Olive Royes

1915 -

• Name	Olive Royes
  Born	25 Feb 1915
  	QLD Birth Register 1915/001923
  		Birthday book entries for Olive Royes and Mona Royes (1907) Birthday book of Mrs F.H. (Matilda or Tillie) Royes [Mona Royes not identified]
  Gender	Female
  Registration	1936	Seventh Ave, Home Hill, QLD, Australia   [1]
  home duties
  Notes	From May Crow Ravenswood Remembered (1997, Ravenswood Restoration and Preservation Association Inc.) p 11: "The Royes lived over near the Showgrounds. They had a very big family but when I knew them Mrs Royes lived there with her son Arthur and her granddaughter Olive. Mrs Royes was an excellent cook and I have heard that she ran a cake shop at one time. I was friendly with Olive, and it was one of my treats to spend a night at her house." It was common for grandparents to bring up grandchildren born out of wedlock. Her mother Jane was 21 when she was born and married nearly six years later, possibly in Home Hill. The above quote ("one of my treats was to spend a night at her house") suggests that Olive may have been between, say, 5 and 12 before her grandmother died in mid 1927. This brings us to 1920-1927. The fact that the household apparently consisted only of mum, Arthur and Olive raises questions about where everybybody else was, especially husband George. The children were all now over 22-23. George is on the Australian Electoral Roll for 1925 as living at home in Deighton St (or Bowen Road) though he may not have amended his Electoral Roll entry when it was published. He died in Home Hill.
  Person ID	I5211	Roy~Royes | Royes, Royes Australia
  Last Modified	25 Feb 2021

  
  

  Father	UNNAMED
  Mother	Living
  Family ID	F1790	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Living
  Last Modified	28 Mar 2014
  Family ID	F1791	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map		Registration - 1936 - Seventh Ave, Home Hill, QLD, Australia  = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Sources

  [S12] Australian Electoral Rolls 1901-1980, Ancestry.com.