See also
- John Roe's parents: James Roe (1758-1838) and Sophia Brookes (c. 1760-1833)
- John Roe's siblings: James Roe (1787-1789), Thomas Roe (1789-1876), George Roe (1790-1819), Charles Roe (1792-1829), James Roe (1793-1802), William Roe (1795-1885), Henry Roe (1799-1802), Sophia Roe (1801-1894) and Eleanor Roe (1803- )
- Matilda Bennett's parents: Henry Ley Bennett (1775-1823) and Martha Ratcliffe (1772-1835)
- Matilda Bennett's siblings: Eleanor Bennett (1796-1827), Elizabeth Bennett (1798-1859), Thomas Ratcliffe Bennett (1799-1801), Henry Bennett (1803- ) and John George Bennett (1809-1880)
Family of John Septimus Roe and Matilda Bennett
Husband: John Septimus Roe
| Name: |
John Septimus Roe |
| Sex: |
Male |
| Father: |
James Roe (1758-1838) |
| Mother: |
Sophia Brookes (c. 1760-1833) |
| Birth |
8 May 1797 |
Newbury, Berkshire |
| Baptism |
19 Jun 1797 (age 0) |
All Hallows by the Tower, Byward St, London |
| Death |
28 May 1878 (age 81) |
Perth, Western Australia, Australia |
Wife: Matilda Bennett
| Name: |
Sophia Roe |
| Sex: |
Female |
| Spouse: |
Samuel Pole Phllips (1819-1901) |
| Birth |
25 Dec 1829 |
Swan River Colony, Western Australia |
| Death |
6 Oct 1902 (age 72) |
Culham, Toodyay, Western Australia |
| Name: |
Matilda Elizabeth Roe |
| Sex: |
Female |
| Spouse: |
Philip John Butler (1818-1899) |
| Birth |
26 May 1831 |
Swan River Colony, Western Australia |
| Death |
1 Jul 1862 (age 31) |
St Leonards-on-Sea, Sussex |
| Name: |
James Broun Roe |
| Sex: |
Male |
| Spouse: |
Alice Stone (1848-1929) |
| Birth |
11 May 1833 |
Swan River Colony, Western Australia |
| Death |
9 Feb 1907 (age 73) |
'Glynlee', 259 Adelaide Terrace, Perth, Western Australia |
| Name: |
Eliza Naylor Roe |
| Sex: |
Female |
| Spouse: |
George Clifton (1823-1913) |
| Birth |
2 Nov 1834 |
Swan River Colony, Western Australia |
| Census |
1871 (age 36-37) |
Wife in household |
| Census |
1881 (age 46-47) |
Wife in household |
| Census |
1911 (age 76-77) |
Wife in household (married 37 years, 12 children, 9 living, 3 dead) |
| Death |
3 May 1925 (age 90) |
16 Upperton Road, Eastbourne, Sussex |
| Name: |
Emma Lucille Frances Roe |
| Sex: |
Female |
| Spouse: |
James Guy Thomson (1832-1890) |
| Birth |
10 Jun 1837 |
Swan River Colony, Western Australia |
| Christening |
14 Mar 1838 (age 0) |
Church of St George, Perth |
| Death |
24 Jul 1876 (age 39) |
Bunbury, Western Australia |
| Name: |
William Henry Lyons Roe |
| Sex: |
Male |
| Spouse: |
Alice King (1847-1919) |
| Birth |
6 May 1842 |
Swan River Colony, Western Australia |
| Death |
1895 (age 52-53) |
|
| Name: |
Frederick Mackie Roe |
| Sex: |
Male |
| Spouse: |
Sarah Clarkson (1846-1912) |
| Birth |
23 Oct 1843 |
Swan River Colony, Western Australia |
| Death |
27 May 1877 (age 33) |
Toodyay, W.Australia |
| Name: |
Alice Maude Roe |
| Sex: |
Female |
| Spouse: |
George Cooke Attfield (1826-1925) |
| Birth |
6 Aug 1845 |
Swan River Colony, Western Australia |
| Census |
1891 (age 45-46) |
Aged 46 in census |
| Residence |
1925 (age 79-80) |
17 Salisbury Road, Hove (on death cert.) |
| Death fact |
1925 (age 79-80) |
1925 Jun Qtr, Steyning, 2b/317 (aged 77) |
| Death |
1 Apr 1925 (age 79) |
Thornham, 7 Wilbury Road, Hove, Sussex |
| Will |
6 Oct 1925 (age 80) |
Probate, Lewes, to Charles Webster Rede Gell-Woolley, solicitor (£688-15s) |
| Name: |
George Harriott Roe |
| Sex: |
Male |
| Birth |
11 Jun 1848 |
Swan River Colony, Western Australia |
| Death |
19 Apr 1924 (age 75) |
Perth, Western Australia, Australia |
| Name: |
Jessie Roe |
| Sex: |
Female |
| Birth |
10 Feb 1859 |
Swan River Colony, Western Australia |
| Death |
22 Apr 1859 (age 0) |
Swan River Colony, Western Australia |
Note on Husband: John Septimus Roe
Explorer and surveyor. Roe served in various expeditions to survey the coasts of Australia, and in 1829 he was one of the first to land in the colony of Western Australia. He was appointed Surveyor-General of Western Australia in 1828, a post which he held for 42 years. It was on Roe's advice that the site for the capital, Perth, and its port, Fremantle, were selected. Roe founded the public museum in Perth, and was a member of the executive and legislative council of the colony. He was an associate of the Royal Geographical Society and a fellow of the Linnean Society.
Source: Dictionary of National Biography
Many of Roe's descendants are still living in Western Australia and a statue to commemorate Roe's contribution to Western Australia is situated on the corner of Victoria Avenue and Adelaide Terrace in Perth.
Note on Wife: Matilda Bennett
Mrs. Roe, wife of John Septimus Roe, R.N., first Surveyor-General of Western Australia, was Miss Matilda Bennett, daughter of George Bennett (sic), Cheshire, England, and married her husband on January 8, 1829. After coming to this country she brought into the world 13 children. Her life was naturally very circumscribed, but she was a brave, uncomplaining, charitable woman. She used to tell her grandchildren how the natives came to the huts of Lady Stirling and herself, and would take up their babies, examine their feet and clothes, about which they were very curious, gently putting them back on receipt of beads, jewellery and sugar. Mrs. Roe has left a goodly number of descendants, her children and grandchildren intermarrying with the Stone, Phillips, Burges, Hassell, Cooke, Ferguson, and other families.
Source: "Pioneer Women" by Edith D Cowan, Western Mail, Perth WA, 4 Jul 1929
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