ROE, Matilda
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General
Name ROE, Matilda Date of death 22 July 1870 Burial date Unknown Age 62 years Cause of death Place of death Perth -
Monument
Headstone? Yes Inscription In Memory Of; Captain John Septimus Roe RN.; 42 Years Surveyor General And Member Of; The Councils Of Western Australia; Died At Perth 28th May 1878 Aged 81 Years; Also Of; Matilda The Beloved Wife Of The Above; A Most Devoted And Affectionate Wife; Mother And Friend And A Sincere Christian; Died 22nd July 1870 Aged 62 Years; It Is Past! She Is Gone! The Spirit Hath Fled; And We Number Her Now Amongst Those Who Are Dead; Her Last Sigh Is Breath'd The Last Tear Is Giv'n; She Hath Gone From This Home To A Better In Heaven; Oh! Grieve Not For Her; For The Spirit Hath Gone; Where Sorrow And Care, And Grief Are Unknown; And Great Joy Is Her's. For With Songs Of Sweet Love; She Hath Joined Her Bright Sister Angels Above; Also In Memory Of; Jessie, Infant Daughter Of The Above; Who Died 22nd April 1859 Aged 2½ Months; Also Of; Matilda Butler, Daughter Of The Above; Who Died At St. Leonards On Sea, In England; On The 1st July 1862, Aged 31 Years; Also Of; Frances Emma Lucille Thomson; Who Died At Bunbury; On The 24th July 1876 Aged 39 Years; Also Of; John Henry Hayden Roe; Who Died Off Cape York; On The 27th January 1877 Aged 41 Years; Also Of; Frederick Mackie Roe; Who Died At Perth; On The 27th May 1877 Aged 34 Years; “I Heard A Voice From Heaven Saying; Blessed Are The Dead Which Die In The Lord, Even So Saith; The Spirit For They Rest From Their Labours”
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Family
Birth details Arrival date 01/06/1829 per Parmelia Spouse John Septimus Roe Marriage details 01/1829 Newbury England Parents Henry Leay Bennett Esquire of Willaston Cheshire Children Sophia 25/12/1829; Matilda May BUTLER 21/05/1831; James Broun 11/05/1833; Eliza Naylor 02/11/1834; John Henry Hayden 12/04/1836; Frances Emma Lucille 10/06/1837; Jessie 10/02/1839; Ellen Elizabeth 15/03/1840; William Henry Lyons 1842; Frederick Mackie 184 Residence Biography/history -
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Official Records
Location of grave Church of England Grave number 420 (Search for all decease buried in this grave) DEATH CERTIFICATE NUMBER 4689 State Records Office
Accession NumberState Library of WA Newspaper Notice 29/07/1870 The Perth Gazette and West Australian Times pg 2; Marriage Notice 13/01/1829 The Morning Post (London England) Comments