When Timothy Patrick Devereux was born in 1890, in St Leonards, New South Wales, Australia, his father, Michael Devereux, was 34 and his mother, Honorah Mannix, was 32. He married Florence Candish in 1912, in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. He died on 21 December 1956, in Darlinghurst, New South Wales, Australia, at the age of 66.
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Coolgardie gold-field is discovered.
First Federal election.
Canberra is founded and designated as the capital. The Federal Capital Territory is established as an area of two 360 square kilometers in the Yass-Canberra district.
Some characteristic forenames: Irish Dermot, Sean.
English and Irish: of Norman origin, a habitational name for someone from Évreux in Eure, France, with the preposition d(e). See also Everest for the name without the preposition.
History: This was the surname of the Earls of Essex from 1572 to 1641. Walter Devereux, 1st Earl of Essex, led an attempted colonization of Ulster, and his son, Robert, 2nd Earl of Essex, briefly held the position of lord lieutenant of Ireland in 1599.
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