John Henry Rodgers (abt. 1855 - 1928)

Born about 1855 in Norfolk Island, Australia [uncertain]

Husband of Frances (Field) Rodgers — married 17 Aug 1897 in Forbes, New South Wales, Australia

Descendants

Died 20 Jun 1928 at about age 73 in Parkes, New South Wales, Australia

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Biography

This profile is part of the Forbes, New South Wales One Place Study.

John was born about 1855.

He passed away in 1928^[1]

DEATH OF VETERAN ATHLETE.

There died in Parkes, last week, Mr. J. H. Rogers, aged 73, who has been a resident of Bedgerebong for the last 50 years. The deceased was a noted footrunner, and considered one of the cracks of his day. When he was 25 years of age, he won the Stawell Gift, in which there were 99 runners, and he also won three of the biggest events in New Zealand. When Mr. M. B. Newell purchased a yearling colt at the Sydney sales, somewhere about 1915, the deceased said to him: "What are you going to call him, Bernard ?" "Well," replied Mr. Newell, seeing that you have been such a great runner, and I expect the colt to be one also, I will call him after you." That colt is Mr. Ryan's sire Jack Rogers, which won 87 races altogether, and whose stock is carrying on the good work.

Sources

1. ↑ DEATH OF VETERAN ATHLETE. (1928, June 29). Leader (Orange, NSW : 1899 - 1945), p. 5. Retrieved January 3, 2024, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article254435035

• STAWELL ATHLETIC CLUB SPORTS MEETING. (1881, April 23). The Australasian (Melbourne, Vic. : 1864 - 1946), p. 13. Retrieved January 3, 2024, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article137814427
• Marriage certificate John Henry Rodgers and Frances Field, Frances Field section; Field, Josiah & Sarah Family History Folder; Forbes Family History Group, Forbes, New South Wales.
• Death: "Births, Deaths and Marriages search,” NSW Registry of Births, Deaths and Marriages (https://familyhistory.bdm.nsw.gov.au/ : accessed 22 Feb 2023), death entry for John H Rodgers, registration number 10546/1928 showng parents JOHN and ANNIE
• ABOUT PEOPLE (1928, June 22). The Forbes Advocate (NSW : 1911 - 1954), p. 6. Retrieved January 3, 2024, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article218590179
• THE LATE JACK ROGERS (1928, June 25). The Forbes Advocate (NSW : 1911 - 1954), p. 2. Retrieved January 3, 2024, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article218593439
• DISTRICT NEWS (1928, June 29). Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent (NSW : 1887 - 1932), p. 2. Retrieved January 3, 2024, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article228205229

See also:

• Forbes Family History Group, compiler, Forbes Cemetery 2006, 2 vols. (Forbes, New South Wales: Forbes Family History Group, 2006), 2 : 9.