Sarah Nibbs 1850-1932

Sarah Jane Nibbs was the third daughter of William Nibbs and Mary Ann Timoney.

Birth:   15 September, 1850 at Westbury, Tasmania

Death: 7 June 1932 at Hobart, Tasmania both of East Devonport.

Burial: Cornelian Bay Cemetery, Tasmania

Will:     Sarah Foley late of Devonport East… Widow

Executors: Francis Arthur Foley and Leonard John Foley.  [sons]

Beneficiaries: Clement Henry Foley – Land and house John Street, East Devonport; Leonard John Foley - land fronting Caroline Street, East Devonport; Samuel S K Foley – land fronting Mary Street, East Devonport; Eileen Shepherd (dgt) – whole of my household furniture and goods;
Ronald Lindus Foley [Shepherd](grandson) – all monies I possess at my demise.

                        Ref: LINC Name Index 643986 Wills 18946 1932

Spouse 1:        At age 15 Sarah had an in illegitimate son to Colonel Benjamin Henry Rooke. 

Colonel Benjamin Henry Rooke was born in the United Kingdom in 1809 and died February 10, 1884 at Ulverstone. He is buried East Devonport Anglican (St Paul).  After retirement from the British Army, Rooke came to Tasmania with his Spanish wife and son Henry and stayed with his brother Mr. Adolphus Frederick Rooke of Westbury.
He became Police Clerk and Deputy Registrar at the Court of Requests at Torquay [Port Sorrell District] in 1860.  Rooke Street, West Devonport is named after him. His first wife died in 1865 and his son Henry went on to become a member of the Legislative Council.

Col. Rooke married Caroline Agnes Stevens in 1868 and they had 5 children, one of whom, (Frederick Kinder Rooke), married Sarah’s daughter Catherine Dufton Foley.

Child of Sarah Nibbs and Benjamin Rooke:

 

                William John Rooke b January 22, 1866 (Birth registration reads William John Booke)

                He became a farmer at Castra [near Ulverstone].

Died 10 March 1949 at Hobart

                               

Will: LINC Ref.#33927 - William John Rooke late of 46 Feltham Street,Hobart,  Tas.

Executors: William Robertson Heaton of 45 Federal St, Hobart and Prudence Amelia Rooke of 46 Feltham Street, Hobart 21 day of December, 1944. Witnesses: M Heaton Home duties 45 Federal Street, Hobart and C B Evans, Brewery Employee 52 Federal Street, Hobart.

                Proved: 18 May, 1953

Beneficiaries: All my estate to my wife Prudence Amelia Rooke. Should she predecease me divide equally between such of my children who shall survive me;

 Full names of all my children are as follows:

Maud Pearl Atkinson (nee Rooke), William Rooke, Mervyn Ray Rooke, Ralph Edward Rooke, Hedley Clive Rooke, Dudley Royce Rooke, Ronald William Rooke.

               

                                Marriage:24 October 1889 at Ulverstone, Tas. #963

Spouse:  Prudence Amelia Flint

 

Residence: 1914,1919, 1922, 1936 Forth, Leven, labourer

Residence 1943, 31 Feltham Street, Hobart, no occupation with Prudence Amelia h.duties. 1945:  31 Feltham Street, Hobart

 

Children of William John Rooke and Prudence Flint

 

                                                Maud Pearl b 8 August 1890 (Ulverstone) d 17 June 1986 (Hobart)

Married Reggie Joseph John Atkinson 12 Nov. 1886 Westbury d1946 Hobart, Tas.
Children:              Trevor Atkinson 1929-1943

                                                                Residence 1928:  180 Park St., Hobart North with Reginald Joseph

William b 20 September, 1892 (Ulverstone, Tas.)

Father a farm labourer at Kindred

                                                                Died abt. 1954

Residence: 1936 Forth, no occupation; 1954 31 Feltham Street Hobart North, labourer

WW1 –1916  enlisted for service at Claremont. Discharged medically unfit.

                                                Blanch b 21 August, 1894 at Castra. Died 16 February, 1917

                                                                Married Daniel Roy Delphin, Tas. 1916 #0114

                                                                Child:     Doreen Coral b. 8 February 1917 d. 29 February 1944

Mervyn Roy b 28 October, 1897 at Kindred d 21 March 1968

Buried Mersey Vale Lawn Cemetery, Lawn 5, Devonport DV/09/1292

Married Mavis Lillian Penney.

Residence:          1936 Forth, Tas. Engine driver and

 Mavis Lillian, Wilmot Road, Forth h.d.

1958 Don (Winchman) with Mavis Lillian and Lawrence Mervyn Rooke , Driver

Children: Douglas Dale

                                Marrriage: Shirley Joy ?

Residence 1958: 26 Tasman St Devonport (truck driver) with Shirley Joy Rooke           

   Brian

   Lorraine

  Cherrylinne     

Ralph Edward    b 29 June 1902 at Ulverstone, Tas. #2911

                                d 1975 Mtbe, Victoria #5570

                                Marriage:

                                Residence           1937: Leven, Forth, labourer.

                                                                1943: 24 Swan St, Hobart Nth with Evelyn

1944: 24 Paget St, Moonah, machinist with Evelyn

 

Hedley Clive B 15 August 1907 d. 5 Sept 1966 Mornington, Vic.

Residence 1936: 24 Swan St, Hobart North, labourer

Dudley Royce     b 28 September 1912

                                D 11 February 1995

                                                                Buried St Lukes Anglican Cemetery, Richmond, Clarence City, Tas.

                                                                Residence :         1936: 62 Burnett St, Hobart Nth, lorry driver

                                                                                                1943 Richmond, soldier, with Jean May Rooke h.d.

Ronald William  Birth abt 1920 - Died 2 June 1974 Newtown, Tas.             

                Residence 1936 and 1937: Forth, labourer

Residence: 1943 Hobart; 1954 28 Federal Street, Hobart North, labourer, with Sheila Veronica; 1958 Franklin-Clarence

               

                               

 

Children of Col. Benjamin Rooke and Caroline Stevens

Malcolm

Jessie Agnes

Frederick Kinder Rooke 1873-1941; Married Catherine Dufton Foley

Louis Henry

George Stanley

 

Other:

In Launceston Examiner, Tas. Saturday 2 April 1881, p.3

                                Torquay Police Court Wed March 23 before Henry Douglas, Esq., S.M.

                                Robert James Brown aged 16 and William Nibbs, alias Rooke, aged 15 were charged

                                with unlawfully and maliciously setting fire to a stack of wheat, a stack of oats, and a                        stack of hay, the property of S H Thomas of Northdown. 

Apparently they were smoking a bit of dock for a pipe and the thistle blew onto the stack which may have caused the fire. They were committed to trial and released on bail. (Full story online - Trove digital newspapers).

 

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Sarah Nibbs

Spouse 2:             Arthur John Foley 1855- 1 March 1918 East Devonport, Tas.

Marriage:            31 July 1877 at Port Sorrell, Torquay, Tasmania.

 

Children:              1. Violet Lulu [possibly Violet Julia Lillian]

 b 13 November 1877 (Tas.) -3 September, 1927 (Tas.)

2. Mary Ann b 21 August,1878 (Pt. Sorrell, Tas.) -3 September, 1927 (Lilydale, Tas.)

                3. Francis Arthur b 24 December, 1879 (Port Sorrell) d 1943

4. Catherine Dufton b 22 December, 1881 (Pt Sorrell) -14 May 1925

5. John Leonard b 11 October, 1883 (Pt. Sorrell) – 1952

6. Ida May b 24 May 1885 (Pt. Sorrell)    

7, Clarence George b 17 April, 1892 (Pt. Frederick, Tas.) – 4 September, 1893 (Pt. Frederick, Tas.)

                                8. Clement Henry b 17 April 1892 (Pt Frederick, Tas.) - 1978 (Victoria)

                                9. Vida Lillian Maud b 9 October 1887 (Port Sorrell) -

                                10. Samuel Sidney Kensington b 1 January 1890 (Pt. Frederick, Tas.)-1974

                                11. Eileen Beatrice b 7 July, 1895 (Pt. Frederick, Tas.)

                                               

Australian Electoral Roll: 1914 Residence - East Devonport; Arthur John-labourer, Catherine - home duties, Frank - labourer, Samuel - labourer, Sarah- domestic duties 

 

About Children of Sarah Nibbs and Arthur Foley

1. Violet Lulu b 13 November 1877 (Tas.) -3 September, 1927 (Tas)                       
   Marriage: George Hill Cottam 14 March 1896 (Launceston)
    
2. Mary Ann b 21 August,1878 (Pt. Sorrell, Tas.) -3 September, 1927 (Lilydale, Tas.)
   Marriage John[Jack] Godfrey Peirce 8 September 1897
   Children: Arthur died 13 July 1898 age 5 months.
    
3. Francis Arthur b 24 December, 1879 (Port Sorrell) d 26 Oct 1943. (63 years)
   Buried Devonport General Cemetery DV01/0688
   Marriage:            1902
   Spouse:                Elizabeth Jane Faulkner [Fawkner] 1880- 20 Dec. 1916 Devonport.
                   Children:              Albert Norman 1901-1948 (Sth. Melbourne, Vic.)
   Edgar Francis 1902-20 September, 1986 (Latrobe, Tas.)
   Clarence George 1904 - June, 1968 (Devonport, Tas.)
   Buried Devonport Cemetery
   Spouse: Jean
   Gladys Ida 1905- 29 January, 1993 (Launceston, Tas.)
   Spouse: ? McEnulty
   Jeffrey [Geoffrey] Adolphus 1910-1980 (Tasmania)
   Leila Phoebe 1 May 1912-28 December 2005
                                                                   Spouse:  Hedley Cyril Goodwin
                                                                                                                                  
   Will:       Francis Arthur Foley of East Devonport, Tas. Waterside Worker.
   Will No. 26359 Proved 1944
                                                                   Executor: Edgar Francis Foley Son.
   Beneficiaries: Edgar Francis Foley – property 49 John Street, East Devonport: Leila Phoebe Goodwin (dgt) – Property 55 John Street, East Devonport and household furniture and effects; Jeffrey Adolphus Foley (son) cottage and land Caroline Street, East Devonport and two acres of land in Mary Street, East Devonport; $200 to Gladys Ida McEnulty (dgt); balance of trust money to be divided equally between all of his children.
    
4. Catherine Dufton b 22 December, 1881 (Pt Sorrell) -14 May 1925
   Buried East Devonport Anglican (St Paul) DV09/0638)
   Spouse: Frederick Kinder Rooke 1872-1941 (carpenter) Buried Devonport
    
   Child:     Kathleen Clive Rooke 1902-1965
                   Jessie May Rooke 1904 (Deloraine, Tas.) – 1978 (Devonport, Tas.)
                                   Buried Mersey Vale Cemetery, Lawn 1, Devonport DV09/0638
                                   Residence 1958; 17 Hilltop Ave., Devonport, home duties
                   Mary Kinder Rooke 1906-1994
                   Frederick Clare Rooke 1907-1985
                   Douglas Henry Rooke 1908-1908
                   John Leonard Rooke 1909-1909
                   Nancy Melrose Rooke 1911-1980
                   Lyndon Harry Samuel Rooke 1913- Feb 1967
    
   Will: F K Rooke#24952
   Died on the Sixth day of December 1941 at East Devonport. Will proved on Sixteenth day of March 1942. Jessie May Rooke, sole Executrix.
   Frederick Kinder Rooke, Builder, of Devonport East bequeath all my real and personal estate to Jessie May Rooke of East Devonport.
    
   Family Notice: Death and Funeral Notice in Advocate Burnie Tas. Friday 15 May 1925
   ROOKE – On 14^th May 1925 at the Devon Hospital, Latrobe, Katherine Dufton Rooke beloved wife of F K Rooke, East Devonport, in her 43^rd year.
   ROOKE – The funeral of the late Katherine Dufton Rooke will leave her husband (Mr. F K Rooke’s) residence, East Devonport on Saturday at 1.45 pm for St. Paul’s Cemetery, East Devonport. Friends please accept this invitation. Jeffrey – Undertaker.
    
5. John Leonard b 11 October, 1883 (Pt. Sorrell) – 29 May 1952. (Not married)
   Buried Devonport Cemetery General Section – Devonport DV09/0690
   Headstone Inscription:
   d. 29 May 1953 – 69 years – Niece/Nephew: Lelia – C G (Jim) Foley
    
6. Ida May b 24 May 1885 (Pt. Sorrell)
   Marriage: Henry Grey 26 July 1902
    
7. Clarence George b 17 April, 1892 (Pt. Frederick, Tas.) – 4 September, 1893 (Pt. Frederick, Tas.) [Twin brother of Clement Henry]
    
8. Clement Henry b 17 April 1892 (Pt Frederick, Tas.) - 1978 (Victoria)
    
9. Vida Lillian Maud [Marjorie] b 9 October 1887 (Port Sorrell) –
   Marriage: Derwent Lyndon Burgess 3 February 1914[1915]
    
10. Samuel Sidney Kensington b 1 January 1890 (Pt. Frederick, Tas.)-1974
    Marriage: Florence Alberta Rock 1912
     
11. Eileen Beatrice [Beatrix]  b 7 July, 1895 (Pt. Frederick, Tas.)
    Married Vernon Shepherd

                                Children: Ronald Lindus Foley