Francis Elmer RUMBALL

Francis Elmer RUMBALL

Kangaroo Island Connection:

His father, Harry Sibley RUMBALL was postmaster at Kingscote c. 1897-1907, and so the children attended the Kingscote School, which memorialised their old scholars who fought in WW1. - ANZAC DAY CELEBRATIONS. (1922, April 29). The Kangaroo Island Courier (Kingscote, SA : 1907 - 1951), , p. 2. http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article191553763

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Descendants of :

Harry Sibley RUMBALL

Generation 1

1. Harry Sibley RUMBALL was born 07 Apr 1856 in Mount Blackwood, Victoria and died 27 Nov 1938 in Goodwood, SA. He married Bertha Wilhelmine FUSS 16 Dec 1880 in Redruth, SA. She was born 11 Aug 1854 in Burra, SA and died 15 Jun 1888 in Goodwood, SA, daughter of Heinrich Christian Wilhelm FUSS and Fredericka Christiane LUTZ. He married Jane REED 09 Oct 1892 in Fowlers Bay, SA. She was born 17 May 1859 in Lefevre Peninsula, SA and died 20 May 1940 in Parkside, SA.

Other events in the life of Harry Sibley RUMBALL

Occupation: BET 1897 & 1907, Kingscote Postmaster

Children of Harry Sibley RUMBALL and Bertha Wilhelmine FUSS:

i. Winnifred Bertha RUMBALL was born 19 Oct 1881 in Goodwood, SA and died 29 Oct 1966 in Malvern, SA. She married Robert Bell Wellington SHARP 10 Oct 1914 in Oodnadatta, SA. He was born 07 Sep 1888 in North Adelaide, SA.

ii. 3. Arnold Harry RUMBALL was born 24 Apr 1883 in Goodwood, SA and died 1965.

iii. Ida RUMBALL was born 07 Feb 1885 in Goodwood, SA and died 15 Aug 1961 in Henley Beach, SA. She married Albert George BOXER 30 Jul 1903 in Parkside, SA. He was born 16 Jul 1879 in Cape Cassina, Kangaroo Island, SA and died 10 May 1966 in Magill, SA, son of John BOXER and Marianne Laker HAMILTON.

iv. Bertha RUMBALL was born 18 Jul 1887 in Goodwood West, SA and died 06 Apr 1892. She married Frederick Thomas MARLOW 24 Dec 1913 in Riverton, SA. He was born 08 May 1890 in nr Marrabel, SA and died 08 Feb 1960 in Unley, SA.

Children of Harry Sibley RUMBALL and Jane REED:

v. Percival (Peter) RUMBALL was born 31 Dec 1890 in Fowlers Bay. SA and died 19 Jan 1967 in Queensland. He married Isobel HIDDLE.

vi. 7. Clarence RUMBALL was born 13 Aug 1892 in Fowlers Bay. SA and died 12 May 1979 in Barmera, SA

vii. Francis Elmer RUMBALL was born 30 Jun 1895 in Goodwood West, SA and died 30 May 1974 in Myrtle Bank, SA. He married Irene Spottiswoode (Rene) PALMER 20 Nov 1935 in Adelaide, SA. She was born 25 Feb 1906 in Eastwood, SA and died 03 Oct 1973 in Glandore, SA.

viii. Harry Stanley Hargrave RUMBALL was born 01 Oct 1897 in Hindmarsh, SA and died 10 May 1965 in Magill, SA

Generation 2

3. Arnold Harry RUMBALL was born 24 Apr 1883 in Goodwood, SA and died 1965. He married Alice Valentine FRANK 20 Nov 1909 in Semaphore, SA. She was born 14 Feb 1883 in Althorpe Lighthouse, SA and died 22 May 1956 in Adelaide, SA, daughter of August Daniel FRANK and Mary Jane MURPHY.

Other events in the life of Arnold Harry RUMBALL

Military: 1122 9th LHR

Residence: 1922, Penneshaw, Kangaroo Island, SA

Occupation: 1928, Clerk, District Council Dudley

Children of Arnold Harry RUMBALL and Alice Valentine FRANK:

i. Mignon Alice RUMBALL was born 10 Nov 1910 in Parkside, SA. She married Vivian Theodore WILKINS 18 Feb 1933 in Glenelg, SA

ii. Arnold Ralph RUMBALL was born 10 Oct 1912 in Parkside, SA and died 24 Aug 1987

7. Clarence RUMBALL was born 13 Aug 1892 in Fowlers Bay. SA and died 12 May 1979 in Barmera, SA. He married Dorothy Alice SCHROEDER 19 Feb 1919 in North Adelaide, SA. She was born 13 Jul 1893 in Tanunda, SA and died 29 Jan 1979 in Barmera, SA.

Other events in the life of Clarence RUMBALL

Military: Major, 10th Batt

Children of Clarence RUMBALL and Dorothy Alice SCHROEDER:

i. Brian Clarence RUMBALL was born 07 Aug 1920 in Kilkenny, SA and died 17 Mar 2008 in Loxton, SA

ii. Mary Dorothy RUMBALL was born 07 Nov 1923 in Winkie, SA

iii. Peter RUMBALL was born 29 Nov 1926 in Berri, SA

Last updated : 29 May 2021