Walter Withers
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Walter Herbert Withers (1854 - 1914)

Walter Herbert "Walt, The Colonel" Withers
Born in Aston Manor, Warwickshire, England, United Kingdommap
Son of and
[sibling(s) unknown]
Husband of — married 11 Oct 1887 in Handsworth, Staffordshire, England, United Kingdommap
Descendants descendants
Father of , , , and
Died at age 59 in Eltham, Victoria, Australiamap
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Biography

Walter was born in 1854. He passed away in 1914.

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Walter Herbert Withers was born the 22nd October 1854 at Aston Manor, Warwickshire, England, the son of Edwin Withers & Sarah Withers nee Welch[1][2][3]

Family

Walter Herbert Withers married Fanny Flinn the 11th of October 1887 at Handsworth, Staffordshire, England[4]
Walter and Fanny Withers had at least five children; they were:[5]

  1. Margery Pitt Withers b. 1894[6][7] d. 1966[8] m. Richard Matthew MCCANN (1889-1970)
  1. Emily Gladys Withers b. 1888[9][10]
  1. Frederick Herbert Pitt Withers b. 1891[11][12][13]
  1. Mary Joyce Pitt Withers' b. 1896 d. 1922[14][15] m. Tyrrell George EVANS (1893-1963)[16]
  1. Nancy Josephine Pitt Withers b. 1897 d. 10 Jun 1989[17][18]
  1. Charles Meynell Pitt Withers b. 5 Feb 1902 d. 1961[19][20]

Census Records

Walter Herbert Withers is listed in Census records

  • England and Wales Census, 1871[21]


  • England and Wales Census, 1881[22]


  • England and Wales Census, 1901[23]

Death & Burial

Walter Herbert Withers died Tuesday the 13th of October 1914 at Eltham, Victoria, Australia[24]
Walter is buried at St. Katherine's cemetery in the suburb of Saint Helena, Victoria, Australia. Walter's daughter Mary Joyce Pitt Withers' is also interred at St. Katherine's cemetery[25][26][27][28][29][30][31][32]

See also

  • Australiian Dictionary of Biography website [33]
  • State Library of Victoria[35]
  • Marshall, Alan; Pioneers and Painters (Thomas Nelson: Australia, 1971) ISBN 0170019489
  • yallambie.wordpress.com[36]

Notice

Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1957), Thursday 15 October 1914, page 1. [38] WITHERS. — The Funeral of the late WALTER HERBERT WITHERS (landscape painter) will arrive at the St. Helena Cemetery, Greens-borough, THIS DAY (Thursday, 15th October, 1914), at 12 o'clock punctually. Private funeral. W. G. APPS and SONS, Funeral Directors, Heidelberg (tel. 60, H. Ex.).

Sources

  1. ↑ "England and Wales Birth Registration Index, 1837-2008" Walter Herbert Withers, 1854; "England & Wales Births, 1837-2006" Birth Registration, Aston, Warwickshire, England, citing General Register Office, Southport, England familysearch.org
  2. ↑ adb.anu.edu.au
  3. ↑ familysearch.org
  4. ↑ "England and Wales Marriage Registration Index, 1837-2005" Walter Herbert Withers, 1887; "England & Wales Marriages, 1837-2005" 1887, quarter 4, vol. 6B, p. 1062, West Bromwich, Staffordshire, England, General Register Office, Southport, England familysearch.org
  5. ↑ Andrew Mackenzie, 'Withers, Walter Herbert (1854–1914)', Australian Dictionary of Biography, National Centre of Biography, Australian National University, adb.anu.edu.au published first in hardcopy 1990
  6. ↑ "England and Wales Birth Registration Index, 1837-2008" Marjory Pitt Withers, 1890; "England & Wales Births, 1837-2006" citing Birth Registration, Aston, Warwickshire, England, citing General Register Office, Southport, England familysearch.org
  7. ↑ familysearch.org
  8. ↑ Victoria BDM - Reg. No. #1667/1966, Deaths
  9. ↑ "Australia Births and Baptisms, 1792-1981" Fanny Withers in entry for Emily Gladys Withers, 1888 familysearch.org
  10. ↑ familysearch.org
  11. ↑ "Australia Births and Baptisms, 1792-1981" Fanny Withers in entry for Frederick Herbert Pitt Withers, 1891 familysearch.org
  12. ↑ "Find A Grave Index" Freerick Herbert Pitt Withers, Burial, Kew, Boroondara City, Victoria, Australia, Boroondara General Cemetery; citing record ID 208266925 familysearch.org
  13. ↑ familysearch.org
  14. ↑ "BillionGraves Index" Mary Joyce Pitt Evans, died 1922; citing BillionGraves Burial at Saint Helena (Saint Katherine Anglican) Churchyard, St Helena, Victoria, Australia familysearch.org
  15. ↑ "Find A Grave Index" Mary Joyce Pitt Withers Evans, Burial, Saint Helena, Banyule City, Victoria, Australia, St Katherine's Cemetery; citing record ID 143105916 familysearch.org
  16. ↑ findagrave.com
  17. ↑ "Australia, Victoria, Index to Probate Registers, 1841-1989" Entry for Nancy Josephine Pitt Bogle, 12 Jul 1989 familysearch.org
  18. ↑ "Find A Grave Index" Nancy Josephine Pitt Bogle, Burial, Springvale, Greater Dandenong City, Victoria, Australia, Springvale Botanical Cemetery; citing record ID 244511952 familysearch.org
  19. ↑ "Find A Grave Index" Charles M P Withers, Burial, Fawkner, Moreland City, Victoria, Australia, Fawkner Memorial Park; citing record ID 243949096 familysearch.org
  20. ↑ familysearch.org
  21. ↑ "England and Wales Census, 1871" Walter H Withers in entry for Edwin Withers, 1871 familysearch.org
  22. ↑ "England and Wales Census, 1881" Walter H Withers in household of Edwin Withers, Handsworth, Staffordshire, England; "1881 England, Scotland and Wales Census" p. 38, Piece/Folio 2833/91, The National Archives, Kew, Surrey; FHL microfilm 101,774,809 familysearch.org
  23. ↑ "England and Wales Census, 1891" Walter Withers, Hackney, London, England, United Kingdom; "1891 England, Scotland and Wales census" citing PRO RG 12, London county, subdistrict, The National Archives of the UK, Kew, Surrey familysearch.org
  24. ↑ Victoria BDM - Reg. No. #13756/1914, Deaths
  25. ↑ findagrave.com
  26. ↑ "Find A Grave Index" Walter Herbert Withers, Burial, Saint Helena, Banyule City, Victoria, Australia, St Katherine's Cemetery; citing record ID 70192709 familysearch.org
  27. ↑ "BillionGraves Index" BillionGraves Burial at Saint Helena (Saint Katherine Anglican) Churchyard, St Helena, Victoria, Australia familysearch.org
  28. ↑ PERSONAL. (1914, October 14). The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1957), p. 8 nla.gov.au
  29. ↑ Family Notices (1914, October 14) The Herald (Melbourne, Vic. : 1861 - 1954) p. 10 nla.gov.au
  30. ↑ Family Notices (1914, October 15) The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1957) p. 1 nla.gov.au
  31. ↑ ART IN VICTORIA. (1914, October 17) Wangaratta Chronicle (Vic. : 1914 - 1918), p. 2 (Mornings) nla.gov.au
  32. ↑ "Australia, Victoria, Index to Probate Registers, 1841-1989" familysearch.org Entry for Walter H Withers, 20 Nov 1914
  33. ↑ Andrew Mackenzie, 'Withers, Walter Herbert (1854–1914)' Australian Dictionary of Biography, National Centre of Biography, Australian National University, published adb.anu.edu.au
  34. ↑ PAINTINGS AT SEDON GALLERIES. (1926, May 5) The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1957) p. 29.nla.gov.au
  35. ↑ sl.gov.au
  36. ↑ yallambie.wordpress.com
  37. ↑ wikipedia.org
  38. ↑ https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/10811638




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