Reuben Gyde (1894 - 1946)

Born 1894 in Nowra, New South Wales, Australia

Ancestors

Died 9 Apr 1946 at about age 52 in Kogarah, New South Wales, Australia

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Biography

Reuben Gyde was born in 1894.^[1] He was the son of Jack Gyde and Sarah Suffolk.

Reuben worked on the NSW Railways and during his career was Station Master at Scone, Blackheath, and Kogarah.^[2]

He married Margaret John Trim at St. Andrew's Cathedral, Sydney, New South Wales, on 7 September 1916.^[3][4]

Margaret died in 1925.

In 1930 Reuben remarried to Thelma Florence Moran at Canterbury, NSW.^[5]

He died instantly in a rail accident at Kogarah station on 6 April 1946 when he attempted to cross the line and was struck by a train passing through the station.^[6][7][8][9]

Sources

1. ↑ Birth Index (NSW Registry of Births Deaths & Marriages : accessed 18 Feb 2024), Index entry for GYDE REUBEN; Parents: JOHN & SARAH; District: NOWRA; Registration Number: 24804/1894
2. ↑ TRAIN KILLS STATIONMASTER (1946, April 11). The Propeller (Hurstville, NSW : 1911 - 1954), p. 3. Retrieved February 18, 2024, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article235350982
3. ↑ Marriage Index (NSW Registry of Births Deaths & Marriages : accessed 18 Feb 2024), Index entry for REUBEN GYDE and MARGARET J TRIM; District: SYDNEY; Registration Number: 9332/1916
4. ↑ Marriage: "Sydney, Australia, Anglican Parish Registers, 1814-2011"
   Anglican Church Diocese of Sydney; Sydney, New South Wales, Australia; Baptism, Burial, Confirmation, Marriage and Composite Registers in the Anglican Church Diocese of Sydney Archives
   Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry au Record 61177 #437685 (accessed 18 February 2024)
   Reuben Gyde (24) marriage to Margaret John Trim on 7 Sep 1916 in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
5. ↑ Marriage Index (NSW Registry of Births Deaths & Marriages : accessed 18 Feb 2024), Index entry for REUBEN GYDE and THELMA F MORAN; District: CANTERBURY; Registration Number: 1209/1930
6. ↑ Death Index (NSW Registry of Births Deaths & Marriages : accessed 18 Feb 2024), Index entry for GYDE REUBEN; Parents: JOHN & SARAH; District: KOGARAH; Registration Number: 10267/1946
7. ↑ MR. R. GYDE KILLED (1946, April 9). The Scone Advocate (NSW : 1887 - 1954), p. 1. Retrieved February 18, 2024, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article161159668
8. ↑ Tragedy on Railway. A Station Master Killed (1946, April 9). Goulburn Evening Post (NSW : 1940 - 1954), p. 3 (Daily and Evening). Retrieved February 18, 2024, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article103293493
9. ↑ Family Notices (1946, April 10). The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954), p. 24. Retrieved February 18, 2024, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article17975388
   GYDE. — April 9, 1946, at Kogarah (result of accident), Reuben Gyde, of 6 Ferrier Street, Rockdale, and formerly of Scone and Black-heath, dearly beloved husband of Thelma and dear father of John, Ailsa (Mrs. Trenorden), and Ray (Mrs. Griffiths), aged 52 years.
   GYDE.— The Relatives and Friends of Mrs. Thelma Gyde and Family, of 6 Ferrier Street, Rockdale, are kindly invited to attend the Funeral of her dearly beloved Husband and their dear Father, Reuben; to leave our Private Mortuary Chapel, 434 Prince's Highway, Rockdale, This Wednesday, after service commencing at 2.45 p.m., for Rookwood Crematorium.
   GYDE.—The Relatives and Friends of Mrs. Sarah Gyde and Family, of 12 Vista Street, Mosman, are kindly Invited to attend the Funeral of her dearly beloved Son and their dear Brother Reuben.
   GYDE.—Loyal Rockdale, M.U.I.O.O.F. No 411.—Officers and Members of the above Lodge are kindly Invited to attend the Funeral of their esteemed Member, Bro. Reuben Gyde, P.G.