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====== 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)((‘Questions to be answered by T.L.M-P’, 6pp Memoranda by the Herald Office, Somerset House, London re Burke’s Colonial Gentry; Jill Fleming, email to J. Godden, 18 January 2018; familypedia.wilia.com)). She was baptised at Rockhampton on about 16 June 1884 by the Rev. Diggins. Her aunt Rosa Praed was a godmother.((‘Questions to be answered by T.L.M-P’, 6pp Memoranda by the Herald Office, Somerset House, London re Burke’s Colonial Gentry.))\\
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Rosa Jardine married dentist Dr Eric Frederic Molle (8 February 1879((Queensland birth registration 1879/B/24804-1975)) - 28 January 1975((Queensland death registration 1975/B/57606))) in 1912.((Marriage certificate, Queensland, 1912/C2016.)) He served in the Boer War as a private in the 3rd Queensland Mounted Infantry, returning to Australia in 1901.((https://www.awm.gov.au/collection/R1434321)) In 1908, he was referred to as 'Lieutenant Eric Molle'.((//The Brisbane Courier//, 30 June 1908, p.7.)) He was prominent enough socially that the Brisbane newspaper reported the event when he spent a weekend at Southport.((//The Brisbane Courier//, 1 March 1910, p.7.)) 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.((Tamson Pietsch, (2016) "Universities, war and the professionalization of dentistry", //History of Education Review//, 45:2, pp.168-182, https://doi.org/10.1108/HER-09-2015-0016)) By November 1915, he was at Heliopolis Palace Hospital, Egypt.((//The Queenslander//, 13 November 1915, p.6)) He rose to the rank of Major and was mentioned in despatches.  In 1967, he was awarded an honorary membership of the Australian Dental Association (Queensland branch).((//Australian Dental Journal//, February, I967, p.75.))\\
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He and Rosa had three children: John Macquarie Molle (2 February 1913((Queensland birth registration 1913/B/31738))-60); George Jardine Molle (10 March 1915-1916)((Queensland death certificate, 1916/B23334)); and Cynthia Mary Molle (25 July 1919((Queensland birth registration 1919/C/8924)) - ?). 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.((Mary Bundock, will, 1924, in F.F. Bundock papers, MLA5396)) One source states she was an 'Aircraftwoman in the Women's Australian Air Force' during World War II, and married Wilton Cobb in 1940.((http://www.thepeerage.com/p52599.htm))\\
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2. John Lodge Murray Jardine (1 September 1888 - 29 July 1916).((QBDM, registration no. F4384.)) When he joined the army, John gave his occupation as station manager. His photo (shown below) was published in //The Queenslander Pictorial//, 26 February 1916, p.23. In July that year, just 5 months later, he was killed in action at Pozières, France.((https://discoveringanzacs.naa.gov.au/browse/records/271088/28))\\  {{https://discoveringanzacs.naa.gov.au/media/mawson/91692.png?width=275&height=267&mode=Both}}\\
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3. Francis (Frank) Alexander Lascelles Jardine (14 February 1893 - 1950((Jill Fleming, email to J. Godden, 18 January 2018; familypedia.wilia.com)) 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.((https://discoveringanzacs.naa.gov.au/browse/records/258946/15))\\
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Frank Jardine married Madge Dorothy Ellen Blackman in 1924((Queensland marriage registration B35687)); 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.((T.A. M-P, family tree; [[http://www.thepeerage.com/p30807.htm#i308061]]))\\
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