Rogers
Other names Bridges, Allison, Sedgwick


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George Bull born: 1899 married Myra Rogers 1922.

Children:

Lorna born: 8 Mar 1923

Raymond George born 24 Dec 1924

Graeme Wallace born: 5 Feb 1933

Lila born: 26 May ?
 

        Myra Rogers born: 12 Feb 1899 at Brunswick, Vic


More about Myra Rogers

Her father Richard Rogers a council employee married Mathilde Bridges. They had - 10 children (6 boys, 4 girls (One son was killed in the war). Myra’s grandfather was John Rogers who was married to Margaret Allison. Myra’s mothers parents were Joseph Bridges who was married to Sarah Ann Sedgwick. Myra was a good singer and often sang with local choirs and the like. She had very long hair but always had it tied up in a unique bun shape.  Hilda, Albert, Stanley and Alex
who lived to nearly 100, he was a farrier and was very strong. He was capable of putting his body under a clydesdale horse and lifting it off the ground in order to shoe it. Another brother Charlie never married. Both Alec and his
father Richard Rogers worked for the council with a horse and dray delivering screenings etc. Myra born 12/2/1899, Sadie,?,?. Mathilde’ (Grandma Rogers ) death was incorrectly registered in 1964 as 99 years of age in Coburg . She actually lived to 101 years of age and received her telegram from the Queen on her 100th birthday.
George died of a heart attack during a family outing to Kilmore on the 25th of May 1971. He is buried in Fawkner cemetery.
Myra died in 1977 in the Heidelberg Repatriation Hospital aged 78 her ashes were scattered.
 
 

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