William McWatters

Notes:

Buried:
Maryborough Cemetery
Queensland, Australia
McWatters, Ellen, d. 20-6-1890, Age:60
McWatters, Wm, d. 15-12-1915, Age:85


Died:
Death Registration
McWATTERS William: Death: 15.12.1915: Father: James McWATTERS: Mother: Isabella BALLANTYRE, Reg No 1915/4991 [Queensland Death Register 1829 -1964]

William — Ellen McKee. Ellen was born Abt 1828; died 26 Jun 1890, Maryborough, Queensland, Australia; was buried Jun 1890, Maryborough Cemetery, Queensland, Australia. [Group Sheet]

Other Events:

• Queensland Electoral Roll: 1919, Ferry St., Maryborough; QUEENSLAND ELECTORAL ROLL 1919 Division of Wide Bay - Subdivision of Maryborough McWATTERS Martha Agesilaus: Place of Living: Ferry st., Occupation: home duties McWATTERS William, jun., Place of Living: Ferry st.,: Occupation: compositor
• Obituary: 22 May 1948, Maryborough Chronicle , Queensland ; DEATH OF WILLIAM McWATTERS William McWatters is dead. His passing has severed another link with the early days of Maryborough. He gave a life time of service to the Maryborough Newspaper Company Pty. Ltd in the publication of the Chronicle and Colonist. He passed peacefully early last night in his 84th year. The late Mr William McWatters, who was born at Dundathu, saw Maryborough grow from a village to a city, and he played his part worthily in its progress, by his good service to the community, and by setting a high standard of citizenship which earned the respect and honour of his fellow citizens. The Maryborough Chronicle was started in 1860. Eighteen years later, a small boy aged 12, named William McWatters, joined the staff. By present day standards the publications of newspapers in that year, 1878, were primitive and many and varied were the jobs given to the boy, William McWatters. Amongst his tasks were those of filling and trimming the kerosine lamps, inking the pages with a hand roller, and assisting in the making of newspaper rollers. He was very diligent at his work, and later he became apprenticed to the composing trade. He was a good tradesman and when 19 years of age he was appointed foreman. He held that responsible position until he retired in April 1934, after 53 years of service. On April 1, 1928, William McWatters celebrated 50 years of service with this company. To mark the occasion his fellow workmen, after paying a high tribute to his ability, and expressing sincere appreciation of how well he had trained apprentices to the printing trade, presented him with a handsome gold watch. The then editor of the paper, the late Mr G. I. Roberts, spoke of William McWatters' patience, perseverance, loyalty and devotion to duty, and on behalf of the company presented him with a cheque for £50. Three years later Mr McWatters retired, and his services were recognised by the company who granted him a retiring allowance up till the time of his death. KEEN SPORTSMAN The late Mr McWatters was of a quiet, unassuming nature. In his younger days he took part in local sports, particularly in foot running and cricket. Later on in life he took a keen interest in horse racing, and for many years he contributed turf notes under the well known pen name of "Wilari". His "tips" were closely studied by many people keenly interested in the turf. The late Mr McWatters took an active part in the affairs of the Central School. For some years he held the position of honorary secretary; and later he occupied the position of chairman for some time. In those years he did much to advance the interests of the school and promote the welfare of its scholars. His colleagues greatly appreciated his invaluable services. Mr McWatters married Miss Tornaros, a daughter of the late Captain Tornaros. His wife predeceased him about 22 years ago. He is survived by a family of three sons and three daughters. They are Messrs Jack McWatters (Editor of the Digger, Brisbane), Aubrey (on the editorial staff of the Brisbane Courier and formerly of the Maryborough Chronicle), and Roy McWatters (of the Maryborough Railway Department), Mrs Esme McKay (Sydney), Miss Pearl McWatters (Adelaide), and Mrs J. C. Lamb (Singapore). One son Agy, a Military Medallist of the Great War, died in 1938. The funeral will move from St Stephen's Presbyterian Church this afternoon after service commencing at 3.30 pm. Maryborough Chronicle , Queensland, Saturday, 22 May 1948

Notes:

Buried:
Maryborough Cemetery
Queensland, Australia
McWatters, Wm, d. 21-5-1948, Age:83

William married Martha Agesilaus Tornaros 19 Sep 1894, Maryborough, Queensland, Australia. Martha (daughter of Agesilaus Tornaros and Hannah Bridget Anastasia Madagan/Condon) was born 1867, Maryborough, Victoria, Australia; died 17 Dec 1923, St. Leonards, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. [Group Sheet]

Other Events:

• Military: 27 Jun 1918, London Gazette; Honours and Awards - Agesilaus McWatters Agesilaus McWatters Service number: 851 Rank: Private Unit: 42nd Bn Service: Army Conflict: First World War, 1914-1918 Award: Military Medal Date of London Gazette: 4 February 1918 Location in London Gazette: Page 1619, position 31 Date of Commonwealth of Australia Gazette: 27 June 1918 Location in Commonwealth of Australia Gazette: Page 1393, position 129
• Military Service: 10 Nov 1915 - 10 Dec 1918; Agesilaus McWATTERS Regimental number 851 Place of birth Maryborough, Queensland Religion Presbyterian Occupation Railway cleaner Address Ferry Street, Maryborough, Queensland Marital status Single Age at embarkation 20 Next of kin Mother, Mrs Martha McWatters, Ferry Street, Maryborough, Queensland Enlistment date 10 November 1915 Rank on enlistment Private Unit name 42 Battalion, D Company AWM Embarkation Roll number 23/59/1 Embarkation details Unit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A30 Borda on 5 June 1916 Rank from Nominal Roll Private Unit from Nominal Roll 42nd Battalion Fate Returned to Australia 10 December 1918 Miscellaneous information from cemetery records Parents: William and Martha MCWATTERS Medals Military Medal Source: 'Commonwealth Gazette' No. 95

Notes:

Birth:
Birth Registration
MCWATTERS Agesilaus: Birth: 15.12. 1896: Father: William: Mother: Martha Agesilaus Tornaros. Reg No 1896/7700 [Queensland Birth Register 1829 -1914]


Buried:
Maryborough Cemetery
Queensland, Australia
McWatters, A. 42nd Batt, d. 18-10-1936, Age: 40

Other Events:

• Queensland Electoral Roll: 1936, 163 Ferry St. Maryborough, Qld ; QUEENSLAND ELECTORAL ROLL 1936 Division of Wide Bay: Subdivision of Maryborough No. 3843: McWatters, Aubery William: Residence: 163 Ferry St. Maryborough: Occupation: Reader. No.3857: McWatters, Maurine May: Residence: 163 Ferry St. Maryborough: Occupation home duties NOTE: In 1936 Christina Lochran [Jessen], the mother of Moreen May Jessen is also listed at this address. No. 3531: Lochran, Christina: 163 Ferry St. Maryborough: Occupation home duties
• Queensland Electoral Roll: 1937 - 1943, 163 Ferry St., Maryborough; QUEENSLAND ELECTORAL ROLL 1937 Division of Wide Bay - Subdivision of Maryborough No 3958: McWATTERS Aubrey William: Place of Living: 163 Ferry st., Occupation: journalist No 3971: McWATTERS Maurine May: Place of Living: 163 Ferry st., Occupation: home duties QUEENSLAND ELECTORAL ROLL 1943 Division of Wide Bay - Subdivision of Maryborough No 1690: McWATTERS Aubrey William: Place of Living: 163 Ferry st., Occupation: journalist No 2701: McWATTERS Maurine May: Place of Living: 163 Ferry st., Occupation: home duties
• Military: 2 Oct 1941 - 27 Dec 1944; WORLD WAR TWO SERVICE CAPTAIN AUBREY WILLIAM MCWATTERS Seevice Number QX3638 Service Australian Army Date of Birth 26 September 1905 Place of Birth MARYBOROUGH, QLD Date of Enlistment 2 October 1941 Locality on Enlistment MARYBOROUGH, QLD Place of Enlistment MARYBOROUGH, QLD Next of Kin MCWATTERS, MAURINE Date of Discharge 27 December 1944 Posting at Discharge 47 Australian Division Additional Service Numbers Q24607
• Queensland Electoral Roll: 1949, Flat 15, Lamington st., Newfarm; QUEENSLAND ELECTORAL ROLL 1949 Division of Brisbane - Subdivision of Merthyr No 10623: McWATTERS Aubrey William: Place of Living: Flat 15, Lamington st., Newfarm: Occupation: journalist No 10624: McWATTERS Maurine May: Place of Living: Flat 15, Lamington st., Newfarm: Occupation: home duties
• Electoral Roll: 1954, 145 Elizabeth St., Hobart Tasmania; Electoral Roll 1954 TASMANIA ELECTORAL ROLL 1954 Division of Denison - subdivision of Hobart Central No 1672: McWATTERS Aubrey William: Place of Living: 145 Elizabeth st., Occupation: journalist

Notes:

Birth:
Birth Registration:
1905/C7828 McWatters Aubrey William Birth Father: William Mother: Martha Agesilaus Tornaros

[Biographical cuttings on Aubrey William McWatters, former senior sub-editor on "The Age", containing one or more cuttings from newspapers or journals]


Buried:
AUBREY WILLIAM MCWATTERS
Cemetery: Springvale Botanical Cemetery
Given Names AUBREY WILLIAM Surname MCWATTERS Date of Service 04/02/1971 Burial Type CREMATION Location Details The cremated remains have been scattered Public Grave Y/N N
[Springvale Botanical Cemetery Records]

The Springvale Botanical Cemetery is the largest crematorium and memorial park in Victoria, Australia. It is located in Springvale, in the south eastern suburbs of Melbourne. Until 2006, it operated as The Necropolis Springvale


Died:
Death Registration:
MCWATTERS Aubery William Death: Father William: Mother Martha TORNAROS: Deathplace: Malvern: Age 65 years:Date 1971: Reg. No. 2675.
[Victoria Death Register: 1921-1985].

Aubery married Maurine May Lochran 18 Oct.1930, Presbyterian Church, Maryborough, Queensland, Australia. Maurine (daughter of George James Stewart Lochran and Christina Jessen) was born 1909, Queensland, Australia; died 1984, Queensland, Australia. [Group Sheet]

Other Events:

• Queensland Electoral Roll: 1954, 178 Lloyd st., Enoggera, Brisbane; Queensland Electoral Roll 1954 Division of Ryan - subdivision of Ashgrove No 9191: McWATTERS Keith Gordon: Place of Living: 178 Lloyd st., Enoggera: Occupation: student No McWATTERS Maurine May: Place of Living: 178 Lloyd st., Enoggera: Occupation: home duties
• Profession, Description: 1952 - 1995, Brisbane, Australia and the United Kingdom; Professor of French He was a Lecturer at the University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia, Leicester, England, Glasgow, Scotland and Liverpool, England. Emeritus Professors, Professors and Honorary Graduates Emeritus Professors James Barrow Chair of French Founded by Mrs James Barrow in 1905 in memory of her husband. 1987-1995 Keith Gordon McWatters (Charles Beard Professor 1974-1986) [Liverpool University]
• Obituary: 2 Jun 1995, Peter France; OBITUARY: Professor Keith McWatters Keith McWatters, Professor of French at Liverpool University, was a leading expert on Stendhal, that most readable of French authors, and in his conversation and writings one felt something of the caustic wit, the frankness and the clear-eyed intelligence of the writer to whom he devoted most of his scholarly career. Born in Maryborough, Queensland, the son and grandson of journalists, McWatters graduated with a First in Modern Languages and Literature from Queensland University in 1952. After lecturing in English for a year in Brisbane and working as a schoolteacher and civil servant, he embarked on research on Stendhal and the English novel, a subject on which he became vastly knowledgeable, often amusing himself and his friends with the arcane pedantries of scholarship, but at the same time deepening his and our awareness of what is really interesting in Stendhal. His research was mainly carried out in Grenoble, where he held a French government scholarship from 1958 to 1960. Here he became one of the scholars grouped around the journal Stendhal Club but he retained an ironic distance from the excesses of the Stendhal cult. In 1961 he was awarded a doctorate from the University of Grenoble and his thesis was later published under the title Stendhal, lecteur des romanciers anglais. While in France McWatters made many friends and acquired a wide knowledge of French life: painting and politics, food and wine. He spoke and wrote French with rare perfection, being regularly taken by the French for a compatriot. In 1964, after lecturing for three years in Brisbane, he came to work in British universities. First at Leicester, then from 1965 to 1974 at Glasgow and finally at Liverpool, where he was appointed Professor of French in 1974 and James Barrow Professor in 1979. While in Glasgow he married Penny Goodchild, with whom he had two daughters, Harriet and Elspeth. They were a closely knit family and McWatters's friends were struck by the change family life brought about in him. The man who had previously seemed most at home in Paris cafes or late-night literary conversations was now to be found enjoying life in his remote cottage at Catacol-on-Arran which remained for him a treasured place of retreat. It was fitting that his funeral should take place in the little church at Lochranza in a beautiful grey bay half a world away from his native Queensland. For nearly 20 years McWatters was a valued member of the university community at Liverpool. He was particularly keen to improve democratic communication within the French Department and he worked (among many other things) to promote excellence in language teaching. He served as president of the Association of University Professors of French at a time when the language departments of universities were in a state of transformation. His services to French culture were recognised when he became a Chevalier of the French Ordre du Merite, an honour rarely accorded to foreigners. He was Dean of the Faculty of Arts in Liverpool from 1983 to 1986, a particularly difficult time when universities were having to cope with government-imposed cuts which he deeply deplored. The first edition of his principal scholarly work, Stendhal's Chroniques pour l'Angleterre, was published in 1980. Six other volumes followed. In this work McWatters made available, richly annotated, the great mass of Stendhal's journalism written for periodicals such as the London Magazine in the 1820s. It cast a new and valuable light on the period just before the publication of Stendhal's leading novels and is a mine of information for scholars and also a joy to read, not least because of the sharply written introductions and notes. Fortunately, Keith McWatters was able to complete his task as editor before his final illness. Reading this work of self- effacing but fascinating scholarship, one regrets that his untimely death robbed us of the wide-ranging study of Romanticism that he was so well equipped to write. Peter France, Friday 02 June 1995 Keith Gordon McWatters, teacher and scholar of French literature: born Maryborough, Queensland, Australia 7 September 1931; Lecturer, Leicester University 1964-65; Lecturer, Glasgow University 1965-74; Professor of French, Liverpool University, 1974-79, Barrow Professor 1979-95; married Penny Goodchild (two daughters); died Liverpool 26 April 1995. Peter France, Friday 02 June 1995

Notes:

Buried:
LOCHRANZA, bay and village at north end of Arran Island, Buteshire. The bay is a mile long and 3 furlongs wide, adjoins a promontory with ruined ancient royal hunting-seat, and forms part of a grand landscape depicted in Sir Walter Scott's Lord of the Isles. The village has a post office under Greenock, a good inn, a Free church, and a public school with about 84 scholars."
[From The Gazetteer of Scotland, by Rev. John Wilson, 1882

Keith Gordon McWatters
Birth 7 Sep 1931
Maryborough, Fraser Coast Region, Queensland, Australia
Death 26 Apr 1995 (aged 63)
England
Burial
Saint Brides Churchyard
Lochranza, North Ayrshire, Scotland
Memorial ID 126228274 ·
(Find A Grave Memorial)

Other Events:

• Death Notice: 18 Feb 2009, The Courier Mail, Brisbane, Queensland; McWATTERS, The Courier Mail, 18 February 2009 McWATTERS, Douglas Hamilton "Doug", late of Sandstone Point. Passed away 14th February, 2009. Aged 69 Years Beloved Husband of Mary. Dearly loved Father and Father-in-law to Ross and Partner Elizabeth, and loving Grandad to Andrew. A Service to Celebrate Dougs Life will be held in Traditional Funerals Chapel, 636 Morayfield Road, Burpengary, on Friday, 20th February, 2009, at 11.30 a.m. TRADITIONAL FUNERALS Bribie Island _ 3408 6633 A Local Family Company (RootsWeb)

Notes:

Buried:

Douglas Hamilton Mcwatters
Birth unknown
Death 14 Feb 2009
Burial
Bribie Island Memorial Gardens
Woorim, Moreton Bay Region, Queensland, Australia
Memorial ID 154063981
(Find A Grave Memorial)

Died:
McWATTERS, The Courier Mail|18 February 2009

Douglas — Mary. [Group Sheet]