George ROFFE (1857

George ROFFE (1857 - 1931)

Children	Self + Spouses	Parents	Grandparents	Greatgrandparents
George Thomas ROFFE (1881 - 1964) Edward Lyell ROFFE (1884 - 1960) John J McN ROFFE (1886 - 1906) Herbert William ROFFE (1889 - 1970) Maude ROFFE (1895 - 1974) Elsie M ROFFE (1900 - 1900)	George ROFFE (1857 - 1931) + Emma POWELL (1855 - 1942)	James ROFFE (1829 - 1900)	Edward ROFFE

			Sarah GIBBS

		Janet LYELL (1838 - 1920)	John LYELL (1806 - )

			Elizabeth MCNAUGHTEN (1810 - 1850)	James MCNAUGHTEN

b. 1857 at Yass, New South Wales, Australia

m. 1880 Emma POWELL (1855 - 1942) at Yass, New South Wales, Australia

d. 02 Feb 1931 at Cowra, New South Wales, Australia aged 74

Near Relatives of George ROFFE (1857 - 1931)
Relationship	Person	Born	Birth Place	Died	Death Place	Age
Grandfather	Edward ROFFE
Grandmother	Sarah GIBBS
Grandfather	John LYELL	abt 1806	Dundee, Scotland
Grandmother	Elizabeth MCNAUGHTEN	1810	Dundee, Scotland	12 Sep 1850	Ginninderra, ACT, Australia	40

Father	James ROFFE	abt 1829	England	30 Oct 1900	Yass, New South Wales, Australia	71
Mother	Janet LYELL	1838	Dundee, Scotland	17 Jul 1920	Yass, New South Wales, Australia	82

Self	George ROFFE	1857	Yass, New South Wales, Australia	02 Feb 1931	Cowra, New South Wales, Australia	74

Wife	Emma POWELL	1855		1942		87

Son	George Thomas ROFFE	1881	Yass, New South Wales, Australia	1964	Windsor, New South Wales, Australia	83
Son	Edward Lyell ROFFE	1884	Yass, New South Wales, Australia	1960	Cowra, New South Wales, Australia	76
Son	John J McN ROFFE	1886	Gunning, New South Wales, Australia	1906	Cowra, New South Wales, Australia	20
Son	Herbert William ROFFE	1889	Gunning, New South Wales, Australia	1970	Cowra, New South Wales, Australia	81
Daughter	Maude ROFFE	1895	Young, New South Wales, Australia	1974	New South Wales, Australia	79
Daughter	Elsie M ROFFE	1900	Young, New South Wales, Australia	1900	Young, New South Wales, Australia	0

Sister	Elizabeth ROFFE	1854	Yass, New South Wales, Australia	1934	Gunning, New South Wales, Australia	80
Brother	James ROFFE	1859	Yass, New South Wales, Australia	1945	Goulburn, New South Wales, Australia	86
Sister	Jeanette ROFFE	1861	Yass, New South Wales, Australia	1863	Yass, New South Wales, Australia	2
Brother	Edward ROFFE	1863	Yass, New South Wales, Australia	1912	Cootamundra, New South Wales, Australia	49
Sister	Agnes Marjory ROFFE	1866	Yass, New South Wales, Australia	1935	Yass, New South Wales, Australia	69
Sister	Angelina Caroline ROFFE	1868	Yass, New South Wales, Australia	1921	Yass, New South Wales, Australia	53
Sister	Janet Louisa ROFFE	1870	Yass, New South Wales, Australia	1933	Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia	63
Sister	Lucy Emma ROFFE	1872	Yass, New South Wales, Australia	1922	Young, New South Wales, Australia	50
Brother	William Henry Herbert ROFFE	1875	Yass, New South Wales, Australia	1945	Griffith, New South Wales, Australia	70
Brother	John William Frederick ROFFE	1879	Yass, New South Wales, Australia	1918	Yass, New South Wales, Australia	39

Aunt	Mary ROFFE	1826	Kent, England	29 Apr 1885	Parkwood, New South Wales, Australia	59
Uncle	Richard CROXTON	1817		13 Dec 1850	Picton, New South Wales, Australia	33
Uncle	Thomas SOUTHWELL	1813	Robertsbridge, Sussex, England	31 May 1881	Ginninderra, ACT, Australia	68
Aunt	Eliza ROFFE	1840	Kirkham, New South Wales, Australia	21 Jan 1923	Gunning, New South Wales, Australia	83
Uncle	Thomas SOUTHWELL	1835	Robertsbridge, Sussex, England	08 Feb 1921	Gunning, New South Wales, Australia	86
Uncle	James LYELL	1836	Dundee, Scotland	12 Nov 1913	Gunning, New South Wales, Australia	77
Aunt	Janet (Jessie) MASON	1840	Falkirk, Stirlingshire, Scotland	13 Nov 1912	Gunning, New South Wales, Australia	72

Cousin	Ann CROXTON	1846	Camden, New South Wales, Australia	22 Jul 1932	Hall, New South Wales, Australia	86
Cousin	Harriet CROXTON	1849	Picton, New South Wales, Australia
Cousin	James SOUTHWELL	1853	Ginninderra, ACT, Australia	01 May 1940	Sydney, New South Wales, Australia	87
Cousin	Richard SOUTHWELL	1855	Ginninderra, ACT, Australia	27 Apr 1933	Ginninderra, ACT, Australia	78
Cousin	Sarah SOUTHWELL	1857	Ginninderra, ACT, Australia
Cousin	Jane SOUTHWELL	1859	Ginninderra, ACT, Australia	23 Jul 1928	Hall, New South Wales, Australia	69
Cousin	Elizabeth SOUTHWELL	1861	Ginninderra, ACT, Australia	18 Nov 1940	Hall, New South Wales, Australia	79
Cousin	Mark SOUTHWELL	1863	Ginninderra, ACT, Australia	26 Jun 1936	Blayney, New South Wales, Australia	73
Cousin	Hannah SOUTHWELL	1865	Ginninderra, ACT, Australia	1931	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia	66
Cousin	Beatrice SOUTHWELL	26 Aug 1868	Ginninderra, ACT, Australia	30 Sep 1947	Hall, New South Wales, Australia	79
Cousin	Benjamin Roffe SOUTHWELL	1871	Ginninderra, ACT, Australia	04 Oct 1945	New South Wales, Australia	74
Cousin	Thomas SOUTHWELL	1835	Robertsbridge, Sussex, England	08 Feb 1921	Gunning, New South Wales, Australia	86
Cousin	Mary Ann SOUTHWELL	1837	Robertsbridge, Sussex, England	25 May 1874	Rye Park, New South Wales, Australia	37
Cousin	William SOUTHWELL	1840	Ginninderra, ACT, Australia
Cousin	Samson SOUTHWELL	1841	Ginninderra, ACT, Australia	08 Aug 1914	Hall, New South Wales, Australia	73
Cousin	Samuel SOUTHWELL	1843	Ginninderra, ACT, Australia	17 Dec 1928	Hall, New South Wales, Australia	85
Cousin	John SOUTHWELL	1845	Ginninderra, ACT, Australia	21 Oct 1912	Hall, New South Wales, Australia	67
Cousin	Eliza SOUTHWELL	1847	Ginninderra, ACT, Australia
Cousin	Lydia SOUTHWELL	1849	Ginninderra, ACT, Australia
Cousin	Jabez SOUTHWELL	1852	Ginninderra, ACT, Australia	1852	Ginninderra, ACT, Australia	0
Cousin	Jabez SOUTHWELL	1858	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia	1858	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia	0
Cousin	Jane SOUTHWELL	1859	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia	1859	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia	0
Cousin	Sarah SOUTHWELL	1861	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia
Cousin	Richard SOUTHWELL	1864	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia
Cousin	Samson SOUTHWELL	1866	Yass, New South Wales, Australia
Cousin	David SOUTHWELL	1869	Yass, New South Wales, Australia
Cousin	Noah SOUTHWELL	1872	Yass, New South Wales, Australia
Cousin	Josiah SOUTHWELL	1875	Yass, New South Wales, Australia
Cousin	Mary Ann Adelphi SOUTHWELL	1882	Gunning, New South Wales, Australia
Cousin	James LYELL	1860	Gunning, New South Wales, Australia
Cousin	John Frederick LYELL	1862	Gunning, New South Wales, Australia
Cousin	George Edwin LYELL	1865	Gunning, New South Wales, Australia
Cousin	Henry Albert LYELL	1868	Gunning, New South Wales, Australia	1885		17
Cousin	Francis Charles LYELL	1870	Gunning, New South Wales, Australia	1871	Gunning, New South Wales, Australia	1
Cousin	Lucy Christina LYELL	1872	Gunning, New South Wales, Australia
Cousin	Arthur Joseph LYELL	1874	Gunning, New South Wales, Australia	1886		12
Cousin	Frank Alexander LYELL	1878	Gunning, New South Wales, Australia
Cousin	Laura May LYELL	1882	Gunning, New South Wales, Australia

Brother in Law	Richard Thomas Eate HEAT	1851		1937		86
Sister in Law	May Theresa Davis STEWART	1873		1945		72
Sister in Law	Jane Eliza Penman KIRK	1869		1955		86
Brother in Law	William Monteith WEATHERBY	1870		1951		81
Brother in Law	John LEARY	1854		1942		88
Brother in Law	John Stephen HEPPER	1860		1942		82
Brother in Law	George Edward COLLIER	1874		1935		61
Sister in Law	Euphemia Jane MAGANN	1874		1953		79

Events in George ROFFE (1857 - 1931)'s life
Date	Age	Event	Place	Notes	Src
1857		George ROFFE was born	Yass, New South Wales, Australia		6
1880	23	Married Emma POWELL (aged 25)	Yass, New South Wales, Australia
1881	24	Birth of son George Thomas ROFFE	Yass, New South Wales, Australia
1884	27	Birth of son Edward Lyell ROFFE	Yass, New South Wales, Australia
1886	29	Birth of son John J McN ROFFE	Gunning, New South Wales, Australia
1889	32	Birth of son Herbert William ROFFE	Gunning, New South Wales, Australia
1895	38	Birth of daughter Maude ROFFE	Young, New South Wales, Australia
1900	43	Birth of daughter Elsie M ROFFE	Young, New South Wales, Australia
1900	43	Death of daughter Elsie M ROFFE	Young, New South Wales, Australia
30 Oct 1900	43	Death of father James ROFFE (aged 71)	Yass, New South Wales, Australia		6
1906	49	Death of son John J McN ROFFE (aged 20)	Cowra, New South Wales, Australia
17 Jul 1920	63	Death of mother Janet LYELL (aged 82)	Yass, New South Wales, Australia		6
02 Feb 1931	74	George ROFFE died	Cowra, New South Wales, Australia		63

Personal Notes:

The Tumut and Adelong Times 10 Feb 1931
OBITUARY MR. GEORGE ROFFE After a brief illness of 13 days, the death occurred at the Cowra District Hospital on Monday evening of last week of Mr. George Roffe, at the age of 73 years, from double pneumonia. Deceased was the eldest son of the late Mr. and Mrs. James Roffe, late of Jerrawa. He was born at Gunning, and spent all his life at Yass and Cowra. His wife, the eldest daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. George Powell, who resided at "The Gums,'' Yass, survives him, and also three sons (Tom, Edward and Bert), and one daughter, Maud. He is also survived by two brothers, James (Gunning), Walter (Yenda) , and three sisters, Mrs R. Heat (Jerrawa), Mrs W. Weatherby (North Yass), Mrs J. Hopper (Wollongong), and three sisters-in-law, Mrs Edward Puckett (Douro), Mrs Plum (Goulburn) and Mrs Margules (Tomorroma). The funeral took place at Cowra on Tuesday last.

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 (Name, Notes)

- Reference = 271 (Birth)

63. Type: Web Page, Abbr: Trove, Title: Trove National Library of Australia, Locn: http://trove.nla.gov.au/

- Reference = The Tumut and Adelong Times 10 Feb 1931 (Name, Notes)

- Reference = The Tumut and Adelong Times 10 Feb 1931 (Death)

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