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Anthony ROLFE (1802 - 1876)
farmer
Children Self + Spouses Parents Grandparents Greatgrandparents
George ROLFE (1836 - 1922)
Maria Martha ROLFE (1838 - 1882)
Edmund Edward ROLFE (1841 - 1918)
Martha ROLFE (1843 - 1911)
Sarah Ann ROLFE (1844 - 1921)
Thomas ROLFE (1851 - 1867)
 Anthony ROLFE (1802 - 1876)

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Catherine CURTIS (1811 - 1874)
 William ROLFE











Elizabeth DURRANT











Anthony ROLFE Catherine CURTIS
Anthony ROLFE
Anthony ROLFE Catherine CURTIS Anthony ROLFE
b. 1802 at Oxborough, Norfolk, England
m. 1835 Catherine CURTIS (1811 - 1874) at Oxborough, Norfolk, England
d. 05 Oct 1876 at Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia aged 74
Near Relatives of Anthony ROLFE (1802 - 1876)
Relationship Person Born Birth Place Died Death Place Age
Father in Law Martin CURTIS
Mother in Law Maria (CURTIS)

Father William ROLFE
Mother Elizabeth DURRANT

Self Anthony ROLFE 1802 Oxborough, Norfolk, England 05 Oct 1876 Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia 74

Wife Catherine CURTIS abt 1811 Oxborough, Norfolk, England 22 Oct 1874 Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia 63

Son George ROLFE 1836 Oxborough, Norfolk, England 04 Mar 1922 Cooma, Monaro, New South Wales, Australia 86
Daughter Maria Martha ROLFE 02 Dec 1838 Oxborough, Norfolk, England 31 Aug 1882 Bungendore, New South Wales, Australia 43
Son Edmund Edward ROLFE abt 1841 Oxborough, Norfolk, England 07 Oct 1918 Merrylands, New South Wales, Australia 77
Daughter Martha ROLFE abt 1843 Oxborough, Norfolk, England 28 Jan 1911 Ginninderra, ACT, Australia 68
Daughter Sarah Ann ROLFE 1844 Oxborough, Norfolk, England 24 Feb 1921 Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia 77
Son Thomas ROLFE abt 1851 Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia abt 1867 16

Brother William ROLFE 1804 Oxborough, Norfolk, England 03 Feb 1864 Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia 60

Daughter in Law Margaret SHERIDAN 1839 Co Tipperary, Ireland 28 Jun 1878 Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia 39
Daughter in Law Margaret LEE 1853 New South Wales, Australia 20 Nov 1935 Cooma, Monaro, New South Wales, Australia 82
Son in Law William WINTER abt 1828 Haddenham, Buckinghamshire, England 14 Nov 1915 Bungendore, New South Wales, Australia 87
Daughter in Law Margaret LOGUE 1843 Murrumbidgee, New South Wales, Australia 13 Jun 1867 Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia 24
Daughter in Law Margaret Jane KEEFFE abt 1841 New South Wales, Australia 05 Jul 1918 Parramatta, New South Wales, Australia 77
Son in Law John RYAN 1842 Goulburn, New South Wales, Australia 03 Jan 1916 Ginninderra, ACT, Australia 74
Son in Law William WEIR 1846 England 20 Nov 1913 Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia 67

Grandson Edmund ROLFE 1858 Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia 28 Nov 1932 Ryde, New South Wales, Australia 74
Grandson George ROLFE 1860 Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia
Grandson Anthony ROLFE 1862 Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia 1863 Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia 1
Grandson Michael ROLFE 1864 Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia 1929 Newtown, New South Wales, Australia 65
Granddaughter Mary A ROLFE 1866 Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia
Granddaughter Catherine ROLFE 1867 Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia
Grandson Thomas ROLFE 1869 Gundagai, New South Wales, Australia
Granddaughter Martha ROLFE 1871 Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia 1876 Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia 5
Granddaughter Sarah ROLFE 1873 Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia 1873 Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia 0
Grandson Martin ROLFE 1874 Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia
Grandson Sheridan Curtis ROLFE 1876 Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia 1912 Sydney, New South Wales, Australia 36
Grandson Philip John ROLFE 1878 Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia 1879 Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia 1
Grandson William Francis ROLFE 1880 Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia
Grandson John Joseph ROLFE 1883 Cooma, Monaro, New South Wales, Australia
Grandson Charles A ROLFE 1885 Cooma, Monaro, New South Wales, Australia
Grandson Phillip R ROLFE 1890 Cooma, Monaro, New South Wales, Australia
Grandson Henry L ROLFE 1891 Cooma, Monaro, New South Wales, Australia
Grandson Alfred J (Fred) ROLFE 1894 Cooma, Monaro, New South Wales, Australia
Grandson Arthur Lawrence ROLFE 1896 Cooma, Monaro, New South Wales, Australia 21 Nov 1937 Beloka, Monaro, New South Wales, Australia 41
Grandson William Henry WINTER 1860 Bungendore, New South Wales, Australia 14 Sep 1885 Bungendore, New South Wales, Australia 25
Granddaughter Selina Ann Annie WINTER 1861 Bungendore, New South Wales, Australia 13 Dec 1943 Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia 82
Granddaughter Emma Mary WINTER 1863 Bungendore, New South Wales, Australia
Grandson Anthony WINTER 1864 Bungendore, New South Wales, Australia 1941 Junee, New South Wales, Australia 77
Granddaughter Catherine WINTER 1867 Bungendore, New South Wales, Australia
Granddaughter Martha Josephine WINTER 1868 Bungendore, New South Wales, Australia 02 Nov 1953 Bungendore, New South Wales, Australia 85
Grandson George WINTER 1869 Bungendore, New South Wales, Australia 29 Mar 1964 Bungendore, New South Wales, Australia 95
Grandson Thomas WINTER 1871 Bungendore, New South Wales, Australia 15 Aug 1955 Sydney, New South Wales, Australia 84
Grandson Edward (Edmund) WINTER 1873 Bungendore, New South Wales, Australia
Grandson Joseph J WINTER 1875 Bungendore, New South Wales, Australia 1928 Redfern, New South Wales, Australia 53
Grandson Albert WINTER 1876 Bungendore, New South Wales, Australia 1876 Bungendore, New South Wales, Australia 0
Grandson Arthur WINTER 1877 Bungendore, New South Wales, Australia 09 Sep 1955 Bungendore, New South Wales, Australia 78
Grandson (Amos) Rolf WINTER 1880 Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia 1900 20
Granddaughter Sarah Elizabeth WINTER 1881 Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia 1882 Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia 1
Grandson Bryan (Bernard) ROLFE 15 May 1862 Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia 01 Mar 1935 Casino, New South Wales, Australia 72
Granddaughter Maria ROLFE 15 Jan 1864 Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia 20 Apr 1903 Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia 39
Granddaughter Mary ROLFE 15 Sep 1865 Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia
Granddaughter Catherine (Kate) 'Kitty' ROLFE 1867 Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia 15 Sep 1952 Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia 85
Grandson Anthony ROLFE 27 Jul 1868 Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia 1945 Young, New South Wales, Australia 77
Grandson William Vincent ROLFE 04 Sep 1869 Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia 1948 Boorowa, New South Wales, Australia 79
Granddaughter Alice ROLFE 09 May 1871 Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia 09 Sep 1951 Five Dock, New South Wales, Australia 80
Granddaughter Bridget (Peggie) ROLFE 09 Jan 1873 Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia 16 Dec 1945 Chatswood, New South Wales, Australia 72
Granddaughter Margaret ROLFE 23 Nov 1874 Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia 29 Jul 1963 Brisbane, Queensland, Australia 88
Grandson James ROLFE 28 Sep 1876 Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia 19 Feb 1951 Boorowa, New South Wales, Australia 74
Grandson Patrick Andrew ROLFE 1878 Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia 27 Jun 1963 85
Granddaughter Gretrude May ROLFE 1880 Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia 01 Sep 1956 Coffs Harbour, New South Wales, Australia 76
Grandson John Benedict ROLFE 26 Jan 1882 Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia 15 May 1899 Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia 17
Grandson Edmund (Edward) George ROLFE 15 Jun 1884 Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia 25 Jul 1959 Sydney, New South Wales, Australia 75
Granddaughter Margaret Catherine (Kate) RYAN 1870 Ginninderra, ACT, Australia 25 Feb 1924 Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia 54
Grandson William RYAN 1872 Ginninderra, ACT, Australia 1877 Ginninderra, ACT, Australia 5
Granddaughter Martha Dorothy RYAN 16 Apr 1874 Ginninderra, ACT, Australia 30 Jul 1933 Hurstville, New South Wales, Australia 59
Grandson John RYAN 1876 Ginninderra, ACT, Australia 24 Jul 1923 Canberra, ACT, Australia 47
Granddaughter Sarah Ann RYAN 1878 Ginninderra, ACT, Australia 26 Feb 1925 Lewisham, New South Wales, Australia 47
Grandson Francis J U RYAN 1879 Ginninderra, ACT, Australia
Grandson Anthony Thomas RYAN 1880 Ginninderra, ACT, Australia
Granddaughter Alice Jane RYAN 1881 Ginninderra, ACT, Australia
Grandson George Edward RYAN 1882 Ginninderra, ACT, Australia 1882 Ginninderra, ACT, Australia 0
Granddaughter Johanna Maria RYAN 1883 Ginninderra, ACT, Australia
Grandson Edmund Joseph RYAN 1884 Ginninderra, ACT, Australia
Granddaughter Eleanor C RYAN 1888 Ginninderra, ACT, Australia
Granddaughter Catherine Ruth WEIR abt 1874 Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia 01 Aug 1915 Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia 41
Granddaughter Elizabeth WEIR 1875 Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia
Grandson Thomas Henry WEIR abt 1877 Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia 20 May 1958 Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia 81
Grandson William Anthony Rolfe WEIR 1879 Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia
Granddaughter Amelia WEIR 1880 Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia
Granddaughter Maria Maud WEIR 1882 Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia 1884 Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia 2
Grandson Thomas H WEIR 1887 Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia

Niece Elizabeth ROLFE 1844 Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia 15 Jan 1924 Jeir, New South Wales, Australia 80
Nephew William ROLFE 1846 Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia 20 May 1896 Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia 50
Nephew James ROLFE 1848 Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia 22 Jun 1934 Petersham, New South Wales, Australia 86
Niece Sarah Ann (Jane) ROLFE 1851 Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia
Niece Julia ROLFE 1856 Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia 1861 Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia 5
Niece Mary Ann ROLFE 1859 Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia

Sister in Law Jane RIDINGS 1815 Bolton, Lancashire, England 05 Feb 1860 Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia 45
Sister in Law Frances BAYLEYCORN abt 1830 Bungendore, New South Wales, Australia 02 Feb 1864 Canberra, ACT, Australia 34
Events in Anthony ROLFE (1802 - 1876)'s life
Date Age Event Place Notes Src
1802 Anthony ROLFE was born Oxborough, Norfolk, England 6
1835 33 Married Catherine CURTIS (aged 24) Oxborough, Norfolk, England 6
1836 34 Birth of son George ROLFE Oxborough, Norfolk, England 6
02 Dec 1838 36 Birth of daughter Maria Martha ROLFE Oxborough, Norfolk, England 6
abt 1841 39 Birth of son Edmund Edward ROLFE Oxborough, Norfolk, England 6
abt 1843 41 Birth of daughter Martha ROLFE Oxborough, Norfolk, England 6
1844 42 Birth of daughter Sarah Ann ROLFE Oxborough, Norfolk, England 6
12 Feb 1849 47 Immigration Sydney, New South Wales, Australia per 'Harbinger' 6
abt 1851 49 Birth of son Thomas ROLFE Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia 6
abt 1867 65 Death of son Thomas ROLFE (aged 16) 80
22 Oct 1874 72 Death of wife Catherine CURTIS (aged 63) Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia 2
05 Oct 1876 74 Anthony ROLFE died Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia 6
Source References:
6. Type: Book, Abbr: Queanbeyan Register, Title: Biographical register of Canberra and Queanbeyan: from the district to the Australian Capital Territory 1820-1930, Auth: Peter Proctor, Publ: The Heraldry & Genealogical Society of Canberra, Date: 2001
- Reference = 271 (Birth)
- Reference = 271 (Death)
- Reference = 271 (Marriage)
- Reference = 271 (Name, Notes)
80. Type: Web Page, Abbr: Hall Museum, Title: Hall School Museum and Heritage Centre, Locn: https://museum.hall.act.au/
- Reference = https://museum.hall.act.au/display/1939/person/2249/anthony-rolfe.html (Name, Notes)
- Notes: Anthony Rolfe

Died: 1876; Married: Catherine [Curtis]

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Anthony and Catherine Rolfe (nee Curtis) emigrated to Australia in February 1849 on the Harbinger together with their five children. At the time of the voyage the oldest was thirteen and the youngest five. A sixth child was born at 'Canberry' in 1850, but lived only to the age of sixteen. The Rolfe family has resided at, and Anthony was a farm labourer at Oxburgh Hall in Norfolk, the family seat of the Bedingfields, established in the late fifteenth century. It is of interest to note that the Bedingfields were Catholics, and suffered for their adherence to Catholicism. The manor house, near Swaffam, still features a 'priest's hole', where a priest could hide if the Hall was raided. Interestingly also, a number of the heads of family, including the builder of Oxburgh Hall, were named 'Edmund'.

In Australia, Anthony joined his older brother, William, as a tenant farmer at Joseph Kaye's 'Springbank', Acton. William had been transported to Australia for seven years in 1835 for stealing a hare on the Oxburgh estate. He earned his ticket of leave in 1843, which entitled him to choose his employer, and soon after was working on the Acton estate. He married Jane Ridings in 1844, and was granted a conditional pardon in 1849, the year his younger brother and his family arrived. William and Jane had six children (Elizabeth, William, Sarah Ann, James, Julia and Mary Ann). Anthony and Catherine had a sixth child, Thomas, while they were at Springbank.

In 1857 Anthony secured a bank loan to purchase 320 acres at a land sale at Queanbeyan – Portion 123, Parish of Goorooyarroo. He established his home there and named the property 'Tea Gardens'. The Rolfes quickly settled in at 'Tea Gardens', engaging in farming and grazing activities. He subsequently bought adjoining Portions 1, 36 and 37, increasing his holding to 580 acres. He established a garden and a small orchard thus providing most of his family's needs from his own property. This was the foundation of Gold Creek station which became one of the largest and most successful farming enterprises in the district. In 1872 Anthony transferred a 320-acre parcel to his son Edmund. Edmund was eventually to build up a large and very successful farming and grazing enterprise, after early years driving a bullock cart.

According to Newman, the Rolfes were part of an influx of Catholic families that settled in the Ginninderra district. Amongst others were the Hibbersons, Blewitts, Cavanaghs, Ryans, McCarthys, McAuliffes and Butlers. Edmund and his family became part of this catholic community, and the Rolfes at various times hosted mass, held fund-raising events, and helped establish St Francis Church at Ginninderra (1872) and its replacement, St Francis Xavier at Hall (1910). Daughter Alice joined the Sisters of the Order of the Good Samaritan in Queanbeyan.

On their earliest holdings the Rolfes grew wheat, barley, hay and lucerne - crops for both taking to market and for feeding stock. Later they diversified into sheep and wool production and built their own woolshed. As well as wool-growing Edmund kept racehorses and once ventured into gold mining with Thomas Gribble Jnr. Edmund was also active in local politics and community affairs, serving as Treasurer and later Vice President of the Ginninderra Protection Union, and on the committee of the Ginninderra Farmers Union, which conducted the Ginninderra Show.
Anthony and Catherine's children were:

George; born 1836, married Margaret Sheridan, daughter of Martin and Mary (nee Fitzpatrick) Sheridan at St Gregory's Church, Queanbeyan, in September, 1857, and then Margaret Byrne (nee Lee), daughter of William and Margaret (nee McAuliffe) Lee at St Gregory's Church, Queanbeyan, in July, 1879; died 4 March, 1922.

Maria Martha; born 2 December 1838, married William Winter, son of Joseph and Patience (nee Collindridge) Winter at Christ Church, Queanbeyan, 8 February, 1859; died 31 August, 1882.

Edmund; born 1840, married Margaret Logue, daughter of Brian and Margaret (nee McElroy) Logue at St Gregory's Church, Queanbeyan, in February, 1861, and then Margaret Jane Keeffe, daughter of Michael and Margaret Keeffe at St Gregory's Church, Queanbeyan, 19 September, 1867; died 7 October, 1918.

Martha; born 1843, married John Ryan, son of William and Margaret (nee Byrne) Ryan at St Gregory's Church, Queanbeyan, in May, 1868; died 28 January, 1911.

Sarah Ann; born 1844, married William Weir, son of William Weir at St Gregory's Church, Queanbeyan, in 1872, died February, 1921.

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'Gold Creek' station ⧉
Catherine rolfe (nee Curtis) ⧉
Anthony Rolfe ⧉
References
Newman, C. 2004. Gold Creek: Reflections of Canberra's Rural Heritage. Gold Creek Homestead Working Group: Ngunnawal
Gillespie, L. L. 2000. Canberra's pioneer families
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