Birth: April-June 1885 Higham, Kent, UK
Father: William George Stephenson Pope 1885-1967
Mother: Lily Collins 1887-1976
Christening: Unknown
Marriage: 3 July 1910 St Paul, Newington, London, UK
Wife: Lily Collins 1887-1976
Death: 5 July 1967 Revesby, New South Wales, Australia
Buried: General Plaque Lawn 4, Grave 0172, Woronora Memorial Park, Sutherland, New South Wales, Australia.
William Isaac Pope 1924-2011
John Fullick (his uncle) [and] Hilda Lilian Rose Pope.
In the 1911 census as William George Stephenson Pope aged 25, born in Hingham (sic - sic in the index, Higham on the original) Kent, a lves (sic - in the index, loco on the original) stoker South Eastern And Chatham Railway, and living with his wife (Lily) in five rooms at 56 Carlisle Road, Dartford, Kent.
His son was registed in July-September 1911 in Dartford.
His son was registered in Sevenoaks in Janury-March 1913.
Entry in Ancestry Australia, World War I Service Records, 1914-1920 for William George Stephenson Pope aged 31, born in Higham, near Rochester, Kent, England, naturalized, an acting loco driver, address Ayesha, Hyman Street. Peakhurst NSW spouse and next of kin Lily Pope enlisted on 16 January 1917 in New South Wales, private Railway Section (supervisory) 3 Rly Sect 2 m.o 17 February 1917, embarked Adelaide Miltiades 24 January 1917 disembarked Devonport 27 March 1917, St Lucia Barracks, 5th A.B.G.R.O.C. Royal Engineers France 15 April 1918, 5th Aust. Broad Gauge Rail Opr. Coy. 8 October 1918, returned to Australia 1 July 1919 on Karmala, arrived 17 August 1919, discharged 25 September 1919.
His five children were born 1917 to 1927 in New South Wales.
Eight entries in Ancestry Australia, Electoral Rolls, 1903-1980 for William George Stephenson Pope, a fireman but retired in 1963, addresses Hyman Street Peakhurst, Barton, New South Wales from 1933 to 1943. other occupants Lily Pope (wife?), and Albert and Emily Watts Pope (son and daughter-in-law?) from 1936 (George is listed at Ayesha from 1937, in 1943 Lily is listed at Ayetha while Harry and Joeph Pope are at Ayesha), Henry Lawson Drive chaning to 33 Henry Lawson Derive in 1963, Peakhurst, Banks, New South Wales from 1954 to 1963, other occupants Lily Pope (wife?), and Albert and Emily Watts Pope (son and daughter-in-law?) and Donald Patrick Pope, Jean Gibb Pope, and Ruby May Pope all in 1954, and 30 Langdale Avenue, Revesby, Warringah, New South Wales in 1963.
Entry in Ancestry in the Australia and New Zealand, Newspapers.com™ Stories and Events Index, 1800's to current in The Sydney Morning Herald published 8 July 1967 for William George Stephenson Pope . "William George Stephenson Pope "Pope. - The Relatives and Friends of the late William George Stephenson Pope, late of Revesby and Peakhurst, are kindly invited to attend his Funeral; to leave our Private Chapel, 4 Carrington Avenue,Hurstville on Monday Afternoon Next, after service commencing at 2.40 o'clock for the Church of England Lawn Cemetery, Woronora." and "Popoe, Officers and Members of the Penshurst Sub-Branch of the R.S.L. are invited to attend the funeral of thir latr esteemed Member, William George Stephenson Pope, late of 30 Langdale Avenue, Revesby North: to leave the Private Chapel of the Labor Motor Funerals of Carrington Avenue,Hurstville on Monday Next, after service commencing at 2.40 o'clock for the Church of England Lawn Cemetery, Woronora."
Entry in Ancestry Australia Cemetery Index, 1808-2007 for William George S Pope died 5 Juy 1967 aged 82 and buried in Woronora Cemetery, Sutherland, New South Wales.
Entry in Find a Grave for William George S Pope died 5 July 1967 and buried in General Plaque Lawn 4, Grave 0172, Woronora Memorial Park, Sutherland, Sutherland Shire, New South Wales, Australia. "William George S. Pope/Died 5th July 1962 Aged 82 Years/Loving Husband of Lily/Dearly Loved Father of Bert, George,/Maude, Harry, Joe, Bill Don./Rest in Peace"
There are fifty five entries in Ancestry Family Trees for William George Stephenson Pope.
Peakhurst, Revensby, Hurstville and Woronora are 15 miles SW of Sydney.
William George Stephenson Pope was my fourth cousin once removed.
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