Researching Robert Sayers
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 | Did you know that in the 1881 UK census there were 3309 people with the Sayers surname? In that year Sayers was ranked number 1257 for popularity in the UK. |
The name Robert means "bright fame" and is of English origin.
Records of Robert Sayers on Ancestry
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for Robert Sayers and the Sayers Genealogy
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Robert Sayers
Robert John Sayers (27 January 1845 – 12 May 1919) was an English-born Australian politician. Born at Cowes, on the Isle of Wight, he was educated in England before migrating to Australia in 1863. He was a goldminer in New South Wales and then Queensland, and became a mine owner in Charters Towers. Sayers was elected in 1888 to the Legislative Assembly of Queensland as the member for Charters Towers, serving until 1893. In 1906, he was elected to the Australian Senate as an Anti-Socialist Senator for Queensland, joining the Commonwealth Liberal Party in 1909. He was defeated in 1913.
Sayers died in 1919 and was buried in Brisbane's Toowong Cemetery.
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