Thomas & Alice ROSTRON

[DaveHam9]

Thomas Rostron, his wife Alice and their daughter Mary had sailed from Liverpool on 14 September 1840, aboard the ship Brothers. They arrived at Port Jackson on 11 March 1841. Thomas was a bricklayer and publican but for a year “was employed by Mr. A. B. Smith of Smith’s Rivulet, Gammon Plains near Merriwa, NSW.

Looking for their deaths, thanks.

 

[DaveHam9]

Reel 5017
Page -
Presbyterian Baptisms solemnized in the Parish of St. Andrews Sydney in the County of Cumberland in the Year 1842
No. 1879 When Baptised: [margin] March 1842 When Born: 23rd February 1842 Margaret Isabella - William Lindsay & Catherine Wilson Abode: Sydney Quality or Profession: Baker By whom the Ceremony was performed: Revd. J. McGarvie

NSW Burial V1852319 106/1852 LINDSAY CATHERINE AGE 35

Burials in the Parish of St. Andrew's Scots Sydney in the County of Cumberland in the Year 1852
No. - Catherine Lindsay, born Wilson Age: 35 years Abode: Sydney When Died: - When Buried: 3 May 1852 Ship's Name: - Quality or Profession: - By whom the Ceremony was performed: Revd. John McGarvie


Looking for the marriage of William to Catherine.

 

[Wendy Hargreaves]

Hi, this is what I have found so far.
Alice Booth Rostron: Born 17 Dec 1822, Lancashire, England. Daughter of George Booth and Mary.
Death: 14 May 1914 (aged 91)
Marrickville, Inner West Council, New South Wales, Australia
Burial: Rookwood General Cemetery
Rookwood, Cumberland Council, New South Wales, Australia PLOT Zone F; Methodist New 03B; Grave 1022MEMORIAL ID160205631 · View Source.
MARRIED
16 September 1839
St Peter, Bolton le Moors, Lancashire ENG
Spouse: Thomas ROSTRON

IMMIGRATION
11 March 1841 per bounty ship- BROTHERS
Departed Liverpool ENG 14 September 1840

RESIDENCE
1849-1853 Shipwrights Arms Hotel, Darling Street, Balmain
1853-1854 Crooked Billet Hotel, George St, Sydney
1859-1864 Waterloo Retreat Hotel, Botany Rd, Waterloo

Children of Thomas ROSTRON
and ALICE BOOTH-

1. Mary ARMSTRONG (nee ROSTRON)
b 17 Nov 1839 ENG d 2 March 1911 Waterloo NSW
2. Ann HAIN (nee ROSTRON)
b 28 March 1842 d 20 July 1927 Cooma NSW
3. Eliza HAIN/MARGOSCHIS (nee ROSTRON)
b 21 Jan 1844 d 7 Aug 1880 Orange NSW
4. Alice BURNS (nee ROSTRON)
b 6 Jul 1849 d 21 Sep 1939 Ashfield NSW
5. Sarah Amelia ROBERTS/CUNNINGHAN (nee ROSTRON)
b 30 Mar 1850 Balmain d 16 Jul 1930 Nth Sydney
6. George William ROSTRON
b 16 Oct 1856 Chippendale d 10 Sep 1940 Five Dock
7. Ellen BAILEY (nee ROSTRON)
b 12 Nov 1858 Waterloo d 9 Jan 1932 Brisbane QLD
8. Emma HAMILTON (nee ROSTRON) 1862-

Alice Booth Rostron

 

[Wendy Hargreaves]

ROSTRON. —May 4, at Glencoe, Harrington-street, Marrickville, Alice, widow of the late Thomas Rostron, late of Orange, aged 95 years.
ROSTRON. —May 4, 1914, at Glencoe, Harrington-street, Marrickville, Alice, beloved mother of Mr. G. Rostron,
Condobolin; Mrs. J. Hain, Cooma; Mr. W. Burnes, Redfern; Mrs. G. Bailey, Darlington; Mrs. T. Cunningham, 30 Lawson-street, Paddington; grandmother of Mrs. A. Cook, Warwick, Mary-street, Auburn; first cousin late General Booth, aged 65 years. Absent in the body and present with the Lord.
The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954) Wed 6 May 1914 Page 18 Family Notices. Unable to find Thomas Roston death.

 

[DaveHam9]

Thanks Wendy.

I'll check what I have.

Dave

 

[DaveHam9]

Baptism not on Lancs OPC.

Marriage: 16 Sep 1839 St Peter, Bolton, Lancashire, England
Thomas Rostron - (X), Full, Weaver, Bachelor, Shaw Street
Alice Booth - (X), Minor, Spinster, Lever Street
Groom's Father: William Rostron, Weaver
Bride's Father: George Booth, Weaver
Witness: Robert Colderly; James Liptrot
Married by Banns by: P. R. Robin, Curate
Register: Marriages 1838-1839, Page 217, Entry 433
Source: Film of the register at Manchester Library

 

[DaveHam9]

https://indexes.records.nsw.gov.au/...787/Brothers_11 Mar 1841/4_478700184.jpg&No=6
NRS5316/4_4787/Brothers_11 Mar 1841/

I can't find a birth reg for Mary.

The tree has the wrong dob.

 

[DaveHam9]

https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/15506046/1279695

The Sydney Morning Herald - Wed 6 May 1914 p.17
FUNERALS
ROSTRON.-The Friends of the late Mrs. ALICE ROSTRON are kindly invited to attend her Funeral; to leave Glencoe, Harrington-street, Marrickville, THIS MORNING, at 8.15, for Stanmore Station, thence to Methodist Cemetery, Rookwood.
T. J. ANDREWS, Undertaker, 25 Enmore-road, Newtown.

Alice Rostron Date of Death: N/A Date of Burial: 6 May 1914 Age: 95 Plot: Methodist New 3B_Zone F/#/1022

 

[DaveHam9]

??
NSW Death ROSTON THOMAS 14768/1885 WILLIAM - MARY - WELLINGTON

https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/13594744

Large number of possible baptisms on Lancs OPC for a Thomas Rostron abt 1822 but not one with those parents.

 

[DaveHam9]

https://www.sydneyaldermen.com.au/alderman/thomas-rostron/

Thomas Rostron died at Wellington, NSW on 10 August 1885, aged 68 years.

 

[DaveHam9]

?
Baptism: 14 Sep 1817 St Peter, Bolton, Lancashire, England
Thomas Rostron - Son of William Rostron & Mary
Abode: Great Bolton
Occupation: Weaver
Baptised by: Thos Brocklebank Curate
Register: Baptisms 1815 - 1817, Page 279, Entry 2227
Source: LDS Family Search