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 1887 - 1905 (18 years)
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| Name |
William Henry BOUCHER |
| Birth |
1887 |
Mount Rowan, Victoria, Australia  [1] |
| Gender |
Male |
| Never married and had no children |
Never Married |
| Death |
10 Jan 1905 |
Omeo, Victoria, Australia [2, 3] |
| Cause: Struck by lightning |
- OMEO, January 11.
Yesterday William Boucher, aged 17 years, second son of Mr. Samuel Boucher, of Benambra, was working in a paddock belonging to Mr. J. Matthews, in company with James Murphy, when a thunderstorm overtook them. They took shelter under separate trees. Boucher left his tree, and joined Murphy, thinking it was dryer at that spot. Murphy, however, crossed over to the other tree, as there was not room for two under one tree. When Murphy looked back to Boucher he saw that the tree had been struck by lightning, and called out to Boucher to beware of a falling limb. Boucher did not reply, and, for a second or two, stood under the tree without movement. He then fell to the ground. Murphy ran to his assistance, but death must have been simultaneous with the fall of the limb of the tree.
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| Person ID |
I8236 |
Colston & Wenck families in Australia |
| Last Modified |
29 Dec 2010 |
| Father |
Samuel BOUCHER, b. 1 Sep 1854, Modewarre, Victoria, Australia d. 26 Oct 1916, Benambra, Victoria, Australia (Age 62 years) |
| Mother |
Emily ECCLES, b. 1865, Kirkstall, Victoria, Australia d. 4 Aug 1925, South Yarra, Victoria, Australia (Age 60 years) |
| Marriage |
1883 |
Victoria, Australia |
| Family ID |
F5136 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
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| Sources |
- [S15] Pioneer Index Victoria 1836-1888, (Melbourne, The Registry of Births Deaths and Marriages, 1998), 1887/13743.
- [S11] Edwardian Index Victoria 1902-1913, (Melbourne, The Registry of Births Deaths and Marriages, 1997), 1905/539.
- [S342] National Library of Australia, Australian Newspapers, (From Melbourne Papers.) VICTORIA. (1905, January 17). The Mercury, p. 3. http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article12287762.
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