Trinke PAYSEN b. 28 Jun 1836 Stedesand, Tondern, Schleswig-Holstein d. 24 Sep 1897 Coolana, Queensland, Australia: Colston & Wenck families in Australia

1836 - 1897 (61 years)

Name	Trinke PAYSEN
Born	28 Jun 1836	Stedesand, Tondern, Schleswig-Holstein
	A fragment of her broken headstone suggests a birth date of 28 June, not 2 July as calculated from death certificate.
Gender	Female
Alt. Birth	2 Jul 1836	Stedesand, Tondern, Schleswig-Holstein
	The date of birth was worked out from the death certificate which gives the age at death as 61 years, 2 months, 24 days. However, a fragment of her broken headstone suggests a birthdate of 28 June. Stedesand is just south of Leck
Census	1 Feb 1845	Stedesand, Tondern, Schleswig-Holstein [1]
	Census Year 1845 County: Schleswig-Holstein Hundred: Nordfrisland Parish: Stedesand Placename: Dorf Stedesand 503 Andreas Paysen, Male, 46, born 1799 Stedesand, Married, Käthner Tagelöhner [cottager and day labourer] 504 Margaretha Sophia Ortmann, Female, 39 born 1806 Stadt Plön, Married, seine Ehefrau 505 Peter Friedrich Paysen, Male, 16, born 1829 Stedesand, Single, ihre Kinder 506 Anna Christina Paysen, Female, 14, born 1831 Stedesand, Single, ihre Kinder 507 Hans Peter Paysen, Male, 11, born 1834 Stedesand, Single, ihre Kinder 508 Trinke Paysen Female, 9, born 1836 Stedesand, Single, ihre Kinder 509 Johann Friedrich Paysen Male, 7, born 1838 Stedesand, Single, ihre Kinder 510 Andreas Christian Paysen, Male, 4, born 1841 Stedesand, Single, ihre Kinde
Immigration	26 Feb 1879	Keppel Bay, Rockhampton, Queensland, Australia [2]
	Arrived on the Charles Dickens which had sailed from Hamburg 6 November 1878. WENCK Reimer 43, Trinke 42, Christine 18, Johann 17, Mathilde 14, Therese 13, Carl 10, Ernst 8, Theodor 6, Adolph 4, Gustav 2, Agnes Caterine Auguste - born on voyage. Details taken from the March 1879 issue of the Rockhampton newspaper "The Capricornia": Embarked Hamburg 6 Nov 1878 on board 'Charles Dickens'; disembarked Keppel Bay 26 Feb 1879. On her second voyage to Queensland (first in 1877) the 'Charles Dickens' left Hamburg 6.11.1878 with Surgeon-Superintendent Dr. Thon, Matron Miss Drohun and 457 immigrants - full paying 13, assisted 29, free 388, free nominated 25, remittance 1, stowaway 1. Wencks listed as free nominated. (Anna, sister of Reimer was already in Queensland. She married Heinrich Thomas Jurgensen, born Fohr Island. They sailed to Australia on board the 'Humbolt' in 1870.) Arrived Keppel Bay 26.2.1879 - visited by immigration agent & govt. medical officer Dr. Salmond - quarantine not necessary. Passengers transshipped to the 'Lady Bowen' about midnight 28 February en route from Gladstone to Rockhampton. Brought up river and landed at wharf at 6am Saturday 1 March 1879. Dr. Salmond instructed that two large tents be erected in the Immigration Depot as temporary accommodation for those who could not find room in the building.
Died	24 Sep 1897	Coolana, Queensland, Australia [3, 4, 5]
	Cause: Asthma and Bronchitis. Pneumonia. Duration of last illness 2 weeks
	Death date on death certificate is 26 Sep and burial date is the same. The obituary gives death date of 24 Sep and burial date 26 Sep (Sunday morning), which is more like likely to be correct as it states the relative had to be wired and would have needed time to travel.
Buried	26 Sep 1897	Coolana, Queensland, Australia [4]
	Coolana Private Cemetery
		Wenck family cemetery, Coolana Shows grave of Adolph Wenck on right and bases only of headstones of Reimer and Trinke Wenck. After this photo was taken in 1993, it was discovered on a subsequent visit in 2005 that one of the base stones had been removed.
Obituary	2 Oct 1897	Ipswich, Queensland, Australia [4]
	Queensland Times, Ipswich Herald and General Advertiser
	Queensland Times, Ipswich Herald and General Advertiser (Qld. : 1861 - 1908), Saturday 2 October 1897, page 5 DEATH OF MRS. REIMER WENCK. A correspondent writes :-- I am sorry to report the death of Mrs. Reimer Wenck, which took place at her residence at Minden, on the 24th of September, at the age of sixty-one years after an illness of two weeks' duration. The deceased had been ailing for a considerable time from asthma, and on hearing the sad news of the death of her youngest son, which occurred five weeks ago at Croydon, she became much worse. On the 18th. instant, Dr. McDonald was wired for, and on arrival did all that was possible, but she gradually sank and expired on the above named-date. All the near relatives were wired for, and the funeral took place on Sunday morning at 10 o'clock. All the family were present with the exception of one son, who is teaching at the Durham. Deceased was buried in the family's burying ground on a portion of Mr. R. Wenck's farm, the burial service being conducted by Mr. E. Michel, of Lowood. She leaves a grown-up family of nine to mourn their loss. I hear that it is the intention of the relatives to have the remains of Mr. Gustav Wenck as well as of Mrs. Carl Wenck interred in the family burying ground. [As far as family knows, neither Emma Wenck nor Gustave Wenck were re-interred in the family burying ground.]
AKA	Catherine
AKA	Katrinka
FamilySearch ID	KJDK-XMX
FamilySearch link	https://familysearch.org/tree/#view=ancestor&person=KJDK-XMX
Notes	Trinke was very quiet - if people other than family visited she would retire to her room to read. (Notes from trip of Myrtle Colston (née Wenck) to her Aunty Martha Neuendorff (née Behm) 13 Oct 1974.) Family lore is that Trinke was a Dane with a Spanish mother. Her mother was born in Denmark, but may have been of Spanish extraction. Certainly, Trinke and her daughters had a dark complexion.
Person ID	I67	Colston & Wenck families in Australia
Last Modified	23 Sep 2018

Father	Andreas PAYSEN, b. 22 Jan 1800, Stedesand, Tondern, Schleswig-Holstein , d. Yes, date unknown
Mother	Margaretha Sophia ORTMANN, b. Abt 1806, Stadt Plön, Schleswig-Holstein , d. Yes, date unknown
Married	11 Jan 1829	Stedesand, Tondern, Schleswig-Holstein
Family ID	F253	Group Sheet \| Family Chart

Family Reimer WENCK, b. 11 Dec 1834, Tiebensee, Dithmarschen, Holstein , d. 3 May 1903, Hillside (Coolana), Queensland, Australia (Age 68 years)

Married 22 May 1859 Emmelsbüll, Tondern, Schleswig-Holstein [6]

Children

+	1. Anna Cathrine Sophie "Christina" WENCK, b. 19 Dec 1859, Leck, Schleswig-Holstein , d. 9 Jul 1939, Nanango, Queensland, Australia (Age 79 years)
+	2. Johann Reimer Andreas "Jack" WENCK, b. 26 Oct 1861, Wester-Schnatebüll, Tondern, Schleswig-Holstein , d. 23 Dec 1935, Wondai, Queensland, Australia (Age 74 years)
+	3. Mathilde Louise Amelia "Tilly" WENCK, b. 3 Feb 1864, Weststedt, Hadersleben, Schleswig, (Vedsted, South Jutland, Denmark) , d. 29 Oct 1937, Lockyer General Hospital, Laidley, Queensland, Australia (Age 73 years)
+	4. Bertha Therese Magdalena "Therese" WENCK, b. 30 Sep 1865, Weibeck, Bau, Schleswig, Prussia (Vejbæk, Bov, Slesvig, Denmark) , d. 14 Jun 1954, Murgon, Queensland, Australia (Age 88 years)
+	5. Carl Heinrich Wilhelm "Charlie" WENCK, b. 22 Jul 1868, Bau, Bau (parish), Schleswig, Prussia (Bov, Slesvig, Denmark) , d. 10 Nov 1900, Engelsburg (Kalbar), Queensland, Australia (Age 32 years)
+	6. Ernst August Friedrich WENCK, b. 20 Aug 1870, Bau, Bau (parish), Schleswig, Prussia (Bov, Slesvig, Denmark) , d. 26 Aug 1952, Ashgrove, Queensland, Australia (Age 82 years)
+	7. Theodor Bernhart Julius "Ted" WENCK, b. 4 Aug 1872, Cluesries, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany , d. 4 Sep 1960, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia (Age 88 years)
+	8. Adolph Christian Georg "Otto" WENCK, b. 1 May 1874, Kluesfeld, Bau, Schleswig-Holstein, Prussia (Bov, Denmark) , d. 20 Apr 1941, Coolana, Queensland, Australia (Age 66 years)
	9. Emil Gustav Ferdinand "Gustav" WENCK, b. 5 Oct 1876, Jarplundfeld, Schleswig-Holstein, Prussia , d. 19 Aug 1897, Croydon Hospital, Croydon, Queensland, Australia (Age 20 years)
+	10. Agnes Auguste Catherine WENCK, b. 9 Feb 1879, At Sea , d. 27 Jul 1940, Toogoolawah, Queensland, Australia (Age 61 years)

Photos

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"Charles Dickens"
Immigrant ship for Wenck family

WENCK group 1897
WENCK family group 1897. This photo may have been taken at the time of the funeral for Emma Wenck née Wruck, wife of Carl, who died 23 Jan 1897. By the end of that year both Trinke and Gustav had died. Maureen Matthews owns the original which was very overexposed on those wearing white. Jennifer Crockett had the photo professionally retouched to reduce the overexposure. (See next photo for key to individuals)

WENCK group key
Key to individuals in Wenck family photo 1897. This key was done by Jennifer Crockett who knew the identity of the Wenck adults from other photos and deduced spouses and children from family data.

WENCK group 1897 with key

Wenck family just immigrated

Last Modified 29 Jan 2017

Family ID F44 Group Sheet | Family Chart

Event Map

	Born - 28 Jun 1836 - Stedesand, Tondern, Schleswig-Holstein
	Alt. Birth - 2 Jul 1836 - Stedesand, Tondern, Schleswig-Holstein
	Census - 1 Feb 1845 - Stedesand, Tondern, Schleswig-Holstein
	Married - 22 May 1859 - Emmelsbüll, Tondern, Schleswig-Holstein
	Immigration - 26 Feb 1879 - Keppel Bay, Rockhampton, Queensland, Australia
	Died - Cause: Asthma and Bronchitis. Pneumonia. Duration of last illness 2 weeks - 24 Sep 1897 - Coolana, Queensland, Australia
	Buried - 26 Sep 1897 - Coolana, Queensland, Australia
	Obituary - Queensland Times, Ipswich Herald and General Advertiser - 2 Oct 1897 - Ipswich, Queensland, Australia

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WENCK, Trinke circa 1897

Wenck women
Standing L-R: Christina, Mathilde, Agnes
Seated L-R: Trinke, Bertha

Sources

[S103] Danish Census 1845 [database on-line], (http://www.ddd.dda.dk), Sydslesvig, Stedesand, Dorf Stedesand, Kathengeb:, 10, FT-1845.
[S423] QSA Assisted Immigration 1848-1912 index [database on-line], (http://www.archives.qld.gov.au), Charles Dickens 1879.
[S2] Queensland: Registry of Births Deaths & Marriages, Death certificate 1897/003233.
[S342] Australian Newspapers, National Library of Australia, 1897 'DEATH OF MRS. REIMER WENCK.', Queensland Times, Ipswich Herald and General Advertiser (Qld. : 1861 - 1908), 2 October, p. 5. , viewed 30 Sep 2016, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article125043718.
[S2] Queensland: Registry of Births Deaths & Marriages, Death registration: Catherine Wenck, Death date: 26/09/1897, Mother's name: Margaretha Orthmann, Father/parent's name: Andreas Payson, Registration details: 1897/C/3233.
[S2] Queensland: Registry of Births Deaths & Marriages, Daughter Agnes' birth certificate.