James Hector Rogers1

#529, (1905-16 March 1945)
FatherHenry Cyril Rogers (1868-1942)
MotherAlexandra Sutherland (29 Oct 1869-18 Jun 1942)
ChartsBrown family - descendants
Miller Family (Scotland) - descendants
Nicholson Family 1 - descendants
Last Edited21 Sep 2021
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James was born in 1905 at Dubbo, New South Wales.2 He was the son of Henry Cyril Rogers and Alexandra Sutherland. There is also a suggestion that the drought weighed so heavily on his father Henry that he began drinking a bottle of whiskey a day whilst droving on horseback. He would attack his sons with a stockwhip; evenutually Alexandra left him and took the family to Sydney.3 He moved with his mother to Sydney circa 1920.4

He married Isabel M. Peters, in 1929 at Sutherland, New South Wales..5 He lived with his mother at at 66 Bream Street in the Sydney suburb of Coogee in 1930.6 James Hector Rogers was a police constable in 1930.6 He was a Detective with the Police Scientific Bureau.7 James provided information on the death of his mother Alexandra Sutherland, on 18 June 1942, at at 58 Beach Street in the Sydney suburb of Coogee. At the time of death, she was a civil service pensioner.8,9,10

James died on 16 March 1945 at Sydney.11 He was buried on 16 March 1945 at at Rookwood Cemetery (Catholic section) in the Sydney suburb of Rookwood.11

Timeline

DateEventPlace
Family
1905BirthDubbo, New South Wales2
1929MarriageSutherland, New South Wales5
1930Occupation6
Occupation7
1945DeathSydney11
1945Burial at Rookwood Cemetery (Catholic section) in the Sydney suburb of Rookwood11

Citations

  1. [S586] Private Nicholson Source, Genealogical Notes, January 2013 p.35 (middle name Hector).
  2. [S1] New South Wales, Birth Certificate, Registry of Births, Deaths & Marriages 1905 No. 3006 (index only).
  3. [S1276] E-mails from Kurt Rogers to Tim Hill (e-mail address), 2021 - ThoseBefore.com - Hugh Joseph Sutherland- 3 Sept 2021, 06:51.
  4. [S1018] E-mails from Georgiana Rogers to Tim Hill (e-mail address), 2018- 'Re: Alexandra Sutherland on thosebefore.com website' - 18 March 2018 at 20:34.
  5. [S3] New South Wales, Marriage Certificate, Registry of Births, Deaths & Marriages 1929 No. 14409 (index only).
  6. [S483] Australia - Electoral Rolls 1900-1980 - Ancestry.com, Electorate of South Sydney, Subdivision of Coogee 1930 p. (37).
  7. [S1283] The Blue Mountains Advertiser, Katooma, NSW, Australia, 1942 'ABOUT PEOPLE', The Blue Mountains Advertiser (Katoomba, NSW : 1940 - 1954), 26 June, p. 2. , viewed 21 Sep 2021, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article189911120
  8. [S2] New South Wales, Death Certificate, Registry of Births, Deaths & Marriages 1883 No. 1973.
  9. [S2] New South Wales, Death Certificate, Registry of Births, Deaths & Marriages 1942 No. 12753.
  10. [S586] Private Nicholson Source, Genealogical Notes, January 2013 p.17 (for exact place).
  11. [S452] Private Nicholson Source, Genealogical Notes, unknown date NIC001 p.25.