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ArgyllGran

ArgyllGran Report 11 Feb 2022 12:50

The West-Rooby Findagrave record posted by Maddie has a "gravesite detail" added to say he was 34 at death.


The same grave is recorded under the name Norton West-Rooby:

Norton West-Rooby
Birth unknown
Death 17 Jul 1963
Burial Rookwood General Cemetery
Rookwood, Cumberland Council, New South Wales, Australia
Plot Zone E Section 19 Grave 3700
Memorial ID 189888856 · View Source

Gravesite Details
Aged 34



Norton Wes-Sooby [ West-Sooby on image ]
in the Australia, Electoral Rolls, 1903-1980
Name: Norton Wes-Sooby
Gender: Male
Electoral Date: 1963
Electoral Place: Narrabeen, MacKellar, New South Wales, Australia

Living with Jean Iris West-Sooby.


A tree on Ancestry has him born 1930 - but no proof of birth date.

Parents:

robert west Sooby
1881–1943

mary elizabeth davenport
1900–1987

Married twice, but no dates or places of marriages given.
Barbara June Green, and Jean Iris Gimbert (1935–1984)

The tree lists three children with Jean. The first two have been kept private. The third has first name John, and , from Google searches, is a professor at Adelaide University.
That fits with Nameslessone's post at 11:30

Maddie

Maddie Report 11 Feb 2022 12:26

from family search.org

Ada Marye Somerset West-Sooby
Principal
Find A Grave Index

Birth 1933
Death 10 November 2018
Burial Stratton, Western Australia, Australia
Ronald West-Sooby
Principal
Find A Grave Index

Birth 6 August 1937
Death 5 March 1963
Burial Rookwood, New South Wales, Australia
Victor West-Sooby
Principal
Find A Grave Index

Death 8 March 1982
Burial 1982
Liverpool, New South Wales, Australia
Norma West Sooby
Principal
Find A Grave Index

Death 29 December 2003
Burial 2003
Rookwood, New South Wales, Australia
Mary Elizabeth West-Sooby
Principal
BillionGraves Index

Birth 23 February 1900
Death 31 December 1987
Burial Kippa Ring, Queensland, Australia
Thomas West-Sooby
Principal
Find A Grave Index

Birth 31 May 1939
Death 3 June 2018
Burial Kippa Ring, Queensland, Australia
Mary Elizabeth Davenport West-Sooby
Principal
Find A Grave Index

Birth 23 February 1900
Death 31 December 1987
Burial Kippa Ring, Queensland, Australia
Robert West-Sooby
Principal
Find A Grave Index

ErikaH

ErikaH Report 11 Feb 2022 12:12

West-Sooby
Mary Elizabeth
1900
1987
1987
Australia Billion Graves Cemetery Index
Kippa-Ring, Queensland, Australia

ian

ian Report 11 Feb 2022 11:57

he was m in 1959 his wife may still be alive

Maddie

Maddie Report 11 Feb 2022 11:33

may be connected

Mary Elizabeth
District Petrie
Last name West-Sooby
Sub-district Redcliffe
Sex Female
Number 10130
Birth year -
State Queensland
Year 1959
Country Australia
Occupation Home duties
Page -
House name 15
Record set Australia Electoral Rolls
Street Cornelius Street
Category Census, land & surveys
Address 15 Cornelius Street Clontarf
Subcategory Electoral Rolls
Place Clontarf

Name: Mary Elizabeth West-Sooby
Gender: Female
Electoral Date: 1980
Electoral Place: Margate, Petrie, Queensland, Australia
MM


greyghost

greyghost Report 11 Feb 2022 11:31

https://familyhistory.bdm.nsw.gov.au/lifelink/familyhistory/search/result?4

Deaths Search Results - registration appears to show in 1964


Name..Registration .....Number....Father's Given Name(s)..Mother's Given Name(s)...District

WEST-SOOBY JOHN 12650/1964 ROBERT........................MARY...........................MACLEAN

nameslessone

nameslessone Report 11 Feb 2022 11:30

Try Googling his name. You will find someone of the same name John West-Sooby in Adelaide.
With those names one assumes they are related - maybe worth getting in touch.

Maddie

Maddie Report 11 Feb 2022 11:24

from ancestry

Name: John West-Rooby
Death Date: 17 Jul 1963
Cemetery: Rookwood General Cemetery
Burial or Cremation Place: Rookwood, Cumberland Council, New South Wales, Australia
Has Bio?: N
URL:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/189859353/john-west-rooby
Provided in association with Find a Grave
Provided in association with Find a Grave
MM

John West-Rooby
Birth unknown
Death 17 Jul 1963
Burial
Rookwood General Cemetery
Rookwood, Cumberland Council, New South Wales, Australia
Plot Zone E Section 19 Grave 3700
Memorial ID 189859353 · View Source

nameslessone

nameslessone Report 11 Feb 2022 11:22

His Australian death certificate would give you a lot more information than an English one.

ErikaH

ErikaH Report 11 Feb 2022 11:21

He married in 1959 in Western Australia..........place name SWAN

NO other info about the name on FMP

You'll need to buy certs


ErikaH

ErikaH Report 11 Feb 2022 11:18

How old was he when he died?

Have you tried looking anywhere?

nameslessone

nameslessone Report 11 Feb 2022 11:18

It would help those able to do this research if you indicated where in Australia he died, how old he was and where you think he may have been born.

ian

ian Report 11 Feb 2022 11:07

Hi All, looking for birth of John West-Sooby he died in Australia in 1963