Career
William Rogers, a builder and stonemason, emigrated from Cornwall to South Australia on the Platina, arriving in July 1839. He settled in the Sandergrove district, and was responsible for a large number of constructions in the area, including John Dunn"s flour mill at Mount Barker. He acquired some property and began breeding sheep.
When William Bowman left the Finniss district around 1878, Rogers purchased his property "View Bank" and later had a share in Portee station on the River Murray near Blanchetown and another at Swan Reach.
They sustained heavy losses in the 1890s drought, but survived and had largely recovered financially at the time of his death. Rogers married Ann Wright (ca1818 – 17 February 1912) on 7 March 1846.
Elizabeth Margaret Rogers (ca1847 – May 1933) married Doctor William James Verco (ca1817 – 12 December 1891) on 21 December 1866
Jane Rogers (ca1849 – 20 September 1936) married Thomas Robert Bright South.M. (ca1852 – 9 December 1924), son of H. East. Bright, on 26 May 1874. Marion Rogers (ca1851 – 19 September 1926) married George Hingston Lake (10 December 1847 – 31 October 1900) on 19 November 1874
William Sandergrove Rogers (19 May 1853 – 7 December 1905) married Helen Gordon (1860 – 4 December 1931) on 11 June 1885, lived at "View Bank", Finniss.
She was daughter of Review
James Gordon of Mount Barker
Ann Wright "Annie" Rogers (20 February 1855 – 20 April 1951) married (later Sir) John Hannah Gordon (26 July 1850 – 23 December 1923) on 4 January 1877. He was son of Review James Gordon of Mount Barker. Edwin Rogers (17 September 1857 – 18 December 1908) married Julia Elizabeth Dunk ( – 23 November 1916) on 11 August 1881, lived at Portee, then Sandergrove and "Portee", Parkside.