Samuel Russell Roy

1889 - 1959  (70 years)    Has 13 ancestors and more than 100 descendants in this family tree.

 Set As Default Person    

• Name	Samuel Russell Roy
  Born	30 Jun 1889	Larne, Antrim, Northern Ireland
  	Registration district is Belfast - does this include Larne? Was he born in Larne?
  Gender	Male
  Census	31 Mar 1901	Cross St, Larne, Co Antrim, Northern Ireland
  age 11 - listed as S Russell Roy
  Census	2 Apr 1911	9 Jubilee St, Larne, Antrim, Northern Ireland
  age 21, draper - building listed as shop - digital record has "Ray"
  Residence	8 Nov 1914	1 Coronation Tce, Larne, Antrim, Northern Ireland
  This was the same as 1 Bank Road and is now 50 Bank Road
  Emigration	10 Oct 1923	London, England
  UK, Outward Passenger Lists, 1890-1960 Destination given as Brisbane Arrived Cairns 28 Nov 1923
  Migration/Travel	28 Nov 1923	Cairns, QLD, Australia   [1]
  SS Diogenes to Melbourne, SS Wyandra to Cairns
  	Australia and Europe compared
  Religion	Presbyterian
  Registration	1925	82 McLeod St, Cairns, QLD, Australia   [2]
  Later renumbered as 104
  Registration	1930	82 McLeod St, Cairns, QLD, Australia   [2]
  Later renumbered as 104
  Registration	1936	104 McLeod St, Cairns, QLD, Australia   [2]
  Registration	1943	104 McLeod St, Cairns, QLD, Australia   [2]
  warehouseman
  Registration	1949	104 McLeod St, Cairns, QLD, Australia   [3]
  warehouseman
  Residence	Abt 1950	5 Moody St, Manunda, Cairns, QLD, Australia
  Registration	1954	5 Moody St, Manunda, Cairns, QLD, Australia
  salesman
  Died	30 Sep 1959	Brisbane, QLD, Australia   [4]
  	Bowel cancer (Cemetery records say cardiac failure?)
  Buried	4 Oct 1959	Martyn Street Cemetery, Cairns, QLD, Australia   [5]
  	Martyn Street Cemetery Row AH Site 7583
  		Unmarked graves of Sam and Agnes (Logan) Roy
  Notes	Address when married was Coronation Terrace Larne Draper when married Migrated to Australia on the S.S. Diogenes, arriving in Fremantle /Melbourne in 1923. Headed for Cairns on 'Wyandra" based on rosy stories about the far north from Hugh Wiley (Sam's uncle), arriving 23 Oct 1923, only to find that Hugh had left shortly before. After a failed attempt to start a softdrink business, Sam worked for Dillon's cordial factory in McLeod Street before going on to other jobs. Friends from Ireland living in Cairns were Richard & Bertha RUDDELL. Daughter or G/Daughter was Myrell RANN who lived in Bayview Heights Q. 4868 DIOGENES / MATAROA 1922 was 12,341 gross tons, length 500.4ft x beam 63.2ft, one funnel, two masts, twin screw, speed 13.5 knots. Accommodation for 130-1st and 422-3rd class passengers. Built by Harland & Wolff, Belfast as the DIOGENES for the Aberdeen Line, she was laaunched on 2nd Mar.1922 and started her maiden voyage from London to Brisbane on 4th July 1922. Chartered to Shaw, Savill & Albion Line in June 1926, she was renamed MATAROA, converted from coal to oil fuel and given a speed of 15 knots. She then started sailings from Southampton to Wellington via Panama. In 1931 she was converted to carry 131-cabin class passengers and in 1932 came under the ownership of Shaw, Savill & Albion Line. In Nov.1940 she became a troopship mainly to South Africa and was then used to carry meat cargoes from South America to the UK. In 1944 she was used to carry US troops to Northern Ireland in preparation for the Normandy Invasion. Irish pressure in Southern Ireland and the USA decreed that no Ameriicans of Irish descent should go to the North in case of cross border friction, so the US Army sent all black troops to Ireland. In 1948 the ship resumed commercial service with accommodation for 372-tourist class passengers and she made her last sailing on 21st Nov.1956. On 29th Mar.1957 she arrived at Faslane for scrapping. [Merchant Fleets by Duncan Haws, vol.10, Shaw, Savill & Albion] [6, 7]
  Oldest Known Ancestors	Paternal Line: James Roy b. Abt 1795 Maternal Line: Wall
  Person ID	i853	Roy~Royes | Roy
  Last Modified	5 Mar 2020

  
  

  Father	Thomas Roy           b. Abt Aug 1864, Belfast, Northern Ireland           d. 23 Jul 1889, Glengormley, Antrim, Northern Ireland  (Age ~ 24 years)
  Mother	Jane Russell           b. Est 1862, Larne, Antrim, Northern Ireland           d. 26 Aug 1934, Cairns, QLD, Australia  (Age ~ 72 years)
  Married	31 Mar 1886	Larne, Antrim, Northern Ireland
  Family ID	F10	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Samuel Russell Roy           b. 30 Jun 1889, Larne, Antrim, Northern Ireland           d. 30 Sep 1959, Brisbane, QLD, Australia  (Age 70 years)
  Married	11 Aug 1914	Larne, Antrim, Northern Ireland
  	2nd Presbyterian (Gardenmore) Witnessed Mary Logan & John Logan, Minister D H Hanson
  		Marriage licence - Sam Roy and Agnes Logan
  Children	+ 1. Thomas Jamieson Roy           b. 28 Jul 1915, Larne, Antrim, Northern Ireland           d. 4 Jan 1982, Mareeba, QLD, Australia  (Age 66 years) ▸ Phyllis Agnes Jacobson, m. 24 Aug 1940 + 2. John Maurice Roy           b. 8 Aug 1917, Larne, Antrim, Northern Ireland           d. 20 Feb 2010, Cairns, QLD, Australia  (Age 92 years) ▸ Eleanor May Royes, m. 10 Mar 1940; Rose Bogiatzis, m. 17 Jun 1957 + 3. Angus Livingstone Roy           b. 18 Oct 1919, Larne, Antrim, Northern Ireland           d. 21 Jul 2006, Brisbane, QLD, Australia  (Age 86 years) ▸ Mabel Grace Fechner; Jacqueline Ivy Murphy, m. 18 May 1946 + 4. Beryl Roy           b. 26 Dec 1921, Larne, Antrim, Northern Ireland           d. 3 May 2017, Albury, NSW, Australia  (Age 95 years) ▸ Ernest Rupert Elias, m. 22 Jul 1946   5. Agnes Margaret Roy           b. 24 Feb 1926, Cairns, QLD, Australia           d. 10 Jan 2001, Ipswich, QLD, Australia  (Age 74 years) ▸ Brian Ronald Harris, m. 6 May 1967
  Photos » Slide Show		Sam and Agnes (Logan) Roy
  		Sam R and Agnes (Logan) Roy and family about 1922 before emigrating to Australia
  		Russell and Roys in South Africa during the Roy migration from Larne to Cairns
  		Russell and Roy children, South Africa, 1923 When Sam and Ag Roy and family were on their way to Cairns, Queensland
  		SS Wyandra served the Australian east coast 1902-1925 4,058 gross tons. Lbd: 340'6" x 45'9" x 17'5". Passenger vessel built by A Stephen & Sons., Glasgow for the Australian United Steamship Navigation (AUSN) Co for service along the Australian east coast. Began service 1902. Sold 1925 to Japanese shipbreakers and demolition began 9th February 1926
  		Children of Sam and Agnes (Logan) Roy, about 1927
  		Sam and Agnes (Logan) Roy and some family with children and grandchildren in front of 5 Moody Street, West Cairns
  		Sam R and Agnes (Logan) Roy
  		Maurie Roy's 80th birthday Brother Gus has just cracked a doubtful joke - sister in law Phyl is standing, sisters Peg and Beryl seated either side of Maurie
  Last Modified	12 Nov 2010
  Family ID	F5	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map		Born - 30 Jun 1889 - Larne, Antrim, Northern Ireland Census - Array - 2 Apr 1911 - 9 Jubilee St, Larne, Antrim, Northern Ireland Married - 11 Aug 1914 - Larne, Antrim, Northern Ireland Residence - Array - 8 Nov 1914 - 1 Coronation Tce, Larne, Antrim, Northern Ireland Emigration - Array - 10 Oct 1923 - London, England Migration/Travel - Array - 28 Nov 1923 - Cairns, QLD, Australia Registration - Array - 1925 - 82 McLeod St, Cairns, QLD, Australia Registration - Array - 1930 - 82 McLeod St, Cairns, QLD, Australia Registration - 1936 - 104 McLeod St, Cairns, QLD, Australia Registration - Array - 1943 - 104 McLeod St, Cairns, QLD, Australia Registration - Array - 1949 - 104 McLeod St, Cairns, QLD, Australia Residence - Abt 1950 - 5 Moody St, Manunda, Cairns, QLD, Australia Registration - Array - 1954 - 5 Moody St, Manunda, Cairns, QLD, Australia Died - 30 Sep 1959 - Brisbane, QLD, Australia Buried - 4 Oct 1959 - Martyn Street Cemetery, Cairns, QLD, Australia  = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Photos » Slide Show		Sam R Roy (on right)
  		Sam R Roy abt 1955
  		Sam R Roy [right] with Tom and Sis Rainey

  
  

  Documents		Census Ireland 1911 - 9 Jubilee St, Larne
  		Sam Roy's gun permit Note date (less than 12 months before moving to Australia) and address

  
  

• Sources

  [S551] Queensland Government: Immigration 1922 to 1940 (Reliability: 3). [S12] Australian Electoral Rolls 1901-1980, Ancestry.com. [S12] Australian Electoral Rolls 1901-1980, Ancestry.com, 1949 > QLD > LEICHHARDT > CAIRNS. [S264] Australia Death Index 1787-1985, (Ancestry.com), Reg No B34261 Page 2221. [S115] Cairns City Council Burial Register, PROT AJ/7584 7583. [S39] KGR family research, George Roy. [S80] Ships List.