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Annie Emma Eugenie ROBERTS (1864 - 1944)
Children Self + Spouses Parents Grandparents Greatgrandparents
Mary I O'CONNOR (1889 - )
Margaret A O'CONNOR (1895 - )
Kevin A W O'CONNOR (1900 - )
 Annie Emma Eugenie ROBERTS (1864 - 1944)

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Patrick O'CONNOR (1852 - )
 William Barker Claughton ROBERTS (1829 - 1865)











Asenath ELWORTHY (1829 - 1922) James ELWORTHY (1796 - 1832) James ELWORTHY (1770 - 1837)
Grace Thirza LEIGH (1771 - 1836)
Elizabeth MORSE ( - 1841)



b. 31 Mar 1864 at Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
m. 21 Apr 1887 Patrick O'CONNOR (1852 - ) at Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
d. 1944 at Waverley, New South Wales, Australia aged 80
Parents:
William Barker Claughton ROBERTS (1829 - 1865)
Asenath ELWORTHY (1829 - 1922)
Siblings (4):
William Alfred ROBERTS (1856 - 1943)
Asenath Ellen ROBERTS (1858 - 1944)
Edith Mary ROBERTS (1860 - 1937)
Walter George ROBERTS (1861 - 1923)
Children (3):
Mary I O'CONNOR (1889 - )
Margaret A O'CONNOR (1895 - )
Kevin A W O'CONNOR (1900 - )
Events in Annie Emma Eugenie ROBERTS (1864 - 1944)'s life
Date Age Event Place Notes Src
31 Mar 1864 Annie Emma Eugenie ROBERTS was born Brisbane, Queensland, Australia 1864/B002545
15 Jun 1865 1 Death of father William Barker Claughton ROBERTS (aged 36) Sydney, New South Wales, Australia 653/1865
21 Apr 1887 23 Married Patrick O'CONNOR (aged 35) Sydney, New South Wales, Australia 682/1887
1889 25 Birth of daughter Mary I O'CONNOR Glebe, New South Wales, Australia 10856/1889
1895 31 Birth of daughter Margaret A O'CONNOR Waverley, New South Wales, Australia 38005/1895 16
1900 36 Birth of son Kevin A W O'CONNOR Woollahra, New South Wales, Australia 36935/1900 16
29 Apr 1922 58 Death of mother Asenath ELWORTHY (aged 93) Waverley, New South Wales, Australia 7519/1922
1944 80 Annie Emma Eugenie ROBERTS died Waverley, New South Wales, Australia 6093/1944
Personal Notes:
Old South Head Rd, Waverley

Asenath and William Roberts, now described as a merchant, were still in Brisbane when the last child Annie Eugenie was born on 31 Mar 1864. An extract from Reminiscences of Maud Ward held in the Society of Australian Genealogists' Library says Annie "was a pianist at the age of nine. She was solo pianist at Ilma de Murska's concert in the building in Prince Alfred Park. She also played at the Garden Palace Exhibition in 1879." (The Garden Palace in Sydney was destroyed by fire in 1882).

Ilma was a 40-plus Hungarian singer who came to Australia in July 1875. By December that year she had wed a 28 year old Melburnian who just happened to be an exceptional pianist (and free accompanist)! The fact that she was already married didn't bother Ilma at all. Understandably her new husband Alfred was upset that she sent the considerable amount of money she earned back to her daughter in Hungary, so he didn't go to Sydney with her and this is probably when
Annie stepped into the breach.

In Sydney on 21 ApI 1887 Annie wed Patrick O'CONNOR. The marriage certificate said he was born in Ireland, was aged 35, Roman Catholic and occupation 'land agent'. I found birth dates but nothing more for Mary 1887 who probably died in infancy as there was another Mary in 1889; Margaret 1895 and Kevin 1900.
Source References:
2. Type: Book, Abbr: Devon to Downunder, Title: Devon to Downunder, Auth: Bettie Elworthy, Publ: Bookbound, Date: 1997
- Reference = 42 (Name, Notes)
This public tree has about 60,100 people. Every person in the tree is related by birth or marriage to at least one other person in the tree - no strays. The people in the tree come mainly from four projects.
  1. My family tree. The original project begun about 1998. ID numbers less than about 6,000
  2. Canberra and Queanbeyan Pioneers. The next 30,000 begun about 2004. Sourced almost entirely from HAGSOC's excellent 'Biographical Register of Canberra and Queanbeyan'. The project began when I decided to add siblings, spouses and parents for a relation with an entry in the Register. 12 years work.
  3. Wagga Pioneers. I moved to Wagga and thought I would extend the Queanbeyan project by adding people from Wagga Wagga & District Family History Society's 'Pioneers of Wagga Wagga and District'. About 10,300 people added over about a year.
  4. Tumut Valley Pioneers. During the COVID-19 pandemic of 2020, I decided to extend the above projects by adding pioneers of the Tumut Valley. Initial sources were Snowden's 'Pioneers of the Tumut Valley' and 'Relict of ... Lives of Pioneering Women of Tumut and District'. Excellent references published by Tumut Family History Group. I've also added material from newspapers of the time - especially, death records, obituaries and weddings from 'Tumut and Adelong Times'. This project is in its early stage and might take a few years. I plan to extend to the upper Monaro (Adaminaby, Kiandra, Cooma, Jindabyne).
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