Photos and life story of John Henderson L'Estrange (1864-1913) standing and William Manderville Ellis L'Estrange (1869-1951) seated and two other later photos

John and William were brothers of Robert Augustus Henry L'Estrange. They also came to settle in Queensland, Australia.

John L'Estrange was born the second son of Edgar and Frances on the 15th January 1864 at Rathmines, Dublin, Ireland. At the age of 19 he married 20 year old Alice Palmer in North Dublin. In 1896 he was in Mornington, New Zealand with his solicitor father, Edgar. John and Mary immigrated to Australia and sadly Mary died in Adelaide SA in 1891 at the age 28.

“ DEATH L'ESTRANGE - On the 29th May, at Edinburgh House, Victoria-square, suddenly, of heart disease, Mary Alice, the wife of John Henderson L'Estrange, aged 28 years. Irish papers please copy.

The Express and Telegraph, Adelaide, 2 June 1891

John married for a second time in 1895 to Alice Baker, the widow of William Westlake. William and Alice had five children together, the youngest three years of age, the eldest aged nine. John and Alice had two children together, Eileen who died as an infant and Eric Francis born in 1897. The marriage did not work out and by 1900 John is being sued for wife desertion.

“ SUMMONS At the City Summons Court on Monday, before Mr. R. A. Ranking, P.M., and Mr. A. Fritsoh, J.P., Aliee L'Estrange summoned John Henderson L'Estrange for wife desertion. Defendant was ordered, by consent, to pay the clerk of petty sessions the sum of 12s. 6d. per week for 12 months for support of his wife ; payment on October 22. The Telegraph, Brisbane, 16 October 1900

“ WARRANT - The police proceeded against John Henderson L'Estrangc, at the South Brisbane Summons Court yesterday, on a charge of disobeying a maintenance order. Senior-sergeant Dunn prosecuted. Defendant was committed to Brisbane gaol for three months, or until such time as £5 8s. 6d, with 4s. 6d. costs, be paid.

The Telegraph, Brisbane, 14 July 1911

In 1913 John is listed on Brisbane Electoral Roll as a 49 year old miner living at the suburb of Ithaca, a designated neighborhood within the suburb of Red Hill. (https://francisgilroy.blogspot.com/p/lestrange.html)