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Elizabeth Jane Rochester 1862–1949 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 20 May 1862

Birth Location: Windsor, New South Wales, Australia

Death Date: 22 Jul 1949

Death Location: Carlingford, City of Parramatta Council, New South Wales, Australia

Father: William Rochester

Mother: Mary Curran

Spouse(s): George Franks, John Waters

Children(s): Roland Franks, Frank Franks, Leslie Waters, Florence Waters, Katie Waters, Gertrude Waters, William Franks, Bertha Franks, Edith Franks, Ethel Franks, Lizzie Franks, Arthur Franks, Philip Franks

Elizabeth Jane Rochester was born in 1862 in Windsor, New South Wales, Australia, the child of William Rochester And Mary Jane Curran. In 1878, Elizabeth Jane Rochester resided in Windsor. Elizabeth Jane Rochester married George Franks, John Robert Waters, and had children including Arthur Franks, Bertha Ivy Franks, Edith Matilda Franks, Ethel May Franks, Florence Jane Waters, Frank Eric Franks, Gertrude Mary Waters, Katie Constance Waters, Leslie John Waters, Lizzie Franks, Philip Cecil Franks, Roland James Franks, William Henry Franks. Elizabeth Jane Rochester passed away in 1949 in Carlingford, City of Parramatta Council, New South Wales, Australia.

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Biography

  • Elizabeth Jane Rochester was born in 1862 in Windsor, New South Wales, Australia, the child of William Rochester And Mary Jane Curran.
  • In 1878, Elizabeth Jane Rochester resided in Windsor.
  • Elizabeth Jane Rochester married George Franks, John Robert Waters, and had children including Arthur Franks, Bertha Ivy Franks, Edith Matilda Franks, Ethel May Franks, Florence Jane Waters, Frank Eric Franks, Gertrude Mary Waters, Katie Constance Waters, Leslie John Waters, Lizzie Franks, Philip Cecil Franks, Roland James Franks, William Henry Franks.
  • Elizabeth Jane Rochester passed away in 1949 in Carlingford, City of Parramatta Council, New South Wales, Australia.

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Spouses(s)

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Elizabeth Rochester's Ancestors

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Elizabeth Rochester
1862–1949
Birth Place: Windsor, New South Wales, Australia
Parents
William Rochester
1828–1917
Windsor, New South Wales, Australia
Mary (Jane) Curran
1842–1919
Parramatta, New South Wales, Australia
Grandparents
James Rochester
1800–1873
Sydney Cove, New South Wales, Australia
Elizabeth Nowland
1798–1878
Norfolk Island, New South Wales, Australia
John (William) Curran
1819–1879
Bombay, Maharashtra, India
Jane Reid
1821–1851
Keith, Banffshire, Scotland
Great-Grandparents
Henry Rochester
1770–1841
Margaret Hayes
1768–1844
Michael Nowland
1761–1828
Elizabeth Richards
1766–1852
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Robert ROCHESTER
1731–1804
Anne Dick
1733–1817
Thomas Hayes
1740–1785
Eleanor Barry
1749–1780

Elizabeth Rochester's Descendants

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Elizabeth (Jane) Rochester (20 May 1862–22 Jul 1949) m. George Franks (27 SEP 1841–3 JUL 1919) m. John (Robert) Waters (8 Jun 1853–16 Nov 1886)
  1. 1. Roland (James) Franks 1901–1976
  2. 2. Frank (Eric) Franks 1906–1993
  3. 3. Leslie (John) Waters 1880–1959 m. Catherine Cullen 1881–1951
    1. 1. Leslie (James) Waters 1908–1977
    2. 2. John (Robert) Waters 1913–1976
  4. 4. Florence (Jane) Waters 1884–1948
  5. 5. Katie (Constance) Waters 1886–1917 m. Henry (Deborn) Warrant 1881–1958
    1. 1. Ethel (M) Warrant 1908–1996 m. Bernard (Michael) Gibbons 1909–1983
    2. 2. Henry (J) Warrant 1910–
  6. 6. Gertrude (Mary) Waters 1882–1922 m. Frank Tough 1884–1948
    1. 1. Elizabeth (Gertrude) Tough 1914–1960
    2. 2. Frank Tough 1911–1975
    3. 3. Reginald Tough 1913–1973
    4. 4. Olga Tough 1916–1916
    5. 5. Arnold (E) Tough 1920–1923
  7. 7. William (Henry) Franks 1899–1900
  8. 8. Bertha (Ivy) Franks 1904–1993
  9. 9. Edith (Matilda) Franks 1898–1974
  10. 10. Ethel (May) Franks 1893–1969
  11. 11. Lizzie Franks 1892–1981
  12. 12. Arthur Franks 1896–1896
  13. 13. Philip (Cecil) Franks 1894–1933

Elizabeth Rochester's Timeline

3 Records

1862
20 May 1862
Birth of Elizabeth Jane Rochester in Windsor, New South Wales, Australia
Windsor, New South Wales, Australia
1878
20 May 1878
Age 16
Elizabeth Jane Rochester resided here in Windsor
Windsor
1949
22 Jul 1949
Age 87
Death of Elizabeth Jane Rochester in Granville, New South Wales, Australia
Granville, New South Wales, Australia

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 20 May 1862
    Event Place: Windsor, New South Wales, Australia
    Record Source:
    [1] Australia, Birth Index, 1788-1922, The New South Wales Pioneers Index: Pioneers Series 1788-1888
    [2] Australia and New Zealand, Find a Grave Index
    [3] Sydney, Australia, Anglican Parish Registers, Anglican Church Diocese of Sydney; Sydney, New South Wales, Australia; Baptism, Burial, Confirmation, Marriage and Composite Registers in the Anglican Church Diocese of Sydney Archives
    [4] Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Date: 20 May 1878
    Event Place: Windsor
    Record Source: New South Wales, Australia, Government Gazettes, State Archives and Records Authority of New South Wales; Kingswood, NSW, Australia; New South Wales Government Gazettes

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 22 Jul 1949
    Event Place: Granville, New South Wales, Australia
    Record Source:
    [1] Australia and New Zealand, Find a Grave Index
    [2] Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Carlingford, City of Parramatta Council, New South Wales, Australia
    Record Source: Australia and New Zealand, Find a Grave Index

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