ROSER, William & Diana
1802 – 14 January 1879
December 1810 – 12 September 1891
Origin Mereworth, Kent, UK
Accompanying Family Daughters - Lucy (11), Elizabeth (9), Francis (7) & Mary Ann (6)
First settled in York, WA
Original Occupation AG Lab
Occupation in Australia Farmer
SIMON TAYLOR
Departure Port London, UK
Arrival Year 1842
Fremantle
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Possibly Gypsy origin. William indentured to Burges 'Tipperary' York. By 1849 'Tenant Farmer'. William bought land near Toodyay, called it 'Salt Valley'. Daughter Caroline married Benjamin Hannett, Dempster Foreman, Esperance. She nursed Aborigine, Tommy Windich, guide to Sir John Forrest, until his death in 1876.
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