Jane Ley Olive

1859 - 1927  (68 years)

 Set As Default Person

• Name	Jane Ley Olive
  Born	10 Apr 1859	Warterloo, VIC, Australia   [1]
  	KGR has her born in Waterloo near Raglan, QLD, but there is a registered birth for Waterloo (near Ballarat), VIC. Her mother died in Bathurst and her father in Sydney so whilst Waterloo in QLD is attractive in view of her marriage and death her birth is more likely to have been Waterloo, VIC. Birth registration states that she had six living and three dead siblings
  Gender	Female
  Registration	1903-1925	Deighton St, Ravenswood, QLD, Australia   [2]
  home duties
  Died	10 Jun 1927	Ravenswood, QLD, Australia   [3]
  Buried	11 Jun 1927	Ravenswood, QLD, Australia
  	Cemetery records listed occupation as Married Woman 78yrs Jane Oliver Royes, U/taker H Keller CofE Minister J Squire
  Notes	He was miner of Crocodile Creek and she was Mothers Assistant of Three Mile Creek Daughter of Joseph Olive and Ann Ley or (Lay). 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 daughter Jane was 21 when Olive was born and she married nearly six years later, possibly in Home Hill - she certainly settled there. The above quote ("one of my ttreats was to spend a night at her house") suggests that Olive may have been between, say, 5 (at school) and 12 (when her grandmother died in mid 1927). This brings us to 1920-1927 as the framework for the above quote. The fact that the household apparently consisted only of mum, Arthur and Olive raises questions about where husband George was. His occupation is miner so he may have been based at a mining camp. He 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. From Deb Sara (4 Sep 2011): "Apparently she went to work at the convent in Ravenswood some time after her grandmother died; as far as I know she worked as a domestic. In 1933 she married the son of someone at the convent - the housekeeper I think it was."
  Oldest Known Ancestors	Paternal Line: Joseph Olive b. 24 May 1778 Maternal Line: Mary [Ley] b. 1776
  Person ID	I732	Roy~Royes | Royes, Royes Australia, Royes Jamaica, Mordaunt
  Last Modified	1 Jun 2018

  
  

  Father	Joseph Olive           b. 30 Jan 1820, Calstock, Cornwall, England           d. 17 Feb 1894, Liverpool, Sydney, NSW, Australia  (Age 74 years)
  Mother	Ann Ley           b. 25 Dec 1822, St Blazey, Cornwall, England           d. 22 Jun 1889, Bathurst, NSW, Australia  (Age 66 years)
  Married	19 Aug 1843	Tywardreath, Cornwall, England
  Family ID	F978	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	George Hougham Royes           b. 9 Mar 1846, Sydney, NSW, Australia           d. 4 Jan 1934, Home Hill, QLD, Australia  (Age 87 years)
  Children	+ 1. George Hougham Royes           b. 14 Jan 1875, Rockhampton, QLD, Australia           d. 6 Jun 1947, Yeppoon, QLD, Australia  (Age 72 years) ▸ Ann Mary Catherine Hayes, m. 10 May 1899; Anna Maria Wiershauser, m. Aft 1919   2. Charles Hougham Royes           b. 14 Apr 1877, QLD, Australia           d. Sep 1957, Charters Towers, QLD, Australia  (Age 80 years)   3. Annie Maria Hougham Royes           b. 15 Apr 1879, QLD, Australia           d. 13 Oct 1904, Ravenswood, QLD, Australia  (Age 25 years) + 4. Sidney Hougham Royes           b. 7 Sep 1881, Ravenswood, QLD, Australia           d. 9 May 1962, Townsville, QLD, Australia  (Age 80 years) ▸ Bessie Jane Dunne, m. 3 Oct 1910 + 5. Frederick Hougham Royes           b. 19 Aug 1883, Ravenswood, QLD, Australia           d. 8 Dec 1945, Home Hill, QLD, Australia  (Age 62 years) ▸ Matilda Ann Horan, m. 18 Sep 1911   6. Ralph Hougham Royes           b. 16 Jul 1885, Ravenswood, QLD, Australia           d. 26 May 1889, Ravenswood, QLD, Australia  (Age 3 years)   7. Eleanor Maude Royes           b. 1 Dec 1887, Ravenswood, QLD, Australia           d. Aft 1963, Brisbane, QLD, Australia  (Age 76 years) ▸ James Henry Foley, m. 20 Oct 1913   8. Ralph Hougham Royes           b. 11 Dec 1889, Ravenswood, QLD, Australia           d. 23 Nov 1907, Ravenswood, QLD, Australia  (Age 17 years)   9. Arthur Hougham Royes           b. 12 Nov 1891, Ravenswood, QLD, Australia           d. 16 Apr 1963, Home Hill, QLD, Australia  (Age 71 years) + 10. Jane Elliott Royes           b. 8 Dec 1893, Ravenswood, QLD, Australia           d. 5 Feb 1932, Rockhampton, QLD, Australia  (Age 38 years) ▸ UNNAMED; Leslie William Stephen Demith Harvey, m. 31 Dec 1920   11. John Hougham Royes           b. 4 Jun 1895, Ravenswood, QLD, Australia           d. 11 Feb 1921, Home Hill, QLD, Australia  (Age 25 years) + 12. Bathurst Hougham Royes           b. 26 Sep 1898, Ravenswood, QLD, Australia           d. 15 Jun 1983, Townsville, QLD, Australia  (Age 84 years) ▸ Lilian Marie Poulton, m. 20 Sep 1922
  Last Modified	29 Nov 2011
  Family ID	F158	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map		Born - 10 Apr 1859 - Warterloo, VIC, Australia Registration - home duties - 1903-1925 - Deighton St, Ravenswood, QLD, Australia Died - 10 Jun 1927 - Ravenswood, QLD, Australia Buried - 11 Jun 1927 - Ravenswood, QLD, Australia  = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Sources

  [S306] Australia Birth Index, (Ancestry.com), Victoria 1859/10721. We previously had her born at Waterloo near Raglan, Queensland. This seems more likely but unless the registration has been transcribed incorrectly it appears to be Waterloo, Victoria. [S12] Australian Electoral Rolls 1901-1980, Ancestry.com. [S169] QLD Births Deaths and Marriages, Reg # 1927/003122.