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James Byers jnr. married Clara Housego on 12 June 1891 in Oatlands, Tasmania.1
Clara was born on 22 August 1868 in Campbell Town, Tasmania, the daughter of Richard Housego and Eliza Harnett. 2
James and Clara had nine children that have been traced.
In 1917, James Byers jnr suffered an accident on his farm, serious enough to require hospitalisation and treatment.
ATTACKED BY A COW
Mr. James Byers, a man about 55, was admitted to the Hobart General Hospital yesterday with a broken leg. It appears that he went to take a rug of a usually quiet cow at his home at Tunnack, when the animal attacked him, knocking him down and breaking his leg. A young man named Southwood went to Mr. Byers' assistance and probably saved him from being killed. Mr L. Reynolds brought the sufferer to the hospital by motor-car. 3
KICKED BY A COW.
A man named James Byers was admitted to the Hobart General Hospital at 1 o'clock yesterday afternoon suffering from a broken leg, having sustained the injury from the kick of a cow. Byers, a farmer residing at Tunnack, and 56 years of age, was engaged in his work yesterday morning when it appears he was the subject of a cow attack. It is stated that the cow attempted to horn him but Byers received his injury when the cow kicked him a little above the ankle and fractured the bone. He was taken to the railway station and he journeyed to town by train and finally was conveyed in a cab to the hospital, where be was treated by Dr. Ratten. 4
Clara Byers, nee Housego, the wife of James Byers jnr., died on 20 November 1919 in Tunnack, Tasmania. 5
BYERS. On November 20, 1919. at Tunnack, Clara, beloved wife of James Byers. The Funeral will move from her late residence on Saturday, at 3 o'clock, tor Tunnack Cemetery. 6
This was a double blow for James Jnr. as he had also lost a son, Thomas Ernest, the year before in World War One.
James Byers jnr. died on 1 August 1934 in Tunnack, Tasmania.
BYERS. On August 1, 1934, at Tunnack, James Byers, In the 72nd year of his age.
BYERS. Funeral of the late James Byers will move from his late residence, Tunnack, for the Presbyterian Cemetery, Tunnack, on Friday Afternoon, at 2.30 p.m.7
The funeral was reported as follows.
J. BYERS, TUNNACK. The death occurred at his residence, Daphne Dell, Tunnack, recently, of Mr. James Byers, at the age of 72 years. Mr. Byers was one of the pioneers of the district, and was the second eldest son of the late Mr. and Mrs. James Byers, of Stuart Field, Tunnack, and carried on mixed farming at Tunnack. He leaves a family of five sons and four daughters. The funeral was largely attended, over 300 being present from many parts of the Midlands. The remains were interred in the Tunnack cemetery, and the service was conducted by the Rev. J. Finlay. The funeral arrangements were carried out by Mr. J. Tremaine, of Oatlands. 8
- 1TAHO: Marriage Registration RGD 1891/815
- 2TAHO Birth Registration RGD 1868/133
- 3NEWS OF THE DAY - The Mercury (Hobart, Tas. 1860 - 1954) 30 August 1917: page 4
- 4KICKED BY A COW - Daily Post (Hobart, Tas. 1908 - 1918) 30 August 1917: page 4
- 5TAHO Death Registration RGD 1919/1839
- 6Family Notices - The Mercury (Hobart, Tas. 1860 - 1954) 22 November 1919: page 1
- 7Family Notices - The Mercury (Hobart, Tas. 1860 - 1954) 2 August 1934: page 1
- 8MR. J. BYERS, TUNNACK - The Mercury (Hobart, Tas. 1860 - 1954) 27 August 1934: page 2
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