Wilson Rodgers

Wilson Rodgers
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1858–1915 · 56 years old

Born 22 October 1858 in Ballygargin, Portadown, Armagh, IrelandDied 25 September 1915 in Rockhampton, Queensland, Australia

Carrier in the Central West, later with his own teams; selector, owner of The Meadows, Aramac district; land and houses in Barcaldine and Longreach; from about 1910 at Rockhampton, owner of the Grosvenor Hotel (Alma and Derby streets) and the Supreme Court Hotel and two shops in East Street

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Family

Parents

JR John Rodgers 1821–1866 father EW Ellen Wilson 1824–1874 mother

Partner

EM Elizabeth McIver 1865–1962

Children with Elizabeth McIver

GR George Wilson Rodgers 1894–1922 JR Jessie Ellen Rodgers 1900–1968 AR Alexander Ronald Rodgers 1903–1969

Health

Cause of death

25 September 1915 Rockhampton, Queensland, Australia

Infection of the kidneys; suddenly stricken on Monday 20 September 1915

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Recorded as reported in the cited sources; genetic results are on the DNA card.

Places 7 locations

BirthWorkMigrationOtherResidenceDeath / burialHealth

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1850s
Born 22 October 1858

Ballygargin, Portadown, Armagh, Ireland
1860s
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Death of father John Rodgers 4 February 1866

Knocknamuckly, Armagh, Irelandaged 45
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Marriage of sister Ellen Jane Rodgers 1869

Armagh, Northern Ireland
1870s
11
Marriage of sister Elizabeth Ann Rodgers 13 September 1870

Queensland, Australia
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Occupation c. 1872 – 1915

Aramac, Queensland, Australia

Carrier in the Central West, later with his own teams; selector, owner of The Meadows, Aramac district; land and houses in Barcaldine and Longreach; from about 1910 at Rockhampton, owner of the Grosvenor Hotel (Alma and Derby streets) and the Supreme Court Hotel and two shops in East Street

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Immigrated 30 March 1873

Rockhampton, Queensland, Australia

Assisted immigrant by the ship Light Brigade from London (sailed 25 December 1872); arrived Keppel Bay 30 March 1873; immigrants brought up to Rockhampton 1 April 1873

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Death of mother Ellen Wilson 25 February 1874

Rockhampton, Queensland, Australiaaged 50
17
Marriage of brother Thomas Rodgers 9 March 1876

Queensland, Australia
1880s
22
Marriage of sister Esther Rodgers 30 August 1881

Maryborough, Queensland, Australia
26
Land June 1885

Rockhampton, Queensland, Australia

Bought eight allotments in Kent Street, Rockhampton, and a sub-section fronting Ross Street

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Marriage of brother Alexander Rodgers 24 July 1888

Lanefield, Queensland, Australia
1890s
34
Residence 1892 – c. 1910

Longreach, Queensland, Australia

Longreach: built a villa on the ridge near the police barracks (1892); bought the billiard room of the Imperial Hotel (1892) and held a billiard licence (1894); member of the Longreach State School committee (1894), the Progress Association, the hospital committee and the Jockey Club

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Birth of son George Wilson Rodgers 1894

Queensland, Australia
36
Death of brother Thomas Rodgers 1 August 1895

Childers, Queensland, Australiaaged 41
1900s
42
Birth of daughter Jessie Ellen Rodgers 1900

Queensland, Australia
45
Birth of son Alexander Ronald Rodgers 1903

Queensland, Australia
47
Death of sister Esther Rodgers 29 October 1905

Hughenden, Queensland, Australiaaged 42
1910s
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Marriage of brother William John Rodgers 8 August 1911

Queensland, Australia
56
Death of brother William John Rodgers 30 November 1914

Queensland, Australiaaged 57
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Medical (Cause of death) 25 September 1915

Rockhampton, Queensland, Australia

Infection of the kidneys; suddenly stricken on Monday 20 September 1915

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Died 25 September 1915

Rockhampton, Queensland, Australia

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