Jardine children with known direct descendants
Matilda and Thomas had 12 children, of whom only five had children of their own; of these five, only Thomas de M. M-P and Lizzie Jardine had any grandchildren.
Lizzie and Robert Jardine's children
Lizzie and Robert had 4 children, one of whom (John) died without known descendants. For his entry see above in public section of this website.
1. Rosa Katherine Maule Jardine (14 March 1884-1973)1). She was baptised at Rockhampton on about 16 June 1884 by the Rev. Diggins. Her aunt Rosa Praed was a godmother.2)
Rosa Jardine married dentist Dr Eric Frederic Molle (8 February 18793) - 28 January 19754)) in 1912.5) He served in the Boer War as a private in the 3rd Queensland Mounted Infantry, returning to Australia in 1901.6) In 1908, he was referred to as 'Lieutenant Eric Molle'.7) He was prominent enough socially that the Brisbane newspaper reported the event when he spent a weekend at Southport.8) In July 1915, he was one of the first six dentists selected in July 1915 to form the Dental Corps of the AIF. By that stage he had qualified as a DDS (Doctor of Dental Surgery) from the University of Pennsylvania, USA.9) By November 1915, he was at Heliopolis Palace Hospital, Egypt.10) He rose to the rank of Major and was mentioned in dispatches. In 1967, he was awarded an honorary membership of the Australian Dental Association (Queensland branch).11)
There is an undated page (c.1906) in Rosa Praed's papers which appears to be a typed copy of a letter by an Australian-based family member (they began the document when at Coochin) - possibly Rosa Jardine as she mentions 'Mother' being reminded of heat of Townsville and appears a regular correspondent with Rosa Praed. This letter gives a very different impression of Eric Molle: “Eric Molle is queer[note that, at this time, it meant 'odd' rather than a comment on sexuality]. Nearly everyone likes him: he is the most tactful [did they mean tactless?] person I have ever known & the most casual but everyone says & everyone says [sic] “Oh it's only “Molly” & forgive him. He is really about 27 & looks 18. He is deaf, stutters & has bandy legs & a bullet head & is very cleanly to look at. I count him amongst my friends.'12). It is possible that his deafness was a result of his service in the Boer War.
Eric and Rosa had three children: John Macquarie Molle (2 February 191313)-60); George Jardine Molle (10 March 1915-1916)14); and Cynthia Mary Molle (25 July 191915) - ?). In 1924, Cynthia's step-aunt and godmother, Mary Bundock, left her a legacy of £200. She was described in the will as the daughter of Eric Molle of Crescent Street, Hamilton, Brisbane.16) One source states she was an 'Aircraftwoman in the Women's Australian Air Force' during World War II, and married Wilton Cobb in 1940.17)
2. John Lodge Murray Jardine (1 September 1888 - 29 July 1916).18) As his mother later told the army, he was born in Toowoomba. John enlisted in the AIF at Toowoomba to fight in World war I on 16 August 1915, giving his occupation as station manager. He had a 'dark' complexion, was 5'8” and weighed a little over 10 stone. He arrived with the 25th Battalion, 7th Reinforcements, in Marseilles, France on 27 March 1916, and was 'taken on strength' at Armentiers on 23 April. On 29 July that year, just 3 months later, Private Jardine was reported missing in action: and enquiry confirmed he had been killed in action by German machine gun fire at Pozières, France. He hadn't even had time to make a will. His mother Lizzie, as next of kin, received his effects: '1 Air Cushion, 1 Cigarette Holder'. Her address was then Clayfield, Brisbane. Lizzie wrote in 1921 asking the army to forward his medals to her. Her address was 'Aberfoyle', Broadwater, Stanthorpe then and the next year. By July 1934 her address was C/- Mrs Jackson, Scarborough Street, Southport.
His photo was published in The Queenslander Pictorial, 26 February 1916, p.23.
3. Francis (Frank) Alexander Lascelles Jardine (14 February 1893 - 195019) born at Albion, Brisbane. When he joined the army, his occupation was a 'mercantile clerk'. He enlisted in 5th Light Horse Regiment shortly after the outbreak of World War I and served at Gallipoli. He was wounded in action by shrapnel in his thigh, sent to hospitals in Malta then England before being invalided home in 1916, as medically unfit for further action.20)
Frank Jardine married Madge Dorothy Ellen Blackman in 192421); their son Murray Hugh Lascelles Jardine was born in Brisbane on 23 July 1925 and died c.26 October 2004. Murray Jardine reportedly served in the airforce during World War II. He married Alma Glenise Byrne on 3 June 1950 at St. Marks Church of England, Brisbane.22)