Roy~Royes Family Links

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genealogy of the roy and royes family

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R~RFL is a collection of data, stories and photos about those families brought together through the marriage of Maurie Roy (1917-2010) and May Royes (1916-1951) in Cairns, Queensland, Australia in 1940

Numbers:
We have 6024 people in 2124 families in the Roy~Royes tree. See more statistics here.

Top ten surnames:

Royes (301)
Hougham (242)
Hogan (119)
Huffam (118)
Roy (101)
Weatherburn (100)
Girvan (95)
Bailey (74)
Robinson (61)
Smith (58)

Places:
Top birth places:

Countries
Australia
England
Ireland
N. Ireland
France

Cities
Mareeba
London
Brisbane
Sydney
Larne

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Of partcular interest are the ancestors and descendants of

Solomon Royes (1774-1842), London and St Helier; and last names Hougham, Mordaunt, Sanigear, Luther, Bell, Turner and Bravo;
James Russell (1784-1851+), Larne, Northern Ireland, and last names Myles, McFerran, Livingstone, Wiley, Espie, McClarnon, Hogan and...
James Roy (c.1825/30-?), County Down, Northern Ireland;
James Clements (1760-1834) and Mary Houston, Northern Ireland, and last names Girvan, Gamble, Snoddy, Logan, Hamill, Selby, Terry and Simms.

ATTENTION HOUGHAM/HUFFAM RESEARCHERS: This tree follows only those Hougham or Huffam branches of interest to the Royes branch (2,500). A more complete Hougham family tree (26,000+ entries) can be found at Hougham/Huffam Family Tree which is on a sub-domain of royroyes.net but independent of Roy~Royes Family Links.

Featured History: Sam and Ag Roy had a suitcase full of photos. Most of the people in them are not identified. These photos are in the History item Unidentified Photos plus a few others from George Roy's collection. Can you help? or make a suggestion?

Featured Most Wanted: Sam Tyson Royes appeared before the Sydney Court of Petty Sessions on 20th October 1831 and pleaded guilty to stealing 11 shillings 1 pence (A$1.11) from his employer, for which he received three months imprisonment. And that is where his trail ends.
• Also on the Most Wanted list is buyers for these two paintings of John East Dix (silversmith partner of Solomon Hougham and Solomon Royes) and his wife Isabella Hookham. If you are interested, use the contact link to obtain further information.

Featured Overviews: The Roy overview has been amended in light of new information about a John Roy who turns out to be a great uncle of Maurie Roy.

Featured Report: "Convicts to Australia" selects from the database people identified as convicts, together with their deportation/arrival date.

Featured Articles: Review: The Goat Woman of Largo Bay assesses Gillian Royes's first novel in The Shad Series, set in Jamaica where she was born. She has written other books but this is her first novel - see http://www.gillianroyes.com/

Featured Media is a random selection from the database:

Fay (Weatherburn) Edwards (1935-2007)

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Birthdays for 19 May

1819 - Catherine Blake
1827 - Caroline Hougham
1834 - John Roy

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Deaths for 19 May

1102 - Stephen Blois
1907 - Thomas Crossley
1921 - Frederick William Hougham
1943 - Annie Luther Dunn
1945 - Bernard Roy Rhule
1946 - Dorothy Mary Hurley
2001 - Elaine Lyn Royes

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Current Family Links newsletter is #20 - June 2012