Jessie May (Osborn) Rooke (1886 - 1970)

Born 15 Aug 1886 in Hornsby, New South Wales, Australia

Ancestors

Wife of George Litchfield — married 23 Apr 1906 (to 1 Sep 1921) in Perth, Western Australia, Australia

Died 9 Aug 1970 at age 83 in Perth, Western Australia, Australia

Biography

This profile is part of the Osborn Name Study.

Jessie (Osborn) Rooke was born in the Colony of New South Wales (1788-1900)

Jessie May Osborn was born in Hornsby, City of Sydney, District of Central Cumberland, in the Colony of New South Wales, Australia^[1]. She was the daughter of Edward Fuller Osborn and Rosanna Caroline Wall.

Jessie (19) married George Litchfield (31) on the 23 April 1906 in the City of Perth, Western Australia, Australia^[2].

Matrimonial.....George Litchfield to Jessie May Osborn, Perth^[3]

Their children were:

• Roy Edward Litchfield (1906–1987)
• Charles George Litchfield (1911–1947 )
• Sydney Osborn Litchfield (1913–1951).

George passed away in 1921, and Jessie lived as a widow, in 1925, at Bates Street, in the Town of Merredin, Western Australia^[4]. Jessie again married Charles Beaney Rooke on the 20 August 1927 in the Town of Merredin, located in the central Wheatbelt roughly midway between the capital Perth and the goldmining City of Kalgoorlie, District of Northam, Western Australia^[5]. The couple didn't have any children.

At the age of 83, Jessie May passed away on the 9 August 1970 in an ambulance en route (from 34 Bromley Street, Kenwick) to Royal Perth Hospital, Wellington Street, City of Perth, Western Australia, Australia^[6]. Her cremation took place at the Karrakatta Cemetery and Crematorium, Railway Parade, Karrakatta, City of Perth, Western Australia and her ashes scattered over the garden at the Cemetery^[7].

Sources

1. ↑ Births Search: Family History : NSW Government; Births, Deaths & Marriages, Sydney; Reference: (Birth Year-1886); Jessie M. OSBORN; Father: Edward F. Osborn; Mother: Rosanna C. --; Registration District: Central Cumberland; Registration Details: 18607/1886; Record Link: https://www.nsw.gov.au/family-and-relationships/family-history-search
2. ↑ Marriage record : W.A. Government. Registry of Births, Deaths and Marriages, Perth. George LITCHFIELD & Jessie May OSBORN. Registration number: 100204/1906. Place: Perth; District: Perth; Record Link: https://www.wa.gov.au/organisation/department-of-justice/online-index-search-tool
3. ↑ Wedding Notice Sunday 8 April 1906 Sunday Times (Perth, WA : 1902 - 1954), 8 April, p. 14.
4. ↑ Australia, Electoral Rolls, 1903-1980 : Australian Electoral Commission (AEC) & Ancestry.com Operations; Reference: Jessie May LITCHFIELD; Division: Swan; Sub Division: Northam; Record number: 3646; Page number: 62
5. ↑ Marriage record : W.A. Government. Registry of Births, Deaths and Marriages, Perth. Charles Beaney ROOKE & Jessie May LITCHFIELD. Registration number: 4900093/1927. Place: Merredin; District: Northam; Record Link: https://www.wa.gov.au/organisation/department-of-justice/online-index-search-tool
6. ↑ Death record : W.A. Government. Registry of Births, Deaths and Marriages, Perth. Clifton Locke Fleming; Father: Unknown Fleming; Mother: Unknown. Registration number: 102971/1970. Place: Ambulance; District: Perth; Record Link: https://www.wa.gov.au/organisation/department-of-justice/online-index-search-tool
7. ↑ Find a Loved One : Metropolitan Cemeteries Board (MCB) Karrakatta; Reference: (Cremation Year-1970); Jessie May ROOKE; Record Link: https://portal.mcb.wa.gov.au/name-search/ns-detail/?id=9825410d-fd1c-ec11-b6e7-00224814c0bd