth Index, 1837-1915
Name: Alfred Brownhill Boorman
Registration Year: 1873
Registration Quarter: Jan-Feb-Mar
Registration district: Wandsworth
Inferred County: London
Volume: 1d
Page: 668

- 1881 living at 17 Eleanor Grove, Barnes, Surrey
Name Age
Alfred Boorman 32 - head, mar, 32, coach builder, Wandsworth Surrey
Frances J. Boorman 30 - wife, mar, 30 Southward London
Alfred B. Boorman 8 - son, 8, scholar, Wandsworth Surrey
Frances J. Boorman 6 - daur, 6, scholar, Wandsworth Surrey
Muriel C. Boorman 3 - daur, 3, scholar, Wandsworth Surrey
Source Citation: Class: RG11; Piece: 848; Folio: 61; Page: 2; GSU roll: 1341201.

- 1883 Oct 11 - emmigrated to Australia with parents and 2 siblings

- 1922 UK, Outward Passenger Lists, 1890-1960
Name: Alfred Brownhill Boorman
Gender: Male
Age: 49
Birth Date: abt 1873
Departure Date: 16 Nov 1922
Port of Departure: London, England
Destination Port: Sydney, Australia
Ship Name: S S Borda
Shipping line: P & O Branch Service
Official Number: 135340
Master: Captain R Holland
13, Boorman Alfred Brownhill, c/o 150 Erlanger Road, New Cross SE, 3rd class landing Sydney [implied], School teacher, 49 male not accompaied by spouse, last perm res = England, indentding future perm res = Australia [no other Boorman names on page]

- 1930 Australian Electoral Rolls, 1903-1980
Name: Alfred Brownhill Boorman
Gender: Male
Electoral Year: 1930
State: New South Wales
District: Wentworth
Subdistrict: Clovelly
[34 Gardume Street, school teacher]
[4 other Boormans listed on page:
Boorman Ann Downing, 34 Gardyne Street, Waverley, home duties, F
Boorman, Florence Muriel, 34 Gardyne Street, typiste, F
Boorman, Frances Jane, 34 Gardyne Street, home duties, F
Boorman, Frederick Spencer, 34 Gardyne Street, warehouseman, M]

- 1933 living in Clovelly, Wentworth Australia
270 Boorman, Alfred Brownhill, 34 Gardyne street, school teacher, M
271 Boorman Ann Downing, 34 Gardyne Street, Waverley, home duties, F
272 Boorman, Florence Muriel, 34 Gardyne Street, typiste, F
273 Boorman, Lionel Brownhill, 34 Gardyne Street, Bronte, Wav., law clerk, M

- 1936 Australia, Electoral Rolls, 1903-1980 - same in 1937
Name: Alfred Brownhill Boorman
Gender: Male
Electoral Year: 1936
Subdistrict: Croydon
State: New South Wales
District: Martin
Country: Australia
606 Boorman, Alfred Brownhill, 50 Robinson street, teacher, M
607 Boorman, Ann Downing, 50 Robinson street, home duties, F
608 Boorman, Florence Muriel, 50 Robinson street, typiste, F
609 Booman, Lionel Brownhill, 50 Robinson street, articled law clerk, M

- 1943 Australia, Electoral Rolls, 1903-1980
Name: Alfred Brownhill Boorman
Gender: Male
Electoral Year: 1943
Subdistrict: Clovelly
State: New South Wales
District: Watson
Country: Australia
415 Boorman, Alfred Brownhill, 34 Gardyne St, no occupation, M
416 Boorman, Ann Downing, 34 Gardyne St, home duties, F
417 Boorman, Florence Muriel, 34 Gardyne St, clerk, F

- 1944 Australia Death Index, 1787-1985
Name: Alfred Brownhill Boorman
Death Date: 1944
Death Place: New South Wales
Father's Name: Alfred
Mother's Name: Frances Jane
Registration Year: 1944
Registration Place: Waverley, New South Wales
Registration number: 13357

- From "Notes on the Life and the Descendants of Thomas Boorman" (as of 1950):
Alfred Brownhill Boorman married Nancy Downing Oldham. He became a schoolmaster and taught in Sydney, Australia and in other places in New South Wales. He came alone on a visit to England in 1922 and saw a good many of his relation here. He died in Sydney in 1944. Nancy is still living there.
In 1898 when Alfred Brownhill was 24, he married Ann Downing (Nancy) OLDHAM in Blayney, New South Wales, Australia. Born in Q1 1871 in Southwell Reg Dist, Nottinghamshire, England. Ann Downing (Nancy) died in Hospital At Crows Nest, Sydney, Australia, in 1963; she was 91.

- 1871 England & Wales, FreeBMD Birth Index, 1837-1915
Name: Ann Downing Oldham
Date of Registration: Jan-Feb-Mar 1871
Registration district: Southwell
Inferred County: Nottinghamshire
Volume: 7b
Page: 319

- 1930 Australian Electoral Rolls: Boorman Ann Downing, 34 Gardyne Street, Waverley, home duties, F

- 1936 Australian Electoral Rolls, 1903-1980
Name: Ann Downing Boorman [house duties]
Gender: Female
Electoral Year: 1936
State: New South Wales
District: Martin
Subdistrict: Croydon
[Living at 50 Robinson Street, along with 3 others:
Boorman, Alfred Brownhill, teacher, M
Boorman, Florence Muriel, typiste, F
Boorman, Lionel Brownhill, articled law clerk, M]

RESEARCH NOTES
- Name originally entered as Nancy Dowing Oldham, but all other sources point to Ann Downing Oldham. No birth registration for a Nancy D Oldham.
They had the following children:
i.
Alfred Edward Preston BOORMAN (1899-1982)
ii.
Kathleen Elizabeth Downing BOORMAN (1900-2000)
iii.
Reginald William BOORMAN (1902-1923)
iv.
Florence Muriel BOORMAN (1903-1993)
v.
Frederick Spencer BOORMAN (1907-1969)
vi.
(Private)
vii.
(Private)
1150. Frances Jane BOORMAN (Alfred8, Thomas7, Thomas6, William5, William4, William3, Thomas2, William1). Born in Q3 1874 in Wandsworth, Surrey, England. Frances Jane died in Clifton, Aubigny, Queensland, Australia, on 28 Mar 1927; she was 52. Occupation: Headmistress Of A Girls School.

- 1874 England & Wales, FreeBMD Birth Index, 1837-1915
Name: Frances Jane Boorman
Registration Year: 1874
Registration Quarter: Jul-Aug-Sep
Registration district: Wandsworth
Inferred County: London
Volume: 1d
Page: 635

- 1881 living at 17 Eleanor Grove, Barnes, Surrey
Name Age
Alfred Boorman 32 - head, mar, 32, coach builder, Wandsworth Surrey
Frances J. Boorman 30 - wife, mar, 30 Southward London
Alfred B. Boorman 8 - son, 8, scholar, Wandsworth Surrey
Frances J. Boorman 6 - daur, 6, scholar, Wandsworth Surrey
Muriel C. Boorman 3 - daur, 3, scholar, Wandsworth Surrey
Source Citation: Class: RG11; Piece: 848; Folio: 61; Page: 2; GSU roll: 1341201.

- 1883 Oct 11 - emmigrated to Australia with parents and 2 siblings

- 1895 New South Wales, Australia, Government Gazettes, 1853-1899
Page 3082, List of Ex-Students cont.
Name: Frances J Boorman
Event Date: Abt 1895
Page Number: 3082
Boorman Frances J, promoted to class 2B, provisionally
[on previous page: Department of Public Instruction, Sydney, 14 May 1895 ...
The undermentioned Ex-students, on coming out of the Training Institutions, have been awarded the Classifications set opposite their names:-]

- 1901 Frances Jane Boorman, owner of a vacant Lot 4 of Katoomba Park Estate, Katoomba, NSW. Land dimensions 100’ x 197’ 2 1/2”. Still vacant in 1902

- 1901 Australia, Marriage Index, 1788-1950
Name: Frances J Boorman
Spouse Name: William E Byers
Marriage Date: 1901
Marriage Place: New South Wales
Registration Place: Armidale, New South Wales
Registration Year: 1901
Registration Number: 6019 [no image]
ALSO
https://familyhistory.bdm.nsw.gov.au/lifelink/familyhistory/search/result?2
BYERS WILLIAM E & BOORMAN FRANCES J, married ARMIDALE, Reg No 6019/1901 [no image]

- 1903 Built and occupied a house on Lot 4, Katoomba St. Owner - Mrs. F J Byers, occupier Mr. Wm E Byers. House name “Bonny Doon”

- 1913 Owner of Lot 4, Katoomba St - Francis Jane Byers sold to James William Wright, clerk. House name “Bonnie Doon”. The address of Byers is given as Highgate Street, Strathfield.

- 1927 Australia, Death Index, 1787-1985
Name: Frances Jane Byers
Death Date: 28 Mar 1927
Death Place: Queensland
Father's name: Alfred Boorman
Mother's name: Frances Jane Brownhill
Registration Year: 1927
Registration Place: Queensland
Registration Number: 002464
Page Number: 241

- 1927 obit, published Tuesday 29 Mar 1927 in The Sydney Morning Herald, NSW
“BYERS - At Clifton, Queensland, Frances Jane, beloved wife of W. E. Byers, late of Harden, and only surviving daughter of Mrs. F. J. Boorman of Hazelbrook”
The previous notice was dated Mar 26, 1927, and it’s possible that the same death date applies to Frances.

- 1927 Government Advertisements - The Bisbane Courier, Queensland, Saturday 7 May 1927, page 9:
http://trove.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/article/21822424?s...22&searchLimits=
“IN THE SUPREME COURT OF QUEENSLAND.
In the WILL of FRANCES JANE BYERS, formerly of Harden, in the State of New South Wales, but lately of Clifton, In the State of Queensland (Wife of William Ernest Byers, of the same place, Dent st), Deceased.
Notice is hereby given that, after the expiration of fourteen days from the date of the publibation hereof, application will be made to this Honourable Court that PROBATE of the WILL of the abovenamed Frances Jane Byers, deceased, may be granted to WILLIAM ERNEST BYERS, of Clifton, aforesaid, Dentist, the Sole Executor named In the said Will. Any person interested, who desires to object to the application, or to be heard upon it, may file a Caveat In the Registry at any time before the grant is made.
Dated this Third day of May, 1927.
ROSS & THOMSON, Solicitors for the said William Ernest Byers, Fisher street, Clifton. Town Agent: ARTHÚR H. G. DRURY, Soicitor, 334 Queen-street, Brisbane.”

- 1927 Government Advertisements - The Bisbane Courier, Queensland, Monday 17 Oct 1927, page 24:
“Name of Deceased Proprietor.-
Frances Jane Byers, late of Clifton, wife of William Ernest Byers. "
Date of Death.-28th March, 1927.
Name of Claimant.-William Ernest Byers aforesaid, of^thc same place.
Description and Situation of Land.-Subdivi- sion 6 of portion 65, county of Aubigny, parish of Clifton.
Estate Claimed to be Transmitter!:»-Fee simple.
Particulars of Will or Otherwise.-Will dated 5th March, 1927.
Date within which Caveat may be Lodged. 22nd November, 1927.”

- From "Notes on the Life and the Descendants of Thomas Boorman":(as of 1950) :
Frances Jane married William Ernest Byers, a dentist in Sydney.
She was a teacher and continued teaching after she married. They had 1 son, Geoffrey, born about 1914. Frances Byers and her husband both died some time about the year 1929. When Frances married, Mr. WE Byers was a schoolmaster but he afterwards qualified as a dentis by taking a dgree as Bachelor of Dental Surgery at Syndey University.

- From a great grandson living in Katoomba NSW in 2015:
“I rented the house that William and Francis built, the school house that they also built still stands 3 doors up the road. Their house is now 320 Katoomba Street, Katoomba NSW and the School House is on the corner of Goyder Ave and Katoomba Street, the pink cottage.”
“I have photo evidence with William and Francis standing on the veranda with the sign saying Katoomba Grammar School. There is also an article in the 1902(?) Mountaineer newspaper talking about the School opening,
I believe it was the first School in the area.”
- Google maps incorrectly identifies the pink house at 314 Katoomba Street as a B&B called the Gatsby (it should say School House). Street names are also mislabelled, confusing Katoomba St/Dr with Blue Mountains Drive, but Goyder is clearly labeled.
- Hard to see other house from the road: 320 Katoomba Street, Katoomba NSW 2780
In 1901 when Frances Jane was 26, she married William Ernest BYERS in Armidale, NSW, Australia. Born in 1873. William Ernest died abt 1929; he was 56.

- From "Notes on the Life and the Descendants of Thomas Boorman":(as of 1953) :
Mr. W.E. Byers was a schoolmaster but he afterwards qualified as a dentist by taking a degree as Bachelor of Dental Surgery at Sydney University, Australia. He and his wife both died some time about the year 1929.
They had one child:
i.
Geoffrey Arnulf BYERS (1914-2002)
1151. Muriel Cecilia Cleopatra BOORMAN (Alfred8, Thomas7, Thomas6, William5, William4, William3, Thomas2, William1). Born in Q4 1877 in Wandsworth, Surrey, England. Muriel Cecilia Cleopatra died in Penrith Dist, New South Wales, Australia, in 1919; she was 41.

- 1877 England & Wales, FreeBMD Birth Index, 1837-1915
Name: Muriel Celia C Boorman
Date of Registration: Oct-Nov-Dec 1877
Registration district: Wandsworth
Inferred County: London
Volume: 1d
Page: 726

- 1881 living at 17 Eleanor Grove, Barnes, Surrey
Name Age
Alfred Boorman 32 - head, mar, 32, coach builder, Wandsworth Surrey
Frances J. Boorman 30 - wife, mar, 30 Southward London
Alfred B. Boorman 8 - son, 8, scholar, Wandsworth Surrey
Frances J. Boorman 6 - daur, 6, scholar, Wandsworth Surrey
Muriel C. Boorman 3 - daur, 3, scholar, Wandsworth Surrey
Source Citation: Class: RG11; Piece: 848; Folio: 61; Page: 2; GSU roll: 1341201.

- 1883 Oct 11 - “Murell” immigrated to Australia with parents and 2 siblings
New South Wales, Australia, Assisted Immigrant Passenger Lists, 1828-1896
Name: Muriel C Boorman
Birth Year: abt 1878
Age: 5
Gender: Female
Arrival Date: 11 Oct 1883
Vessel Name: Ellora
Source Citation
State Records Authority of New South Wales; Kingswood New South Wales, Australia; Persons on bounty ships (Agent's Immigrant Lists); Series: 5316; Reel: 2142
ALSO [were they assisted or unassisted?]
- 1883 New South Wales, Australia, Unassisted Immigrant Passenger Lists, 1826-1922
Name: Murell C Boorman
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1878
Age: 5
Port of Arrival: Sydney, New South Wales
Voyage Arrival Date: 11 Oct 1883
Vessel Name: Ellora
Ancestry.com. New South Wales, Australia, Unassisted Immigrant Passenger Lists, 1826-1922 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2007.

- 1919 Australia, Death Index, 1787-1985
Name: Muriel Wynne
Death Date: 1919
Death Place: New South Wales
Father's name: Alfred
Mother's name: Frances J
Registration Year: 1919
Registration Place: Penrith, New South Wales
Registration Number: 2652 [no image]

- From "Notes on the Life and the Descendants of Thomas Boorman" (as of 1950):
Muriel Cecilia Cleopatra Boorman married Mr. Wynne and had 1 son Shellshear Wynne. Muriel was a clever violinist, and may have taken it up professionally. Unfortunately she developed pulmonary tuberculosis which caused her death in about 1917 when her son was quite a small child. I do not know if or when her husband died. Shellshear was married and is divorced from his wife, and as far as I know has no children.
Muriel Cecilia Cleopatra married WYNNE. Born ca 1875.

RESEARCH NOTES
- His last of Wynne was assumed from the name of his son Shellshear Wynne, and his wife’s surname at death. Father’s name was not listed in his son’s birth registration index.
- Listed as Wynne [no first name] born 1875 in sydney Australia [from cheung Family Tree by cheung33a]
They had one child:
i.
(Private)
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