Louis Charles (Ludwig Carl) FRANCIS (FRANZIUS)

Louis Charles (Ludwig Carl) FRANCIS (FRANZIUS)

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Art Wert Datum Ort Quellenangaben
Name Louis Charles (Ludwig Carl) FRANCIS (FRANZIUS)
Beruf Small Business, Bookkeeper, Schoolteacher
Religionszugehörigkeit Catholic (Probably Baptised Protestant)

Ereignisse

Art Datum Ort Quellenangaben
Geburt 14. April 1848 Emden Germany (Prussia - See Notes) nach diesem Ort suchen
Bestattung 7. Februar 1898 Rockhampton Cemetery Queensland nach diesem Ort suchen
Tod 6. Februar 1898 Rockhampton Hospital Queensland nach diesem Ort suchen

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Birthplace Greenwich Kent England) shown on birth certificate for daughter Emma Gladys but this was not able to be confirmed. His birth year has been taken from his prayer book, however his deathcertificate records his age at death as 41years

6months and 23days which would make his birth year as 1856. (SEE UPDATED INFORMATION FROM RUSSELL KELLY BELOW .)

Louis Charles was a state school teacher and it is said that he was a graduate of an English university and that he spoke five or six languages, but there is no confirmation of this. On his marriagr certificate his occupation is recorded as

"Book-keeper" and his usual place of residence at the time as Hay, NSW.

There is no record on his marriage certificate of his parents' names or origin.

From microfiche of death indexes for 1909 in Queensland, index no is 4019.i

Louis Charles' death certificate shows his cause of death as "Dengue fever, double pneumonia, heart failure" in Rockhampton Hospital after an illness of about ten days. The informant was N (probablyMary Ann) Kingsborough, sister-in-law (his

wife's sister) from Comet Queensland.

Louis Charles' employment record in Queensland shows he taught at Bungeworgorai (near Roma) in1892. The record also notes that he was a private tutor in Victoria and NSW from 11 Nov 1876 to 19 Aug 1891.

Following is a summary of information from Russell Kwlly received via e-mail on Friday 14 August 2009

Ludwig Carl Franzius was born in Prussia in 1842 (probably 1848, see below).

parents Johann Nicolaus Franzius and Louisa Reinicke.

He arrived in Victoria in 1867 on the ship Bolton Abbey.

In 1873 Louis Carl Franzius was in a storekeeper partnership with George Carl Anton Reuter at Dandenong. This business became insolvent that year.

On June 27 1874 Ludwig Carl Franzius married Catherine Heathcote, a

widow and hotel-keeper (Union Hotel, Chapel Street, Prahran).

Catherine had 3 children living from a previous marriage and 2 dead. The Roman Catholic marriage was at St Patrick's Melbourne.

In 1878 Louis was accountant to the firm Little & Treloar at Sale. Louis's description: Height 5'8"; Weight 11s 8lb; Hair brown; Eyes grey; Large scar near corner of lower lip.

In April 1879 Charles Louis Francis pleaded guilty to forging cheques of

his employer over a nine-month period.

On 14 May 1879 Louis Charles Francis was sentenced to 4 years hard

labour on the roads.

Charles Louis Francis, Prisoner Number 17431 spent a year in Sale Gaol,

nearly 2 years at Pentridge and was freed at Williamstown on 22 May 1882

after serving 3 years.

In 1885 Louis was in NSW where he married Emily Morley.

Catherine Francis (Heathcote) died on 12 February 1889, more than three years after the date of Louis Charles' marriage to Emily Morley on 17 September 1885.

In December 2009, Russell Kelly made contact with Hansjorg Franzius in Germany and information has come to light showing Louis Charles' birthplace as Emden in Germahy and his birth year as 1848.

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