Macarthur Arthur James (Cookie) ELWORTHY (1933

Macarthur Arthur James (Cookie) ELWORTHY (1933 - 2008)

Children	Self + Spouses	Parents	Grandparents	Greatgrandparents
Living Living Living	Macarthur Arthur James (Cookie) ELWORTHY (1933 - 2008) + Rosemary Heather CARMICHAEL (1937 - 2002)	Frederick Arthur ELWORTHY (1891 - 1967)	Arthur Ernest ELWORTHY (1866 - 1935)	James Baker ELWORTHY (1833 - 1889)
				Henrietta Sophia Jane LARGE (1846 - 1915)
			Leah Christian ISAAC (1865 - 1930)	John ISAAC (1827 - 1895)
				Elizabeth (Lizzie) KING (1821 - 1905)
		Viola Janet (VJ) HANSEN (1893 - 1987)	Frank HANSEN (1856 - )

			Hannah Maira Ellen Jane FITCH (1871 - 1927)	Edward FITCH (1830 - 1910)
				Janet Elizabeth MACKAY (1832 - 1907)

b. 16 Aug 1933 at Gundagai, New South Wales, Australia

m. 21 Apr 1965 Rosemary Heather CARMICHAEL (1937 - 2002) at Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

d. abt 2008 at Gundagai, New South Wales, Australia aged 75

Near Relatives of Macarthur Arthur James (Cookie) ELWORTHY (1933 - 2008)
Relationship	Person	Born	Birth Place	Died	Death Place	Age
Grandfather	Arthur Ernest ELWORTHY	18 Jan 1866	Tumut, New South Wales, Australia	19 May 1935	Cooma, Monaro, New South Wales, Australia	69
Grandmother	Leah Christian ISAAC	15 Aug 1865	Gundagai, New South Wales, Australia	03 Feb 1930	Gundagai, New South Wales, Australia	64
Grandfather	Frank HANSEN	16 Dec 1856	England
Grandmother	Hannah Maira Ellen Jane FITCH	03 May 1871	Daylesford, Victoria, Australia	1927		56

Father in Law	Douglas Macquarie CARMICHAEL	1889	Deniliquin, New South Wales, Australia	1968	St Leonards, New South Wales, Australia	79
Mother in Law	Heather Florence MARKHAM	1899	Tamworth, New South Wales, Australia	1966	St Leonards, New South Wales, Australia	67

Father	Frederick Arthur ELWORTHY	31 Jan 1891	Gundagai, New South Wales, Australia	23 Jan 1967	Parramatta, New South Wales, Australia	75
Mother	Viola Janet (VJ) HANSEN	18 Apr 1893	New South Wales, Australia	06 Aug 1987	Wynnum, Queensland, Australia	94

Self	Macarthur Arthur James (Cookie) ELWORTHY	16 Aug 1933	Gundagai, New South Wales, Australia	abt 2008	Gundagai, New South Wales, Australia	75

Wife	Rosemary Heather CARMICHAEL	06 Dec 1937	Cremorne, New South Wales, Australia	06 Jun 2002	Gundagai, New South Wales, Australia	64

Son	Living or Recently Deceased
Son	Living or Recently Deceased
Daughter	Living or Recently Deceased

Brother	Frank Arthur Ernest ELWORTHY	30 May 1919	Gundagai, New South Wales, Australia	20 Dec 2000	West Gosford, New South Wales, Australia	81
Sister	Nancye Leah ELWORTHY	19 Apr 1922	Harden, New South Wales, Australia
Brother	William John ELWORTHY	11 Dec 1923	Harden, New South Wales, Australia
Sister	Living or Recently Deceased
Brother	Robert Fitch Ross ELWORTHY	13 Feb 1928	Crowther, New South Wales, Australia	07 Oct 1990	Albury, New South Wales, Australia	62

Aunt	Eileen Christian ELWORTHY	19 Oct 1892	Gundagai, New South Wales, Australia	10 Sep 1956	Canberra, ACT, Australia	63
Uncle	Rodolph Leopold Pierce (Tony) Fane DE SALIS	08 Aug 1886	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia	21 Feb 1957	Canberra, ACT, Australia	70
Uncle	James Baker ELWORTHY	07 Jul 1894	Gundagai, New South Wales, Australia	01 May 1965	Balmain, New South Wales, Australia	70
Aunt	Doris Henrietta (Dobbie) ELWORTHY	17 May 1896	Gundagai, New South Wales, Australia	21 Nov 1975	Gunnedah, New South Wales, Australia	79
Uncle	Douglas Ian FREW-BROWN	1901	Blantyre, Scotland	30 May 1961	Leeton, New South Wales, Australia	60
Uncle	John Douglas ELWORTHY	15 Jun 1898	Gundagai, New South Wales, Australia	01 Mar 1942	Gundagai, New South Wales, Australia	43
Aunt	Heather Lillian Jane CRAIG	20 May 1903	Kiama, New South Wales, Australia	02 Jan 1995	Armidale, New South Wales, Australia	91
Aunt	Olive Agusta HANSEN	1895	New South Wales, Australia	1967	Burwood, New South Wales, Australia	72
Uncle	Charles H O'BRIEN
Uncle	Frank Edward HANSEN	1898	New South Wales, Australia	1955	Parramatta, New South Wales, Australia	57

Cousin	William Arthur Fane DE SALIS	09 Jun 1916	Gundagai, New South Wales, Australia	26 Nov 1999	Canberra, ACT, Australia	83
Cousin	Eric James Fane DE SALIS	18 Mar 1918	Gundagai, New South Wales, Australia	14 Feb 2002	Canberra, ACT, Australia	83
Cousin	John David DE SALIS	23 Oct 1923	Gundagai, New South Wales, Australia
Cousin	Jean ELWORTHY	22 Oct 1925		18 Jun 1992	Gundagai, New South Wales, Australia	66
Cousin	Living or Recently Deceased
Cousin	Leah Doreen ELWORTHY	17 Dec 1930	Gundagai, New South Wales, Australia	25 Apr 1961		30
Cousin	Living or Recently Deceased

Niece	Living or Recently Deceased
Nephew	Living or Recently Deceased
Niece	Living or Recently Deceased
Nephew	Living or Recently Deceased
Niece	Living or Recently Deceased
Nephew	Living or Recently Deceased
Nephew	Living or Recently Deceased
Nephew	Living or Recently Deceased
Nephew	Living or Recently Deceased
Niece	Living or Recently Deceased
Niece	Living or Recently Deceased
Nephew	Living or Recently Deceased
Nephew	Living or Recently Deceased
Niece	Living or Recently Deceased
Nephew	Living or Recently Deceased
Nephew	Living or Recently Deceased

Sister in Law	Joan Maree STONEY
Sister in Law	Living or Recently Deceased
Brother in Law	Frank Baylis MACKENZIE	14 Dec 1919	Tumut, New South Wales, Australia	11 Feb 1988	Brisbane, Queensland, Australia	68
Sister in Law	Living or Recently Deceased
Brother in Law	Roland Ian LOGAN	09 Mar 1925	Newcastle-on-Tyne, Northumberland, England	29 Apr 1995	Manly, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia	70
Sister in Law	Living or Recently Deceased

Events in Macarthur Arthur James (Cookie) ELWORTHY (1933 - 2008)'s life
Date	Age	Event	Place	Notes	Src
16 Aug 1933		Macarthur Arthur James (Cookie) ELWORTHY was born	Gundagai, New South Wales, Australia
21 Apr 1965	31	Married Rosemary Heather CARMICHAEL (aged 27)	Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
23 Jan 1967	33	Death of father Frederick Arthur ELWORTHY (aged 75)	Parramatta, New South Wales, Australia	13924/1967
06 Aug 1987	53	Death of mother Viola Janet (VJ) HANSEN (aged 94)	Wynnum, Queensland, Australia
06 Jun 2002	68	Death of wife Rosemary Heather CARMICHAEL (aged 64)	Gundagai, New South Wales, Australia		22
abt 2008	75	Macarthur Arthur James (Cookie) ELWORTHY died	Gundagai, New South Wales, Australia

Personal Notes:

Named for his grandfather and uncle, the last of the family was Arthur James but known to his siblings and friends as James who arrived at the Tara Private Hospital, Gundagai on 16 Aug 1933. This was a dismal and frightening year and an indication of things to come - Hitler was appointed Chancellor of Germany with dictatorial powers; a mass exodus of authors, musicians, actors and painters began from Germany; starvation in the USSR reached disastrous proportions - and Japan withdrew from the League of Nations.
The little school at Bengarralong provided young James with his first taste of education - he then boarded in the town whilst at Gundagai Primary and Junior High Schools. In 1948 he went to Newington College at Stanmore where he played cricket and football and was eventually Senior Boarder Prefect. James also did a wool-elassing course at Gundagai Tech, and National Service in June 1954.
Known in those days as "Cookie" to sports followers, he was a keen cricketer and ardent rugby league player. He was in the team which won the reserve grade premiership in 1956 and was also a bearer of the Olympic torch on its way to Melbourne. In 1962 and 1963 he was part of Gundagai Maher Cup Competition team. He has maintained a lifelong interest in the game and in 1992 was appointed
to the Gundagai selection panel.
"Cookie' Elworthy had an illustrious football career with Gundagai and was a member of Peter Diversi's team which lifted the famed Maher Cup from the grasp of the highly regarded Wyalong team led by the late Darrell Fazio", proudly reported the Gundagai Independent. Both his sons inherited his ability.
Like his brother Rob, James also found love at Gundagai Hospital! Rosemary Heather, only child of Heather nee MARKHAM and Douglas Macquarie CARMICHAEL was born at Cremorne. She attended SCEGGS, Darlinghurst from kinder to leaving, then worked in the Bank of NSW for a year doing typing, shorthand and ledger work.
Anursing career seemed more to her liking so Rosemary trained at Royal North Shore Hospital, did midwifery/obstetrics at Sydney'S Crown Street Hospital, gained her third certificate in welfare of mothers and babies - then went to Gundagai.
James and Rosemary were married at St James Church, King Street, Sydney on 21 ApI 1965 with a reception at the Hotel Australia. The happy occasion was marred by the collapse after the reception of 'Unk' - Jim Elworthy Snr who was taken to the Poplars Hospital at Epping where his niece Nan Mackenzie was nursing. He died there on 01 May 1965.
For the next 18 months James' mother Vi (or VJ as she was by now mostly called by her children) stayed on at Burrenderry whilst James ran the property, since 1957 a proprietary limited company. Under his Uncle Jim's tuition he had become proficient as a farmer and grazier and later was able to buyout the other shareholders. Rosemary added to the family landholding when she purchased nearby Rosevale.

Source References:

2. Type: Book, Abbr: Devon to Down Under, Title: Devon to Down Under, Auth: Bettie Elworthy, Publ: Bookbound, Date: 1997

- Reference = 235ff (Name, Notes)

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