The L'Estranges

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L'Estrange Descendant Line

1... Samuel Cooke L'Estrange b1720 Boardstown, Mullingar, Westmeath, Ire, d1757 Clowestown Boardstown, Meath, Ire

..... + Ann Smith Bomford bc1720 Rathinstown House, Gallow, Meath, Ire, d1784 Clowestown Boardstown, Meath, Ire, m1740 Ire

..... 2...... Edward Bomford L'Estrange b1751 b Clowestown Boardstown, Meath, Ire, d1792 Clowestown, Westmeath, Ire

..... 2...... John Bomford L'Estrange b1752 Clowestown Boardstown, Meath, Ire, died before 1825 Offaly, Italy

..... 2...... Samuel Bomford L'Estrange b1753 b1753 Clowestown Boardstown, Meath, Ire, d1807 Offaly, Ire

..... 2...... Thomas St Quintin Bomford L'Estrange b1755 Clowestown Boardstown, Meath, Ire, d1845 Edmonton, Essex, Hert. Eng

..... 2...... Francis Bomford L'Estrange b1756 Auburn, Westmeath, Ire, d13 Aug 1836 Dublin, Irel, m1777 Dublin

............... + Sarah Shiels bc1757 Mount Dutton, Meath, Ire, died before 1847 Ire

............... 3... Robert Augustus L'Estrange b1799 Ireland, d1838 Dublin

..................... + Elizabeth Mathews b1795 Ireland, died after 1879

..................... 4....... Robert Augustus L’Estrange b1824 Ireland, d18 Nov 1887 Rathdrum, Dublin, Ire

..................... 4....... Edgar William L’Estrange b5 Nov 1826 Dublin, Ireland, d17 April 1913 Brisbane QLD Australia

............................... + Frances Mary Henderson b15 Oct 1832 Meath, Ire, d6 July 1907 Bournemouth, Hampshire, Eng

............................... 5...... Robert Augustus Henry L’Estrange b4 Aug 1858 Rathmines, Dublin, Ire. D20 Mar 1941 QLD Australia

........................................ + Elizabeth Esplin Ely Co Laois, Ire, d11 Aug 1953 Brisbane QLD, Australia, m1888 QLD

........................................ 6 ..... Frederick Robert L’Estrange b19 Feb 1889 Co Laois, Ire, d1968 Brisbane QLD

........................................ 6 ..... Mary Elizabeth L’Estrange b4 Dec 1890 Co Laois, Ire, d1979 Brisbane QLD

............................... 5...... John Henderson William L’Estrange b15 Jan 1864 Rathmines, Dublin, Ire, died after 1913

........................................ + (1) Alice Baker b1857 Hanwell, Middlesex, Eng, d30 Mar 1936 Brisbane QLD, m1883 Brisbane

........................................ 6 .... Eileen Pearl William L’Estrange b16 Jan 1896 Brisbane QLD, d5 Mar 1896 Brisbane QLD

........................................ 6 ..... Eric Francis Hudson L’Estrange b28 Feb 1897 Brisbane QLD, d3 April 1981 Brisbane QLD

........................................ + (2). Mary Alice Palmer bc1863, d29 May 1891 Adelaide, SA, m 1883 Dublin, Ireland

............................... 5...... Alfred Hudson L’Estrange b16 Jan 1867 Rathmines, Dublin Ire. D1867 Dublin, Ireland

............................... 5...... William Manderville Ellis L’Estrange b11 Dec 1869 Rathmines, Dublin, Ire, d20 Dec 1951 Toowoomba QLD

........................................ + (1) Mary Emmeline Alder b21 Mar 1872 Brisbane QLD, d26 Sept 1947 Brisbane QLD, m1901 Sydney

........................................ 6 ..... Guy Gilroy L’Estrange b16 April 1903 Brisbane QLD, d22 Mar 1980 Brisbane QLD

........................................ 6 ..... Joyce Mary L’Estrange b3 April 1906 Brisbane QLD, d2 Jul 1983 Toowoomba QLD

........................................ 6 ..... Doreen Ida L’Estrange b15 Jul 1908 Brisbane QLD, d29 Nov 1993 Brisbane QLD

........................................ 6 ..... Esther Enid L’Estrange b6 Nov 1910 Brisbane QLD, d7 Oct 1998 Coleraine, VIC

........................................ + (2) Elizabeth Mary McGee b24 Nov 1891 Brisbane QLD, d10 May 1959 Toowomba QLD, m1949 QLD

.................................5... Emily Frances Evangeline L’Estrange b5 Feb 1871 Rathmines, Dub, Ire, d10 May 1959 Folkstone, Kent, Eng

........................................... + William Jordan Smith b13 Jul 1863 England, d1912 England, m1902 Hampshire Eng

........................... ....5...  Edgar Francis Quinlan L’Estrange b12 Sept 1872 Rathmines, Dublin, Ire, d1 Oct 1958 Derby, Eng

........................... ........ ..... + Louise Anita Hoff b1787 Ballina, Mayo, Ire, d1956 Surrey, England

..................................... ..6........Louise Anita Evelyn L’Estrange b29 Aug 1901 Johannesburg, Sth Africa, d1994 Bungay, Suffolk, Eng

........................... ........ ...6....... Frances Mary L’Estrange b12 Sept 1903 Aldershot, Hamp. Eng, d20 Apr 1978 Farnham, Surrey, Eng

..................................... ..6....... Edgar Francis John L’Estrange b12 Apr 1910 Bellary, India, d1940 Upavon, Wiltshire, Eng

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HISTORY
Samuel L’Estrange died in 1757 leaving his wife, Ann Smith, to bring up their four sons at Clowestown, situated beside Violetstown, her mother’s family home in Westmeath. Ann Smith Bomford died during 1784 when she was in her 80s.

Clowestown - Co Westmeath, Ireland (Clounstown or even Clownstown) is 2½ miles southeast Mullingar and just north of Violetstown. In 1836 it consisted of 340 acres all under cultivation except for about 10 acres of bog; “there is a good dwelling house with planting about it near the south end. The soil is good for tillage and the fences in general are covered with trees”.

         1.  Edward L’Estrange born c1751 took over Clowestown from his father who died in 1757. One thinks of his mother Ann living there with him.  Edward never married and died in 1792.

         2.  John L’Estrange born c1752 was an officer in the army and was killed in action in Bombay, India. This was most likely during the time when Warren Hastings was Governor (1774 - 1785). John never married.

       3. Samuel L’Estrange was born in 1753 and died in 1807 aged 54.  He became a clergyman and married Louisa, the daughter of Walter Birmingham. A Walter Birmingham of Mylerstown, Co Kildare, made his will in 1772 according to Vicars, and he may be Louisa’s father. Mylerstown was at this date a Bomford property belonging to Ann L’Estrange's brother, Stephen Bomford of Rahinstown.  Rev Samuel and Louisa had no children so it was left to the youngest son to carry on the line.

          4.  Thomas St Quintin L’Estrange was born in 1755. He was commissioned into the army in 1774 and served in the War of American Independence (1774-83); became a Lieut-Colonel in 1802 and a Lieut-General in 1830. During his travels he married on 3rd May 1793 Elizabeth, a daughter of John Campbell of Edinburgh. They had five sons and two unrecorded daughters before he died about 1845.

a.  Alfred Henry L’Estrange, grandson of Anne Bomford (daughter of Stephen Bomford) became a Lieutenant in the 7th Royal Fusiliers and saw service throughout the Peninsular War. In 1818 he married Anne Homan Molloy, the eldest grand-daughter of John Molloy and Anne Bomford  (daughter of Edward Bomford of Hightown). She died, just over a year after the wedding in December 1819 and he died the next year in Paris on 3rd September 1820. They had no children.

b.   Toriano Francis L’Estrange joined the 71st Regiment (Highland Light Infantry) and the Coldstream Guards. He married twice; firstly to Jane Martha Mulock, third daughter of Thomas Mulock of Kilnagarna, Athlone, in December 1820. Jane Martha died on 30th January 1822 just 13 months after her marriage and it has been suggested that she died giving birth to their only child:

                                              i.     Thomas L’Estrange was born in January 1822 in King’s County and educated at Trinity, BA 1844. He married Sarah Garrett, daughter of Thomas Garrett of Belfast. He became a solicitor in Belfast. They had no children. Toriano married secondly Aliereda Darby, only child and heiress of Colonel Darby.  In her right on the death of her father he succeeded to considerable property – real and personal – and by Aliereda he had further issue:

i.         William L'Estrange

ii.       Augustus L'Estrange

iii.      Constantia L'Estrange

iv.      Julia L'Estrange

v.        Maria L'Estrange.

c.     George Bomford L’Estrange died unmarried.

d.    Lionel L’Estrange was born in 1800 in Westmeath and educated at Trinity College, Dublin, (BA 1822). He died unmarried.

e.     Hilary Frederick L’Estrange, born 1803 in Westmeath, educated at Trinity, BA 1823, MA 1832, and became a barrister. He lived at Conna near Fermoy, Co Cork, where in 1878 he owned 936 acres valued at £778, however at this date he was living at Clifton, near Bristol. In 1831 he married Mary, daughter of William Mulock of Ballinagore, Co Westmeath. Mary was a cousin of Jane Martha Mulock who married the older brother Toriano. They had one child, a son, before Hilary died in 1881 and Mary in 1905.

                                            i.     Alfred Guy Kingham L’Estrange was born in 1832 and became a clergyman and an author.  He was left Conna when his father died and lived there unmarried until his death in 1915.

       5.  Francis L'Estrange, the youngest, was born in Auburn, Co Westmeath, in about 1756, became a surgeon and physician, and died on 13 August 1836.  He married Sarah Shiels, known as Sally, daughter of John Shiels JP of Westmeath, and by her he had a numerous family of children, all of whom except one he survived. He resided in No 49 William St., Dublin, at that time a fashionable street. There were only 2 houses of business in it: Ferrier and Pollocks, wholesale soft goods warehouse; and Green, a Fishmonger. Both of those houses of business were at the St. Andrew St end of William St.  Number 49 is at the King St end, within reasonable distance of Mercer’s Hospital, of which he was Senior Surgeon. He was also surgeon to the Marine School, and other institutions, and between these appointments, and his private practice, he was in receipt of rather a large income; and being a prudent man he had realized a fair independence before he retired from practice; which he did when he was about 73 years of age; He was in his 81st year when he died. He was one of the oldest members of the ‘Friendly Brothers’ Club, and, for some years before his death, he was the oldest ‘Perfect’ living.  He was President of the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland in 1796. In a history of the College (Cameron, 1916, p 384) there is the following note on Francis: 'F L’Estrange was born about the year 1756 at Adburn [Auburn] (Boarstown), in the County of Westmeath.  He was the youngest of the four [sic] sons of a country gentleman [Samuel L’Estrange]. The elder two died without issue; the third, a lieutenant-colonel, succeeded to the property, and Francis was educated as a surgeon. He began to practise in Chatham Street about 1778, and was in 1779 appointed Assistant Surgeon to Mercer’s Hospital, of which institution he subsequently became surgeon.  On the 12th June, 1786, he was appointed Assistant Surgeon to the House of Industry Hospitals, and was for many years Surgeon to the Marine School.  L’Estrange engaged in surgical and obstetrical practice. He acted as accoucheur at the birth of the poet, Thomas Moore, which event took place in Aungier Street on the 28th May, 1779.  He married a Miss Spiels [Shiels];  . . .  He was made a Justice of the Peace (for Westmeath) at a time when surgeons rarely held such a position.  L’Estrange died at the age of 80, on the 13th of August, 1836, in William Street, where he had resided for many years, and was interred in St. Ann’s church yard'.  Francis’ will was dated 24 June 1833, with three codicils dated 18 April 1835, 14 May 1835 and 23 May 1836. His 1833 will provided for the payment of £500 each to his granddaughters Sarah Hughes (née L’Estrange) and Elizabeth Ledwich (née L’Estrange), but this was revoked by the codicils as he had already given them £400 each. His estate, including his lease of ‘Lands of Glascorn’, Co Westmeath, was left to his youngest son Robert Augustus L’Estrange, solicitor of Dublin (Glascorn House is 6 miles west of Mullingar on the Mullingar to Ballymahon Road, R392). An annuity of £100 a year was left to his daughter-in-law Ann, the widow of his eldest son Samuel, with the proviso that she pay for the education, clothing and maintenance of his four grandchildren (children of Samuel and Anne).  A further annuity of £50 a year was left to Anne, wife of his son Francis, and one of £47.4.3 to his granddaughter Maria McDonnell, daughter of Francis and Anne.

a. Samuel L'Estrange, his eldest son, was born about 1784 in Dublin and became a member of the Irish Bar.  He married Ann Smith, one of the family of Smiths of Violetstown, and had issue

i)          Francis L'Estrange, who married Frances Louth, the daughter of a County Cork gentleman.

ii)       Sarah L'Estrange, married her cousin German Charles Quinlan.

iii)      Emily L'Estrange, died unmarried

iv)   Eliza L'Estrange, married the Rev Charles Macdonnell DD, Professor of Biblical Greek in the University of Dublin. He was brother of the Rev Richard Macdonell DD, a provost of that university.  By him she had four children, three sons and one daughter.

b. Francis L'Estrange was born about 1786 in Dublin and became a major in the army (3rd Buffs).  He married Ann Mathews, the eldest daughter of John Matthews, one of the Vicars Choral of St Patrick’s Cathedral, Dublin, and had issue, with descendants still living (Daphne & Don Gregg email 22 Nov 2008).  He entered Trinity College on 1 November 1802, aged 16, and Mr Sheils (probably his grandfather) is listed as his teacher (Alumni Dublinenses, 1593-1860, on internet, 24 November 2000).  He served in the Peninsular war.  He was wounded in one of the engagements.

i)     Maria L'Estrange, the eldest daughter married the Rev Luke Gardiner Macdonnell, (cousin of the aforementioned Rev Charles and Richard Maconnell) one of the curates of St Michan Parish, Dublin.  (He was afterwards rector of the parish of Glankeen County, Tipperary).  By him she had 3 sons and 3 daughters.

ii)      Sarah L'Estrange, the second daughter married Henry George Hughes QC an eminent county lawyer (he was raised to the bench as a baron of the court of Exchequer) and by him she had two daughters, Anna and Margaret.  Anna Hughes, the elder daughter, married Michael Morris QC, who was afterwards created Lord Morris of Spiddal, County Galway. E W L’Estrange in his Pedigree and Historical Records... describes Morris as ‘an insufferably vulgar Papist, of low birth; who owned a small property at Spiddal, Co. Galway. He had an exaggerated Galway accent, which he cultivated to such an extent, that he appeared ridiculous. He indulged in low meaningless witticisms...'. Margaret Hughes, the second daughter, married Edward FitzGerald a nephew of the right honourable John Fitzgerald, one of the Lords Justice of the Court of Appeal in England.

iii)   Bessie L'Estrange, the youngest daughter married William Lidwick [William Ledwich], who on the death, unmarried, of his eldest brother Edward Ledwich, succeeded to the small estate, of about £300 a year, in the county Kildare.  By him she had 2 sons, William and George, and 2 daughters, … and Lydia.

c. Robert Augustus L'Estrange was born about 1799 and became an attorney.  He married Elizabeth Matthews (Bess), the second daughter of John Matthews of St Patrick’s Cathedral. They had seven children, of whom five died in childhood. Robert Augustus died in 1838. 

i)      Robert Augustus L'Estrange, the elder surviving son, became a surgeon and physician at the Wicklow Infirmary.  He married Isabella, daughter of Isaac Todhunter, and by her he had three sons, Robert, Edgar and William, and three daughters, Gertrude, Augusta and Fanny.

ii)    Edgar William L'Estrange, the younger surviving son, was born at 49 William Street, Dublin, on 5 November 1826. He became a solicitor of the High Court of Justice in Ireland. In 1855 he married Frances Mary Henderson (Fanny) (1833-1907), the eldest of the two daughters of John Henderson, a Captain in the 10th Veteran Battalion, d1835, who when he retired on half pay, joined the Royal Irish Constabulary and rose to the rank of County Inspector. They had seven children, two of whom died in infancy, the surviving five were Robert Augustus Henry L'Estrange (1859-1941), John Henderson L'Estrange (Jack) (born 1864; died after 1912), William Mandeville Ellis L'Estrange (1868-1951), Emily Francis Evangeline L'Estrange (1871-1959) and Edgar Francis Quinlan L'Estrange (1872-1958).  Edgar William  L'Estrange emigrated to Brisbane, Queensland, in about 1900, to join his three sons, Robert, John and William.  He died in Brisbane on 17 April 1913 and was the source of most of this history of this branch of the L'Estrange family.  In his Chronicles of the L’Estrange Family, compiled and handwritten for his daughter Emily he wrote:

'... I devoted much time in endeavouring to make the narration pleasurable, and now that it is completed I believe I have laboured to little or no purpose. As for my children, three of them at all events (I allude to the 3 oldest) have been for so many years associated with and acquired the habits and ideas of descendants of criminals of the worst type: criminals who for the betterment of their native land, were forcibly escorted from it, and transplanted into the colony of Australia, a country fitting only to its barbarian Aboriginals, but also well suited as a place of punishment for the atrocious persons such as were transplanted into it. Of all the Australian states, Queensland is the vilest, but notwithstanding that three of my sons selected it as the place in which to pitch their tents: they will probably not appreciate my trouble...'

Edgar William L'Estrange also compiled in 1901 a Pedigree and historical records of the Le Strange family extracted from Genealogical works by Sir Bernard Burke (Ulster King at Arms); Lodge; Nicholas; and other genealogists, —also from the following—Record of great events by Sir William Dugdale; Men of Wit and Enterprize by Lord Carlisle; Comments on Works of Literature, by Great Authors; by Winstanley: Stows Survey; Ancients Family Residences in England, by Camden; D’Alton History of Ireland and other works.

d. Susan L'Estrange, known as Ellen, was the only daughter and married Matthew Quinlan, MD, of Ballyrafter House, Lismore, Co Waterford, and had issue.

i)         Francis Quinlan graduated from the University of Dublin and became a surgeon.

ii)       Charles Quinlan, the younger son, also graduated from the University of Dublin and was a member of the Irish Bar and later became a clergyman. He married his cousin, Sarah L’Estrange, the eldest daughter of Samuel L’Estrange (a. i. above).

iii)      Ellen Quinlan, the eldest daughter, married a Quinlan from Co Limerick.

iv)      Caroline Quinlan died unmarried.

v)       Susan Quinlan died unmarried.

Clowestown – Co Westmeath, Ireland (Clounstown or even Clownstown) is 2½ miles southeast Mullingar and just north of Violetstown. In 1836 it consisted of 340 acres all under cultivation except for about 10 acres of bog; “there is a good dwelling house with planting about it near the south end. The soil is good for tillage and the fences in general are covered with trees”. The L’Estrange family still owned the place in 1854 but the property had been split; Toriano had 200 acres and might have been living in the house with his second wife, and his youngest brother Hilary had been left 30 acres.

Edgar William L'Estrange 1826-1913

Edgar was born the second son of Robert (1799-1838) and Elizabeth Mathews (1795-1879) at 49 William Street, Dublin, on 5 November 1826. He became a solicitor of the High Court of Justice in Ireland. In 1855 he married Frances Mary Henderson (Fanny) (1833-1907), the eldest of the two daughters of John Henderson (1793-1835), a Captain in the 10th Veteran Battalion. They had seven children, two of whom died in infancy.  Edgar emigrated to Brisbane, Queensland, in about 1900, to join his three sons, Robert, John and William. Their only daughter, Emily Frances (1871-1959), married William Smith at Bournemouth on in 1902. Edgar's wife, Frances, died at Bournemouth, Hampshire, England in 1907. Emily looked after her affairs. Emily became a widow in 1912 and moved to Folkstone, Kent, England where passed away in 1959 aged 88.

1902 WEDDING - St James Church Bournemouth by the Rev W Moore White vicar, William Jordan Smith, 140 Sinclair Gardens West Kensington Park London, second son Late James Smith Belle View Holywood & Mrs Smith, 55 Wellesley Avenue Belfast, to Emily Frances, daughter of Edgar William L'Estrange, formerly of Greenmount, Milltown, Dublin and Mrs L'Estrange, Lismore Southbourne, Hamspshire.

1907 DEATH -  L'Estrange, Frances Mary, 7 Dec Administration (with the Will) of the estate of  Frances Mary L'Estrange of Claremont Florence rd Bournemouth Co Hants England married woman, died 6 July 1907 granted Dublin to Emily J Smith (Wife of William J Smith). Effect £6.

1959 DEATH -  Smith, Emily Frances Jordan of 1 Christchurch Rd Folkestone, widow died 10 May 1959 at 26 Grimstone Gardens, Folkestone. Probate Exeter  29 July to The National Provincial Bank LTD Effects £198 11s 11d.

Edgar died in Brisbane on 17 April 1913 and was the source of most of this history of this branch of the L'Estrange family. In his Chronicles of the L’Estrange Family, compiled and handwritten for his daughter Emily he wrote:

'... I devoted much time in endeavouring to make the narration pleasurable, and now that it is completed I believe I have laboured to little or no purpose. As for my children, three of them at all events (I allude to the 3 oldest) have been for so many years associated with and acquired the habits and ideas of descendants of criminals of the worst type: criminals who for the betterment of their native land, were forcibly escorted from it, and transplanted into the colony of Australia, a country fitting only to its barbarian Aboriginals, but also well suited as a place of punishment for the atrocious persons such as were transplanted into it. Of all the Australian states, Queensland is the vilest, but notwithstanding that three of my sons selected it as the place in which to pitch their tents: they will probably not appreciate my trouble...'

Edgar William L'Estrange also compiled in 1901 a Pedigree and historical records of the Le Strange family extracted from Genealogical works by Sir Bernard Burke (Ulster King at Arms); Lodge; Nicholas; and other genealogists, —also from the following—Record of great events by Sir William Dugdale; Men of Wit and Enterprize by Lord Carlisle; Comments on Works of Literature, by Great Authors; by Winstanley: Stows Survey; Ancients Family Residences in England, by Camden; D’Alton History of Ireland and other works.

Robert Augustus Henry L’Estrange 1858 - 1941

Robert was educated by a tutor and finished his education at Royal School in Armagh, Co. Dublin , a boarding school. Robert joined the Waterford artillery and became a Captain. He hated the army, and his father wanted him to join his solicitor’s offices. This he hated also and to pass the time he used to write poetry. He decided to go to Africa with Sam Hudson (son of Robert Spear Hudson – of Hudson soaps). In Africa they did surveying work for a couple of years. While in Africa, Robert contracted a severe fever and decided to come to Australia. He came to Melbourne and there be boarded the “LY EE MOON’ for North Queensland. He worked in Cooktown as an assistant to a surveyor. Robert then worked as an overseer at the Rocky Point, Sugar Mill, near Woongoolba, Beenleigh sugar mill. He then went to a position as bailiff on a property at Beechmont near Nerang. While there he met F.G. Walker of Upper Coomera, who operated an arrowroot mill (still in existence as a tourist attraction). Here he met his wife, who was FG Walker’s niece.

After their marriage they lived and farmed at the Upper Coomera  - part of the Canungra army base and had two children, Frederick and Mary (Girlie). In 1892 the family returned to Ireland. They stayed there for eight years, living for a while at Kilternan Abbey, Golden Ball, Co. Dublin, growing fruit. After leaving Ireland they spent two years in Bournemouth, England (1900 to 1902) where Robert worked as an assistant to an estate agent. Bournemouth is where Roberts mother, Frances , as living when she passed away in 1907.

The family then moved to California, North America, where Robert worked on a ranch and orange orchard for two years between 1902 and 1904 after which they returned to Australia. They lived in Wellington Road, Red Hill and in 1908 built a house at Victoria Street, Red Hill.

Robert joined his brother William L'Estrange at the City Electric Light Company and at his time of retirement was the publicity officer. His interests at home were gardening and photography. A small timber darkroom was built under the front veranda at his Victoria Street home. The majority of historical family photographs and documents descends from Robert's family.

Daughter Mary Elizabeth L'Estrange with mother Elizabeth Esplain L'Estrange nee Ely,
son Frederick Robert L'Estrange and father
Robert Augustus Henry L'Estrange c1913

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John Henderson L’Estrange born 1864

John L'Estrange was born the second son of Edgar and Frances on the 15th January 1864 at Rathmines, Dublin, Ireland. At the age of 19 he married 20 year old Alice Palmer in North Dublin. In 1896 he was in Mornington, New Zealand with his solicitor father, Edgar. John and Mary immigrated to Australia and sadly Mary died in Adelaide SA in 1891 at the age 28.

DEATH L'ESTRANGE - On the 29th May, at Edinburgh House, Victoria-square, suddenly, of heart disease, Mary Alice, the wife of John Henderson L'Estrange, aged 28 years. Irish papers please copy.

The Express and Telegraph, Adelaide, 2 June 1891

John married for a second time in 1895 to Alice Baker, the widow of William Westlake. William and Alice had five children together, the youngest three years of age, the eldest aged nine. John and Alice had two children together, Eileen who died as an infant and Eric Francis born in 1897. The marriage did not work out and by 1900 John is being sued for wife desertion.

SUMMONS At the City Summons Court on Monday, before Mr. R. A. Ranking, P.M., and Mr. A. Fritsoh, J.P., Aliee L'Estrange summoned John Henderson L'Estrange for wife desertion. Defendant was ordered, by consent, to pay the clerk of petty sessions the sum of 12s. 6d. per week for 12 months for support of his wife ; payment on October 22. 

The Telegraph, Brisbane, 16 October 1900

WARRANT - The police proceeded against John Henderson L'Estrangc, at the South Brisbane Summons Court yesterday, on a charge of disobeying a maintenance order. Senior-sergeant Dunn prosecuted. Defendant was committed to Brisbane gaol for three months, or until such time as £5 8s. 6d, with 4s. 6d. costs, be paid.

The Telegraph, Brisbane, 14 July 1911

In 1913 John is listed on Brisbane Electoral Roll as a 49 year old  miner living at the suburb of Ithaca, a designated neighborhood within the suburb of Red Hill.

William Manderville Ellis L’Estrange 1868-1953 

William Mandeville Ellis L'Estrange (1868-1951), electrical engineer and administrator, was born on 11 December 1868 in Dublin, son of Edgar William L'Estrange, solicitor, and his wife Mary Frances, née Henderson. Educated at Arnold House, Chester, England, William emigrated to Queensland in 1886. He worked as an assistant to the surveyor C. D. Dunne in 1887-93 before being employed by a relation, E. G. C. Barton, senior partner of Barton, White & Co. (later the Brisbane Electric Supply Co. Ltd and from 1904 the City Electric Light Co. Ltd). In 1898 L'Estrange visited England to negotiate purchases of equipment for the company. He studied electrical engineering in London and at Cologne, Germany, and gained professional experience in the United States of America.

Appointed secretary of Barton's firm in 1900, L'Estrange became its joint-manager and engineer in 1912. At St Philip's Anglican Church, Auburn, Sydney, on 20 March 1901 he had married Mary Emmeline Alder. He chaired the Queensland State Repatriation Board in 1915-20. When the Ipswich Electric Supply Co. Ltd was formed in association with C.E.L. in 1917, he was its secretary; he rose to managing director (1927) and chairman (1933). His wise and conservative leadership ensured that his companies were well placed to meet the increasing demand for electricity. Granted leave of absence in 1935, he retired in 1938.

L'Estrange had been a member of the Queensland Electrical Association and president (1911) of the Queensland Institute of Engineers. As a member of a committee formed by the Q.I.E. in 1914 to consider schemes for improved road construction and as president (1915-16) of the (Royal) Automobile Club of Queensland, he proposed the formation of a department of highways to control road-making. He also advocated a change in legislation to allow the reticulation of electricity supply by overhead rather than underground mains. In 1933-34 he was chairman of the Brisbane division of the Institution of Engineers, Australia. From 1922 he had been the institution's representative on the Great Barrier Reef Committee. He was a member (1913) of the Institution of Electrical Engineers and a fellow (1919) of the Chartered Institute of Secretaries, London.

Described as quiet and unassuming, L'Estrange took a close interest in Brisbane's public life. He was involved in the development of the University of Queensland as warden (1922-27) of the standing committee of council, a member (1927-35) of the senate and chairman (1928-34) of the buildings and grounds committee. In retirement he lived at Toowoomba. His recreations included golf and yachting. A widower, on 20 October 1949 at St Patrick's Catholic Cathedral, Toowoomba, L'Estrange married 57-year-old Elizabeth Mary McGee; like her husband, she was a former secretary of the Ipswich Electric Supply Co. Ltd. Survived by his wife, and by the son and three daughters of his first marriage, he died on 20 December 1951 at Toowoomba and was cremated; his estate was sworn for probate at £100,297.

Pioneer of QLD power dies at 83.

TOOWOOMBA, Thursday. — Mr. William Mandeville L'Estrange, 83, a pioneer of electricity, died at his Toowoomba home tonight. He was well known in Queensland engineering, business, and University circles, and was one of the founders of the City Electric Light Company. He was chairman of directors of the company from 1928 until his retirement about 12 years ago. Mr. L'Estrange has left a son, Mr. G. G. L'Estrange, of Sandgate, and four daughters. Worked as cook Mr. W. M. L'Estrange came to Australia about 1880. One of his first jobs was as cook to an explorer surveyor in Queensland. Later, he took up tobacco growing on the Upper Coomera, but was washed out in the 1893 floods. He moved to Brisbane, where he was employed by Barton and White - the parent company of City Electric Light. He started work as an electrician in the company of which he later became managing director. Back to England The company went bankrupt in the financial slump after the floods, and Mr. L'Estrange worked his way round the world back to England. He studied engineering and electrical engineering in London, Germany, and America. Returning to Australia, he was one of a group of men who "bought" the bankrupt Barton and White concern from the banks and founded the City Electric Light Company. He was company secretary from 1900 to 1912; and joint manager and engineer from 1912-15. From 1920 to 1928 he was a joint governing director and became managing director in 1923. At various times he was a University warden, an engineering representative on the Senate and chairman of the local Institute of Engineers.

William Mandeville L'Estrange and Mary Alder

Christmas with the L'Estrange Family's home, Coralyn, ca. 1912.
Back left to right: Elizabeth L'Estrange; Mary, Harry Alder; William L'Estrange, Guy, first on the horse, with Geoff Alder behind, Will Alder; Dolly Alder, Sis Canefort the nurse. Centre seated, left to right May Alder; Polly L'Estrange; Edgar L'Estrange, Grandma Alder with Joyce on her knee; Edward Barton; Doreen, (Billie) L'Estrange. Front seated on the ground left to right: First four Alder family.

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Edgar Francis Quinlin L’Estrange 1872-1858 
Edgar was born in 1872 the youngest son of Edgar and Frances L'Estrange in Rathmines, Dublin, Ireland. At the age of 27 he married Louisa Anita Hoff in Durban, Natal, South Africa.  In 1903 Edgar was a Lieutenant with Royal Army Medical Corps. 

Edgar and Anita passed away in England within a few years of each other aged in their 80s.

Left Elizabeth Esplain L'Estrange, Mary (Minnie) Henderson, Emily Francis L'Estrange, Robert Augustus Henry L'Estrange baby Louis Anita Evelyn L'Estrange, Anita (Nita) L'Estrange nee Hoff, Francis Mary L'Estrange nee Henderson and children Frederick Robert L'Estrange and Mary Elizabeth (Girlie L'Estrange), 1897 Bache Hall, Chester, England.

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Source

• "City Summons Court." The Telegraph (Brisbane, Qld. : 1872 - 1947) 16 October 1900: 2. Web. 10 Dec 2019 <https://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article175298064>
• "SOUTH BRISBANE SUMMONS COURT" The Telegraph (Brisbane, Qld. : 1872 - 1947) 14 July 1911: 5. Web. 10 Dec 2019 <https://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article176099288>
• "Family Notices" The Express and Telegraph (Adelaide, SA : 1867 - 1922) 2 June 1891: 2. Web. 10 Dec 2019 <https://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article208556130>
• "LATE MR. ROBERT L'ESTRANGE HAD VARIED CAREER" The Telegraph (Brisbane, Qld. : 1872 - 1947) 22 March 1941: 15 (SECOND EDITION). Web. 9 Dec 2019 <https://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article186602925>.
• "Pioneer of Q'ld power dies at 83" The Courier-Mail (Brisbane, Qld. : 1933 - 1954) 21 December 1951: 6. Web. 9 Dec 2019 <http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article50217326>.
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