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Australian Pioneer Families

Families featured
William Robbins, William Roberts, Alexander Roughead,
George Rowe, Thomas Ruddock,

Robbins

William Robbins 1824 - 1878 #50 aged 54, came c1857 with Mary Adams 1829 - 1872 #6006 aged 43, daughter of John Adams, and lived at Ararat

8 Children

1. Henry Thomas Robbins 1858 #13232
2. Mary Jane Robbins 1859 #20123
3. Phoebe Robbins 1862 #827
4. Annie Robbins 1864 #6260 lived 2 years
5. William Robbins 1866 #112 - 1942 #24137 aged 76
6. Joseph Robbins 1868 #146
7. John Robbins 1870 #12947
8. Albert Robbins 1872 #13340 - 1958 #20808 aged 85

2. Mary Jane Robbins 1859 #20123 wed 1889 #3726 to Adam Beaton Cuthbert, no children

3. Phoebe Robbins 1862 #827 - 1947 #21843 aged 85, wed 1884 #33 to Joel Matthews Coad born at Sea 1850 - 1928 #8280 aged 78, (their last child), and lived at Moyston, 9 Children

5. William Robbins 1866 #112 wed 1889 #7545 to Elizth Ford 1868 #13440 - 1911 #7278 aged 42, and lived at Ararat

11 Children

1. Mary Elizabeth Robbins 1890 #62
2. Phoebe May Robbins 1891 #29239
3. Albert William Robbins 1895 #26027
4. Thomas Fred Robbins 1897 #15890
5. Harold James Robbins 1899 #23552 - 1969 #14376 aged 69
6. Ethel Josine Robbins 1902 #7191 - 1985 #8960 aged 83
7. Allan Jos Robbins 1904 #136
8. Alex Keith Robbins 1905 #7457
9. Twin Eric Jos Robbins 1907 #15342 lived 1 month
10. Twin John Walt Robbins 1907 #15343
11. Fran Leslie Robbins 1910 #54

1. Mary Elizth Robbins 1890 #62 wed 1903 #346 to Rowland Herbt Blamires 1875 #18397

2. Phoebe May Robbins 1891 #29239 wed 1910 #5055 to Albert George Chinnock 1880 #19132 son of Mary Ann Seymour and William Chinnock born at Amherst

Thomas Frederick Robbins 1897 #15890 wed 1918 to Violet Sloper 1898 - 1981 #5650 aged 83, and lived at Ararat

2 Children

1. Fredk Thos Robbins 1919 #8155
2. Alex Lindsay Robbins 1920 #17560

6. Joseph Robbins 1868 #146 wed 1890 #8655 to Jemima Valonia (Verlina) Grenfell 1864 #508 born at Ballarat, and lived at St Arnaud

4 Children

1. Jno Thos Robbins 1891 #37298
2. Albert Edwin Robbins 1893 #7672
3. Wm Jos Robbins 1897 #22867
4. Vera Valonia Robbins 1903 #13822

4. Vera Valonia Robbins 1903 #13822 wed 1920 #8324R to Jarvis Edwick Pettit 1895 #7205 - 1953 #4632 aged 58

7. John Robbins 1870 #12947 wed 1891 #7891 to Maria Murdoch and lived at Elaine

2 Children

1. Rupert Murdoch Robbins 1894 #2980
3. Vera Eileen Robbins 1895 #20430

8. Albert Robbins 1872 #13340 wed 1899 #1761 to Amy Susan Venner 1875 #20614 born at Ararat, and lived at Learmonth

5 Children

1. Albt Edwin Robbins 1900 #8281
2. Lelia Irene Robbins 1905 #4175
3. Amy Venner Robbins 1907 #4270
4. Rita May Robbins 1908 #30999
5. Thelma Rose Robbins 1911 #16028

William Roberts

William Roberts came c1868 with Elizabeth Veal 1839 - 1880 #8961 aged 41, daughter of Elizabeth Eddy and Nicholas Veal, and lived at Ballarat

8 Children

1. James Roberts 1869 #20490
2. Elizabeth Roberts 1871 #13771
3. John Roberts 1872 #21278 - 1899 #340 aged 26
4. Eliza Veal Roberts 1874 #490 lived 1 year
5. Alfred Roberts 1875 #13721 lived 4 years
6. Richard Roberts 1877 #12836 lived 2 weeks
7. Ada Jane Roberts 1878 #13170 lived 5 weeks
8. Ada Jane Roberts 1879 #20657

8. Ada Jane Roberts 1879 #20657 wed 1900 to William Henry Ramage, 6 children

Roughead

writes -
There is mention of an Alexander Roughead and a Margaret Roughead on the unassisted shipping lists for the Ayreshire in 1852.
I have also seen a James Roughead in the cemetary lists for the Midlothian district of Scotland, who was buried c1851
My grandfather was William Ernest Roughead (buried as Rohead), your ref Roughead 5.4 1899 #19972.

James Roughead wed 29 Sep 1819 at Saint Cuthberts, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland to Margaret Stevenson
Alexander Roughead born 19 Dec 1825 at Saint Cuthberts, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland son of Margaret Stevenson and James Roughead
Margaret Rachel Johnston Birth: 10 May 1828 at Edinburgh Parish, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland daughter of Margaret Monro wed 02 Jun 1822 to Robert Johnston
Alexander Roughead wed 16 Jun 1848 at Saint Cuthberts, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland to Margaret Rachel Johnston daughter of Robert Johnston

Julia Roughead Christening: 17 Mar 1852 at Saint Cuthberts, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland daughter of Margaret Rachel Johnston and Alexander Roughead

Alexander Roughead aged 26, c1826 came to Victoria in August 1852 on the Ayrshire with Margaret Johnston aged 23, c1829 and a small daughter, Jane aged infant. They settled in the Chiltern area of Victoria. Alexander Roughead died at Korumburra, Victoria 1898, son of Mary Alexander and James Roughead

9 children

1. Julia Roughead before 17 Mar 1852
2. James Alexander Roughead 1854 #3793 - 1883 #332 died aged 28
3. Mary Roughead 1856 #7561
4. Isabella Roughead 1858 #4379
5. George Francis Roughead 1860 #22599
6. William Charles Roughead 1862 #8764 - 1863 #1477 lived 7 months
7. Emma Roughead 1864 #2867
8. Alice Roughead 1866 #2685
9. Louis Roughead 1871 #16821 - 1871 #6349 lived 3 days

1. Julia Roughead c1852 wed 1882 #6729 to William Barnett born in Ireland

1 Child

1. Margaret Barnett 1886 #5060

3. Mary Roughead 1856 wed 1874 #2176 to James Francis Edwards born in England, and moved to Prahan

6 Children

1. Rose Careen Edwards 1874 #21688
2. James Frederick Edwards 1876 #25435 lived 1 year
3. James Francis Edwards 1878 #8209
4. Geo Alexr Edwards 1880 #15760
5. Arthur William Edwards 1882 #18183
6. Emily Alice Maud Edwards 1884 #19632

4. Isabella Roughead 1858 - 30 Mar 1898 in Vic, wed 6 Apr 1885 to John Edward Austin 28 Nov 1857 - 16 May 1949 born in Tasmania, 6 Children

5. George Francis Roughead 1860 - 1930 #10246 aged 69, wed 1889 to Annie Eliza Johnson 1865 - 1934 #16624 aged 69, died at Leongatha

4 Children

1. Grace Lilian Roughead 1890 #5902
2. George Charles Roughead 1891 #34509 wed 1915 #6935 to Lizzie Josephine OReilly
3. Alice Isabelle Roughead 1896 #12860
4. William Ernest Roughead 1899 #19972

7. Emma Roughead 1864 wed 1883 #6304 to Henry James Wilkinson and lived at Korumburra

6 Children

1. Alexander Henry Wilkinson 1884 #21841
2. Henry James Wilkinson 1886 #20408
1. Leonard Fitzroy Wilkinson 1895 #30535
2. Reginald Wilkinson 1899 #27694
3. Robert Wilkinson 1903 #4206
4. Leslie Raymond Wilkinson 1906 #11707

8. Alice Roughead 1866 wed 1886 #6729 to Henry Stubbs from Tasmania, and lived at Warburton.

5 Children

1. Henry Arthur Stubbs 1887 #30407
2. Bertie Clyde Stubbs 1889
3. Ethel May Stubbs 1891
4. George Alexander Stubbs 1893
5. Harold Vivian Stubbs 1899 lived 3 years

Rowe

George Ernest Rowe came c1874 with Sylvia Rebecca Solomonand registered their children at either Fitzroy or Collingwood, suburbs of Melbourne.

9 Children

1. Charles Harry Rowe 1875 #1621
2. George Rowe 1876 #22170 lived 10 weeks
3. George Ernest Walter Rowe 1878 #998
4. Daisey Maud Matilda Rowe 1879 #2723
5. Silvia Rebecca Rowe 1880 #22708
6. Susan Mabel Rowe 1882 #16210
7. Amy Rachel Rowe 1884 #8507
8. Winifred May Rowe 1885 #25329
9. Alfred William Rupert Rowe 1887 #18715 Rowe

4. Daisey Maud Mathilda Rowe 15 Dec 1879 - 2 July 1952 wed on 19 Dec 1914 to Frederick Atkinson 11 Oct 1872 - 18 Jan 1954

Rowe

William Rowe is the father of Caroline born about 1820, who wed John Bassett senior
John Bassett died 1870 in Victoria, Australia, the 26 year old son of John Bassett and Caroline Rowe, born in Cornwall.
Caroline Bassett died in Victoria, Australia, 1879 aged 60, born Cornwall, father William Rowe, mother u/k

Ruddock

Marriages Jun 1850 Thomas Metcalfe Ruddock and Elizabeth Oliver at Sunderland Vol 24 page 324. The district Sunderland spans the boundaries of the counties of Co. Durham and Tyne and Wear

Nichollas Ruddock Adult and Thos M Ruddock Adult came Dec 1852 on the Henry Gillespie

Thomas Metcalfe Ruddock came c1854 with Elizabeth Oliver 1833 - 1920 aged 87, daughter of Jane Barran and James Oliver, and were living at Fryer's Creek when they had their family

11 Children

1. Mary Ann Ruddock 1855
2. Elizabeth Catherine Ruddock 1857
3. Nicholas James Ruddock 1859 - 1887 lived 27 years
4. Joseph Metcalfe Ruddock 1861 - 1879 lived 18 years
5. Thomas Oliver Ruddock 1864 - 1912 aged 47
6. Sarah Jane Ruddock 1867 wed 1888 to John Campbell, died 1959 aged 92
7. Twin Rachel Ada Ruddock 1869 #18551
8. Twin Elinor Hannah Ruddock 1869 #18552
9. Nicholas Henry Ruddock 1 Jul 1871
10. Alice Maud Ruddock 1874 wed 1914 to John Knox
11. William Hutton Ruddock 1877 wed 1905 to Ada Ruby Kennard

1. Mary Ann Ruddock 1855 - 1920 aged 65, wed 1874 to Charles Fletcher Hetherington, 8 Children, 2 grandchildren married

2. Elizabeth Catherine Ruddock 1857 - 1946 aged 89, wed 1877 to William Henry Brownbill, 6 Children and grandchildren married

6. Sarah Jane Ruddock 1867 - 1959 aged 92, wed 1888 to John Campbell, 4 Children

7. Twin Rachel Ada Ruddock 1869 #18551 - 1960 aged 91, wed 1895 #7091 to Albert Isherwood Starr, 1863 #331, a widower with one child, 7 Children

8. Twin Elinor Hannah Ruddock 1869 #18552 - 1949, wed 1892 to Samuel Eadley Hambleton, 1866 #19986 - 1943 #13469 aged 77, 7 Children

10. William Hutton Ruddock 1877 wed 1905 to Ada Ruby Kennard 1886 #17241 - 1914 aged 27, born at Collingwood

4 Children

1. Bessie Ada Ruddock 1906
2. Alma Ruby Ruddock 1908
3. Henry Hutton Ruddock 1909
4. Elvie Mary Ruddock 1912

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