Richard Tyas c1829-92 was born at Monk Bretton (Burton), Yorkshire, England, parents John Tyas and Bessey nee Watterton, both of long ancestry there or in nearby South Kirkby (more below). Richard was a butcher; census 1851 he was at Monk Bretton and his father butcher at nearby Sheffield where Richard then or later also probably was. Richard sailed 7 April 1858 from Liverpool ship Marco Polo*, arriving July at Melbourne, colony of Victoria, Australia.

In Victoria, Richard Tyas was first employed as a journeyman butcher at Richmond for 12 months. After 1859, he commenced a butcher's business on his own account at corner Church and Rule sts, Richmond. In 1879 he gave it up to devote himself to his business at nearby 343 Victoria st, Abbotsford which he had started as a branch establishment in 1873. It was a brick building with a six room dwelling where the family lived. To substantial extent, he owned these premises, also vacant land at Kent st, Richmond. About 1888, Richard Tyas was subject of biographical note in Victoria & Its Metropolis*. He died 22 Jan 1892 at Abbotsford of long standing heart condition, said age 63, bur Boroondara cem, Kew, Vic, as later also others of family: headstone.

Richard Tyas married 21 Jan 1863, at registry office Fitzroy, Mary Ann Elizabeth Cole (Coyle) c1843-1918, domestic servant, Buckingham st, Richmond. She had arrived Victoria 1857 with parents John Cole (Coyle), bricklayer, and Mary nee Butler who had been resident Sheffield, Yorkshire, earlier from Ireland: more below. After Richard died 1892, Mary Ann seems to have resided for a short time 62 Mollison st, Abbotsford. From about 1895 she resided several years Newport described as greengrocer. This was locality where her daughter Mary Ann and husband William Fairchild resided; soon after mainly she resided with them 2 Forster st, Williamstown until death 1918, bur Kew, Vic.

* republished 1991 microfiche, Melb City Council.
On this site, the current suburb name Abbotsford has been
substituted where applicable for Collingwood of which once it was part.

Children & some further descendants of Richard Tyas & Mary Ann Cole (Coyle)

all children born in Melbourne region, Victoria, Australia
1. Mary Ann Elizabeth Tyas 1864-1941 b Richmond. m 1889 William Fairchild 1860-1921 b Geelong, railway employee. Res until at least 1897 Newport, Victoria; thereafter 2 Forster st, Williamstown.
2. Richard Tyas 1865-1949 b Richmond; butcher, miner, mechanic. 1894, butcher briefly 189 High st, Kew. 1896, departed for Sydney. 1917 living in Western Australia, miner, attempted joining AIF tunnelling unit, rejected on age; 1918 butcher Claremont in Perth. By 1927, mechanic at Ballarat, Victoria, res until at least 1936 in private accommodation there near city centre. d 1 Feb 1949, res Queen Elizabeth Benev Home, Ballarat, bur Williamstown cem. On son Richard Henry Holmes Tyas 1894-1974, see below.
3. John Anthony Tyas 1866-1942 b Richmond. Lived mainly Melbourne. In England at Leeds 1918 m Cecilia Millicent Daisy Bateman 1879-1965. John, Daisy and son Reginald arr Melbourne 1920, by 1930 res 543 Inkerman rd, Caulfield North. John was a small goods vendor, including as Prahran Market storekeeper. John bur Fawkner cem. > Reginald John Bateman Tyas 1918-89 b Glasgow, Scotland; administrator, res Mt Waverley, m Dorothy Mary -.
4. Sarah Ellen Tyas 1868-1939 b Richmond. Known as Nellie. m 1895 Sabbarton Sydenham Walter b Glasgow, Scotland 1857-1931 who was by 1920 importer at Collingwood; res Williamstown, later Church st, Hepburn Springs where d, bur Williamstown cem. Nellie d 1939 Geelong West. > Sydenham Alfred Walter 1896-1979 architect Vic Gov, m Jane Molineaux Lebrun 1905-77; Myrtle Alma Walter 1898-1982 m 1939 Stephen Edward Farrell 1893-1984. *pic c1930 Sabbarton, Alma & Alf Walter; Betty & Colin Tyas.
5. Alice Maud Tyas 1870-81 b Richmond. d age 10, cyanosis paraplegia convulsions illness lifelong , Victoria st, Abbotsford.
6. Priscilla May Tyas 1872-1934 b Richmond. Later res Victoria pde, Collingwood, m 1913 Alfred Edmondton Albert Penrose 1870-1954, railway employee. Res Footscray.
7. Theresa Jane Tyas 1874-1935 b Abbotsford. Known as Jane. m 1898 and later separated from Joseph Ancil Simmonds 1866-1952 b Daylesford, Vic. (of Joseph Simmonds and Lydia nee Cutler) > Priscilla Beatrice Simmonds 1899-1985 m 1924 Robert McGregor Campbell 1900-78, Lillian Jane Mary Simmonds 1902-80 m (Henry Cooke?) Douglas, Joseph Ancil Richard Tyas Simmonds (known as Ancil) 1903 accountant (> Ronald Simmonds, settled Sydney contact and assistance 2007), Cecil Oswald Tyas Simmonds 1906 watchmaker Geelong.
8. Caroline Victoria Tyas 1876-77. d Abbotsford age 18 months.
9. Alfred Tyas 1878-1932 b Abbotsford. m 1905 Florence May Andrew 1880-1976 b Daylesford, Vic. By 1917 when their only child Neville Sydenham Fairchild Tyas was born, Alfred and Florence had settled at Salisbury, Rhodesia (now Harare, Zimbabwe). Alfred, Florence and Neville came to Victoria 1920, later returned to Rhodesia. Alfred died 1932 at Aspendale Park, Salisbury. By 1939 Florence was there with son Neville Tyas lieutenant Southern Rhodesian Air Force; Neville SF Tyas m Salisbury 1939 Dorothy Stella Ballantyne. Neville SF Tyas d 18 March 1941 in World War 2 air battle near Keren on the Red Sea in NE Africa: rhodesian/237sqdn; acrawford. By 1960 Florence was in Australia; res South Yarra in Melbourne.
10. Percy Everard Tyas 1883-97 b Abbotsford. d age 14, rheumatic fever, 4 Davies st, Newport, Vic.

More on Richard Tyas c1829-92 from Yorkshire, ancestry, family

Yorkshire, especially in the south west, is the traditional home of the name Tyas, see further Geoffrey Richardson trivium. There are records of Tyas or Le Tyas at Elmsall at least back to 1300's and a few miles west it has long been part of two district names. The region is now better known for surrounding places now much larger such as Barnsley, Doncaster, Leeds, Sheffield.

The birth year of Richard Tyas probably was 1829; record of his birth currently is unknown, but on 1841 census said 12, 1851 census said 22, departing England 1858 said 27, marriage Jan 1863 said 29, death Jan 1892 said 63. He was born at Monk Bretton (later Vic records). His parents (1841 census and later Vic records) were John Tyas 1802-76 butcher and farmer, and Bessy Waterton b 1807. John Tyas was ch 1802 at Monk Bretton or Burton, parish Royston and married Bessey Watterton (so spelt) 9 Nov 1826 South Kirkby, Yorkshire. Royston marriage bann records Oct 1826 have Betty Wharterton of parish South Kirkby and John Tyas of Royston parish. In 1841, John Tyas was a butcher at township of Brierley (parish Felkirk), residing with Elizabeth (Bessy) and children Richard, Mary, Sarah, John b 1837 and Elizabeth. By 1851, John Tyas was widower, butcher at 33 Campo Lane, and Richard was with the family of his uncle Charles Tyas at Monk Bretton. Colin Hinson - GENUKI Whites Dir 1852 Sheffield has John Tyas, butcher, 41 Wentworth st, Sheffield. The 1857 Directory of Yorkshire (SW) has Richard Tyas, butcher, Wentworth st, Sheffield. John Tyas d 23 Dec 1876 at residence of daughter Annie and her husband George Ryalls, 48 Arthur st, Nether Hallam, district Ecclesall Bierlow, butcher age 74.

Thanks to Irene from Yorkshire for much assistance at most points in the following account of earlier Tyas family.

There are known records of ten children to John Tyas 1802-76 and Bessy: twins John Tyas and Thomas Tyas 1826 South Kirkby; Mary Margaret Tyas 1831 South Kirkby; Anthony Tyas 1833 Felkirk by 1881 butcher Ecclesall Bierlow; Sarah Tyas 1835 Felkirk; John Tyas 1837 Felkirk, at Sheffield by 1851, butcher there 1881, m 1858 Sarah Elizabeth Seaward (> Caroline A Tyas 1857; Laura A Tyas 1860; Alice M M Tyas 1862; Lillian E Tyas 1866); Elizabeth Tyas 1840 Felkirk; Ellen Tyas 1842 Hemsworth; Anne Tyas 1844 Felkirk m 1863 George Ryalls; Thomas Tyas 1847 Felkirk..

John Tyas 1802-76 was third of ten children, all b Monk Bretton, to Joseph Tias 1761-1841 farmer and Sarah Berry m 1796 at Sandal Magna. Joseph Tias d (spelt Tyas) 1841 at Monk Bretton. Other children Jonas Tyas 1797; Richard Tias 1800; Henry Tyas 1804-27; Charles Tyas 1807 remained locality Monk Bretton, farmer later worked at ironworks, m 1827 Martha Schofield (> Henry Tyas 1828; William Tyas 1830; Sarah Tyas 1832 m 1855 John Duval; Charles Tyas 1834; Ann Tyas 1837 d at 6 months; Elizabeth Tyas 1838 m 1863 Joseph Wilkinson; Ann Tyas 1840; Joseph Tyas 1842 farmer m 1868 Annie Fox; Martha Tyas 1844; Alfred Tyas 1847 mason London, m 1869 Rachel Pimbley); Edwin Tyas 1809 linen bleacher m Royston parish 1824 Mary Ann Barraclough; Joseph Tyas 1811; George Tyas 1814 butcher by 1841; Sarah Tyas 1815; Ann Tyas 1819 m 1847 George Pickett.

Joseph Tias 1761-1841 was fourth of ten children b at Royston or Burton to Joseph Tias 1732-94 and Elizabeth Marshal 1733-1816, m Felkirk 1755. Other childen Elizabeth Tias 1757; Sarah Tias 1758, Mary Tias 1760, Richard Tias 1763, Sarah Tyas 1765, George Tias 1766, Fanny Tias 1767, John Tias 1771, Charles Tias 1774.

Joseph Tias 1732-94 was eldest of seven children b at Burton whose father was Benjamin Tias b c1710 Royston parish. Other children Richard Tias 1733, Anne Tias 1735, George Tyas 1736, Benjamin Tyas 1737, Elizabeth Tias 1741, Stephen Tyas 1742 m Firbeck 1771 Elizabeth Howson (> Mary Tyas 1772, George Tyas 1777, Sarah Tyas, Elizabeth Tyas 1781, Martha Tyas 1783, John Tyas 1784, Richard Tyas 1784).

A person John Tyas d 12 Dec 1858 Melbourne, clerk, in Australia 3 years, late of Dewsbury, single, age said 40; relationship if any not currently known.

Waterton family

Bessy Waterton, mother of Richard Tyas 1828-92, was ch Betsy Watterton 1807 South Kirkby, child of Thomas Waterton 1779-1828 and Margaret Hudson c1783-1861, m 1805 at Barwick in Elmet; other children of Thomas and Margaret were Richard Waterton 1805, William Waterton 1815, Abel Waterton 1820, Anthony Waterton 1823: compiled from IGI & MD.

Thomas Waterton was son of Richard Waterton c1753-1843 and Mary Vanes m 1777 Wath On Dearne: source MD. It seems Richard Waterton was ch 1753 Warmfield, son of Jas Waterton: IGI. By 1841 census, Richard Waterton age 90, resided with his daughter in law, the widow Margaret Waterton (Hudson); also residing with her 1841 Antony Tyas. By 1851 census, Ellen Tyas age 8 resided with Margaret.

Colin Hinson - GENUKI Baines Dir 1822 South Kirkby shows Thos Waterton blacksmith at South Kirkby, possibly Bessy's father.

The name Waterton (or Watterton) has long history in West Yorkshire, see Colin Hinson - GENUKI Methley, overtown - C. Waterton autobiog. Waterton family was prominent at South Kirkby: Thomas Waterton, d 15 March 1777 age 78, was Clerk of Church at South Kirkby for nearly 50 years; as at 1843 Richard Waterton was shopkeeper; as at 1856 William Waterton was butcher, Richard Waterton blacksmith, James Waterton saddler, Mary Waterton victualler and landlady "Rose and Crown": source AR. William Waterton and Abel Waterton, brothers of Bessy, as at 1861 were butchers at South Kirkby, with Bessy's children Ellen Tyas and Anne Tyas living with Abel; Bessy's brother Richard Waterton, shopkeeper was next door with wife Fanny. By 1881, Abel was retired at Doncaster, d there 1885.

Ancestry & family of Mary Ann Tyas nee Coyle (Cole) c1843-1918

Mary Ann Elizabeth Cole c1843-1918 who at Melbourne 1863 married Richard Tyas 1828-92 was born c1843 Ireland, probably Coleraine; d 1918, bur Kew Cem, Church of England sector, Tyas location.

Mary Ann arrived Victoria July 1857 ship Maldon sailed from Liverpool, England, with parents John Cole bricklayer and Mary Ann Elizabeth nee Butler and other of their children. The register shows John 39 bricklayer and Mary 38, John 20 bricklayer, Lawrence 19 bricklayer (also as Laurence 17), Mary 15, Margaret 11, James 10 and Teresa 4. They were assisted immigrants.

Mary Ann's father John Coyle (Cole) c1817-84 was born Dublin, Ireland, child of John Coyle, bricklayer, and Mary: source Vic death record.

Mary Ann's mother Mary Ann Elizabeth Butler c1818-91 was born Ireland.

John Coyle (Cole) and Mary Ann Elizabeth Butler married at Dublin about 1835; children b Ireland included John c1837, Laurence c1839, Mary Ann c1843 and Margaret c1845. By 1847 the family was in England at Preston, Lancashire where James was born 1847; by 1851 at 21 Bathyard lane, Sheffield, Yorkshire. Teresa was born 1852 Sheffield. The Victoria arrival register shows the family Cole from "York".

In Victoria, Mary Ann's parents and at least some children reverted to name Coyle. Some of the family went to rural Victoria: Laurence Coyle drowned 1861 Goulburn River, Shepparton; around 1870 John Coyle bricklayer (senior or junior?) was at Beechworth; first child of John junior was born 1874 at Sandhurst (Bendigo). By 1875 John Coyle bricklayer was in Melbourne at 197 Wellington st, Collingwood, then by 1880 at 81 Hoddle st, Collingwood; this probably was John senior who died 1884 at Hoddle st, age 68, bricklayer. Mary died 1891 at Northcote Convent age 73.

Margaret Cole married 1864 Charles Chamberlain; was at Collingwood and Richmond where died 1886. John Coyle junior married 1873 Mary Ann Muir, by 1876 seems to have been at Collingwood, by 1885 was at Richmond remaining until at least 1894 (> Mary Teresa Coyle 1874, Lawrence Patrick Coyle 1876, Francis Henry Coyle 1879). James Coyle became a bricklayer and resided many years Collingwood or nearby; married 1874 Sarah Johnson; died 1919 at Clifton Hill (> James Butler Coyle 1877-1934, William Lawrence Coyle 1883, Harold Augustus Francis Coyle 1886-1953, John Ambrose Coyle 1888-1959). Theresa Coyle married 1874 George Dark; died 1917.

Richard Henry Holmes Tyas 1894-1974, ancestry & family
including Holmes Hudson family

Richard Tyas 1865-1949 was estranged father of Richard Henry Holmes Tyas 1894-1974 of Victoria, Australia.

Richard Henry Holmes Tyas was born 19 June 1894 at 359 Cardigan st, Carlton, Victoria. He had close contact with some Tyas family members especially family of Sarah Ellen Walter nee Tyas including her son Alf Walter, and in 1920's and 1930's, John Anthony Tyas and family. Richard served in the dental corps during ww1. Subsequently, he was until 1955 accountant and company secretary of Glover and Goode dental suppliers Melbourne, thereafter working until about 1972 for Phoenix Biscuits, Abbotsford. He was many years on executive of Royal Life Saving Society of Victoria. m 1920 Janet Lyne 1897-1982, residing at Brighton to c1930, Caulfield to c1950, then Burwood. Children: Colin Richard Holmes Tyas 1920-89, metallurgist *pic c1948, m Pamela Skinner (> two children name Tyas), Betty Holmes Tyas 1922-2008 *pic c1943, m Gordon Just. His name took various forms at different times. There survives a prizes to Richard Tyas 1907 Abbotsford Presbyterian Sabbath School and Scotch College. On the record of his marriage, it is Richard Henry Tyas. On the certificate which accompanied his Coronation Medal 1937, it is Richard Holmes Tyas. On the record of his death, it is Richard Henry Holmes Tyas. The birth record 1894 of Richard Henry names only parent Amy Holmes,and is indexed as Richard Henry Holmes. He died at Melbourne 1974.

Richard Henry Holmes Tyas 1894-1974 was maternal grandfather of site author.

*pic R.H.H. Tyas, Scotch College sport c1908; *pic R. H.H. Tyas 1913; *pic R. H.H. Tyas c1915; *pic R. H.H. Tyas with Janet (Jenny) before 1920; *pic Alf Walter, R.H.H. Tyas, Colin Tyas etc c1930; *pic R.H.H. Tyas c1952; *pic R.H.H. Tyas with Jenny c1958.

Mother of Richard Henry Holmes Tyas 1894-1974 was Amy Holmes Hudson 1867-1922, b Fitzroy, Victoria. *pic, *pic. By 1911, Amy res "Holmeswood", 10 Dendy st, Brighton Beach, listed after about 1920 as Amy Holmes Tyas and said to be commonly so known. Amy d 25 May 1922, age 56, kidney disorder, bur Brighton cem, Vic.

Amy's father was Henry Holmes Hudson, b London c1843; in 1851 scholar at Academy in Hornsey. Henry arrived Melbourne Jan 1859 ship Planet, painter age 18. His older brother Alfred Holmes Hudson also arrived that month, by other ship, and a few weeks later their father, James Hudson 1811-78, an Irish actor and comedian, arrived for a performance tour. He eventually returned to England; Alfred and Henry stayed in Australia.

James Hudson 1811-78 *pic 1852, *pic, *pic was b Dublin at Aungier st, educated Royal Dublin Society; then articled to a portrait painter at Dublin. He became an actor in the provinces and in 1834 Dublin. After 1841 he was a leading actor in London; after 1849 also in Philadelphia and New York: report Boston 1852. He ranged from Shakespeare to tenor in comic Irish song reaching greatest fame as "the celebrated Irish comedian Mr Hudson" especially in works of James Planche; he performed in Australia including Melbourne between March 1859 and Jan 1860, then retired from stage; 1871 at Bristol, England; later had stationery businesses in London at Fleet st and Chester Sq; d at London 6 Mar 1878. The family name was Holmes according to marriage record and those for their children up to 1841. He m 1832 Amelia Tyler c1815-82 from Bath, m 1832 Alverstoke near Portsmouth. Amelia d London 1882.

Prior to 1867, Henry Holmes Hudson lived for a time in South Australia. He maried Susan McMahon 18 Feb 1866 at Mt Gambier, South Australia. Susan (or Susannah) lived c1839-89. She was daughter of John McMahon farmer and Mary (per death record Susan). She left Liverpool Oct 1858, assisted passage, nursemaid age 19 from Kings County (now Offaly), Ireland, C/E, arrived Melbourne Jan 1859 ship Annie Wilson. By this she was born c1839; by later dubious accounts, it may have been up to several years later. Susan was born at Tullamore (per Vic BDM). By 1867 Henry, a clerk, and Susan res 4 Atherton st, Fitzroy, Vic. Amy was b there 5 May 1867. Other children, John McAuley Hudson b 1869 and Henry James Hudson b 1870, d infants. By 1869, Henry was a commission agent. From about 1876, Henry, Susan and Amy res "Rosedale", 33 Mollison st, Abbotsford. By 1881, Henry was tea merchant, Hudson & Co, 42 (later 382) Lt Flinders st, Melbourne. Susan d 2 March 1889 at 33 Mollison st, said age 44, in Australia 30 years; bur cem Kew, Vic. About 1892, Henry relinquished his business due to ill health and thereafter only acted by selling goods at times on commission for various merchants in the City of Melbourne. Henry Holmes Hudson was a traveller (1899), broker (1906), wine and spirit merchant (1909). Henry d 30 Dec 1909 33 Mollison st, said age 72. bur cem Kew, Vic.

Alfred Holmes Hudson 1839-1912, older brother of Henry, was b Dublin, 1851 was scholar at Academy in Hornsey, arr Melbourne Jan 1859 ship Owen Glendower, trader said age 18. He m 1869 Emma Brown, several children. He was a general dealer, res Fitzroy 1869; baker, Victoria st, Richmond 1877; cork cutter 1899; merchant, res Kent st, Richmond 1908.

A nephew of Henry and Alfred, Frank Evelyn Allen 1862-1928, arrived Victoria 1886.,He was born Bath. He became accountant, managing director of J.C. Hutton Pty Ltd, large meat co at Melbourne. He was son of Henry's older sister Amelia Hudson b 1833 at Sunderland m London 1853 Charles Vincent Allen 1828-67. He assisted 1910 in the probate for Henry's estate.

Philander Tyas family of New South Wales & Queensland

without currently known relation to the other Tyas families of Australia mentioned on this site. The family traces back though to mid 1700's in district about 10 miles west of Monk Bretton, Yorkshire, where Richard Tyas family of Victoria traces at that time

Philander Tyas 1837-1907 b Skelmanthorpe, sw Yorkshire, settled Sydney NSW 1879 with wife Adelaide nee Shaw c1837-1913 and four children. Ancestry of Philander Tyas traces long back in or near Skelmanthorpe; Elihu (or Elia, Eliah) Tyas 1743-1814 m 1765 Patience Dyson 1741-1818 > Joshua Tyas 1765-1845, weaver, m 1793 Ann Firth > Elihu Tyas 1800-65, weaver, m 1821 Mary Lawton who were parents of Philander Tyas (source Irene from Yorkshire, descendant of this family, e-mail to site author 2004). In Australia, Philander was a builder then, from 1890's, owner of several bookshops in Sydney, Brisbane (Queensland) and c1895 Melbourne. The business survived in the family until the 1960's including as religious bookshop. See rootsweb databases sl carr, c sharp, rosi, ap hobbs. *pic of Philander and Adelaide, adapted from former site of Julie Wilson.
children and some descendants
Ellen Tyas 1858-1922 m 1883 William Gray
Wilson Tyas 1861-1943 m 1884 Selina Pearce d 1939
1. Wilson Tyas 1885-7
2. Elizabeth Lillian May Tyas 1887-1961 m Jack Sharp
3. Harold Philander Tyas 1888-1957 m Queensland 1913 Violet Walker > Norman Robert Wilson Tyas 1913-75 b Qld, Harold Complin Tyas 1916-45 b Qld kia North Sea RAAF att RAF m 1937 Myrtle Vera -
4. Norman Tyas d 1908 Atherton Tablelands Qld
William Tyas 1864-1940 m 1886 Rosa Ann Bradshaw d 1944
1. Frederick William Tyas 1887-1949 m Petersham 1912 Florence Benger > Joyce Ella Tyas d 2002 m 1940 Stanley William Cameron
2. Philander Wilson Tyas 1892-1955 m Petersham 1914 Kathleen May Smith 1890-1983 > William Richard Tyas 1916-77 ww2 army, b Qld m North Sydney 1944 Iris Lavinia Sharp, Dorothy Mary Tyas 1918-98 m 1939 John Adam Koboroff 1914-94, Noel Philander Tyas 1920-2007 b Narrabri NSW m 1948 Geraldine Dulcie Symonds d 2005, Clifford John Tyas 1920-45 ww2 army b Narrabri NSW
3. Reginald Tyas 1894-1960 m Ryde 1916 Lillian D Gower > Reginald Charles Tyas 1917-43 kia Italy RAAF att RAF m in England, Frank Yorston Tyas 1918-87, Rose Jean Lillian Tyas m 1943 Francis Patrick Gorman, Ellen Marjorie Tyas m 1946 Stanley Edgar Driver, Kenneth Tyas
4. John Clifford Tyas 1908-66, partner in William Tyas bookshop with brother Reginald, m Ryde 1932 Ettie Owen
Elizabeth Tyas 1866-1924 m - Complin

Albert Edward Tyas family of New South Wales

without currently known relation to the other Tyas families of Australia mentioned on this site

Albert Edward Tyas 1871-1916 b Conisbrough, Yorks, d NSW, glass maker (child of John Tyas b 1836 Adwick le Street, Yorks, of ancestry in locality back at least to early 1700's, and Anne Helen Martin b c1849 Sheffield) m Doncaster, Yorks 1896 Frances Dickinson b 1877 Conisbrough d NSW 1937 (Frances m2 NSW 1917 Samuel George Lyne d 1955). Family emigrated 1911 to Sydney, Australia.
children and some descendants
Albert Edward Tyas 1896-1965 miner, AIF 1918-20 including in England where m Conisbrough 1919 Priscilla Lawcock d 1979, returned 1920 Sydney NSW > Albert Edward Roy Tyas 1920, army ww2, Sydney Everard Tyas 1923, army ww2
Walter Tyas 1897-1975 m Bulli NSW 1919 Jeannie LC Ross 1894-1979
Annie Tyas 1902-55 m NSW 1922 William Pitman
John Tyas 1904 d by 1976, army ww2, m NSW 1930 Vivienne Annie Matthews d 1976
Nellie Tyas 1908 m 1942 Hans Christian Tjomsland m2 1954 Harvey Peel Mann
Percy Tyas 1909-2006 b Yorks, truck driver, army ww2, m NSW 1937 Hazel Minnie Harris d 1982
? Leslie Roy Tyas 1916-91 b Glebe NSW, later of Yagoona NSW, RAAF ww2, m Casino (town) NSW 1942 Jean Gladys Taylor d 1978

Norman Tyas family of Victoria

distantly related to the Richard Tyas family primarily subject of this site

Norman Tyas c1887-1954 b England and Beatrice Hiscox 1879-1962 arrived Victoria 1921, settled in Mildura region of Victoria. Norman was a horticulturalist; child of Joseph Francis (Joe) Tyas and Mary Christian, m 1886 Wortley near Leeds. Joseph Francis (Joe) Tyas, a steel worker, was born Monk Bretton 1860, child of Elizabeth Tyas and grandchild of Charles Tyas born 1807. Charles was child of Joseph Tias 1761-1841 farmer and Sarah Berry (see above) from whom also descends Richard Tyas family of Victoria. >
Joseph Francis Tyas 1900-77 by Eng, d of Burwood, m 1933 Signa Blondiena Dentscher d 1995
Edward Norman Tyas 1913-69 b Exeter Eng, d of Mildura Vic, plasterer, m 1938 Iris Ann Tynan 1918-94 >

Thomas Richmond Tyas family via Western Australia to Victoria

without currently known relation to the Richard Tyas family primarily subject of this site or other Tyas families mentioned

Thomas Richmond Tyas 1902-65 b Newport, Wales, d Perth, Western Australia, coal mine engineer Cardiff area, settled 1924 in WA, coming to Norseman for gold mining; army ww2. Thomas was child of Thomas Harrison Tyas b 1870 Holbeck near Leeds, Yorkshire, mechanical engineer, steam engine maker and fitter, and Nellie Richmond b 1875 Newport, Wales m there 1898; other children Nellie Tyas b 1899 m Whitfield (> Jean Whitfield, John Whitfield,*pic), George Charles Tyas b 1900 merchant navy *pic. Thomas Harrison Tyas was child of George Tyas 1838-1909 b New Wortley, Yorkshire, railway engine driver, and Mary Hannah nee Harrison 1838-1906 b Leeds, residing 1891 at 20 Albion St, Newport, Wales; other children included Mary Elizabeth Tyas b 1867 dressmaker, George Tyas b 1872 railway fireman and Hannah Tyas b 1874 assistant stationer m 1900 George Bowbie. Grandparents of George Tyas b 1838 look to have been Levi Tyas b c1795 Clayton near Bradford, Yorkshire, woollen cloth dresser, and Mary Best m 1813 Bradford; on 1851 census George Tyas b 1838 was with them at Wortley near Leeds. Levi Tyas was child of John Tyas. Thomas Richmond Tyas 1902-65 m Norseman 1940 Ivy Olive Remnant d Perth 1993 > David Thomas Tyas b 1940, from 1960's of Melbourne Victoria, to whom thanks for contact and assistance at points and for pics.

John Walter Tyas 1831-1903 in Australia 1868-1893

without currently known relation to the Richard Tyas family primarily subject of this site or other Tyas families mentioned

John Walter Tyas b 1831 Brixton, England, barrister, arrived Australia 1868. For 3 years he searched for pearl shells off coast of Western Australia and New Guinea. He went to England 1873 returning to Australia 1878 as news correspondent in Adelaide where married 1879 Jane Turner. From 1882-92, he was Registrar University of Adelaide, South Australia Children b Adelaide: Margaret Elizabeth Tyas 1882, Bessie Tyas 1884 famed opera singer, Alice Clare Tyas 1886, Isabelle Dora Tyas 1887. John Walter Tyas returned to England with family 1893, d London 1903. See adb/A060340b. Links to *pic *pic available from State Lib SA, also to *pic daughter Dora age 7. His father John Tyas was many years journalist of The Times London, mentioned at spartacus.schoolnet for 1819 events, said with family connection Manchester.

Post 1945 migration to Australia

incomplete, from Nat Archives Aust & Qld archives; without currently known relation to the Richard Tyas family primarily subject of this site or the other Tyas families mentioned

Arthur Tyas b 1930 and family from UK 1965; Clifford Henry Tyas b 1929 and family from UK 1966, whose migration experiences are referred to in Hamerton & Thomson Ten Pound Poms (2005); Derek William Tyas b 1931 and family from UK 1964; Martin Tyas and family from UK 1977; Harold Tyas 1983.