Charles Mordaunt Royes

1851 - 1919  (68 years)

 Set As Default Person

• Name	Charles Mordaunt Royes
  Born	12 Aug 1851	Redfern, Sydney, NSW, Australia   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Residence	Bef 1873	Rockhampton, QLD, Australia
  assuming he accompanied his father to Crocodile Creek/Rockhampton
  Residence	1878	Ravenswood, QLD, Australia
  Registration	14 Jul 1882	Ravenswood, QLD, Australia
  Registered brand Y4M
  Residence	1893	Georgetown, QLD, Australia
  Residence	9 Dec 1901	Mareeba, QLD, Australia   [2]
  near Hospital - carrier
  Registration	1905	Mareeba, QLD, Australia
  carrier
  	1905 Electoral Roll for Mareeba - Charles Mordaunt Royes and family
  Registration	1907	Tinaroo, QLD, Australia   [3]
  Purchased 2 acres 1 rood 9,8 perches
  Registration	1913	Emerald Creek, QLD, Australia   [4]
  selector
  Registration	1919	Emerald Creek, QLD, Australia   [4]
  selector
  Died	9 Oct 1919	Mareeba, QLD, Australia   [5]
  	Queensland death register 19/005120
  		In Memoriam: Charles Mordaunt Royes The Cairns Post 9 Oct 1920
  		In Memoriam: Charles Mordaunt Royes The Cairns Post 10 Nov 1921
  Buried	9 Oct 1919	Mareeba Pioneer Cemetery, Mareeba, QLD, Australia
  	Plot 47E
  		Charles Mordaunt Royes 1851-1919 headstone Plot: M
  Notes	1878 Moved to Ravenswood. Set up carrying business with bullocks and horses. 1893 Moved to Georgetown by bullock dray with their seven children. before 1901 Moved to Mareeba where the business mostly ran between Mareeba and Herberton. The Royes family provided carrying services in several goldfield areas of North Queensland. In the late 1860's Charles was attracted to the Canoona gold rush near Rockhampton and with his wife Mary, moved to Ravenswood in 1878, and began a carrying business with bullocks and horses. With their seven children they went to Georgetown by bullock dray in 1893. They then moved to Mareeba prior to 1901. They resided at 76 Walsh Street until their deaths in the early sixties. Most of their carrying business was plied between Mareeba and Herberton by Charles and his three sons, one of whom was long-time Mareeba-ite, Druce Royes, who died in the 1970's. Another son, Herbert (Bert) Royes, Married Mary Moody in 1906. [6]
  Person ID	I887	Roy~Royes | Claxton-Harris, Hougham, Mordaunt, Royes, Royes Australia, Royes Jamaica
  Last Modified	1 Jun 2018

  
  

  Father	Edward Hougham Royes, sr           b. 12 Jun 1816, St Botolph without Aldersgate, London, England           d. 23 Aug 1878, Rockhampton, QLD, Australia  (Age 62 years)
  Mother	Mary Elliott           d. 1862, Sydney, NSW, Australia
  Married	1840	Australia
  Family ID	F27	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Mary McLeod Murray           b. 16 Oct 1856, St Quivox, Ayrshire, Scotland           d. 4 Sep 1941, Mareeba, QLD, Australia  (Age 84 years)
  Married	30 Oct 1874	Rockhampton, QLD, Australia   [7]
  Children	+ 1. Jean Stewart Royes           b. 1 Jan 1876, Rockhampton, QLD, Australia           d. 4 Jan 1964, Mareeba, QLD, Australia  (Age 88 years)   2. Edward Mordaunt Royes           b. 25 Feb 1878, Rockhampton, QLD, Australia           d. 14 Dec 1915, Babinda, QLD, Australia  (Age 37 years) + 3. Thomas Mordaunt Royes           b. 21 Aug 1879, Ravenswood, QLD, Australia           d. 30 Sep 1958, Charters Towers, QLD, Australia  (Age 79 years) + 4. Eleanor Etta Royes           b. 10 Apr 1881, Ravenswood, QLD, Australia           d. Abt 1961  (Age 79 years) + 5. Herbert Charles "Bert" Royes           b. 10 Apr 1883, Ravenswood, QLD, Australia           d. 15 Jun 1963, Mareeba, QLD, Australia  (Age 80 years) + 6. Elizabeth Isabel May "May" Royes           b. 5 Jun 1885, Ravenswood, QLD, Australia           d. 7 Jun 1964, QLD, Australia  (Age 79 years)   7. Willie Royes           b. 8 Oct 1887, Ravenswood, QLD, Australia           d. 9 Oct 1887, Ravenswood, QLD, Australia  (Age 0 years)   8. Robert Luther Royes           b. 30 Nov 1888, Ravenswood, QLD, Australia           d. 26 Nov 1915, Cloncurry, QLD, Australia  (Age 26 years) + 9. Mary Agnes Royes           b. 21 Oct 1890, Ravenswood, QLD, Australia           d. 1970  (Age 79 years) + 10. Jessie Phoebe Royes           b. 20 Dec 1892, Georgetown, QLD, Australia           d. 1981, Brisbane, QLD, Australia  (Age 88 years) + 11. John George "Jack" Royes           b. 30 Nov 1894, Georgetown, QLD, Australia           d. 28 Oct 1956, Brisbane, QLD, Australia  (Age 61 years)   12. Druce Grantley Royes           b. 14 Dec 1896, Georgetown, QLD, Australia           d. 1980  (Age 83 years)   13. Winifred Constance Royes           b. 5 Nov 1900, Mareeba, QLD, Australia           d. 17 Apr 1984, Brisbane, QLD, Australia  (Age 83 years)
  Documents		Swan and Royes partnership in mining at Etheridge (near Georgetown, Qld) The links are to the John Swan and Charles Mordaunt Royes families, though it is possible that the reference is to two of their sons
  Histories		Royes Street, Mareeba Named circa 1964 for the Royes family
  Overviews		PEDIGREE - ROYES-Hougham (to Solomon Hougham 1475) The pedigree of May Royes, her siblings and their descendants. Family names are colour coded.
  Last Modified	28 Mar 2014 02:30:18
  Family ID	F22	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map		Born - 12 Aug 1851 - Redfern, Sydney, NSW, Australia Residence - assuming he accompanied his father to Crocodile Creek/Rockhampton - Bef 1873 - Rockhampton, QLD, Australia Married - 30 Oct 1874 - Rockhampton, QLD, Australia Residence - 1878 - Ravenswood, QLD, Australia Registration - Registered brand Y4M - 14 Jul 1882 - Ravenswood, QLD, Australia Residence - 1893 - Georgetown, QLD, Australia Residence - near Hospital - carrier - 9 Dec 1901 - Mareeba, QLD, Australia Registration - carrier - 1905 - Mareeba, QLD, Australia Registration - Purchased 2 acres 1 rood 9,8 perches - 1907 - Tinaroo, QLD, Australia Registration - selector - 1913 - Emerald Creek, QLD, Australia Registration - selector - 1919 - Emerald Creek, QLD, Australia Died - 9 Oct 1919 - Mareeba, QLD, Australia Buried - 9 Oct 1919 - Mareeba Pioneer Cemetery, Mareeba, QLD, Australia  = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Photos

  Royes and Moody Streets, Mareeba Royes Street (green arrow) is named after the Royes family who settled in Mareeba around 1900. Moody Street (above the top Route 27 icon) is likewise named after the Moody family.

  
  

  Documents

  1913 Brands Registry for Queensland

  
  

  Histories

  Royes throughout central and north Queensland From the 1860-70s, the Royes family moved out from Rockhampton to scattered parts of central and north Queensland

  
  

• Sources

  [S85] NSW Registry of Births, Deaths and Marriages, V1851815 38A. [S6] Eacham electoral roll 1920. [S419] Crown Land Sales QLD 1860-1911, Vol 146 p 114 Country Land Purchase A Register. [S12] Australian Electoral Rolls 1901-1980, Ancestry.com. [S116] QLD Death Index, 19/005120 fiche p1421. [S155] Weatherburn family (Glenda), Glenda Pollard, 8 Feb 2010. [S169] QLD Births Deaths and Marriages, Marriage 1874/C000672.