Rolf Boisen Nissen

1902 - 1976  (74 år)

• Navn	Rolf Boisen Nissen
  Fødsel	2 aug. 1902	Australien, New South Wales
  	Adresse: Balmain, Sydney
  Køn	Mand
  Død	28 aug. 1976	Australien, Queensland
  	Adresse: Tully
  Person-ID	I85688	My Family Genealogy | Familen Ravnholdt & Hansen
  Sidst ændret	25 aug. 2026

  
  

  Far	Hans Johannes Trules Nissen,   f. 31 mar. 1872, Danmark, Vejle Amt, Elbo Herred, Fredericia- d. 17 mar. 1941, Australien, New South Wales (Alder 68 år)
  Mor	Josephine Rollinson,   f. 30 okt. 1866, Australien, South Australia d. 1 jun. 1910, Australien, New South Wales (Alder 43 år)
  Ægteskab	16 dec. 1895	Australien, South Australia
  	Adresse: J Horskins Cottage Royal Av and Gillies St. Adelaide
  Familie-ID	F24116	Gruppeskema  |  Familietavle

  
  

• Begivenhedskort		Fødsel - Adresse: Balmain, Sydney - 2 aug. 1902 - Australien, New South Wales Død - Adresse: Tully - 28 aug. 1976 - Australien, Queensland  = Link til Google Earth
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• Notater

  Rolf Boysen NISSEN (son of Hans Johannes Trules NISSEN and Josephine ROLLINSON) was born 2 August 1902 Balmain North, NSW. He was 8 when his mother died and probably went to an orphanage. It seems he was working in WA and accidentally damaged a very valuable windmill, so he took off on his bike and finished up in Queensland and lived with an uncle (or perhaps his half brother) on a sheep station for a while. He remembered sleeping under a table on a sheepskin. He then went to Tully to help his brother, Hans, clear land for his cane farm, but he had a falling out with him and left. At some stage he had a job as a rabbiter, and he also worked on coastal shipping. He later lived with his brothers and sisters in South Johnstone near Innisfail in Qld. He married Rubina WHITSON on 27 January 1938 in Brisbane, Qld. She was born in 1904 in Blakeney in England, and had come out as a child on a sailing ship. They lived on the Gold Coast for a while, then on a sheep station before moving to Cardwell then to El Arish, North Queensland, near Tully. He became a radio technician. He was unable to serve in the army during the war as he had lost an eye in a sawmill accident but he did serve in the local Volunteer Defence Corps as a spotter. They had three sons, David, Jim and Robert, all of whom became electricians - David worked in a hydropower station and Jim worked for Qantas. There are nine grandchildren. Rolf died in 1976 and Rubina in 1993.