William Rooke WEAKLEY^{[1, 2]}

1836 - 1920  (84 years)

• Name	William Rooke WEAKLEY
  Born	26 Feb 1836	Devonport, Devon, England
  Gender	Male
  Died	4 Nov 1920	Magill, South Australia, Australia
  Person ID	I1159	Main Tree
  Last Modified	30 Jul 2017

  
  

  Father	William WEAKLEY,   b. 2 May 1806, Stoke Damerel, Devon, England ,   d. Jun 1836, ,,Spain  (Age 30 years)
  Mother	Amelia ROOKE,   b. 1814, Devonport, Devon, England ,   d. 1866, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia  (Age 52 years)
  Family ID	F722	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Emily Hales DUNCAN,   b. 16 Dec 1840, Gravesend and Milton, Kent, England ,   d. 28 Mar 1932, Logan, Cache, Utah  (Age 91 years)  [3]
  Married	12 Sep 1861	Christ Church Yankalilla, South Australia, Australia
  Children	1. William Duncan WEAKLEY,   b. 22 Nov 1860, Aldinga, South Australia, Australia ,   d. 9 Aug 1924, Port Pirie, South Australia, Australia  (Age 63 years) + 2. Sydney Arthur WEAKLEY,   b. 2 Jul 1865, Echunga, South Australia, Australia ,   d. 1928, Melbourne East, Victoria, Australia  (Age 62 years)   3. Frederick Alexander WEAKLEY,   b. 18 Apr 1867, Echunga, South Australia, Australia ,   d. 21 Jul 1918, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia  (Age 51 years) + 4. Emma Amelia WEAKLEY,   b. 21 Jun 1868, Hahndorf, South Australia, Australia ,   d. 10 Jan 1890, Goodwood, South Australia, Australia  (Age 21 years)   5. James Duncan WEAKLEY,   b. 2 Dec 1873, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia ,   d. 23 Nov 1886, Kent Town, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia  (Age 12 years) + 6. Mary Ethel WEAKLEY,   b. 13 Oct 1875, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia ,   d. 30 Jul 1944, Broken Hill, New South Wales, Australia  (Age 68 years)   7. Laura Zulieme WEAKLEY,   b. 9 Jul 1879, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia ,   d. 3 Sep 1959, Downey, Los Angeles, California  (Age 80 years)   8. Robert Stewart McAlister WEAKLEY,   b. 27 Jul 1881, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia ,   d. 29 Oct 1923, ,Queensland, Australia  (Age 42 years)   9. Percy Charles Temple WEAKLEY,   b. 26 Dec 1882, Parkside, South Australia, Australia ,   d. 20 Jul 1916, Fromelles, Nord, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France  (Age 33 years)
  Last Modified	13 Oct 2018
  Family ID	F454	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Photos » Slide Show		Christ Church Yankalilla, South Australia Church where William Rooke Weakley and Emily Hales Duncan married, 12 September 1861, four years after Christ Church opened in 1857.
  		Weakley Coat of Arms Surname comes from the village of Weekley and has the distinction of being one of the first place names to be recorded anywhere.
  		Emily Duncan and William R Weakley Emily Hales Duncan 1840-1932 and William Rooke Weakley 1836-1920 Wedding Portrait taken 1861 in South Australia, Australia
  		William Rooke Weakley 1836-1920 Son of Amelia Rooke and William Weakley Husband of Emily Hales Duncan Weakley Taken from wedding photo 1861 in South Australia, Australia

  
  

  Documents

  William Rooke Weakley to Emily Hales Duncan Marriage Certificate

  
  

  Histories		Amelia Rooke & William Weakley Family Tradition and History for Amelia Rooke and William Weakley their son William Rooke Weakley and his wife Emily Hales Duncan Weakley
  		Weakley Surname & Coat of Arms From the village of Weekley and has the distinction of being one of the first place names to be recorded anywhere.

  
  

• Notes

  Family tradition said that William Weakley, father of William Rooke Weakley, (Son of Amelia Rooke and William Weakley) was one of the Life-Guards of Queen Victoria in the 1830s and was killed in Spain while on a vacation watching a duel between two Dons. When William left with the military he never knew about his child William Rooke Weakley. Researched by Mrs. Lucy Ripley, (in Yorkshire, England) to prove or disprove this family tradition. Lucy wrote to the Editor of the Household Brigade Magazine (Horse Guards, Whitehall) London, to find information on William Weakley. Her letter was passed on to the Headquarters of the Regiment, who sent the following information: ?Number 371 ? William Weakley, served as a Private in the First Life Guards. Enlisted 1st Life Guards on 25 Oct 1828 Age on enlistment: 20 years nil months Trade on Enlistment: Farmer Discharged by purchase on 28 Dec 1833 Total service ? 5 years, 67 days Character on discharge: Very good. (According to our records he was not married during his service.)? This and other information also personal stories have been handed down from Emily Hales Duncan Weakley wife of William Rooke Weakley, (Son of Amelia Rooke and William Weakley.) William Rooke Weakley came to Australia on the ship ?Abberton?. He arrived at Port Adelaide, South Australia on October 29th 1850. On board with William was his Mother Amelia Rooke Davies and Stepfather James Davies. There was also 3 other children listed, no names, which we have not been able to trace as yet. Amelia and James had a child Fanny Amelia Davies, born 21 May 1852 and died 18 Sep 1852 in Adelaide, South Australia, Australia.

  
  

• Sources

  [S142] William Rooke Weakley - Death, Extract from Death Registration, (Office of the Principal Registrar of Births, Deaths, Marriages) (Reliability: 2). [S975] Find a Grave Index for William Rooke Weakley, Find a Grave Index, (Find a Grave Index), https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q29R-3KRS., https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q29R-3KRS (Reliability: 3), 15 Mar 2016. "Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q29R-3KRS : 15 March 2016), William Rooke Weakley, 1920; Burial, Adelaide, Adelaide City, South Australia, Australia, West Terrace Cemetery; citing record ID 150833945, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com. [S28] William Rooke Weakley - Marriage, Marriage Certificate, (Certified copy of Original ) (Reliability: 3).