Andrew Marsden Gresham Dempster (abt. 1899 - 1968)

Born about 1899 in Esperance, Western Australia, Australia

Ancestors

Husband of Lucy Winfield (Williams) Dempster — married 1924 in Victoria, Australia

Died 30 Oct 1968 at about age 69 in Victoria, Australia

Biography

ANDREW MARSDEN GRESHAM DEMPSTER (Dempster-424)

PARENTS. William Edward Dempster & Jessie Adams (Gresham) Dempster

BIRTH. abt. 1899, Esperance, Western Australia, Australia

BIRTH. WA BDM Birth Reg: #1358: 1899, Dempster Andrew Masden; Father: William Edward; Mother: Gresham Jessie Adams; District of Esperance

ENGAGEMENT ANNOUNCEMENT. The engagement is announced of Miss Lucy Williams, only daughter of Mr. and Mrs. F. Winfield Williams, of Punt Hill, South Yarra, to Mr. Marsden G. Dempster, only son of Mr. W. E. Dempster of Argyle, Western Australia.

MARRIAGE. Aft. 26 Jan 1923, possibly Victoria, Australia

MARRIAGE. Aft. 26 Jan 1923, Lucy Winfield Williams, daughter of Frank Winfield Williams & Susan Jane (McGuigan) Williams

Children:

(1) Alan Dempster

(2) Margaret Winfield Dempster

FORTHCOMING MARRIAGE. DEMPSTER-BRACHER.—The wedding will take place of Margaret Winfield, only daughter of Mr. and Mrs. M. G. Dempster, of Canterbury, to Kenneth Wilfrid, only son of Mr. and Mrs. L. W. Bracher, of Canterbury, at St. Mark's, Camberwell, at 6 p.m. on Wednesday. April 20. The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1957) Tue 19 Apr 1949, Page 9: http://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/22723222

(1928). PERSONAL. The Melbourne University has conferred the degree of Master of Civil Engineering upon Mr. Marsden G. Dempster, who was educated at the Guildford Grammar School, where he won a scholarship which enabled him to take the degree of Bachelor of Engineering with honours at the West Australian and Melbourne Universities. Mr. Dempster is now engineer for designing bridges, chiefly in reinforced concrete, for the Country Roads Board of Victoria.

(1952). PERSONAL. Mr. Marsden G. Dempster, M.E., will attend a meeting of the Bridge and Structural Society in London about the end of July as Federal Engineer of Housing and Public Works. Mr. Dempster was educated at Guildford Grammar School where he won a scholarship. Later he won the highest degrees in engineering at the W.A. and Melbourne Universities. In Victoria he designed and built many bridges, including one over the turbulent Snowy River and the traffic bridge at Port Melbourne. For three and a half years he was chief engineer for military construction under General MacArthur.

DEATH. 30 Oct 1968, Victoria, Australia

CREMATION:

Springvale Botanical Cemetery

Dempster Andrew Marsden Gresham

Cremated 01/11/1968

Location Banksia, Garden 4, Tree 53

Remembered: https://billiongraves.com/grave/Lucy-Winfield-Dempster/8884369

Death of Spouse: 14 Jun 1983, Victoria, Australia

Sources

• Birth: WA BDM Birth Reg: #1358: 1899

• Engagement Announcement: The Prahran Telegraph (Vic. : 1889 - 1930) Fri 26 Jan 1923, Page 4: http://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/165125330

• Marriage VIC BDM Index DEMPSTER Andrew Marsden Geshan married WILLIAMS Lucy Winfield Reg. year1924 Reg. no3945

• (1928). PERSONAL: The West Australian (Perth, WA : 1879 - 1954) Fri 28 Sep 1928, Page 7: http://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/32226232

• (1952). PERSONAL: The West Australian (Perth, WA : 1879 - 1954) Fri 13 Jun 1952, Page 2: http://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/49036277