Elizabeth Chapman

Notes:

Information on James Rooke's first wife is very sketchy

Elizabeth married James Rooke on 23 Feb 1816 in Hanover Square, Westminster, London, England. James (son of Henry Rooke and Sarah Withers) was born on 22 May 1791 in Hampshire, England; died on 31 May 1860 in Ultimo, NSW, Australia. [Group Sheet]

Other Events:

• Emigrated: 1824, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia; Aged 7 years, emigrated to Van Diemens Land with family
• Occupation: 1868, Sydney, NSW, Australia; Laundress

Notes:

From Dan Byrnes:

Alfred married Rooke Caroline Mary Ann-53044 daughter of Cabinetmaker Rooke James-338326 and wife1 RNotknown Elizabeth-338327 in 1835 in St Phillips,Sydney. Caroline was born on 29 Nov 1817 in London. She was christened in 1818 in St Luke's, OLd St, Finsbury. She died in 1884 in Sydney. She was buried in Sydney.

She is dr1. Larkin notes that there may be two different women as Mary Anne seems to have changed her name to Caroline by 1840 and in 1841 listed her names as Mary AC and thereafter is listed only as Caroline, and death-listed as Caroline. Are there two different women? Larkin has her born circa 1802 in England. The ship "Guildford" arrived 1821, so she was presumably born in England. Noted as married in 1835, CofE, St Phillips, Sydney in Larkin's tree.

Christened:
St Luke's, OLd St, Finsbury

Died:
NSW BDM 4832/1884

Mary married Alfred Windle on 11 May 1835 in Sydney, NSW, Australia. Alfred (son of William Windle and Ann Naylor) was born on 20 May 1803 in Sheffield, Yorkshire, England; was christened on 8 Jun 1803 in Sheffield, Yorkshire, England; died on 30 Nov 1876 in Coogee, NSW, Australia; was buried on 02 Dec 1876 in Randwick Cemetery, Randwick, NSW, Australia. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

Died:
Clothes caught fire

Other Events:

• Residence: 1889, Annandale, NSW, Australia; Wells Street North

Notes:

Had 10 children living at the time of her death.

Died:
NSW BDM 8877/1889

Elizabeth married William J Taylor on 17 Apr 1857 in Chippendale, NSW, Australia. William (son of Robert Taylor and Mary Ann Stephens) was born on 17 Oct 1833 in Helston, Cornwall, England; died on 31 May 1893. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

BDM Index ref for birth: V1841796 25A/1841
BDM Index ref for marriage: 1255/1872
BDM Index ref for death: 8441/1924

Mary married Joseph Outridge in 1872 in Coogee, NSW, Australia. Joseph was born in 1837 in Hampshire, England; died on 19 Jul 1908 in Luddenham, NSW, Australia. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

http://acms.sl.nsw.gov.au/item/itemDetailPaged.aspx?itemID=910473

Other Events:

• Occupation: 1867, Sydney, NSW, Australia; Wheelright
• Residence: 7 Jan 1868, Sydney, NSW, Australia; 3 Liverpool St.
• Occupation: 1888, Coogee Bay, NSW, Australia; Fisherman
• Occupation: 1907, Narrabeen, NSW, Australia; Fisherman

Notes:

Alfred was not liked by his daughter Elizabeth Emily who remembered him as a drunken, violent father who gradually gambled away their considerable property assets in Coogee Bay, which had been inherited from his father. He was in the habit of drinking himself stupid in the City and relying on his horse to find the way home. At the Coroner's inquest into the death of his daughter, Martha May, there was also an inference that he had raped her after coming home drunk and that this led to an unwanted pregnancy and then her suicide by taking rat poison. At the inquest, he accused Martha's fiance of attacking her, but this was refuted by a string of witnesses including his wife and some of his other daughters, including Lily, then aged 11 years.



Alfred has quite a few mentions in the Herald for either assaulting other people or being assaulted himself.

http://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/result?q=assault+tomahawk&exactPhrase=alfred+windle&anyWords=?Words=&requestHandler=&dateFrom=1870-01-01&dateTo=1920-12-31&l-advstate=New+South+Wales&l-advcategory=Article&sortby=

Died:
Rookwood Asylum (Lidcome State Hospital)

Alfred married Sarah Rebecca Meades on 07 Jan 1868 in Darlinghurst, NSW, Australia. Sarah (daughter of Samuel Meades and Hannah Anne Read) was born on 12 Mar 1849 in Maidstone, Kent, England; died on 24 Jan 1927 in Waverley, NSW, Australia; was buried on 27 Jan 1927 in Randwick Cemetery, Randwick, NSW, Australia. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

Died:
84a Dudley Street

Alice married Unknown. [Group Sheet]

Other Events:

• Occupation: 1900; Jam manufacturer (Taylor Bros Jams)

Other Events:

• Occupation: 1889, Albert Park, Rookwood, NSW, Australia; Mason

Grace married Living. [Group Sheet]

Other Events:

• Occupation: Dressmaker
• Residence: 1895, Annandale, NSW, Australia; 139 Nelson Street
• Residence: 1930, Kuring-gai, NSW, Australia; Government Road
• Residence: 1954, Kuring-gai, NSW, Australia; 14 Harwood Avenue

Notes:

Died:
NSW BDM 13661/1962

Elizabeth married Robert Dennis on 1 Jul 1895. Robert was born on 19 Jun 1871 in Sydney, NSW, Australia; died on 19 Mar 1962 in Burwood, NSW, Australia; was buried on 20 Mar 1962 in Rookwood, NSW, Australia. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

Aged 9 weeks at death on 16 Oct 1869

Ada married . Unknown [Group Sheet]

Notes:

From Dan Byrnes:

Update per Michelle Steet. She in Larkin's tree tree has children Thomas A. born 1899 Woolahra, Hilda M. born 1901 at Waverly, Emily S. born 1902 Waverly, Linda F. born 1903 Waverly, Samuel E. born 1904 Waverly, Frederick H. C. born 1906 Waverly all rest at Waverly, Alice M. born 1907 died 1908, Vere (?) born 1910(?), died 1910, Arthur born died 1910, Edna M. born 1912. Larkins tree. She married Williamson. Cf., David Austin Larkin, Cornwall to Coogee: Taylor, Rooke and Windle Family Histories. Self-published, Burpengary Qld, 1989. ISBN 0 9592440 1 8.

Hannah married Williamson Thomas-117719 son of Of Randwick Williamson Henry-19483 and WNotknown Miss-150164 on 16 Nov 1898 in St Nicholas Church, Coogee. Thomas was born in 1875 in ,Randwick. He died on 17 Jul 1952 in Rydalmere, Sydney.

Steet says he married Jeannie A. Sandoz in 1917. He is of Randwick Sydney in Larkin's tree, formerly an unknown link in this family history. Cf., David Austin Larkin, Cornwall to Coogee: Taylor, Rooke and Windle Family Histories. Self-published, Burpengary Qld, 1989. ISBN 0 9592440 1 8.


Birth:
NSW BDM

Died:
NSW BDM 1873/1916

Died during child birth

Hannah married Thomas Williamson on 16 Nov 1898 in Randwick, NSW, Australia. (son of Henry Williamson) [Group Sheet]

Notes:

Died:
NSW BDM 1130/1956

Ada married George William Baxter in 1904. George was born in 1881; died on 17 Aug 1936 in Lewisham, NSW, Australia. [Group Sheet]

Other Events:

• Residence: 1922, Edgecliffe, NSW, Australia; 47 Cameron St.
• Occupation: 4 Jan 1928, Paddington, NSW, Australia; Fisherman
• Residence: 1932, Woollahra, NSW, Australia; 200 Edgecliff Road.

Alfred married Emily Jane Smith on 17 Jul 1904. Emily was born in 1878 in Wooloomooloo, NSW, Australia. [Group Sheet]

Other Events:

• Residence: 1927, Waverley, NSW, Australia; 19 Woodstock St.

Notes:

Birth:
NSW BDM 5277/1877

Alice married Ernest Charles William Collins in Sep 1903 in Bathurst, NSW, Australia, and was divorced in 1908. Ernest was born in 1879; died on 23 Jul 1970 in Chatswood, NSW, Australia. [Group Sheet]

Alice married Muir Donaldson in 1909. Muir died on 7 Feb 1953 in Bondi, NSW, Australia. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

Twin of Benjamin, both died on the same day

Notes:

Twin of Elizabeth, both died on the same day.

Notes:

From Marjorie Smith:

Martha died tragically at the age of 18 years and 4 months from a burst appendix. Mother Sarah and sister Caroline were very close and grieved for her for the rest of their lives. Sarah always wore a cameo necklace with a photo of the young Martha. Marjorie thought that Martha was referred to as Mary, but her nickname was May.



From: Leanne Paterson

Leane saw Martha's autopsy report which put her death down to poisoning, not a burst appendix



From Mike Kelly:

Marjorie's version of events (above) was the story handed down through the family to cover up the shameful events that really occurred. Marjorie died in June 2014 and I never told her the horrific real story of Martha May (May) Windle.

The coroner's inquest concluded that Martha had died from phosphorous poisoning (rat poison). Her father, Alfred, maintained that Martha's fiance Patrick Walsh had mistreated her in the period leading up to her death. Sister Lily testified that she had never seen Martha mistreated by Walsh or his brother. Martha claimed a "man had come home affected by liquor and had taken advantage of her", the doctor said he was of the opinion that "certain events had taken place". After reading all the reports I came to the conclusion that father Alfred came home drunk and sexually assaulted her, which led directly to her taking her own life by ingesting rat poison. After that he had the gall to try and blame Patrick, but wife Sarah and the sisters testified otherwise. This would also explain why my grandmother hated him so much.

There was also an inference that Martha had threatened to take poison if Patrick continued abusing alcohol.



Buried:
Section EE Row T Plot 81

Caroline married John Adolphus Schulties in 1911. John was born in 1883; died on 16 Feb 1950. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

Aged 7 months at time of death

Other Events:

• Occupation: Dressmaker
• Residence: 1975, Bondi, NSW, Australia; 38 Flood Street

Notes:

Birth:
Dudley Street, Coogee Bay

NSW BDM 13333/1889

Died:
NSW BDM 3807/1975

Lily married Albert Oswald Wright on 29 May 1915 in Waverley, NSW, Australia. Albert was born on 16 Oct 1885 in Burrawang, NSW, Australia; died on 14 Feb 1947 in Bondi, NSW, Australia; was buried in Waverly Cemetery, Bronte, NSW, Australia. [Group Sheet]

Other Events:

• Occupation: Seamstress

Notes:

From Dan Byrnes:

Marries 1915 in Larkin tree. She is born 1894 in Larkin tree. More to come. there is gernforum at http://www.jenforum.net/windle/. There are Windles of Indian, Braxton Co WV, Virginia, Moncton New Brunswick Canada, New Market Virginia, Milwaukee Wisconsin, Charles Windle of South London, Michigan, Chicago, of Horton, Yorkshire England, of Preston Lancs, England. Windle of New Zealand. Family history by David Larkin, Cornwall to Coogee, 23 Eleanor St., Burpengary, QLD 4505. Phone: (07) 3888 2168.



Birth:
St. Pauls Street

Buried:
Eastern Suburbs Memorial Park
A5D - Anglican FM 5D - 87

Elizabeth married Thomas Ohalam Smith on 12 Jul 1915 in Waverley, NSW, Australia. Thomas (son of John Thomas Smith and Catherine Elizabeth Donnelly) was born on 30 Apr 1888 in Gilgandra, NSW, Australia; died on 2 Dec 1966 in Little Bay, NSW, Australia; was buried on 5 Dec 1966 in Botany, NSW, Australia. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

In the Windle family tree, it is claimed that Jack's biological mother ir Evelyn Gilfred Sack (1883-1963).

Born in Hindmarsh, South Australia and dying in Fremantle, WA

Evelyn Gilfred Sack may have been Jack's biological mother (1883 - 1963). She was born in Hindmarsh SA and lived and died in Fremantle WA.

Mike, My grandfather was raised with the idea that Alice was his foster/adoptive mother. As far as family information from my father Alice Windle was called aunt Alice. My aunt did a search many years ago and found that Evelyn Sack was his real mother. Given the fact that her father was a hotel proprietor in the Kimberly district anyone could have been his father. Unfortunately her mother died on the same boat that Evelyn had her honeymoon. Then Daniel Sacks married Mrs McGovern. It is a very sad heritage. Years ago I did a very extensive search of all the Windle's in Australia and back to Sheffield in England. However my ex husband threw most of my research in the garbage. Keep in touch please. regards Leah

John married Mary Susan Essie Floyd on 27 Jul 1925. Mary (daughter of Walter Sylvester Edward Floyd and Mary A) was born on 6 Dec 1903 in Parramatta, NSW, Australia; died on 25 Mar 1985 in Guildford, NSW, Australia. [Group Sheet]