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 1891 - 1972 (81 years)
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| Name |
Charles Rossiter |
| Born |
07 Feb 1891 |
| Gender |
Male |
| Died |
29 Apr 1972 |
| Buried |
2 May 1972 |
Waimairi Cemetery, Christchurch, New Zealand  [1] |
| Person ID |
I14 |
Clist Connections |
| Last Modified |
21 Aug 2021 |
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| Photos
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 | On board TSS Rotorua, of the New Zealand Line
My grandfather Sidney Clist is at front left, and his brother John at back right. John has his hand on Charles Rossiter's shoulder. Charles was a cousin of Sidney and John, and from the age of 5 was reared in their home as their brother. I think that the young man at the back left is in Sidney's wedding group photo (Gisborne, 15 Apr 1913) but I do not know who he is. Nor do we know the person standing in the middle at the back. Departed Plymouth 29 Oct 1910 for Wellington via Capetown, Fremantle, Hobart, Sydney and Auckland. This photo was found among John Clist's memorabilia.
You can see the ship in this photo. |
 | TSS Rotorua at sea, 1910 - 1917
The TSS Rotorua at sea under full steam. Location unknown.
Among its 3rd-class passengers on its maiden voyage from London were three young men from Taunton, Somerset: Sidney Clist aged 24, his brother John Clist 18, and their cousin Charles Rossiter 19, departing Plymouth on 29 October 1910. They stopped at Capetown and Hobart en route, and arrived in Wellington on 11 December 1910. You can see them on deck in this photo.
The TSS Rotorua was sunk in the English Channel on 22 March 1917.
Photo courtesy of Alexander Turnbull Library  . |
 | Edward and Elizabeth Rossiter and family
Copies of this photo were found in the memorabilia of brothers Sidney Clist and John Clist, New Zealand, but none of the Clist descendants knew who the family was. In consultation with Ernie Wide (UK, a Rossiter connection) we have now identified each of the members of the family.
As the mother in this photo looks remarkably like my great-grandmother Mary Clist neé Quick, I had already guessed that she is Mary's older sister Elizabeth Rossiter neé Quick. The father is her husband Edward Rossiter. The eldest child is Margaret Mary b. 1882, next is Edward James (Ted) b. 1884, then John Thomas b. 1886 and Violet Elizabeth b. 1889. The youngest is Charles Rossiter b. 1891, dressed in a baby smock as was the custom in those days. Yet to come is Harry b. 1893.
Sadly, all children were orphaned just 5 years after this photo was taken, and were dispersed to uncles and aunts in the Quick family. Ted (13) and Charles (5) were reared by my great-grandparents George and Mary Clist, of Shoreditch, Taunton.
Roger Clist, July 2011 |
| Documents |
 | SS Rotorua Passenger List 29 Oct 1910
This is the passenger list for the ship that my grandfather Sidney Clist emigrated from Somerset, England to Wellington, New Zealand in company with his younger brother John and first cousin/step-brother Charles Rossiter. |
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