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1865 - 1954 (88 years)
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Name |
Bertha Therese Magdalena "Therese" WENCK |
Nickname |
Therese |
Born |
30 Sep 1865 |
Weibeck, Bau, Schleswig, Prussia (Vejbæk, Bov, Slesvig, Denmark) [1, 2, 3] |
Christened |
29 Oct 1865 |
Bau, Bau (parish), Schleswig, Prussia (Bov, Slesvig, Denmark) [1, 2] |
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 |
14 Jun 1954 |
Murgon, Queensland, Australia [5] |
Cremated |
16 Jun 1954 |
Brisbane, Queensland, Australia [6, 7, 8] |
Mt Thompson Crematorium |
Mt Thompson Memorial Gardens
Location: Columbarium 2
Section: Section 2
Lat/Lng: -27.52713, 153.07668
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Funeral Service |
16 Jun 1954 |
Brisbane, Queensland, Australia [9] |
BEHM. - The Relatives and Friends of Mr. and Mrs. E. Taplin and Family, of Ambrose, and Miss Ethel Behm, of Lamb Street, Murgon, are invited to attend the Funeral of their beloved Mother, Mother-in-law, and Grandmother, Bertha Therese Magdalena Behm, of Lamb Street, Murgon, to move from Alex. Gow's Funeral Chapel, Petrie Bight, This (Wednesday) Afternoon, at 1.30 o'clock, for the Crematorium. Mt. Thompson. Service 1.15 p.m.
ALEX. GOW and J. KREBS, Funeral Directors.
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FamilySearch ID |
KLZT-W9N |
FamilySearch link |
https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/KLZT-W9N |
Person ID |
I71 |
Colston & Wenck families in Australia |
Last Modified |
8 Jun 2019 |
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 |
Albert Ernest Ferdinand BEHM, b. 26 Dec 1874, Radewitz, Kreis Randow, Pomerania, Prussia , d. 3 May 1944, Murgon, Queensland, Australia (Age 69 years) |
Married |
26 Feb 1896 |
Ipswich, Queensland, Australia [10, 11] |
- Married at the Office of the District Registrar, East Street, Ipswich by the Registrar, Robert Miller. Witnesses Adolph G C Wenck and Reimer Wenck.
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Children |
+ | 1. Max Albert Ernest Ferdinand BEHM, b. 2 Aug 1896, Minden, Queensland, Australia , d. 25 Jan 1946, Wondai, Queensland, Australia (Age 49 years) |
| 2. Flora Molly Ethel "Ethel" BEHM, b. 11 Dec 1897, Minden, Queensland, Australia , d. 26 Jun 1978, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia (Age 80 years) |
+ | 3. Norman Arthur BEHM, b. 14 Sep 1899, Minden, Queensland, Australia , d. 26 Sep 1947, Queensland, Australia (Age 48 years) |
| 4. Una Winifred BEHM, b. 16 Aug 1904, Minden, Queensland, Australia , d. 21 Oct 1984, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia (Age 80 years) |
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Last Modified |
8 Jul 2018 |
Family ID |
F97 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
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Event Map |
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 | Born - 30 Sep 1865 - Weibeck, Bau, Schleswig, Prussia (Vejbæk, Bov, Slesvig, Denmark) |
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 | Christened - 29 Oct 1865 - Bau, Bau (parish), Schleswig, Prussia (Bov, Slesvig, Denmark) |
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 | Immigration - 26 Feb 1879 - Keppel Bay, Rockhampton, Queensland, Australia |
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 | Married - 26 Feb 1896 - Ipswich, Queensland, Australia |
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 | Died - 14 Jun 1954 - Murgon, Queensland, Australia |
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 | Cremated - Mt Thompson Crematorium - 16 Jun 1954 - Brisbane, Queensland, Australia |
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 | Funeral Service - 16 Jun 1954 - Brisbane, Queensland, Australia |
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Sources |
- [S109] Gilbert, Greg.
- [S1006] Danmark Kirkebøger, 1484-1941, database with images, FamilySearch, https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QGWX-F139, Bertha Therese Magdalena Wenck, birth 30 Sep 1865, Weibeck, Bau, Schleswig, Prussia; baptism 29 Oct 1865, Bau, Schleswig, Prussia.
film 7476486, frame 00025
- [S1008] Danish Family Search, https://www.danishfamilysearch.dk/sogn2/churchbook/source138575/opslag15141775; Bertha Therese Magdalena Wenck birth 30 Sep 1865.
- [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: Bertha Therese Magdalena Behm, Death date: 14/06/1954, Mother's name: Trinke Paisen, Father/parent's name: Reimer Wenck, Registration details: 1954/C/2177.
- [S268] Mount Thompson Memorial Gardens Cremation Register Index 1952-1954, (Brisbane, GSQ, 1997), p 6.
- [S111] Mt Thompson Crematorium records: staff advice.
- [S738] Heaven Address Resting Place, (https://www.heavenaddress.com/restingplace), Mt Thompson Crematorium.
https://www.heavenaddress.com/restingplace/therese-behm/394145
- [S342] Australian Newspapers, National Library of Australia, 1954 'Family Notices.', The Courier-Mail (Brisbane, Qld. : 1933 - 1954), 16 June, p. 20, viewed 22 February, 2012, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article50601174.
- [S16] Queensland Federation Index 1890-1914, (Brisbane, The Registrar-General, Registry of Births, Deaths and Marriages, 2004), 1896/ 001490.
- [S2] Queensland: Registry of Births Deaths & Marriages, Marriage registration: Albert Ernest Ferdinand Behm, Marriage date: 26/02/1896, Spouse's name: Bertha Therese Magdalena Wenck,, Registration details: 1896/C/1490.
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