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     Betsy Tapp was born in 1880 at St. Pancras, London, England.¹ She appeared in the 1881 census at 112 Malden Road, St Pancras, London, England.

     Betty Teresa Tapp was also known as Betty Teresa Menzies. She was born on 19 March 1926 at St Marys, Tasmania, Australia. She married William Hutton Menzies, son of Alexander Menzies and Mary Hinshelwood, in 1949 at Presbyterian Church, Weston, New South Wales, Australia. Betty Teresa Tapp died on 5 March 2011 at Tasmania, Australia, at age 84.

     Cecil Hubert Tapp was Coal Miner at Tasmania, Australia. He was born on 6 December 1895 at Tasmania, Australia, Cecil Hubert was born to Henrietta Figg at Fingal on the 6 December 1895. There is no record of who his father was so we only assume it was William Tapp. His birth is registered under Figg.¹ He married Linda Annie Schreck, daughter of Herman William Schreck and Florence Elizabeth Down, on 22 May 1920 at St. Peter's Church of England, Fingal, Tasmania, Australia.² Cecil Hubert Tapp died on 26 August 1961 at St Helens, Tasmania, Australia, at age 65. He was buried on 28 August 1961 at Carr Villa Cemetery and Crematorium, Nunamina Avenue, Tasmania, Australia, Site D4 No. 24.³

     Clarence Albert Tapp was born on 24 January 1901 at Tasmania, Australia. Hebetween 1920 and 1955 Clarence worked as a miner at St Marys before moving to Launceston where he obtained a job at the railway yards, Invermay Road. He later worked as a wardsman at the Launceston General Hospital.

During the depression years Albert and his wife Beatrice ran a Soup Kitchen in Dunning St.
Tasmania, Australia. He married Beatrice Mary Shepherd, daughter of Henry George Shepherd and Theresa Evelyn Smith, on 16 November 1924 at Tasmania, Australia. Clarence Albert Tapp died on 24 April 1974 at Tasmania, Australia, at age 73. He was buried on 29 April 1974 at Carr Villa Cemetery and Crematorium, Nunamina Avenue, Tasmania, Australia, Site C17 No. 121. He was a member of the Salvation Army.

     Her married name was Williams. Cordelia Anne Tapp was born on 17 May 1863 at Campbell Town, Tasmania, Australia.¹ She married George Henry Williams on 25 April 1885 at Paterson Street, Launceston, Tasmania, Australia; Cordelia and Georges Marriage ceremony was performed by Minister Henry Baker.

Marriage witnesses: H.B. Tapp. Mary Rees (formely MarthaTapp) Cordelia's sister. Cordelia Anne Tapp died in 1946. She was buried in 1946 at Cullenswood Cemetery, Cullenswood, Tasmania, Australia.

     Daphne Roberta Mary Tapp was educated at St Marys School, St Marys, Tasmania, Australia. Her married name was Price. She was born on 24 December 1924 at St Marys, Tasmania, Australia. She married Sapper Hobart Stanley Price, son of Hugh Herbert Price and Alberta Cordelia Lewis, on 2 March 1946 at Salvation Army Quarters, 20 East Street, Ballarat, Victoria, Australia, The Marriage Ceremony was performed by Major Frederick James Denny. Daphne Roberta Mary Tapp was a Shop Assistant circa 1958 at Harpers Bakery, 98 Wellington Street, Launceston, Tasmania, Australia.

     Dulcie Katherine Tapp was born at Waratah, Tasmania, Australia. Her married name was Oakley. She died in 2011 at Tasmania, Australia.

     Corporal Edgar Frederick Tapp was born on 13 December 1917. He was educated on 20 January 1925 at Cornwall, Tasmania, Australia.¹ He served in an unknown place between 13 August 1942 and 9 November 1943. He married Doreen May Cocker, daughter of Lesley Montague Cocker and Ida Beatrice Wright, on 24 December 1942 at Church of England, Cullenswood, Tasmania, Australia.² Corporal Edgar Frederick Tapp died on 23 November 1977 at Tasmania, Australia, at age 59. He was buried after 23 November 1977 at Tasmania, Australia.

     Her married name was Gillies. Ella Lucille Tapp was born circa 1909. She married Henry James Gillies, son of John Gillies, on 20 October 1927 at St Mary's Church of England, St Marys, Tasmania, Australia.² Ella Lucille Tapp was buried in July 1952 at Grays Cemetery, St Marys, Tasmania, Australia. She died in July 1952 at St Marys Hospital, St Marys, Tasmania, Australia.

     Ernest Collendine Tapp was (an unknown value.)¹ He married Grace Maud Cowen at Tasmania, Australia. Ernest Collendine Tapp was born on 12 October 1911 at St Marys, Tasmania, Australia. He died in 1962. He lived in 1962 at Glenorchy, Tasmania, Australia; At time of death. He was buried on 24 January 1962 at Cornelian Bay Cemetery and Crematorium, Tasmania, Australia. S. CG 117.¹

     Frederick Samuel Tapp was born on 19 February 1858 at Campbell Town, Tasmania, Australia.¹ He died on 29 April 1858 at Campbell Town, Tasmania, Australia. He was buried after 29 April 1858 at Campbell Town, Tasmania, Australia.¹

     Henry Basil Tapp was born on 12 May 1835 at Devonshire, England.¹ He and Cordelia Eliza Fisher were Farmer / Labourer / House Servant

Information from Exminster Parish Records indicates he was a servant employed in the household of one John Blake, Blacksmith, before he came to Australia. circa 1850 at Rawnsley's Hampden Mansion, Deddington, Tasmania, Australia. Henry Basil Tapp Henry TAPP, a labourer and a farmer, born in Devonshire, England in 1836, met delightful Cordelia FISHER, from Middlesex on the boat "AMBROSINE", on the way out to Australia. in 1857. He arrived 2 February 1857 Tasmania, Australia.¹ He married Cordelia Eliza Fisher on 30 March 1857 at Mansion House of Hampden, Tasmania, Australia; The Ceremony was performed by The Reverend Robert RUSSELL
The Marriage witnesses were : Marion Ralston and Sarah Jennings. Henry Basil Tapp died on 11 August 1873 at Deddington, Tasmania, Australia, at age 38 Pneumonia. He was buried after 11 August 1873 at St. Andrew's Anglican Church Cemetery, Tasmania, Australia.

     Henry Basil Tapp was born on 16 April 1861 at Campbell Town, Tasmania, Australia. He married Annie Gardiner in 1906. Henry Basil Tapp was Carpenter in 1918.² He died on 9 November 1918 at age 57 Stomach Cancer


The Examiner Newspaper:- Saturday 30 November 1930

BUSHING AND TAPP.-In loving memory of my dear sister, Alice Bushing, who passed away at German Town on November 30, 1927;
also my dear brother, Henry Basil Tapp, of Cleveland, who died November 9, 1918.
Sadly missed.
--Inserted-by -their loving sister, Cordelia A. Williams, Cornwall.³ He was buried on 11 November 1918 at Cleveland, Tasmania, Australia.³