Robert Henry Rose JP (1833 - 1909)

Born 26 Nov 1833 in Stanton, Suffolk, England

Ancestors

Husband of Anne Bishop (Allnutt) Rose — married 26 Mar 1857 in Australind, Western Australia, Australia

Husband of Elizabeth Eliza (Teede) Rose — married Jul 1865 in Picton, Western Australia, Australia

Descendants

Died 29 Nov 1909 at age 76 in Moorlands, Picton, Western Australia, Australia

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Stanton, Hepworth, 1833

Biography

Robert Henry Rose (1833-1909), ^[1]
farmer, was born on 26 November 1833 at Stann, Suffolk, England, eldest son of Robert Henry Rose, farmer of Stanton Hall, and his wife Elizabeth, née Canler. ^[2]
In 1837 his father aged only 32 died of tuberculosis.

Merope, 1852

Rose, also prone to the family weakness, planned in 1851 to escape the Suffolk climate and accompany his sister Mary Ann, wife of Rev. James Leonard, to Western Australia but was delayed by a serious bout of measles. He reached Fremantle in the Merope on 25 May 1852, followed next year by his mother, brother, sister and cousin Thomas Hayward.

Robert married Anne Allnutt on 26th March 1857 at Australind, Western Australia. ^[3] The couple made their home at Parkfield, Australind and had five sons, however, Anne passed away three weeks following Edwin's birth (1863-1948).

MARRIAGE. On the 26th ult., in the Independent Chapel, Australind, by the Rev. J. Johnston, ROBERT H. ROSE, ESQ., eldest son of the late R. Rose, Esq., of Stanton Hill, Suffolk, to ANN, eldest daughter of Mr J. Allnutt, of Australind.^[4]

Australind Pioneer Cemetery

Rose, Anne Bishop 1834 - 1864

On 22nd July 1865 at Picton, Wellington, after grieving, Robert married secondly Elizabeth Teede. ^[5] Their ten children were born at Parkfield, near Australind.

Robert passed away, aged 76 years and three days, on 29th November 1909 at Bunbury, Western Australia. ^[6]

Picton Cemetery (Old Picton Church Bunbury - Saint Mark's Church, Picton.)

Rose, Robert Henry. Husband of Elizabeth . 29 November 1909 . Aged 77 years.

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In August 1854 Rose opened a butcher's shop in Perth, but soon, under the supervision of his mother, took up land with Hayward to run cattle, first near the road between Mandurah and Bunbury and then on the Wedderburn estate near Brunswick. In 1855 he obtained the Parkfield grant near Leschenault Inlet, and on 26 March 1857 married Ann Bishop (d.1864), daughter of John Allnutt of Australind. He increased his holdings to 9000 acres (3642 ha) after purchasing cheaply 3000 acres (1214 ha) of the defunct estate of the Australind settlement (Western Australian Co.), other blocks from its shareholders who remained in England and J. S. Roe's 2180-acre (882 ha) grant. He also held extensive crown leases.

On land that he proved unsuitable for sheep, Rose was among the first in the higher rainfall districts to demonstrate the most appropriate land use in contrast to the small-farming Australind proposals. At Parkfield he had a large and profitable dairy herd, while cattle from the out-stations were driven to Perth for slaughter. Butter, salted in barrels, was sent north by schooner or sold in Bunbury. A ready market for Parkfield produce, including swamp potatoes, was provided by the townsfolk and the convict road gangs. Men and women immigrants, ticket-of-leave men and Aboriginals provided the farm work force.

Rose was a committee-man and chairman for eighteen years of the Wellington Roads Committee, a member of the local agricultural society and a justice of the peace. Tall, lean and black-bearded, he was an experienced horseman and a keen supporter and captain of the Wellington Mounted Volunteers. In 1892, afflicted by increasing deafness, he moved to Moorlands near Bunbury where he died on 30 November 1909 and was buried in the Anglican section of the Picton cemetery. He was survived by four sons of his first wife, by his second wife Elizabeth, née Teede, whom he had married on 22 July 1865, and their four sons and six daughters. His estate was sworn for probate at £7423.

MR. R. H. ROSE. (1909, December 4). Western Mail
(Perth, WA : 1885 - 1954), p. 33. Retrieved March 2, 2022

Employed 25 T of L men at "Parkfield" 1864 - 1878 (1 a teacher). ^[7]
Bought "Parkfield Estate" Australind . JP . Farmer Bunbury.
Pastoral leasehold 18505.
Member of Board of Education, Wellington district

Sources

1. ↑ A. C. Staples, Rose, Robert Henry (1833–1909), Australian Dictionary of Biography, National Centre of Biography, Australian National University,
   published first in hardcopy 1976, accessed online 28 February 2022.
2. ↑ England, Select Births and Christenings, 1538-1975

   Name: Robert Rose | Gender: Male

   Birth Date: 26 Nov 1833 | Baptism Date: 18 Feb 1837

   Baptism Place: Hepworth, Suffolk, England

   Father: Robert Rose | Mother: Elizabeth Rose

   FHL Film Number: 950439 | Reference ID: yr 1837-1838 p 44-5

3. ↑ Rose Robert Henry Male | Allnutt Ann Bishop Female | Australind | Western Australia Marriage Index #1063 | 1857
4. ↑ Family Notices (1857, April 3). The Perth Gazette and Independent Journal of Politics and News (WA : 1848 - 1864), p. 2. Retrieved June 9, 2023, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article2929914
5. ↑ Rose Robert Henry Male | Teede Elizabeth Eliza Female | Picton | Western Australia Marriage Index #2315 | 1865
6. ↑ Rose Robert H Male | |Registration District Wellington || Western Australia Death Index #148 | 1909;
7. ↑ The Bicentennial Dictionary of Western Australians,
   pre-1829-1888. compiled by Rica Erickson

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