Life History
8th Feb 1821 |
Born in Covent Garden, London, Middlesex.1 |
19th Jun 1861 |
Married Ann Hooper BROWN in Christ Church, South Yarra |
1862 |
Birth of daughter Sophia FAWSSETT in Ashbourne, Victoria |
1864 |
Birth of son Hugh Leonard FAWSSETT in Richmond, Victoria.3,4 |
1866 |
Birth of son John Beauchamp FAWSSETT |
1868 |
Death of son John Beauchamp FAWSSETT |
1871 |
Birth of daughter Florence FAWSSETT in White Hills, Victoria |
1873 |
Birth of daughter Rose FAWSSETT |
12th Jun 1880 |
Occupation Police Sergeant 1st Class Leonard Fawssett Broke his leg as a result of a stagecoach accident and eventually required an amputation; gangrene later set in in Kerang, Victoria, Australia |
12th Jun 1884 |
Died in Kerang, Victoria, Australia.1 |
Other facts
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Buried in Swan Hill, Swan Hill Rural City, Victoria, Australia.1 |
Notes
- Name : Fawssett, Leonard
Date : 12-06-1884
Rank : Sergeant First Class, 410
Description : At about 11 a.m. on the 4th May 1880, Fawssett was a passenger on a stagecoach which was making a sharp turn from Nolan Street across the embankment onto the Swan Hill Road, at Kerang. At this time some harness broke and the coach turned on its side. Fawssett who had been riding on the box with the driver, broke his leg. It later became necessary to perform an amputation, and although this operation was successful gangrene set in, and he died on 12th June, 1880 at Kerang.
(From Blue Ribbon Honour Roll http://www.policeblueribbon.com.au)
Listed as Fawssett, Lawrence Senior Constable Beechworth in the 1857 Ovens Directory
(http://members.optushome.com.au/lenorefrost/ovensdir.html)
RIN: MH:N2
Sources
- 1. Australia and New Zealand, Find A Grave Index, 1800s-Current
- Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.
- 2. Ancestry Family Trees
- Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com. Original data: Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members.
- Ancestry Family Tree
- 3. Australia Cemetery Index, 1808-2007
- Ancestry.com Operations Inc
- Compiler: Australian Institute of Genealogical Studies; Reference: M76
- 4. Australia, Birth Index, 1788-1922
- Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.