Margaret Wilson Byers and John Frederick August Zantuck

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James' second daughter and seventh child, Margaret Wilson Byers married John Frederick Augustus Zantuck on 22 August 1888 in Oatlands, Tasmania. 1
John was born on 7 June 1858 in Tasmania, the son of (John) Frederick Augustus Zantuck and Louise Hormuth. 2
John and Margaret had eight children that have been traced.

ZANTUCH-BYERS. On August 22, at the residence of the bride's parents, by the Rev. L. Campbell, John Frederick, the second son of Frederick Zantuch, Jerusalem, to Margaret, the second daughter of James Byers, Tunnack. 3

The Zantucks were German immigrants as described on the following Family Tree Circles post.

Johan Frederick Augustus Zantuck and Louisa Johanna Hormuth, were from Deutsch Netkov, Frankfurt, Prussia. They had emigrated to Tasmania on the SAN FRANCISCO which departed from Hamburg, arriving in Hobart 2 Nov 1855 with 42 immigrants on board. 4

Margaret Wilson Zantuck, nee Byers, the wife of John Frederick Augustus Zantuck, died on 6 December 1938 in Colebrook, Tasmania.

ZANTUCK. Passed peacefully away on December 6, 1938, Margaret Wilson, dearly beloved wife of John Frederick Zantuck, of Pleasant Place, Colebrook, and loving mother of Fred, Jessie (Mrs. Hickson), Margaret (Mrs. Cullen), James, Louisa, May, Jack and Leslie, aged 73 years.
ZANTUCK. Funeral of the late Mrs. Margaret Wilson Zantuck will move from her residence, Pleasant Place, Colebrook, on Thursday (Tomorrow), at 3.30 p.m., arriving at Colebrook Cemetery at 4 o'clock. 5

John Frederick Augustus Zantuck died on 3 October 1944 in New Town, Tasmania.

Mr J. F. Zantuck Mr John Frederick Zantuck, who died last week at New Town, was born on June 7, 1858. When 19 years of age he went to live at Pleasant Place, Colebrook, and engaged in mixed farming for nearly 60 years. He retired in 1938, and made his home at New Town with his daughters, Misses Louisa E. and May V. Zantuck. In 1888, Mr Zantuck married Miss Margaret Wilson Byers, of Tunnack, who died in 1938. Four sons and four daughters are living. Three of the sons are farmers at Colebrook, and the other a missionary in India. There was a large attendance at the funeral at St. James' cemetery, Colebrook. The chief mourners were Messrs. Frederick, James, and Leslie Zantuck (sons). A. V. Hickson (son in-law). Mervyn Zantuck and Don Cullen (grandsons), Vern Zantuck and Archie, Walter, Edwin, and Bert Byers (nephews). There are 16 grandchildren and two great-grandchildren. 6