George Thomas Byrne (1848 – 1938)

George was born on 02/11/1848 in Cornwallis, Windsor.

He married to Annie Teresa Costigan in Windsor on 18/05/1875.

Annie was born on 09/06/1848 in Windsor.

They had the following children:

  • Mary Jane Byrne (1876 – 1876)

  • William Patrick Byrne (1877 – 1937)

  • Lucy Isabella Byrne (1879 – 1914)

  • Catherine M Byrne (1881 – 1951)

  • George Ernest Byrne (1883 – 1948)

  • Ethel May Byrne (1884 – 1967)

  • Henry James Byrne (1886 – 1954)

  • Annie Judith Byrne (1888 – 1981)

  • John Byrne (1890 – 1890)

  • Leopold Herbert Byrne (1892 – 1917)

In the BDR registrations their names are spelled in different ways. The name Byrne is also spelled with an S at the end and Anne is sometimes “Annie Theresa” or her last name spelled as “Costilan”

Annie died in Coonamble on 28/12/1909.

George died in Coonamble on 20/04/1938.

They are buried together at Coonamble Cemetery.

Coonamble General Cemetery (RC Section) - Byrne, Annie T & George T

Mary Jane Byrne (1876 – 1876)

Mary was born and died in Bathurst in 1876.

Lucy Isabella Byrne (1879 – 1914)

Lucy was born in Wellington on 14/07/1879.

She married to William Digges in Coonamble in 1913.
William was born in Coonabarabran on 25/12/1871.

Lucy died on 15/07/1914 in Coonamble. They had no children.

William remarried to F N Jennings (1883 – 1953) in Sydney in 1919 and they had 2 children.

William died in Coonabarabran on 05/07/1953.

Catherine M Byrne (1881 – 1951)

Catherine was born in Wellington in 1881.

She married to James J Ross in 1920 in Wollongong.

Catherine died in Wollongong in 1951.

Henry James Byrne (1886 – 1954)

Henry was born in Wellington in 1886.

He never married and died in Balmain on 19/07/1954.

Annie Judith Byrne (1888 – 1981)

Annie was born in Wellington in 1888.

She married to Harold Southern in 1920 in Orange. Harold was born in Leichhardt in 1887.

Harold died in Marrickville on 18/11/1928.

Annie died in NSW on 07/11/1981.

John Byrne (1890 – 1890)

John was born and died in Wellington in 1890.

Leopold Herbert Byrne (1892 – 1917)

Leopold was born in Wellingtin in 1892.

He joined the WWI Services in 1914.

Leopold was killed in action in France on 01/02/1917 and is buried at Bancourt British Cemetery.

Private Leo Byrne Notice of Death

Private Leopold Byrne

Leopold Herbert Byrne