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1879 - 1940 (61 years)
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Name |
Agnes Auguste Catherine WENCK |
Born |
9 Feb 1879 |
At Sea [1, 2, 3] |
- Born 10.30 pm 9 Feb 1879 at sea on the ship «i»Charles Dickens«/i» at Lat 42º 16' S Long 149º 14' E
This location is off the east coast of Tasmania, in the Tasman Sea
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Gender |
Female |
Immigration |
26 Feb 1879 |
Keppel Bay, Rockhampton, Queensland, Australia [4] |
- 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.
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Died |
27 Jul 1940 |
Toogoolawah, Queensland, Australia [5] |
Cremated |
29 Jul 1940 |
Holland Park, Queensland, Australia [6, 7] |
Mt Thompson Crematorium |
Mt Thompson Memorial Gardens
Location:
Columbarium 2
Section: Section 10
Niche No: Single Niche 183
Lat/Lng: -27.52710, 153.07666
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Funeral Service |
29 Jul 1940 |
Fortitude Valley, Queensland, Australia [8] |
SMITH, Mrs. Agnes. -- The Relatives and Friends of Mrs. Agnes Smith, late of Toogoolawah, Q'sld., are invited to attend her Funeral, to move from the Funeral Chapel, Wickham Street, Valley, This (Monday) Forenoon, at 10.30 o'clock, to the Crematorium, Mt. Thompson.
K. M. SMITH. B2695.
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Occupation |
Toogoolawah, Queensland, Australia |
- Agnes ran a boarding house.
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FamilySearch ID |
LWXX-7S5 |
FamilySearch link |
https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/LWXX-7S5 |
Person ID |
I136 |
Colston & Wenck families in Australia |
Last Modified |
6 Nov 2018 |
Father |
Reimer WENCK, b. 11 Dec 1834, Tiebensee, Dithmarschen, Holstein , d. 3 May 1903, Hillside (Coolana), Queensland, Australia (Age 68 years) |
Mother |
Trinke PAYSEN, b. 28 Jun 1836, Stedesand, Tondern, Schleswig-Holstein , d. 24 Sep 1897, Coolana, Queensland, Australia (Age 61 years) |
Married |
22 May 1859 |
Emmelsbüll, Tondern, Schleswig-Holstein |
Family ID |
F44 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
Family |
John Edward SMITH, b. 20 Oct 1879, Rosewood, Queensland, Australia , d. 25 Dec 1935, Eungella, Queensland, Australia (Age 56 years) |
Married |
26 Jul 1900 |
Ipswich, Queensland, Australia [9, 10] |
- Married at District Registry Office, Ipswich
Witnesses C A Smith and R Wenck
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Wife Desertion |
4 Mar 1927 |
Esk, Queensland, Australia [11] |
STANLEY DISTRICT.
ESK.
Monday.
Wife Desertion.-At the Police Court Esk, last Friday, before Messrs. J. W. Cockings and G.J. Cormack. J.J.P., Agnes Smith proceeded against John Edward Smith, her husband, for wife desertion. There was no appearance of defendant, and the case was heard ex parte. Mr. Douglas Young (Young and Wilson Toogoolawah), appeared for complainant. An order was made that defendant pay every four weeks into the hands of the Clerk of Petty Sessions, at Esk, the sum of £6, the first payment to be made on April 4. Defendant was ordered to pay £2/2/ professional costs, 3/6 costs of Court and witness' expenses,
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Children |
| 1. Colin Roy SMITH, b. 12 Feb 1904, Ipswich, Queensland, Australia , d. 9 Jan 1949, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia (Age 44 years) |
+ | 2. Ruby Stella SMITH, b. 23 Oct 1906, Queensland, Australia , d. 26 Jul 1997, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia (Age 90 years) |
| 3. Jessie Eva SMITH, b. 25 Apr 1909, Queensland, Australia , d. 10 Jul 2004, Ellen Grove, Queensland, Australia (Age 95 years) |
| 4. Dorothy May "Dolly" SMITH, b. 17 Sep 1911, Queensland, Australia , d. 1 Jun 1998, Queensland, Australia (Age 86 years) |
| 5. Eunice Evelyn SMITH, b. 17 Sep 1911, Queensland, Australia , d. 1 Aug 2002, Queensland, Australia (Age 90 years) |
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Last Modified |
6 Oct 2018 |
Family ID |
F61 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
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Event Map |
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 | Immigration - 26 Feb 1879 - Keppel Bay, Rockhampton, Queensland, Australia |
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 | Married - 26 Jul 1900 - Ipswich, Queensland, Australia |
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 | Wife Desertion - 4 Mar 1927 - Esk, Queensland, Australia |
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 | Died - 27 Jul 1940 - Toogoolawah, Queensland, Australia |
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 | Cremated - Mt Thompson Crematorium - 29 Jul 1940 - Holland Park, Queensland, Australia |
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 | Funeral Service - 29 Jul 1940 - Fortitude Valley, Queensland, Australia |
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 | Occupation - - Toogoolawah, Queensland, Australia |
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Pin Legend |
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Sources |
- [S8] Queensland Pioneers Index 1829-1889, (Brisbane, The Registrar-General, Registry of Births, Deaths and Marriages, 2000), 1879/ 001087 MAR.
- [S23] Queensland State Archives, Birth Certificate 1879/1087 Marine Register of Births.
- [S2] Queensland: Registry of Births Deaths & Marriages, Birth registration: Agnes Auguste Catherine Wenk, Birth date: 09/02/1879, Mother's name: Catherine Paysen, Father/parent's name: Reimer Wenk, Registration details: 1879/M/1087.
- [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 registration: Agnes Smith, Death date: 27/07/1940, Mother's name: Trinke Payson, Father/parent's name: Rainer Wenck, Registration details: 1940/C/3068.
- [S111] Mt Thompson Crematorium records: staff advice, Advised by staff in phone call by Jennifer Crockett 5 May 2006.
- [S738] Heaven Address Resting Place, (https://www.heavenaddress.com/restingplace), Mt Thompson Crematorium.
https://www.heavenaddress.com/restingplace/mtthompsonmemorialgardens/agnes-smith/330644
- [S342] Australian Newspapers, National Library of Australia, 1940 'Family Notices.', The Courier-Mail (Brisbane, Qld. : 1933 - 1954), 29 July, p. 14, viewed 7 June, 2013, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article40937754.
- [S16] Queensland Federation Index 1890-1914, (Brisbane, The Registrar-General, Registry of Births, Deaths and Marriages, 2004), 1900/ 001147.
- [S2] Queensland: Registry of Births Deaths & Marriages, Marriage registration: John Edward Smith, Marriage date: 26/07/1900, Spouse's name: Agnes Wenck, Registration details: 1900/C/1147.
- [S342] Australian Newspapers, National Library of Australia, 1927 'STANLEY DISTRICT.', Queensland Times (Ipswich) (Qld. : 1909 - 1954), 9 March, p. 3 Edition: DAILY., viewed 8 August, 2013, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article116908945.
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