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Arthur J Best 1856–1921 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1856

Birth Location: Castle Hill, NSW, Australia

Death Date: 1921

Death Location: Dural, NSW, Australia

Father: Thomas Best

Mother: Mary Tuckwell

Spouse(s): Elizabeth Roughley

Children(s): Gertrude Best

Arthur J Best was born in 1856 in Castle Hill, NSW, Australia, the child of Thomas Samuel Best And Mary Ann Best Nee Tuckwell. Arthur J Best married Elizabeth Edith Best Nee Roughley, and had children including Gertrude Ellice Blaxland Nee Best. Arthur J Best passed away in 1921 in Dural, NSW, Australia.

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Biography

  • Arthur J Best was born in 1856 in Castle Hill, NSW, Australia, the child of Thomas Samuel Best And Mary Ann Best Nee Tuckwell.
  • Arthur J Best married Elizabeth Edith Best Nee Roughley, and had children including Gertrude Ellice Blaxland Nee Best.
  • Arthur J Best passed away in 1921 in Dural, NSW, Australia.

Immediate Family

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Spouses(s)

Children(s)

Arthur Best's Ancestors

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Arthur Best
1856–1921
Birth Place: Castle Hill, NSW, Australia
Parents
Thomas Samuel Best
1822–1893
Dural, New South Wales, Australia
Mary (Ann Best nee) Tuckwell
1824–1901
Parramatta, New South Wales, Australia
Grandparents
Thomas (S) Best
1799–1874
Toongabbie New South Wales Reg No. V1799817 1B
Mary Beckett
1800–1857
Parramatta, New South Wales, Australia
Elizabeth (Mary) Thorn
1796–1879
Parramatta, New South Wales, Australia
Great-Grandparents
George Fleet
1758–1836
Martha (Convict)
1776–1833
Humphrey Thorn
1758–1823
Rebecca Richards
1771–1826
2nd-Great-Grandparents
James Esq.
1720–1782
Frances Shelley
1730–1808
Anne Innes
1752–1821

Arthur Best's Descendants

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Arthur (J) Best (1856–1921) m. Elizabeth (Edith Best nee) Roughley (14 Sept 1859–10 Oct 1938)
  1. 1. Gertrude (Ellice Blaxland nee) Best 1903–1983 m. Alan (Richard) Blaxland 1903–1984
    1. 1. Judith (Elizabeth Harris nee) Blaxland m. Walter (Reuben) Harris 1927–2008

Arthur Best's Timeline

2 Records

1856
1856
Birth of Arthur J Best in Castle Hill, NSW, Australia
Castle Hill, NSW, Australia
1921
1921
Age 65
Death of Arthur J Best in Dural, NSW, Australia
Dural, NSW, Australia

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1856
    Event Place: Castle Hill, NSW, Australia

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1921
    Event Place: Dural, NSW, Australia

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