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Gabrielle, it's advised not to put your email address on this open board.

As it's 7 years since the original post click on 'spiderlegs' name to send a private message. If she has kept the same email address she will be notified and still be able to reply even if she is not a paying member of GR. :-)

Hi guys I know I'm late to the conversation but I happen to know this family very well! They are my partners family, partners Uncle David Rollston & Wendy Rollston and partners Mother Ellen Ann Bothwell Clay formerly Rollston. My email is [email protected] if you would like help getting in contact. :-)

my pleasure :-)

thank you... fantastic woman

lots a smiles for you :-D :-D :-D :-D :-D :-D :-D
thank you so much and so nice that you did that Cherilyn
to put it so i can understand it....that is neat & truly appreciated
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By a weird coincidence (or not) the Cotonvale/Cottonvale station in Prairie Qld is currently owned by a Mr & Mrs Collins!

And there are still a couple of Rollstons in far north Qld too.

See www.whitepages.com.au/wp (residential)

But wait! There's more! :-D

David Rollston, who died in 1912 in Charters Towers aged 68, was a mining magnate and rather well off. His estate was 2850 pounds realty and 71 831 pounds personalty.

He was a senior partner in the firm Bright & Co and director of several other mining companies. He was elected Mayor in 1907.

There is a rather nice obituary for his wife too -

Townsville Daily Bulletin, Tuesday 7 September 1948
Mrs. David Rollston, a former well known resident of Charters Towers passed away in Sydney last Saturday at the home of her eldest daughter. Mrs. Higgins, 56 Cranbrook Street, Bellevue Hill. Mrs. Rollston was the widow of the late David Rollston, a man who played a big part in mining in Charters Towers and a former mayor of the old goldfield town. She would have reached 98 years of age next December. Both the late Mr. and Mrs. Rollston were tree lovers, and they were responsible for the planting of the fine weeping fig trees in Stubley Street, Charters Towers, in front of their home, Yelvertoft, now Blackheath Girls' College. They are probably the finest species of this tree to found anywhere in North Queensland.


See http://www.btc.qld.edu.au/BTC-history

Nano's parents were Justin John McMANUS & Hannah Josephine MORONEY.

Her father was deceased by the time of her marriage in 1913.
Her mother, known as Josephine, remarried in 1919 to Patrick O'BRIEN.

Her parents' marriage -
178/1885 MCMANUS JOHN J MORONEY HANNAH J SYDNEY

and their children's births -
29205/1886 MCMANUS AILEEN / JOHN / JOSEPHINE NEWCASTLE
9028/1887 MCMANUS NANO L / JUSTIN J / JOSEPHINE NEWTOWN
25075/1890 MCMANUS ENID E / JOHN J / HANNAH J NEWTOWN

So maybe this is his death?
11706/1899 MCMANUS JOHN J AGE 37 YEARS DIED SYDNEY SYDNEY

You can order a copy of his deceased estate record at www.records.nsw.gov.au

Remember Nano's wedding notice says she had a sister Enid who was her bridesmaid. Note that Nano named her daughter Aileen Enid :-)

So to sum up - David John ROLLSTON was born 7/10/1915 in Prairie Qld, son of Percy & Nano Lilian (nee McMANUS). He had a sister named Aileen Enid b. 4/4/1917 (maybe others) - she died as Nancy Aileen in 1927 (C1897).

Percy (1886-1930) & Nano (1887-1925) married in Leura NSW in 1913.

Their children were orphaned in their teens :(

Percy was a son of David ROLLSTON & Ellen COLLINS, who married in Qld in 1878 (reg C483). Their children were:

1879/C3230 Francis Rollston, d. 1943/B60222
1880/C3454 David Rollston, d. 1912/C2314
1882/C3486 John Rollston
1884/C4003 Robert Rollston, d. 1939/26359 (NSW)
>>1886/C4675 Percy Rollston, d. 1930/2819
1888/C5502 Sarah Catherine Rollston, m. Michael HIGGINS 1913/14308 (NSW)*
1890/C7175 Violet Rollston, m. Mr CHATFIELD, d. 10/7/1941 Bellevue Hill NSW (reg 20829)
1892/C6918 Ellen Rollston [known as Ella], m. David Coffman CHAPMAN 27/12/1924 NSW (reg 1925/83)

(*she is referred to as Jean in the wedding notice!)

Death of David snr (note his son David died earlier that same year, a result of falling down an artesian well):
1912/C2373 David Rollston [f] Francis Rollson [m] Sarah Maggitt

His wife Ellen died in NSW in 1948, as above.

David Coffman Chapman is buried at Green Hill Cemetery, Virginia USA; b. 1890, d. 12 April 1948. They had a son David Rollston Chapman b. Nov 1925 in Qld.

Townsville Daily Bulletin, Friday 9 January 1925
WEDDlNG.
CHAPMAN-ROLLSTON.
A wedding of interest to many Queenslanders (says the Brisbane 'Courier'), was celebrated at St Phillip's Church, Sydney, on Saturday evening, December 27th, when Mr David Coffman Chapman, of Virginia, U.S.A., was married to Miss Ella Rollston, youngest daughter of Mrs Rollston, formerly of Charters Towers and Brisbane, and now of Cremorne, Sydney. [more...]

you are an angel...... thanking you cherilyn
im so excited ...i knew there was something missing..
great work with all the missing bits.. im very pleased and impressed
you girls always suprise me...with your work... thank you
:-D :-D

26359/1939 ROLLSTON ROBERT [f] DAVID [m] ELLEN WAVERLEY

The Sydney Morning Herald, Monday 20 November 1939
ROLLSTON-November 17 1939 at a private hosp tal, Waverley, Robert Rollston, of 56 Cranbrook Road, Bellevue Hill, dearly loved son of Ellen and the late David Rollston of Charters Towers. Privately cremated.

The Sydney Morning Herald, Friday 5 March 1943
ROLLSTON -March 3, Francis, eldest son of Mrs Ellen Rollston and the late David Rollston of Charters Towers.

16723/1948 ROLLSTON ELLEN [f] JOHN [m] CATHERINE PADDINGTON

The Sydney Morning Herald, Tuesday 7 September 1948
ROLLSTON Ellen -September 4, 1948, Ellen Rollston, of Bellevue Hill,
Sydney, beloved wife of the late David Rollston (late of Charters Towers Queensland) and dear mother of Frank, David, John, Robert and Percy (deceased) and Mrs S. C. Higgins of Bellevue Hill, Sydney; Mrs Violet Chatfield (deceased), and Mrs Ella Chapman of Richmond Virginia, USA. Privateiy interred Waverley Cemetery September 6, 1948.

The Sydney Morning Herald, Monday 18 October 1915
ROLLSTON.- October 7, to Mr. and Mrs. Percy Rollston, Coton Vale, Prairie, Queensland-a son (David John).

The Sydney Morning Herald, Saturday 14 April 1917
ROLLSTON.-April 4, 1917, to Mr. and Mrs. Percy Rollston, Ewen Plains, Prairie, Queensland-a daughter (Aileen Enid).

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Barrier Miner, Wednesday 11 November 1925
DEATH FROM BURNS
"WOMAN THE VICTIM.
Brisbane. Wednesday.
Mrs. Percy Rollstone, wife of a prominent western station owner, was fatally burned at the Wan Plains homestead, near Hughenden, when her clothes caught fire. She was hurried to hospital, but died shortly after admission.

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The Sydney Morning Herald, Tuesday 12 August 1930
ROLLSTON -August 10 at Charters Towers, Percy, beloved youngest son of Ellen Rollston, Bellevue Hill, Sydney, and the late David Rollston, of Charters Towers, Queensland, and loved son in law of Josephine O'Brien, Leura.

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Her mother remarried - no death found for Justin
7036/1919 O'BRIEN PATRICK D [m] MCMANUS JOSEPHINE SYDNEY

Ah here's the Leura/Blue Mountains connection - it's where they married! and where Nano was from...

14309/1913 ROLLSTON PERCY MCMANUS NANO L KATOOMBA

The Brisbane Courier, Wednesday 22 October 1913
and
The Queenslander, Saturday 1 November 1913
Higgins-Rollston ; Rollston-M'Manus.
An interesting double wedding took place on October 6 at Leura, Now South Wales, when Mr. M. P. Higgins (Brisbane) was married to Miss Jean Rollston (Charters Towers) and Mr. Percy Rollston (Prairie, North Queensland) was married to Miss Nancy M'Manus (Leura).

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M. P. was Michael Patrick. They married at 'The Napier' in Leura, Nano's mother's address. Jean was Percy's sister, eldest daughter of David; Percy gave her away. Michael Higgins gave Nano away, and her sister Enid was a bridesmaid.


Her birth in NSW
9028/1887 MCMANUS NANO L [father] JUSTIN J [mother] JOSEPHINE NEWTOWN

Hey spiderlegs! :-) This might help...from NLA Trove

Townsville Daily Bulletin, Wednesday 16 February 1938
ROLLSTON MORGAN.
State-wide interest is centred in the marriage of Miss Joyce Ann Bothwell Morgan, only daughter of Mr. and Mrs W. E. Morgan. Thomas Street Toowoomba, and Mr. David John Rollston, of Cotan Vale Station, Prairie, North Queensland, only son of the late Mr. and Mrs. Percy Rollston, of Cotan Vale, Prairie, N.Q., which was celebrated quietly at St. James' Church of England, Toowoomba, on Saturday morning at 11 o'clock.

Percy took 18 000 acres in 1912 in the Hughenden area. The family seemed to spend time holidaying in Leura, NSW

Percy's death:
1930/C2819 Percy Rollston [father] David [mother] Ellen Collins

His wife's death - a very unusual given name:
1925/C4517 Nano Lillian Rollston [father] John Justin McManus [mother] Hannah Josephine Moroney

Percy was a grazier. The executors of his will were Francis Rollston (his brother, see below) and Herbert Percival Poole (who had been a business partner). Cotan Vale was also called Cottonvale and Cotonvale. His estate was 10,489 pounds - a fair whack back in the 1930s depression! Probate was not granted until 1932. (Nano's estate was just over 9000 pounds, which is quite unusual for a married woman in 1926 - it appears this was the Ewen Plains property).

There is also an article indicatting that Nano died as a result of an accident at the stove (7 Nov 1925), where her clothes caught fire and she was severely burned. Oh here's her death notice - she died the following day, how awful:
The Brisbane Courier, Saturday 14 November 1925
ROLLSTON-November 8th, Rollston, Nano Lilian, wife of Percy Rollston, Ewen Plains, Prairie, Queensland

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Townsville Daily Bulletin, Friday 5 March 1943
In Brisbane this week by the death of the late Frank Rollston, aged 63. He was a native of Charters Towers and a son of the late David Rollston. When a young man he tried his luck on the Western Australian fields for several years, later returning to Charters Towers. Associated with his brother, the late Percy Rollaton, he conducted Ewen Plains sheep station, in the Prairie district, the brothers disposing of their property to the present owner, Mr. Harrington, in 1926, the late Mr. Percy Rollston becoming the partner of the late Mr. Herbert Poole jnr, in the ownership of Cotonvale Station, near Prairie. For a period before he retired and left Charters Towers to reside In Brisbane, tha late Mr. Rollston was owner, with Mr. Ernest Nicholson, of the firm of Messrs A. B. Bright and Co, Mr. H. P. Poole purchasing his interest. For a period the late Mr. Rollston served the city as an Alderman of the City Council. Son, Robert, is serving with the fighting forces, while a daughter, Miss Ellen Rollston, and his widow reside in Brisbane.

need help with the rollston line
in queensland
David John Rollston..married to Joyce Ann Bothwell Morgan b1911 Queensland
have no death for either of them
there grandson was in touch last year 2010...megirl found him on ancestry
and we were in touch.. he have me a little about intermediate family which wasnt much ....he has nothing on his tree that goes any father then his great grandmother Joyce Ann bothwell Morgan ...i have all her info but not her husband david rollston
can some please help me find his family
i found this on qld bmd index ..not sure if these are his parents
David rollston married ellen collins ...
as there is also a david rollston with a margaret hall
can someone help me sort it out!!
please

thank you
:-)

I know how you feel. Great news for you and glad to help in my small way.

Best wishes.

thank you MEgirl
you are a legend ....michael Rollston the grandson has been in touch
our grand mothers were 1st cousins
absolutely fantastic
this is the best time!!! when you get this thrill knowing that a family member has been found and living...thats a plus!
thanks again MEgirl.....

hi MEgirl
just to let u know some rollstons are spelt like so
Rolston, Rollston, Roleston,Roulston..... i believe there are a lot more variations
makes it hard to find the right one!!!!
and his birth date is unk but i assumed that his birth would vary only slightly from his wife Joyce Ann,
then again he might have been a very old man when he married Joyce Ann bothwell morgan....but no death reg yet......then if he is still alive ..he would be over a hundred....which i doubt!......but we are getting there .i did manage to get in touch with English born, ken Rollston... as some nice lady left a message for me on gen forum... but i cant get back into the site to tell her....anyway Ken Rollston doesnt know and hasn't much on the Australian Rollston's........shame ....but did say he will get in touch when he finds something........ keep my fingers crossed..... lets hope MEgirl that a son pops up..that would be the best thing ever!! ..... ........thanks MEGIRL

Hi Lana Gene,

This thread disappeared. I have not been able to reply before now. I forgot to mention in my reply of 12/11 that your David was a grazier. I have emailed the owner of the tree at Ancestry and when I hear anything I will get back to you. There is a question mark over some dates.

Cheers.

hello every one that helped me with rollston name ....haven't found much as this thread was broken ..Ginny who ask what happened....to a thread that should have been there.....i have noticed that when i click onto my
My thread participation for this name
some threads had disappeared.....sorry about that ...could be with the Gr page.....that was so strange!!!!

for Astra
who always helps me
thats good info as i didn't have it all
may be it was you Astra that gave me the marriage rego
if you did that was a good thing too ..always appreciated,
thanking you heaps
lanagene