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Doris May ROWSE (1898 - )

Children	Self + Spouses	Parents	Grandparents	Greatgrandparents
	Doris May ROWSE (1898 - ) + John Leslie WELLS (1898 - 1967)	Henry ROWSE ( - 1906)	James Henry ROWSE
			Elizabeth Helen Hunn CHYNOWETH (1828 - 1908)	Joseph CHYNOWETH
		Annie Maria WHYBROW (1871 - 1946)	James William WHYBROW ( - 1915)
			Mary Jane BENSON ( - 1922)	William BENSON
				Kate BROWN

Pic S1. In Loving Memory pf JOHN LESLIE WELLS 19th July 1967 age 69 In Loving Memory of CLARA SHELLY WELLS 29th August 1982 age 81

b. 1898 at Queensland, Australia

m. 1925 John Leslie WELLS (1898 - 1967) at Queensland, Australia

Near Relatives of Doris May ROWSE (1898 - )
Relationship	Person	Born	Birth Place	Died	Death Place	Age
Grandfather	James Henry ROWSE
Grandmother	Elizabeth Helen Hunn CHYNOWETH	1828		1908	Queensland, Australia	80
Grandfather	James William WHYBROW			1915	Croydon, Queensland, Australia
Grandmother	Mary Jane BENSON			1922	Normanton, Queensland, Australia
Father	Henry ROWSE			1906	Croydon, Queensland, Australia
Mother	Annie Maria WHYBROW	1871	Queensland, Australia	1946	Mackay, Queenland, Australia	75
Self	Doris May ROWSE	1898	Queensland, Australia
Husband	John Leslie WELLS	1898		1967	Queensland, Australia	69
Brother	James Henry (Harry) ROWSE	1890	Queensland, Australia	1979	Queensland, Australia	89
Sister	Elizabeth Hun Ann ROWSE	1892	Queensland, Australia	1975	Townsville, Queensland, Australia	83
Sister	Anne Constance ROWSE	1894	Queensland, Australia	1962	Mackay, Queenland, Australia	68
Sister	Mary Kathleen ROWSE	1896	Croyden, Queensland, Australia	1964	Victoria, Australia	68
Sister	Edna Pearl ROWSE	1902	Queensland, Australia	1961	Brisbane, Queenland, Australia	59
Brother	Benjamin Wilson ROWSE	1906	Queensland, Australia	1966	Mackay, Queenland, Australia	60
Aunt	Daughter ROWSE
Uncle	H. COUCH
Uncle	(William) Henry WHYBROW	1869	Queensland, Australia	1901	Queensland, Australia	32
Aunt	Frances (Fannie) WHYBROW	1873	Gympie, Queensland, Australia	1949	Townsville, Queensland, Australia	76
Uncle	Frederick Francis DENSLEY	1863	Bath, Somerset, England	1917	Croydon, Queensland, Australia	54
Uncle	Jack JENKINS
Aunt	Mary Jane WHYBROW	1875	Queensland, Australia	1887	Queensland, Australia	12
Aunt	Letitia Mary WHYBROW	1877	Queensland, Australia	1961	Queensland, Australia	84
Uncle	John WOTHERSPOON	1876	Rockhampton, Queensland, Australia	1954	Charters Towers, Queensland, Australia	78
Uncle	George Henry ROBERTS	1870	Berkshire, England	1952	Mareeba, Queensland, Australia	82
Aunt	Elizabeth (Bessie) WHYBROW	1879	Brisbane, Queensland, Australia	1961	Queensland, Australia	82
Uncle	Donald Angus MCPHERSON	1875		1933	Normanton, Queensland, Australia	58
Uncle	James John WHYBROW	1880	Brisbane, Queensland, Australia	1895	Queensland, Australia	15
Aunt	Catherine WHYBROW	1882	Brisbane, Queensland, Australia	1882	Brisbane, Queensland, Australia	0
Cousin	Elizabeth Caroline DENSLEY	1891	Queensland, Australia	1968	Brisbane, Queensland, Australia	77
Cousin	William Edward DENSLEY	1892	Croydon, Queensland, Australia	1971	Cairns, Queensland, Australia	79
Cousin	Rose Annie DENSLEY	1894	Queensland, Australia	1972	Townsville, Queensland, Australia	78
Cousin	Florence Maude DENSLEY	1897	Queensland, Australia	1988	Charters Towers, Queensland, Australia	91
Cousin	Emily Martha DENSLEY	1899	Queensland, Australia	1988	Moree, NSW, Australia	89
Cousin	Edith May DENSLEY	1901	Queensland, Australia	1987	Charters Towers, Queensland, Australia	86
Cousin	Frederick Frank DENSLEY	1903	Queensland, Australia	1965	Queensland, Australia	62
Cousin	James George DENSLEY	1905	Queensland, Australia	1989	Queensland, Australia	84
Cousin	Arabella Marie Marion DENSLEY	1907	Queensland, Australia	1988	Beenleigh, Queensland, Australia	81
Cousin	Henry DENSLEY	1909	Queensland, Australia	1979	Brisbane, Queensland, Australia	70
Cousin	Cecil DENSLEY	1912	Queensland, Australia	1990	Queensland, Australia	78
Cousin	Violet WOTHERSPOON	1896	Queensland, Australia	1968	Innisfail, Queensland, Australia	72
Cousin	Samuel WOTHERSPOON	1902	Queensland, Australia	1966	Mareeba, Queensland, Australia	64
Cousin	Charles William WOTHERSPOON	1904	Queensland, Australia
Cousin	Alma Ethel ROBERTS	1911	Queensland, Australia	2007	Mareeba, Queensland, Australia	96
Cousin	George Henry ROBERTS	1913	Einasleigh, Queensland, Australia	1942	Ambon, Indonesia	29
Cousin	Beatrice May ROBERTS	1915	Queensland, Australia	1996	Mareeba, Queensland, Australia	81
Cousin	Charles Frederick ROBERTS	1917	Queensland, Australia
Cousin	Doris Lettita ROBERTS	1920	Queensland, Australia	1984	Mareeba, Queensland, Australia	64
Cousin	Beatrice MCPHERSON	1900	Queensland, Australia	1966	Innisfail, Queensland, Australia	66
Cousin	Elizabeth Mary MCPHERSON	1901	Queensland, Australia	1902	Queensland, Australia	1
Cousin	May Mary Queenie MCPHERSON	1903	Queensland, Australia
Cousin	Donald Angus MCPHERSON	1906	Croydon, Queensland, Australia	1962	Townsville, Queensland, Australia	56
Cousin	James Henry MCPHERSON	1907	Queensland, Australia	1907	Queensland, Australia	0
Cousin	William Henry MCPHERSON	1909	Queensland, Australia	1988	Redland Bay, Queensland, Australia	79
Cousin	Grace Annie MCPHERSON	1910	Golden Gate, Croydon, Queensland, Australia	1986	Rockhampton, Queenland, Australia	76
Cousin	Kathleen Francis MCPHERSON	1912	Golden Gate, Croydon, Queensland, Australia
Cousin	Latetia Violet MCPHERSON	1914	Queensland, Australia
Cousin	John Malcolm MCPHERSON	1916	Golden Gate, Normanton, Queensland, Australia	1966	Mount Morgan, Queensland, Australia	50
Cousin	Stella Margaret MCPHERSON	1918	Golden Gate, Croydon, Queensland, Australia	2013	Rockhampton, Queensland, Australia	95
Cousin	Heather Doreen MCPHERSON	1921	Golden Gate, Croydon, Queensland, Australia	2019	Rockhampton, Queenland, Australia	98
Cousin	Gladys Mildred MCPHERSON	1923	Normanton, Queensland, Australia	2008	Mount Morgan, Queensland, Australia	85
Cousin	Glen MCPHERSON	1925	Normanton, Queensland, Australia	1994		69
Nephew	Henry Arthur NOTTINGHAM	1919	Queensland, Australia	1973	Brisbane, Queenland, Australia	54
Nephew	Harold NOTTINGHAM	1928	Queensland, Australia	1981	Queensland, Australia	53
Nephew	Lawrence Henry QUINN			1930	Queensland, Australia
Sister in Law	Dorothy FORSYTH
Brother in Law	Henry Clement (Harry) NOTTINGHAM	1884		1976	Townsville, Queensland, Australia	92
Brother in Law	Edmund Arthur QUINN	1892	Queensland, Australia	1968	Mackay, Queenland, Australia	76
Brother in Law	Charles Laurence HAYLES
Brother in Law	Daniel Edward O'DONNELL	1893	Maryborough, Queensland, Australia
Sister in Law	Ivy May COX	1905	Queensland, Australia	1987	Queensland, Australia	82

Events in Doris May ROWSE (1898 - )'s life
Date	Age	Event	Place	Notes	Src
1898		Doris May ROWSE was born	Queensland, Australia	Note 1	52
1906	8	Death of father Henry ROWSE	Croydon, Queensland, Australia	Note 2	18, 60
1925	27	Married John Leslie WELLS (aged 27)	Queensland, Australia	Note 3	52
1946	48	Death of mother Annie Maria WHYBROW (aged 75)	Mackay, Queenland, Australia	Note 4	52, 60
1967	69	Death of husband John Leslie WELLS (aged 69)	Queensland, Australia	Burial info
		Doris May ROWSE died (no date)		Note 5

Note 1: Dorris May Rowse in the Australia, Birth Index, 1788-1922 Name Dorris May Rowse Birth Date 27 Nov. 1898 Birth Place Queensland Registration Year 1899 Registration Place Queensland, Australia Father Henry Rowse Mother Annie Maria Whybrow Page number 22688 Registration Number 000976

Note 2: Obit of wife Henry Rouse Event date: 24/12/1906 Event type: Death registration Registration details: 1907/C/836 Mother: Elizabeth Helen Chynoweth Father/parent: James Rouse Townsville Daily Bulletin 23 Dec 1933 ROWSE—In loving memory of Harry Rowse, who was accidentally killed at Bennion's Block, Croydon, Xmas Eve, 1906. (Inserted by his loving wife and family). Morning Bulletin (Rockhampton) 26 Dec 1906 CROYDON. December 25. Mr. Henry Rowse, the manager of Ben- nion's Block, fell down a shaft yesterday morning. He was engaged in fitting in a fresh column in the pump when the ladder gave way and he fell a distance of 60 ft., when the ladder stuck in the shaft. Mr. Rowse's body hit the top of the ladder, which entered the body and held it fast till a rescue party of miners descended. The injured man was brought to the surface, but died shortly after his admittance to the Hospital.

Note 3: Doris May Rowse in the Australia, Marriage Index, 1788-1950 Name Doris May Rowse Marriage Date 12 Nov. 1925 Marriage Place Queensland Registration Date 1925 Registration Place Queensland, Australia Spouse John Leslie Wells Registration Number 003828 Page number 3487

Note 4: Annie Maria Rowse in the Australia, Death Index, 1787-1985 Name Annie Maria Rowse Death Date 22 Mar. 1946 Death Place Queensland Registration Date 1946 Registration Place Australia Father James Whybrow Mother Mary Benson Registration Number 000764 Page number 1959 Mackay - obit Townsville Daily Bulletin 5 April 1946 The death has occurred in Mackay after an illness extending over two years of Mrs. Annie Maria Rowse, re- lict of the late Harry Rowse, mine manager, who was accidentally killed at Benmon's Block, Croydon, in 1906. The deceased was in her 75th. year, of a quiet disposition she made many friends. The couple were married in 1889 at Georgetown and lived in the Gulf country until 1906, when Mrs. Rowse and family made their home at Chillagoe. In 1912 they moved to Townsville. After some years the de- ceased lady moved to Picnic Bay, where she was hostess at Hotel Mag- netic until 1935. Her old friends at Picnic Bay were very dear to her. For some time she made her home again in Townsville, and then moved to Mackay. She was privately laid to rest in Mackay cemetery, the Rev. E. Potter, Methodist Church, officiat- ing at the burial. All seven children survived mourn the loss of a won- derful mother. They are: Harry Rowse, Picnic Bay; Mrs. H. Notting- ham, Townsville; Mrs. E. A. Quinn, Mackay; Mrs. C. L. Hayles, Cairns; Mrs. J. L. Wells, Lithgow; Mrs. D. E. O'Donnell, Brisbane, and Ben, West End, Townsville. There are also eleven grand children and three sis- ters, Mrs. F. Jenkins, Townsville, Mrs. E. McPherson, Bouldercombe, and Mrs. G. Roberts, Mareeba.

Note 5: POSSIBLY Doris May Wells Birth 1899 Death 23 Feb 1986 (aged 86–87) Burial Karrakatta Cemetery and Crematorium Karrakatta, Nedlands City, Western Australia, Australia Show Map GPS-Latitude: -31.9672980, Longitude: 115.8002315 Plot Mc Section-Garden 5-0066

Source References:

52. Type: Australia Birth Marriage Death Index 1787 - 1985 Record

- Reference = (Birth)

- Notes: Dorris May Rowse in the Australia, Birth Index, 1788-1922 Name Dorris May Rowse Birth Date 27 Nov. 1898 Birth Place Queensland Registration Year 1899 Registration Place Queensland, Australia Father Henry Rowse Mother Annie Maria Whybrow Page number 22688 Registration Number 000976

- Reference = (Marriage)

- Notes: Doris May Rowse in the Australia, Marriage Index, 1788-1950 Name Doris May Rowse Marriage Date 12 Nov. 1925 Marriage Place Queensland Registration Date 1925 Registration Place Queensland, Australia Spouse John Leslie Wells Registration Number 003828 Page number 3487

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