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Ella Rosieur Wake

Birth
Mangonui, Far North District, Northland, New Zealand
Death
1968 (aged 93–94)
Mosman Municipality, New South Wales, Australia
Burial
Cremated Add to Map
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Ella (Rosieur) Wake (1874 - 1968)
Ella Wake formerly Rosieur b. 2 May 1874 in Mangonui, Far North, Northland, New Zealand
Dau of Henry Rosieur & Margaret Cossell

Sister of Elizabeth Mary Rosieur, Hinemoa Rosieur, Sarah Ann (Rosieur) Naysmith, Thomas Richard Rosieur, Cornelia (Rosieur) Sherman, John Henry Rosieur and George Rosieur
m. 1896 Charles Augustus Wake in New Zealand
Residence 1933: Bondi North, Wentworth, New South Wales, Australia.

Mother of Gladys Ellen Margaret (Wake) Argue, Hazel Hinemoa Wake #189836254, Herbert Kitchener Stanley Wake, Ruby R (Wake) Chambers #191795504, Ernest Charles Wake #174271297 and Nancy Grace Augusta (Wake) Forward AC GM #74617823
d. 1968 in Mosman, New South Wales, Australia

Although Nancy, Ella's daughter, was born in Wellington in 1912 and moved to Australia with her parents Charles and Ella Wake (nee Rosieur) at the age of two, she had close family ties to Doubtless Bay in the Far North. Her grandparents, Margaret and Henry Rosieur, farmed on Paewhenua Island near Mangonui in the 1920s, Ms Wake visiting the island at least once as a child. Biographer Peter FitzSimons, author of Nancy Wake - A Biography of our Greatest War Heroine, said she kept in touch with her grandparents in Northland.
Nancy Wake Place is a cul-de-sac off Eagles Way and has expansive views over Doubtless Bay.
Another states d. Sydney, New South Wales Australia

Ella Wake b. May 2 1874 in Mangonui, Far North, Northland, New Zealand, to Henry Rosieur and Margaret Rosieur.
Had 7 siblings: Cornelia Sherman, John Henry Rosieur, Thomas Richard Rosieur, Sarah Ann Naysmith, Hinemoa Rosieur, Elizabeth Mary Rosieur and George Rosieur.
m.1896 Charles Augustus Wake, at age 21 in New Zealand.
They had 4 children: Captain Nancy Grace Augusta Wake AC GM, Ruby Wake, Herbert Kitchener Stanley Wake and Hazel Hinemoa Wake.
d. 1968, at age 93 in Mosman, New South Wales, Australia

Nancy Grace Augusta Wake, the youngest of six siblings, was born in Wellington, New Zealand, on Aug. 30, 1912. Her father, a journalist, abandoned the family in Sydney. He also sold the family’s home, forcing his wife and their children to find new lodgings.

Ella is not buried in Rawson Park. There is only one burial in the whole park. It is not a cemetery as such but does have the one grave within.
Contributor: alisonc1109 ♣ #48349597

Yet 3 others are listed, further research Required
CEMETERY ID 2520346
Suggested edit: Transfer request, I would be most grateful as Ella is my cousin, I was going to add her on FAG but because I couldn't find where she is buried I was unsure. I would be very grateful, thank you.
Contributor: wynrae (49281711) • states there were edits, but looks like further deleted, also a cousin here
Ella (Rosieur) Wake (1874 - 1968)
Ella Wake formerly Rosieur b. 2 May 1874 in Mangonui, Far North, Northland, New Zealand
Dau of Henry Rosieur & Margaret Cossell

Sister of Elizabeth Mary Rosieur, Hinemoa Rosieur, Sarah Ann (Rosieur) Naysmith, Thomas Richard Rosieur, Cornelia (Rosieur) Sherman, John Henry Rosieur and George Rosieur
m. 1896 Charles Augustus Wake in New Zealand
Residence 1933: Bondi North, Wentworth, New South Wales, Australia.

Mother of Gladys Ellen Margaret (Wake) Argue, Hazel Hinemoa Wake #189836254, Herbert Kitchener Stanley Wake, Ruby R (Wake) Chambers #191795504, Ernest Charles Wake #174271297 and Nancy Grace Augusta (Wake) Forward AC GM #74617823
d. 1968 in Mosman, New South Wales, Australia

Although Nancy, Ella's daughter, was born in Wellington in 1912 and moved to Australia with her parents Charles and Ella Wake (nee Rosieur) at the age of two, she had close family ties to Doubtless Bay in the Far North. Her grandparents, Margaret and Henry Rosieur, farmed on Paewhenua Island near Mangonui in the 1920s, Ms Wake visiting the island at least once as a child. Biographer Peter FitzSimons, author of Nancy Wake - A Biography of our Greatest War Heroine, said she kept in touch with her grandparents in Northland.
Nancy Wake Place is a cul-de-sac off Eagles Way and has expansive views over Doubtless Bay.
Another states d. Sydney, New South Wales Australia

Ella Wake b. May 2 1874 in Mangonui, Far North, Northland, New Zealand, to Henry Rosieur and Margaret Rosieur.
Had 7 siblings: Cornelia Sherman, John Henry Rosieur, Thomas Richard Rosieur, Sarah Ann Naysmith, Hinemoa Rosieur, Elizabeth Mary Rosieur and George Rosieur.
m.1896 Charles Augustus Wake, at age 21 in New Zealand.
They had 4 children: Captain Nancy Grace Augusta Wake AC GM, Ruby Wake, Herbert Kitchener Stanley Wake and Hazel Hinemoa Wake.
d. 1968, at age 93 in Mosman, New South Wales, Australia

Nancy Grace Augusta Wake, the youngest of six siblings, was born in Wellington, New Zealand, on Aug. 30, 1912. Her father, a journalist, abandoned the family in Sydney. He also sold the family’s home, forcing his wife and their children to find new lodgings.

Ella is not buried in Rawson Park. There is only one burial in the whole park. It is not a cemetery as such but does have the one grave within.
Contributor: alisonc1109 ♣ #48349597

Yet 3 others are listed, further research Required
CEMETERY ID 2520346
Suggested edit: Transfer request, I would be most grateful as Ella is my cousin, I was going to add her on FAG but because I couldn't find where she is buried I was unsure. I would be very grateful, thank you.
Contributor: wynrae (49281711) • states there were edits, but looks like further deleted, also a cousin here


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