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Henrietta Powys Tyron (1855–1933)

For many years an active worker for the Creche and Kindergarten Association, the Brisbane Needlework Guild, and church charities Mrs. Henry Tryon was buried in the Toowong cemetery yesterday after a ceremony at St. John's Cathedral. As Miss Henrietta Powys Foy, Mrs. Tryon came to Brisbane from England in 1882 and she lived for two years on Maroon station. She died aged 78 years and she leaves a widower and two daughters (Miss Winifred Tryon and Mrs. Hubert Jarvis, Stanthorpe).

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'Tyron, Henrietta Powys (1855–1933)', Obituaries Australia, National Centre of Biography, Australian National University, https://oa.anu.edu.au/obituary/tyron-henrietta-powys-21339/text31729, accessed 14 March 2025.

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Alternative Names
  • Foy, Henrietta Powys
Birth

1855

Death

6 August, 1933 (aged ~ 78)
Brisbane, Queensland, Australia

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