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George Henry Bizzell (1881 - 1964)

George Henry Bizzell
Born in Cooktown, Queensland, Australiamap
Ancestors ancestors
Husband of — married 14 Nov 1901 in Queensland, Australiamap
Died at age 83 in Queensland, Australiamap
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Biography

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George Bizzell has English ancestors.
George Bizzell was born in the Colony of Queensland (1859-1900)

George Henry Bizzell was born on the 12th July 1881, in Cooktown, Queensland, Australia, the son of John Lambourne Bizzell and Alice Mary Tarzwell.[1]
He was the first Bizzell to be born on Australian soil.

George H. Bizzell was an acclomplished musician, in fact he was an Australian Brass Champion and he was one of the founding members of the Brisbane Excelsior Brass Band along with 20 other young enthusiasts. G. Bizzell was on the Excelsior Committee in 1914 when the band was just two years old. [1]
He worked as a clerk for the Queensland Railways at Ipswich for 32 years.
George Henry married Grace Olive Harbottle on the 14th November 1901, in Brisbane, Queensland.[2]

Over the next fifteen years, George and Grace had seven children:
  1. William Frederick Vivian George Bizzell (14/06/1902 - 04/02/1983)
  2. Dulcey Grace (11/09/1904 - 30/12/1986)
  3. Cecil Maurice (26/12/1906 - 29/06/1975)
  4. Doris Elma (01/06/1909 - ?/12/2001)
  5. Emily Pearl (04/08/1911 - 2011 )
  6. John Lambourne (15/06/1914 - ? )
  7. Grace Olive (02/07/1916 - 13/01/1964)

George Bizzell passed away on the 2nd December 1964, in Queensland, Australia, five months three weeks after his 82nd birthday.[3] Parents registered for his death John Lambourne Bizzell & Alice Mary Tarzewell.


Sources

  1. QLD BDM Birth Registration details: 1881/C/1104
  2. QLD BDM Marriage Registration details: 1901/C/828
  3. QLD BDM Death Registration details: 1964/C/5901
  • QLD BDM Birth Registration details: 1881/C/1104
  • QLD BDM Marriage Registration details: 1901/C/828
  • QLD BDM Death Registration details: 1964/C/5901
  • Many newspaper articles under G.H. Bizzell on Trove [2]
Global Cemeteries Project
George Bizzell is buried in The Mount Zion Church Graveyard.




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Alice Mary nee TARZWELL
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