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Born in 1832 in [[France]], as Carl August Trompf, he sailed to Australia in search of gold. <ref>Corfield, J.,Wickham, D., & Gervasoni, C. ''The Eureka Encyclopaedia'', Ballarat Heritage Services, 2004.</ref> He married Ellen Walker Stewart in 1853 at St James Church of England, Melbourne, and they had eight children.  <ref>Corfield, J.,Wickham, D., & Gervasoni, C. ''The Eureka Encyclopaedia'', Ballarat Heritage Services, 2004.</ref> He died on 13 June 1914 and was buried in the [[Beaufort Cemetery]].  <ref>Corfield, J.,Wickham, D., & Gervasoni, C. ''The Eureka Encyclopaedia'', Ballarat Heritage Services, 2004.</ref>
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Born in 1878 at Baldiau (now Piatodorozny), near Konigsburg, East Prussia,<ref>Research by Jill Bear, descendant of Charles Trompf.</ref> as Carl August Trompf, he sailed to Australia in search of gold. <ref>Corfield, J., Wickham, D., & Gervasoni, C. ''The Eureka Encyclopaedia'', Ballarat Heritage Services, 2004.</ref> He married Ellen Walker Stewart in 1853 at St James Church of England, Melbourne, and they had eight children.  <ref>Corfield, J.,Wickham, D., & Gervasoni, C. ''The Eureka Encyclopaedia'', Ballarat Heritage Services, 2004.</ref> He died on 13 June 1914 and was buried in the [[Beaufort Cemetery]].  <ref>Corfield, J.,Wickham, D., & Gervasoni, C. ''The Eureka Encyclopaedia'', Ballarat Heritage Services, 2004.</ref>
  
 
==Goldfields Involvement, 1854==
 
==Goldfields Involvement, 1854==

Revision as of 17:32, 1 January 2018

Eureka Veterans at the 50th anniversary of the Eureka Stockade: N. Reed (Brunswick), Laurence Holmes (Arawata), A. McNair (Brunswick), A. Third (Bolamwal), Alexander McLaren (Whitelaw), Charles Trompf (Maryborough), Menallick (Brunswick) The Leader, 10 December 2014

Background

Born in 1878 at Baldiau (now Piatodorozny), near Konigsburg, East Prussia,[1] as Carl August Trompf, he sailed to Australia in search of gold. [2] He married Ellen Walker Stewart in 1853 at St James Church of England, Melbourne, and they had eight children. [3] He died on 13 June 1914 and was buried in the Beaufort Cemetery. [4]

Goldfields Involvement, 1854

Charles A. Doudiet, Chow Chow (Chinamen on Ballarat), c1854, watercolour, pen and ink on paper.
Courtesy Art Gallery of Ballarat, purchased by the Ballarat Fine Art Gallery with the assistance of many donors, 1996.

Charles Tromp from present at the Eureka Stockade on 03 December 1854. [5]

In Maryborough in 1859 Trompf spoke at a meeting protesting about Chinese Miners in the area. [6]

Post 1854 Experiences

Trompf was present at the 50th anniversary of Eureka celebrations in Ballarat, at which time he was living in Maryborough. [7]

See also

Further Reading

Corfield, J.,Wickham, D., & Gervasoni, C. The Eureka Encyclopaedia, Ballarat Heritage Services, 2004.

References

  1. ↑ Research by Jill Bear, descendant of Charles Trompf.
  2. ↑ Corfield, J., Wickham, D., & Gervasoni, C. The Eureka Encyclopaedia, Ballarat Heritage Services, 2004.
  3. ↑ Corfield, J.,Wickham, D., & Gervasoni, C. The Eureka Encyclopaedia, Ballarat Heritage Services, 2004.
  4. ↑ Corfield, J.,Wickham, D., & Gervasoni, C. The Eureka Encyclopaedia, Ballarat Heritage Services, 2004.
  5. ↑ Corfield, J.,Wickham, D., & Gervasoni, C. The Eureka Encyclopaedia, Ballarat Heritage Services, 2004.
  6. ↑ Corfield, J.,Wickham, D., & Gervasoni, C. The Eureka Encyclopaedia, Ballarat Heritage Services, 2004.
  7. ↑ Corfield, J.,Wickham, D., & Gervasoni, C. The Eureka Encyclopaedia, Ballarat Heritage Services, 2004.

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