Charles Trompf
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Background
Born in 1831 at Baldiau (now Piatodorozny), near Konigsburg, East Prussia,[1] as Carl August Trompf, he sailed to Australia in search of gold[2] arriving in August 1851 on the Brigantine Twins from San Franciso, California via Sydney.[3]
Charles Trompf was naturalised while living in Beaufort on 18 December 1878 at the age of 47. on his application papers he gave his occupation as carter formerly mariner.[4]
Goldfields Involvement, 1854
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He died on 13 June 1914 and was buried in the Beaufort Cemetery.[5]
Charles Trompf from present at the Eureka Stockade on 03 December 1854.[6]
In Maryborough in 1859 Trompf spoke at a meeting protesting about Chinese Miners in the area. [7]
Post 1854 Experiences
Trompf was present at the 50th anniversary of Eureka celebrations in Ballarat, at which time he was living in Maryborough.[8]
Family
Charles Trompf married Ellen Walker Stewart in 1853 at St James Church of England, Melbourne, and they had eight children..[9]
- 1. Charles Edward (Edward) Trompf (1854-1927) never married.
- 2. Henry Alexander Trompf (1855-1920) married Catherine Amelia Elliott (1859-1936) in 1882.
- 3. Frederick William Trompf (1857-1915) married Frances Willman Fox (1858-1907) in 1881, and Elizabeth Ann Fox (1863-1912) in 1909.
- 4. Emily (Amelia) Sarah (1859-1949) Trompf married William Martin Chellew (1854-1922) in 1882.
- 5. James Alfred Trompf (1861-1863)
- On Tuesday, at the New Year's Gift Hotel, Bunker's Hill, Dr Clendinning held an inquest on the body of James Alfred Trompf, whose death, according to the evidence and the verdict of the jury, took place on the same day in his parents' house, Bunker's Hill, and was caused by asphyxia from obstruction to respiration consequent upon the deceased having accidentally scalded his mouth and fauces by drinking hot tea out of the spout of a teapot on the previous day. The deceased was aged twenty months, and the child of Charles Trompf, miner, and Ellen, his wife. It appeared that his mother was in the habit of giving her children the teapot from which to drink cold tea, and that the deceased had frequently noticed them doing so. His parents were at tea, and his mother having declined to let him have any more, he got off her lap and went to the fireplace in which there was not then any fire, but the teapot full of hot tea was standing on the hob. It is presumed that the child had made up his mind to help himself under the impression that the tea was cold as usual. The sufferer had a succession of convulsions and died about two o'clock on the ensuing morning. Mr Richard Bunce made the post mortem examination and tendered the medical evidence.[10]
- 6. George Alexander Trompf (1863-1946) married Mary Agnes Elliott (1862-1919) in 1887.
- 7. Charles William Trompf (known as William) (1865-1934) married Jessie Mitchell Townsend (1870-1935) in 1898.
- 8. Albert Augustus Trompf (1867-1930) married Anna Edwards (1870-1944) in 1901.
Obituary
- DEATH.
- TROMPF. — On the 12th June, at Ballarat Hospital, Charles Trompf, late of Beaufort and Maryborough; aged 83.[11]
See also
Further Reading
Corfield, J., Wickham, D., & Gervasoni, C. The Eureka Encyclopaedia, Ballarat Heritage Services, 2004.
References
- ↑ Research by Jill Bear, descendant of Charles Trompf.
- ↑ Corfield, J., Wickham, D., & Gervasoni, C. The Eureka Encyclopaedia, Ballarat Heritage Services, 2004.
- ↑ Research by Jill Bear, descendant of Charles Trompf.
- ↑ Research by Jill Bear, descendant of Charles Trompf.
- ↑ Corfield, J., Wickham, D., & Gervasoni, C. The Eureka Encyclopaedia, Ballarat Heritage Services, 2004.
- ↑ Corfield, J., Wickham, D., & Gervasoni, C. The Eureka Encyclopaedia, Ballarat Heritage Services, 2004.
- ↑ Corfield, J., Wickham, D., & Gervasoni, C. The Eureka Encyclopaedia, Ballarat Heritage Services, 2004.
- ↑ Corfield, J., Wickham, D., & Gervasoni, C. The Eureka Encyclopaedia, Ballarat Heritage Services, 2004.
- ↑ Corfield, J., Wickham, D., & Gervasoni, C. The Eureka Encyclopaedia, Ballarat Heritage Services, 2004.
- ↑ Ballarat Star, 21 January 1863.
- ↑ Riponshire Advocate, 13 June 1914.
