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Family of James Roe and Sophia Brookes

Husband: James Roe

  • Name:

  • James Roe

  • Sex:

  • Male

  • Father:

  • James Roe (1711-1765)

  • Mother:

  • Elizabeth Harpur ( - )

  • Note:

  • Roe, James, s. James, of Macclesfield, Cheshire, cler. Brasenose Coll, matric. 10 May 1777, aged 18; B.A. 1781, M.A. 1793. Perpetual curate Dorchester, Oxon, 1787, and rector of Newbury, Berks, 1796, until his death 9 July 1838.

    Alumni Oxonienses

  • Birth:

  • 8 Aug 1758

  • Macclesfield, Cheshire

  • Title:

  •  

  • Reverend

  • Will (1):

  • 5 Mar 1838 (age 79)

  • Date of Will

  • Death:

  • 9 Jul 1838 (age 79)

  • Newbury, Berkshire

  • Burial:

  • 14 Jul 1838

  • St Nicolas, Newbury, Berks (aged 80)

  • Will (2):

  • 12 Oct 1838 (age 80)

  • Date Will was proved

Wife: Sophia Brookes

Child 1: James Roe

  • Name:

  • James Roe

  • Sex:

  • Male

  • Birth:

  • 1787

  • St Marylebone, Middlesex

  • Baptism:

  • 25 Oct 1787 (age 0)

  • St Marylebone, Middlesex

  • Death:

  • 26 May 1789 (age 1-2)

  •  

Child 2: Thomas Roe

  • Name:

  • Thomas Roe

  • Sex:

  • Male

  • Spouse:

  • Eleanor Bennett (1796-1827)

  • Children:

  • Eleanor Sophia Roe (c. 1824-1907)

  •  

  • Matilda Roe (c. 1827-1911)

  • Note:

  • ROE Thomas, 27 May 1876. The Will with two Codicils of Thomas Roe late of 10 Pavilion Parade Brighton in the County of Sussex a Lieutenant Colonel on the Retired List of the Indian Army who died 19 April 1876 at 10 Pavilion Parade was proved at Lewes by Peter Browne of Rhyl in the County of Flint Esquire Chief Constable of the County of Flint Sarah Sutton of 10 Pavilion Parade Spinster and Philip Butler of 9 Clanricarde Gardens Notting Hill in the County of Middlesex Esquire three of the Executors. Effects under £14,000.

  • Birth:

  • 3 Jan 1789

  • St Marylebone, Middlesex

  • Baptism:

  • 12 Mar 1789 (age 0)

  • St Marylebone, Middlesex

  • Occupation:

  •  

  • Colonel, Bengal Engineers

  • Census:

  • 1871 (age 81-82)

  • Lt Col Retired List Indian Arm<, 8 Pavilion Parade, Brighton (widower)

  • Death:

  • 19 Apr 1876 (age 87)

  • 10 Pavilion Parade, Brighton, Sussex

Child 3: George Roe

  • Name:

  • George Roe

  • Sex:

  • Male

  • Birth:

  • 1790

  • London

  • Death:

  • 1819 (age 28-29)

  • India

Child 4: Charles Roe

  • Name:

  • Charles Roe

  • Sex:

  • Male

  • Note:

  • Lieut. Charles Roe, Royal Marines, died on board the HMS Magnificent, at Port Royal.

    United Service Magazine, 1829, p.775.

  • Birth:

  • 14 Mar 1792

  • London

  • Baptism:

  • 6 Jun 1792 (age 0)

  • All Hallows by the Tower, Byward St, London

  • Occupation:

  • 1829 (age 36-37)

  • Lieutenant, Royal Marines

  • Death:

  • 1829 (age 36-37)

  • Port Royal, West Indies

Child 5: James Roe

  • Name:

  • James Roe

  • Sex:

  • Male

  • Birth:

  • 6 Nov 1793

  • London

  • Death:

  • 11 Feb 1802 (age 8)

  • London

Child 6: William Roe

  • Name:

  • William Roe

  • Sex:

  • Male

  • Spouse (1):

  • Frances Cooper (c. 1794-1861)

  • Spouse (2):

  • Matilda Elizabeth Hills (c. 1837-1919)

  • Children:

  • William Brookes Wood-Roe (1870-1932)

  • Note:

  • ROE William. 5 November 1885. The Will with a Codicil of William Roe formerly of Roselands Newbold Terrace Leamington in the County of Warwick but late of Rio Hornyold Terrace North Malvern in the County of Worcester Gentleman who died 18 September 1885 at Rio was proved at Worcester by Matilda Elizabeth Roe of Rio Widow the Relict one of the Executors. Personal Estate £2,409 12s. 9d.

  • Birth:

  • 30 Sep 1795

  • All Hallows Barking, London

  • Census (1):

  • 1841 (age 45-46)

  • Bookseller, Northbrook St, Newbury, Berks

  • Census (2):

  • 1851 (age 55-56)

  • Lieut. R.Berks Militia, 4 Russell Street, Reading

  • Census (3):

  • 1861 (age 65-66)

  • Lieutenant Militia on half pay, 8 Dormer Place, Leamington Priors

  • Census (4):

  • 1871 (age 75-76)

  • Lieutenant Militia on retired list, visiting sister Sophia, Leamington

  • Census (5):

  • 1881 (age 85-86)

  • Retired Lieut Royal Berks Militia, Rio Villa, Hornyold Road, Great Malvern, Worcs

  • Death fact:

  • 1885 (age 89-90)

  • 1885 Sep Q, Upton On Severn, 6c/152 (aged 89)

  • Death:

  • 18 Sep 1885 (age 89)

  • Rio Villa, Hornyold Terrace, Malvern, Worcs

Child 7: John Septimus Roe

  • Name:

  • John Septimus Roe

  • Sex:

  • Male

  • Spouse:

  • Matilda Bennett (1804-1870)

  • Children:

  • Sophia Roe (1829-1902)

  •  

  • Matilda Elizabeth Roe (1831-1862)

  •  

  • James Broun Roe (1833-1907)

  •  

  • Eliza Naylor Roe (1834-1925)

  •  

  • John Henry Hayden Roe (1836-1877)

  •  

  • Emma Lucille Frances Roe (1837-1876)

  •  

  • Ellen Elizabeth Roe (1840-1887)

  •  

  • William Henry Lyons Roe (1842-1895)

  •  

  • Frederick Mackie Roe (1843-1877)

  •  

  • Alice Maude Roe (1845-1925)

  •  

  • George Harriott Roe (1848-1924)

  •  

  • Augustus Sanford Keats Roe (1852-1921)

  •  

  • Jessie Roe (1859-1859)

  • Note:

  • 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.

  • 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

Child 8: Henry Roe

  • Name:

  • Henry Roe

  • Sex:

  • Male

  • Birth:

  • 11 Jun 1799

  • London

  • Baptism:

  • 12 Aug 1799 (age 0)

  • All Hallows by the Tower, Byward St, London

  • Death:

  • 1802 (age 2-3)

  • London

Child 9: Sophia Roe

  • Name:

  • Sophia Roe

  • Sex:

  • Female

  • Spouse:

  • Francis Ellis Jervoise (c. 1777-1865)

  • Note:

  • ELLIS-JERVOISE Sophia of Clydesdale 16 Portland Road Edgbaston Warwickshire widow died 10 December 1894. Probate Birmingham 15 February 1895 to George Clifton gentleman. Effects £1017 15s. 8d.

  • Birth:

  • 23 Sep 1801

  • All Hallows Barking, London

  • Census (1):

  • 1871 (age 69-70)

  • Widow, annuitant, 7 Euston Place, Leamington Spa

  • Census (2):

  • 1881 (age 79-80)

  • Widow, lodger in Great Malvern, Worcs

  • Census (3):

  • 1891 (age 89-90)

  • Widow, living with sister-in-law Matilda Roe, 16 Portland Rd, Edgbaston, Birmingham

  • Death fact:

  • 1894 (age 92-93)

  • 1894 Dec Qtr, Kings Norton, 6c/248 (aged 93)

  • Death:

  • 10 Dec 1894 (age 93)

  • Edgbaston, Birmingham

Child 10: Eleanor Roe

  • Name:

  • Eleanor Roe

  • Sex:

  • Female

  • Birth:

  • 26 Jan 1803

  •  

Note on Husband: James Roe

Roe, James, s. James, of Macclesfield, Cheshire, cler. Brasenose Coll, matric. 10 May 1777, aged 18; B.A. 1781, M.A. 1793. Perpetual curate Dorchester, Oxon, 1787, and rector of Newbury, Berks, 1796, until his death 9 July 1838.

Alumni Oxonienses

Note on Child 2: Thomas Roe

ROE Thomas, 27 May 1876. The Will with two Codicils of Thomas Roe late of 10 Pavilion Parade Brighton in the County of Sussex a Lieutenant Colonel on the Retired List of the Indian Army who died 19 April 1876 at 10 Pavilion Parade was proved at Lewes by Peter Browne of Rhyl in the County of Flint Esquire Chief Constable of the County of Flint Sarah Sutton of 10 Pavilion Parade Spinster and Philip Butler of 9 Clanricarde Gardens Notting Hill in the County of Middlesex Esquire three of the Executors. Effects under £14,000.

Note on Child 4: Charles Roe

Lieut. Charles Roe, Royal Marines, died on board the HMS Magnificent, at Port Royal.

United Service Magazine, 1829, p.775.

Note on Child 6: William Roe

ROE William. 5 November 1885. The Will with a Codicil of William Roe formerly of Roselands Newbold Terrace Leamington in the County of Warwick but late of Rio Hornyold Terrace North Malvern in the County of Worcester Gentleman who died 18 September 1885 at Rio was proved at Worcester by Matilda Elizabeth Roe of Rio Widow the Relict one of the Executors. Personal Estate £2,409 12s. 9d.

Note on Child 7: 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 Child 9: Sophia Roe

ELLIS-JERVOISE Sophia of Clydesdale 16 Portland Road Edgbaston Warwickshire widow died 10 December 1894. Probate Birmingham 15 February 1895 to George Clifton gentleman. Effects £1017 15s. 8d.