Thursday, April 26, 2007

Who was on the Chyebassa, September-October 1885? Jessie and Rosina Juster

From Jen's Autograph book.

From Ella's autograph book.

It looks from the notes around the autographs that Jen and the Juster girls were involved in a certain amount of high jinks, and some of that involved Matron (Mrs Symes) and Mrs Stafford, and the girls' grandmother.

From the passenger list:
JUSTER, William R (50)
JUSTER, Charlotte (48)
JUSTER, William R (23)
JUSTER, Emily (21)
JUSTER, John W (Inf)
JUSTER, Jessie (18)
JUSTER, Rosina (16)
(William Richard Juster married Emily Rebecca SHARP, March Quarter 1884, in Mile End Old Town, Middx. John W has no birth record in FreeBMD, so maybe born on the voyage and possibly also died at sea.)
and
WAUGH, Catherine (80) - lets not forget Grandmother who was nearly washed overboard.

Going to the 1881 Census, we find them mistranscribed as Justor:
Name: Jessie Justor
Age: 14
Estimated birth year: abt 1867
Relation: Daughter
Father's name: William
Mother's name: Charlotte
Gender: Female
Where born: Bethnal Gr., Middlesex, England
Civil parish: West Ham
County/Island: Essex
Country: England
Street address: 9 William St
and
Name: Rosina Justor
Age: 12
Estimated birth year: abt 1869
Relation: Daughter
Father's name: William
Mother's name: Charlotte
Gender: Female
Where born: Bethnal Gr., Middlesex, England
Civil parish: West Ham
County/Island: Essex
Country: England
Street address: 9 William St

From the image:
William JUSTER, Head, married, 48, Carpenter, Born Surrey Merton.
Charlotte JUSTER, Wife, married, 48, Born Middlesex Bethnall Green
Isaac JUSTER, Son, unmarried, 17, Packer, Born Middlesex Bethnall Green
Jessie JUSTER, Daughter, unmarried, 14, Dressmaker, Born Middlesex Bethnall Green
Rosina JUSTER, Daughter, unmarried, 12, Scholar, Born Middlesex Bethnall Green
Catherine WAUGH, Grandmother, Widow, 79, Silk Weaver, Born Middlesex Bethnall Green.

I cannot find the younger William in the 1881 Census. There is a William H Juster of the right age, visiting the Huxter family in Lewisham, with a birthplace of Stepney, Middlesex. There are two good candidates for Emily Sharp in the census.

I can imagine Samuel Drew and William Juster sitting on the deck talking carpentry, while the girls had the run of the ship, eyeing off the young Constables and chuckling over the antics of Mrs Stafford and Matron Symes.

So, whatever happened to this big family? Again, one day I will have to search some more and find out. In the meantime, some burial records from the Brisbane City Council:

William Richard and Emily Rebecca Juster are buried in Dutton Park Cemetery, South Brisbane.
Name Sex Burial Date Age
Juster Emily R NR* 04 / 09 / 1931 Unknown
Juster William R NR* 13 / 03 / 1930 Unknown

William S (?) and Charlotte Juster are in the same cemetery
Juster Charlotte NR* 09 / 04 / 1918 Unknown
Juster William S NR* 20 / 05 / 1926 Unknown

No burial record of John W Juster in any Brisbane Cemetery. No registered death between 1885 and 1914. Possibly born, died and buried at sea.

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