Sydney Clarence Rogers, born May 16 1874 in Lambeth, Surrey, England
Twins, Sydney and Tom in 1876, Sydney as a young man, Sydney and wife Mildred and daughters Laura, Dorothy and Vanessa in 1911
Sydney was one of twin boys, born in Lambeth, Surrey in 1874. He was ten when his parents died in Cairo, Egypt. Soon after returning to London in the care of his Aunt, Mary Eliza Rogers, he was sent to the Thames Nautical Training College located on H.M.S. Worcester, where he completed his schooling. He received his Certificate of Competency as Master of a Foreign-going Ship on December 16, 1898. He spent the next several years sailing around the world with the Merchant Navy.
He met his wife, Mildred Hicks, on a voyage form England to South Africa, and when he asked for her hand, her father gave permission only after Sydney promised to leave the navy. He did and they married in 1903. Sydney then found work as a surveyor in the gold mining industry in South Africa, and remained in that career until his retirement in 1929.
Sydney and Mildred had four daughters: Laura Helen, born in 1904, Dorothy Mildred born in 1907, Vanessa Pauline born in 1908 and Barbara Hope, born in 1913. The family lived in several different mining towns until 1919, when they settled in Krugersdorp. They returned to England in 1911 for a visit, but Sydney lost touch with his twin brother over the years and never saw him again. He and his daughter Dorothy, visited England again in 1937. He died in 1940 at the age of 66.
He met his wife, Mildred Hicks, on a voyage form England to South Africa, and when he asked for her hand, her father gave permission only after Sydney promised to leave the navy. He did and they married in 1903. Sydney then found work as a surveyor in the gold mining industry in South Africa, and remained in that career until his retirement in 1929.
Sydney and Mildred had four daughters: Laura Helen, born in 1904, Dorothy Mildred born in 1907, Vanessa Pauline born in 1908 and Barbara Hope, born in 1913. The family lived in several different mining towns until 1919, when they settled in Krugersdorp. They returned to England in 1911 for a visit, but Sydney lost touch with his twin brother over the years and never saw him again. He and his daughter Dorothy, visited England again in 1937. He died in 1940 at the age of 66.