Brief Life History of Sydney Thomas
When Sydney Thomas Beanland was born on 28 December 1894, in Williamstown, Victoria, Australia, his father, Thomas Beanland, was 22 and his mother, Jessie Elizabeth Francis Smith, was 22. He married Mary Elizabeth Chappell in 1920, in New Zealand. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 4 daughters. He died on 10 May 1991, in New Zealand, at the age of 96, and was buried in New Plymouth, New Plymouth, New Zealand.
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- Sydney Thomas Beanland, "Find A Grave Index"
- Syd in entry for Mr Thomas Beanland, "New Zealand, Obituaries, 1844-1963"
- Syd in entry for Thomas Beanland, "New Zealand, Obituaries, 1844-1963"
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World Events (8)
1896 · National Council of Women
The National Council of Women of New Zealand was created as an organization after women won the right to vote. Today works to help achieve gender equality in New Zealand and in 2017 introduced Gender Equal NZ, which is fighting for Zealanders to have the freedom and opportunity to determine their own future no matter which gender they are.
1901
At the beginning of 1901, following a proclamation by Queen Victoria, Victoria ceased to be an independent colony and became a state in the Commonwealth of Australia.
1921
Edith Cowan is elected to the Western Australia Parlaiment. She is the first woman parliamentarian in Australia.
Name Meaning
English (Yorkshire): topographic name for someone who lived by land on which beans were grown, from Middle English ben(e) ‘bean’ (Old English bēan) + land. The principal source appears to have been a locality near Keighley, Yorkshire.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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