Tanya Lee ARGUS
Sex: F
Parents
Father: Geoffrey John ARGUS
Mother: Carolyn Ann MERRIFIELD
Tarryn ARGUS
Sex: F
Parents
Father: Neil James ARGUS (1951- )
Mother: Jean Ann Maree PICKERING
Taya Shayne ARGUS
Sex: F
Parents
Father: Iain Andrew ARGUS
Mother: Janine BROWN
Thelma ARGUS
Sex: F
Individual Information
Birth Date: 1927
Christening:
Death: Jun 1939 - Bunyip, Victoria, Australia ( at age 12)
Burial: 5 Jun 1939
Cause of Death:
Parents
Father: John Thomas Henry ARGUS (1876-1939)
Mother: Mary BLENNERHASSETT (1882-1947)
Notes
General:
JOHN ARGUS DIED IN A LEVEL CROSSING ACCIDENT AT BUNYIP IN 1939 INJURED WAS HIS DAUGHTER THELMA AGED 12 WHO DIED LATER FROM HER INJURIES
ONE KILLED; TWO
INJURED
Level Crossing Smash
MELBOURNE,' June 4.
A man was killed and two other per- sons seriously injured when â motor- car in which they were 'travelling was struck by a train on the Bunyip railway crossing yesterday. The victims were:
Killed
John Thomas Argus (55), farmer, of Bunyip.
Injured
Thelma Argus (10), daughter of J. T. Argus; fractured skull and shock.
Martin Breheney ' (22), farmer, of Bunyip, the driver of the car; cerebral haemorrhage, concussion, and shock.
Breheney is believed-to have seen the train as he approached the crossing, but his brake failed to hold and the car'was struck near the front of the engine. Argus was killed instantly and his daughter and Breheney were thrown nearly 30ft. clear of the line. The car
was smashed. . -
Thomas ARGUS
Sex: M
Individual Information
Birth Date: Cuby With Tregony Church, Tregony, Cornwall, England
Christening: 18 May 1721 - Cuby With Tregony Church, Tregony, Cornwall, England 5
Death:
Burial:
Cause of Death:
Parents
Father: John ARGUS (1692- )
Mother: Jane BURN ( -1742)
Spouses and Children
1. *Mary DREW ( - )
Marriage: 2 Jan 1747 - Veryan, Cornwall, England
Status:
Thomas ARGUS
Sex: M
Individual Information
Birth Date: in Tregony, Cornwall, England
Christening: 22 May 1688 - Cuby With Tregony Church, Tregony, Cornwall, England 7
Death:
Burial: 20 Nov 1715 - Tregony, Cornwall, England 5
Cause of Death:
Parents
Father: Richard ARGUS (1660-1734)
Mother: Ann IZARD (1665- )
Spouses and Children
1. *Frances GEORGE (16 Oct 1687 - )
Marriage: 29 Dec 1711 - Colan, Cornwall, England
Status:
Children:
1. Richard ARGUS (1714-1779)
2. Ann ARGUS (1716- )
Thomas ARGUS
Sex: M
Individual Information
Birth Date: 1741
Christening:
Death: 1837 - Gerrans, Cornwall, England ( at age 96)
Burial:
Cause of Death:
Parents
Father: Richard ARGUS (1714-1779)
Mother: Mary WILKING (1718-1752)
Spouses and Children
1. *Margery DUNN (5 Feb 1744 - 15 Mar 1820)
Marriage: 29 Jun 1767 - Ruan Lanihorne, Cornwall, England
Status:
Children:
1. Richard ARGUS (1768- )
2. Mary ARGUS (1770-1853)
3. Henry ARGUS (1773-1795)
4. Thomas ARGUS (1776- )
5. Charles ARGUS (1779- )
6. John ARGUS (1784-1801)
7. Nicholas ARGUS (1787-1850)
8. Margery ARGUS (1790-1866)
Notes
General:
Letters of Administration for Richard Argus dated 20 July 1780 name Thomas Argus "The natural and lawfull sun of the said decd"
Thomas ARGUS
Sex: M
Parents
Father: Michael ARGUS
Mother: Veronica HARVEY
Thomas ARGUS
Sex: M
Individual Information
Birth Date: 1776 - Cuby With Tregony Church, Tregony, Cornwall, England
Christening: 7 Apr 1776 - Cuby With Tregony Church, Tregony, Cornwall, England
Death:
Burial:
Cause of Death:
Parents
Father: Thomas ARGUS (1741-1837)
Mother: Margery DUNN (1744-1820)
Thomas ARGUS
Sex: M
Individual Information
Birth Date: 2 Feb 1817 - Tregony, Cornwall, England 6
Christening: 18 Mar 1822 - Cuby With Tregony Church, Tregony, Cornwall, England 6
Death: 28 May 1906 - Devenish, Victoria, Australia ( at age 89)
Burial: 29 May 1906 - Devenish, Victoria, Australia
Cause of Death:
Events
• Occupation: Stonemason, Farmer.
Parents
Father: Nicholas ARGUS (1787-1850)
Mother: Priscilla ALLISON (1786-1825)
Spouses and Children
1. *Edith Veale COLE (20 May 1821 - 22 Jan 1903) 19
Marriage: 1840 - Holsworthy, Devonshire, England
Status:
Children:
1. Lewis Cole ARGUS (1840-1844)
2. Priscilla ARGUS (1843-1845)
3. Priscilla ARGUS (1846-1920)
4. Arscott Cole ARGUS (1847-1909)
5. Francis Thomas ARGUS (1850-1926)
6. John Henry ARGUS (1852-1910)
7. Mary Jane ARGUS (1854-1938)
8. Samuel ARGUS (1857-1923)
9. Edith Ann ARGUS (1863-1941)
10. Elizabeth Ann ARGUS (1867-1942)
Notes
General:
1841 Census of Corwall.
Address Cory Lane, Boyton, Cornwall
(Note: On a visit to Boyton in 2002, no reference to or knowledge of Cory Lane could be found - Frank Argus, in 2010 Colin Morris Bowey suggests that Cory Lane is probally Curry Lane, 3km NW of Boyton.)
Departed London via Cork on 17 April 1844 on "Lord William Bentinck". Arrived Port Phillip Bay VIC AUS on 22 August 1844.
The "Lord William Bentinck" was a Barque of 443 tons which was constructed of wood in 1828 at Yarmouth England. Its hull was sheathed in metal and restored in 1833. Its home port was London. - Lloyds Register 1844
Worked as a labourer.
The Port Phillip (Mouritz) Directory of 1847 indicates that "Thomas Argus, labourer, and his wife Edith Veale Argus, dress maker, were living in Little Brunswick Street Collingwood.
Early 1850's moved to District bounded by Merri and Darebin Creeks.
Australian Electoral Roll - 1856
State Victoria, East Bourke, Pentridge Division
Name: Thomas Argus, Male
Place of Abode: Darebin Creek
Qualification: Leasehold
Particulars of Qualification: Near Preston
Occupation: Farmer
A second entry for the same year shows that he had purchased a property.
Australian Electoral Roll - 1856
State Victoria, West Bourke, Bacchus Marsh Division
Name: Thomas Argus, Male
Place of Abode: Toolern ? (very hard to read)
Qualification: Freehold
Occupation: Farmer
Bailliere's Directory of 1875 lists him as a grazier at Pomborneit.
Later moved to Devenish.
The Victoria Government Gazette, Friday January 31st 1879,
Magistrates
"The Governor with the advice of Executive Council, has been pleased to appoint the undermentioned gentlemen to keep the peace within the Bailiwicks mentioned in conjunction with their respective names viz:-
Within the Northern Bailiwick
Henry Linard Esq - Violettown
Thomas Argus Esq - Devenish
Australian Electoral Roll - 1903
State Victoria, Division of Moira, Devenish Polling Place
Name: Thomas Argus, Male
Place of Living: Devenish
Occupation: Farmer
Entries in the Victorian Post Office Directories show his address as Devenish from 1891 - 1905 and his occupation as a farmer.
There are no members of the Argus family listed in the Victorian Post Office Directories from 1906 to 1908.
Thomas died on the 28 May 1906.
Mr A Beattie paid for his funeral.
He is buried at the Devenish Cemetary site: Wes-A-18, which includes a headstone.
37