More about the Juster Family

A look at the National Archives of Australia website brings up some snippets of the life of some the Juster family after they settled in Brisbane. The younger couple, William and Emily Rebecca had two sons who enlisted in the Great War. One, Albert, served in France and was wounded but survived. The other, Walter Richard, lied about his age and enlisted at age 19 without his parents' consent. His parents discovered this, and Walter was discharged. He re-enlisted in WW2.

William and Emily lived in Prince Street, Thompson Estate, South Brisbane. We have already established their place of burial in an earlier post. (Thompson Estate is now part of Annerley and Fairfield. Prince Street seems to no longer exist under that name.)

It seems also that Isaac Juster emigrated with his wife, Anne Margaret. A son, Leslie Manson Juster, enlisted (at less than 19 years of age, but apparently with parents' consent) in the Great War and died of wounds. It is fairly clear that this is the same Isaac Juster in the 1881 Census.

Isaac James Juster was a Wholesale and Retail Grocer, Produce and Tea Merchant (established 1885), in Wellington Road, East Brisbane at the time of the Great War. He lived at Cracknell Road, South Brisbane. There appear to be no burial records for this pair in Brisbane City Council cemeteries.

Several younger JUSTER men enlisted in WW2.
Gordon Lawrence Juster, d.o.b. 29 April 1916, n.o.k Harold Juster.
Marle Richard Juster, (details removed as confirmed still living) n.o.k. Henrietta Juster
Lex Albert Juster, (details removed as confirmed still living) n.o.k. Walter Juster
(There are two entries in the WW2 Nominal Roll for Lex Albert Juster - one Army, one RAN. The Army man gives Walter as next of kin, the Navy man gives Henrietta. There is an anomaly in the dates of birth, same day, but different years. This has been explained by Marle: Lex signed up, under age, in the Volunteer Defence Corps, by being untruthful as to his true age. Later, he joined the RAN. The Australian War Memorial Nominal Roll information shows that he neglected to obtain a discharge from the VDC when he joined the RAN.)
Maxwell Robert Juster, (details removed as confirmed still living) n.o.k. W. Juster
Further details of all these men can be found at the Australian War Memorial website, in the World War 2 Nominal Roll.

From the Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour:

Leslie Manson Juster

Rank: Gunner [Gnr]

Service Number: 20810

Unit: 12th Bde Australian Field Artillery

Service: Army

Conflict :1914-1918

Date of Death :16 July 1917

Cause of Death :Died of wounds

Cemetery or Memorial Details: FRANCE 40 Etaples Military Cemetery

Place Of Enlistment: Brisbane, QLD

War Grave Register Notes: JUSTER, Gnr. Leslie Manson, 20810. 12th Bde. Australian Field Artillery. Died of wounds 16th July, 1917. Son of Isaac James and Anne Margaret Juster, of Cracknell Rd., South Brisbane, Queensland. XXV. K. 10A.

Gordon Lawrence Juster

Rank: Private [Pte]

Service Number: QX51850

Unit: 2/4 INF BN

Service: Army

Conflict: 1939-1945

Date of Death: 12 June 1945

Place of Death: New Guinea

Cause of Death: Killed In Action

Lest We Forget

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.