Richard Roads (1835 - 1913)

Born 12 May 1835 in Walton, Buckinghamshire, England

Husband of Jane (Attrill) Roads — married 14 Feb 1859 in Willunga, Australia

Descendants

Died 25 Jul 1913 at age 78 in Yankalilla, South Australia, Australia

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Biography

Birth/Baptism ^[1]

• Name Richard Roads
• Gender Male
• Baptism Date 19 May 1835
• Baptism Place Saint Mary,Aylesbury,Buckingham,England
• Father Thomas Roads
• Mother Mary Ann
• FHL Film Number 919409
• Richard's Birthdate derived from Reference 5 is as follows:
• Birth Date 12 May 1835
• Birth Place Walton, Milton Keynes Borough, Buckinghamshire, England

1841 England Census ^[2]

• Name Richard Roads
• Age 6
• Estimated Birth Year abt 1835
• Gender Male
• Where born Buckinghamshire, England
• Civil parish Aylesbury
• Hundred Aylesbury Borough
• County/Island Buckinghamshire
• Country England
• Registration district Aylesbury
• Sub-registration district Aylesbury
• Piece 62
• Book 9
• Folio 10
• Page number 15
• Household Members (Name) Age
• Thomas Roads 30
• Ann Roads 30
• Sarah Roads 10
• George Roads 8
• Richard Roads 6
• William Roads 4
• Henrietta Roads 2

Marriage ^[3]

• Name Richard Roads
• Marriage Date 14 Feb. 1859
• Marriage Place Willunga, South Australia
• Registration Place Willunga, South Australia, Australia
• Father Thomas Roads
• Spouse Jane Attrill
• Spouse Father Daniel Attrill
• Page number 197
• Volume Number 37

Death ^[4]

• Name Richard Roads
• Death Age 78
• Birth Date abt 1835
• Residence Date Abt 1913
• Residence Place Yankalilla
• Death Date 25 Jul. 1913
• Death Place Yankalilla, South Australia
• Registration Place Yankalilla, Australia
• Page number 168
• Volume Number 376

Burial ^[5]

• Name Richard Roads
• Gender Male
• Birth Date 12 May 1835
• Birth Place Walton, Milton Keynes Borough, Buckinghamshire, England
• Death Date 25 Jul. 1913
• Death Place Yankalilla, District Council of Yankalilla, South Australia, Australia
• Cemetery Yankalilla Public Cemetery
• Burial or Cremation Place Yankalilla, District Council of Yankalilla, South Australia, Australia
• Father Thomas Roads
• Mother Mary Ann Roads
• Spouse Jane Roads
• Children
• William Roads
• Sandy Roads
• Frank Roads
• Ann Roads
• Sidney Roads
• Jane Poynter
• Fanny Metcalf
• Emily Mitchell
• Hannah Pope
• Arthur Roads
• Ethel Ann Parsons

Research

FINE OLD PIONEER. MR. RICHARD ROADS. Mr. Richard Roads, whose photograph appears in "The Chronicle" this week, was born at Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire, on May 12, 1835. He arrived in South Australia with his father in the Trafalgar, Captain Richardson, in 1847, on her second trip. The family settled in Adelaide and Roads began life as a butcher-boy for the late Mr. L. McBean, of Hindley street. Thence he went to one of Mr. McBean's stations in the lower north. He started from Adelaide in a spring-cart with rations and money to pay off some old shepherds. At Younghusband's station Gawler, he camped the first night and went on next day, leading another horse, but there being neither roads nor fences to form a guide, he was lost at Sheaoak Log. About seven or eight miles out, getting scared, he returned to Younghusband's and thence came back to Adelaide. He told his employer no one lived in the country where he had been, so Mr. McBean went to the River Torrens, where numbers of blackfellows were camped and picked out a sturdy tracker. Starting at once for Gawler, Roads and his guide reached Younghusband's after dark and were allowed by the housekeeper to sleep in the passage. The next day they made the Dustholes, belonging to Mr. McBean. Mr. Roads stayed there 14 days, having been deserted by the aboriginal. He subsequently reached his destination at Murrundie station. Blacks were numerous in the vicinity and among them was a white man, nicknamed "Cock Robin," who had two lubras. There were on the station three "Macs," namely, Messrs. MacPherson, MacGlen, and MacKenzie, who all slept and had their meals in a small hut. The hutkeeper on the Dustholes property, one day as his rations did not arrive punctually, wrote in charcoal on the improvised table — If you are fat and wish to get lean Come and live three months with L. McBean. The station hands never saw him again. In 1851 Mr. Roads accompanied his father and his brother George to the Forest Creek (Castlemaine) gold diggings, Victoria, where they had some success. Returning they settled in the Yankalilla district, where Mr. Roads has remained for nearly 60 years. During the earliest days there he carted flour for the late Mr. John Butterworth when it was £6 per bag, and saw his father-in-law (the late Mr. D. Attrill) sell the wheat crop of two years at £1 0/6 per bushel. In 1859 Mr. Roads married Miss Jane Attrill in a little church in Willunga, to which the bridal party, five or six persons, rode on horseback. He had just returned home when Mr. John Butterworth, by whom he was employed, sent word that a ship was at the Normanville jetty and he was required to load and discharge cargo. Accordingly Mr. Roads spent the best part of the first two nights and three days of his honeymoon working on the old jetty, which is now little better than a wreck. It was shortly after this that he removed to Purgatory, Rapid Bay, where he farmed for five years. There was an old hut on the property, but it needed a new roof, and the windows were filled with calico to keep out the wind and rain. In the winter the water flowed in at the back door and ran out at the front. Chairs were placed on flat stones to prevent them from sinking into the earth floor. Mr. Roads next went to Torrens Vale, where he farmed profitably for nine years. He then became a carrier on the Adelaide road, an occupation he followed for ten years. Once during that period, he relates, 14 Yankalilla men were in the hotel at Normanville, when a brawny six-footer offered to toss them all out for 5/. Mr. Roads retorted, "I am the smallest man here. Have a try at me first." Then the fun started. Eventually the big man was carried home in a cart and could not move for four days. "When I got home," said Mr. Roads, "my wife wanted to know what was wrong with my throat which had been badly squeezed by my burly antagonist, and asked if I had been hanged and cut down." Mrs. Roads was born near the first Government buildings between Adelaide and Thebarton and is one of the oldest white natives of this State. The couple celebrated their golden wedding this year. They have five daughters and three sons living. There are also 40 grandchildren and one great grandchild. Mr. Roads was a foundation member of the Yankalilla Lodge of Oddfellows, which celebrated its jubilee last February. He and his wife are a sturdy couple and are greatly respected. ^[6]

Daughter MITCHELL—ROADS.—On the 12th June, at the residence of Mr. H. Poynter, brother-in-law of the bride, at the Semaphore, by Rev. W. R. Buttrose, John Charles, youngest son of the late Mr. Wm. Mitchell, of Normanville, to Emily, fourth daughter of Mr. R. Roads, Yankalilla. ^[7]

Sources

1. ↑
   • Source Information: Ancestry.com. England, Select Births and Christenings, 1538-1975 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2014.
   • Original data: England, Births and Christenings, 1538-1975. Salt Lake City, Utah: FamilySearch, 2013.
2. ↑
   • Source Citation: Class: HO107; Piece: 62; Book: 9; Civil Parish: Aylesbury; County: Buckinghamshire; Enumeration District: 1; Folio: 10; Page: 15; Line: 3; GSU roll: 241221
   • Source Information:Ancestry.com. 1841 England Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc, 2010.
   • Original data: Census Returns of England and Wales, 1841. Kew, Surrey, England: The National Archives of the UK (TNA)
3. ↑
   • Source Citation: South Australia-Marriages 1842-1916
   • Source Information: Ancestry.com. Australia, Marriage Index, 1788-1950 [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010.
4. ↑
   • Source Citation: South Australia-Deaths 1842-1915
   • Source Information: Ancestry.com. Australia, Death Index, 1787-1985 [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010.
5. ↑
   • Source Information: Ancestry.com. Australia and New Zealand, Find a Grave® Index, 1800s-Current [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2012.
   • Original data: Find a Grave. Find a Grave®. http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi.
   • https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/113053558/richard-roads
6. ↑ Chronicle (Adelaide, SA : 1895 - 1954) Sat 29 May 1909 Page 42
7. ↑ Chronicle (Adelaide, SA : 1895 - 1954) Sat 24 Jun 1899 Page 8 Family Notices